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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. 01-26-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 2 - 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 01-26-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 3 - 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 01-26-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 4 - 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. ____________________________Title:__________________________ This facility is accessible in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Handicapped parking spaces are available. If you require special assistance or have a request for sign interpretative services or other services please call 210-619-1030. 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 01-26-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 5 - 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