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10-11-2016 Agenda only City Council Agenda REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 11, 2016, 6:00 P.M. HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4 SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154 COMMUNITY.SERVICE.OPPORTUNITY 10-11-2016 Council Agenda Policy Values Safe Community Essential Services High Quality of Life Attractive Community Economic Prosperity Fiscally Sustainable AGENDA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 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. (Councilmember Thompson) Recognition and Presentation • Introduction of the Student Mayors and Student Councilmembers for the Day. (Mayor Carpenter) - Student Mayors – Dobie Jr. High, 8th Grade Hans Robinson Loja and Corbett Jr. High, 8th Grade Kale Peters - Student Councilmembers – Dobie Jr. High, 7th Grade Brianna McGhee and Corbett Jr. High, 7th Grade Jordan Betterton City Events and Announcements • Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/S. Gonzalez) • Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel) New Employee Recognitions: • Animal Services – Animal Shelter Technician – Megan Lagunas (D. Wait/M. Harris/S. O’Brien) • EDC – Business Retention Manager – Jennifer Kolbe (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder) • Fleet Department – Fleet Mechanic I - Stephen Gillard. (D. Wait/J. Harshman) • Public Works Department – Drainage Worker I – Christian Herrera, Service Man 1 – Darryl Cunningham, Street Worker I – Nathan Rodriguez. (D. Wait/J. Hooks) 10-11-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 2 - Proclamation • Proclamation recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (D. Wait/N. Solis- Douglass) Workshop • Discussion and update regarding the License Plate Readers. (D. Wait/S. Pulaski) • Presentation and discussion regarding a planned comprehensive benefit review for all City employees and how this relates to recent inquiries regarding certification and ‘step-up’ pay and other related matters. (D. Wait/J. Kurz) 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. Consent Agenda Items The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember. 1. Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 27, 2016. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis) 2. Ordinance No. 16-D-33 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance providing that the Code of Ordinances of the City of Schertz, Texas be amended by revising Chapter 86, Article V, Section 86-149 parking prohibited in front of the drainage channels on Marilyn Drive and Pecan Drive in the Val Verde Subdivision. Final Reading (B. James/K. Woodlee/C. Palomo) 3. Resolution No. 16-R-77 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing a Public Library Interlocal Agreement with Guadalupe County for Public Library Services. (B. James/M. Uhlhorn) 10-11-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 3 - Discussion and Action Items 4. Certificate of Approval – Consideration and/or action approving the Mayor of the City of Schertz to execute and sign the Certificate of Approval regarding Tax-Exempt Financing for the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, particularly as pertains to Saint John Paul II Catholic High School in Schertz. (Mayor Carpenter) 5. Calling a Special Meeting November 21, 2016 – Consideration and/or action calling a special meeting on Monday, November 21, 2016 to canvass the results of the November 8, 2016 General and Special Election and conduct a new councilmember orientation. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis) 6. Cancellation of the November 22, 2016 City Council Meeting – Consideration and/or action cancelling the November 22, 2016 City Council meeting. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis) 7. Ordinance No. 16-S-34 – Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance on a request to rezone approximately 8 acres of land generally located at the Northwest Corner of FM 1103 and Old Wiederstein, from Single Family Residential/ Agriculture, (R-A) to Neighborhood Services (NS). The property is specifically described as 7.128 acres of land out of the Rafael Garza Survey No. 98, Abstract No. 138, City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/E. Grobe) 8. Discussion regarding placing an item or items on a future city council agenda or agendas -- Discussion and possible action regarding the placement of an item or items on a future city council agenda for the purposes of discussing, instructing the City Manager to modify, change, end, re-open or otherwise redirect a police department investigation, particularly as it pertains to the investigation into the murder of Henry Gutierrez. (Mayor/Council) 9. Discussion regarding the City Charter, the general and specific role or roles of the City Council - Including the aggregate view of the current members as to the proper exercise of the powers afforded to the City Council, as a body, by the City Charter and State Law. (Mayor/Council) Roll Call Vote Confirmation Requests and Announcements 10. Announcements by City Manager • Citizen Kudos • Recognition of City employee actions • New Departmental initiatives 11. 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 PH 10-11-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 4 - consensus of the other City Council members to place or not place the item on a future agenda. 12. 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 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 6th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2016 AT 1:30 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. 10-11-2016 City Council Agenda Page - 5 - COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS Mayor Carpenter Audit Committee Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions Investment Advisory Committee TIRZ II Board Councilmember 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 Councilmember Azzoz – Place 2 Animal Control Advisory Committee Sweetheart Advisory Committee Councilmember John – Place 3 Lone Star Rail District Mayor Pro-Tem 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