01-26-2016 Agenda Only City Council Agenda
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 26, 2016, 6:00 P.M.
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
01-26-2016 Council Agenda
City of Schertz Core Values
Do the right thing
Do the best you can
Treat others the way you would want to be treated
Work together cooperatively as a team
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2016 AT 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – City Council Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler)
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/B. Cantu)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Proclamation
• School Board Recognition Month. (Mayor/G. Inmon/SCUCISD Board Members)
Hearing of Residents
This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should
fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than
3 minutes.
All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member
thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the
Council may be requested to leave the meeting.
Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific
factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an
inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the
Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak
in the order they have registered.
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Workshops
• Discussion regarding extending responsibilities of inspections to the engineer of record for
professionally engineered projects. (B. James) (Item requested by Councilmember John)
• Discussion regarding revising the Tree Mitigation Ordinance. (B. James/C. VanZandt) (Item
requested by Councilmember John)
• Discussion regarding permitting requirements for fences and sheds. (B. James/L. Wood/B.
Cox)
• Presentation and update regarding Pay Day Loans. (B. James)
• Discussion and possible action regarding requested letters of support for housing tax credit
applications for proposed apartment projects. (B. James)
Discussion and Action Items
1. Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the Regular
Meeting of January 12, 2016, and the Special Meeting of January 15, 2016. (J. Kessel/B.
Dennis)
2. Resolution No. 16-R-01 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution appointing
Andrew Hunt to the Board of Directors Place D-2 of the Schertz Seguin Local Government
Corporation. (D. Wait)
3. Resolution No. 16-R-02 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing
the acceptance of the 2015 Racial Profiling Report. (D. Wait/M. Hansen)
4. Resolution No. 16-R-03 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing
the city manager to negotiate and sign an amendment to the current contract with GBRA
extending the term to August 31, 2016. (D. Wait/S. Willoughby)
5. Resolution No. 16-R-04 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution reappointing
Councilmember Daryl John to the Board of Directors of the Lone Star Rail District for a
two-year term to run from February 1, 2016 to February 1, 2018. (B.
Dennis/Mayor/Council)
6. Ordinance No. 16-D-01 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance amending
the Code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz by revising Article V, Section 86-149 Parking
Prohibited on Roadways Maintained by the City of Schertz, parking restrictions on David
Lack Boulevard. First Reading (B. James/K. Woodlee)
7. Ordinance No. 16-M-02 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance amending
the City Council Code of Ethics by adding language regarding media contact. First Reading
(Mayor/Council/C. Zech)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
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Requests and Announcements
8. Announcements by City Manager
• Citizen Kudos
• Recognition of City employee actions
• New Departmental initiatives
9. Future Agenda Item Request for City Council: This is an opportunity for City Council
members to request that items be placed on a future agenda. No discussion of the merits of
the item may be taken at this time. Should a Council Member oppose placement of the
requested item on a future agenda, the Mayor, without allowing discussion, shall ask for the
consensus of the other City Council members to place or not place the item on a future
agenda.
10. Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers
• City and community events attended and to be attended
• City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below)
• Continuing education events attended and to be attended
• Recognition of actions by City employees
• Recognition of actions by community volunteers
• Upcoming City Council agenda items
11. Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
• Council Compensation. (B. Cantu/J. Walters)
Executive Session
12. City Council will meet in closed session under section 551.087 of the Texas Government
Code, Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations; Closed Meeting. The
governmental body is not required to conduct an open meeting (1) to discuss or deliberate
regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received
from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in
or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a financial
or other incentive to a business prospect.
• Project E-018
Reconvene into Regular Session
12a. Take any necessary action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda
Item number 12.
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
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Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, DONNA SCHMOEKEL, DEPUTY CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2016 AT 2:00
P.M. WHICH IS A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND
THAT SAID NOTICE WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551, TEXAS
GOVERNMENT CODE.
Donna Schmoekel
Donna Schmoekel, Deputy City Secretary
I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED NOTICE AND AGENDA OF ITEMS TO BE
CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED BY ME FROM THE
OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARD ON _____DAY OF _______________, 2016.
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any
time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by the
Texas Open Meetings Act.
Executive Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal
counsel and the presence of any subject in any Executive Session portion of the agenda constitutes a
written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel for the governmental
body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed therein may be legally
discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available opinions of a court of record and
opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the attorney. This provision has been added to this
agenda with the intent to meet all elements necessary to satisfy Texas Government Code Chapter
551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this opinion.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Carpenter
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Investment Advisory Committee
TIRZ II Board
Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler – Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Schertz Housing Board Liaison
Randolph Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Executive
Committee
Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation
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Councilmember Azzoz – Place 2
Animal Control Advisory Committee
Sweetheart Advisory Committee
Councilmember John – Place 3
Lone Star Rail District
Councilmember Edwards – Place 4
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Thompson Place 5
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee