01-10-2017 Agenda only MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 10, 2017
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
1-10-2017 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 10, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of
Texas. (Councilmember Larson)
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 – Part-Time Kennel Tech Chantel B. Snow (D. Wait/M. Harris/S.
O’Brien)
• EMS – Full Time Paramedics Tyler Bowker, Savannah Thomas, Part-Time Paramedic
Marla Jendrusch (D. Wait/J. Mabbitt/T. Bradford)
• IT – Client Services Tech II Donney Martin (B. James/M. Clauser)
• Public Works – Public Works Water Jose Castillo and Allen Diaz, Serviceman I (D.
Wait/J. Hooks/D. Ledbetter)
• Purchasing & Asset Management – Purchasing & Asset Manager Marc Ripley (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.
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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.
Workshop
• Discussion and Update regarding the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund. (B. James/J.
Walters)
• Discussion regarding Main Street Revitalization Efforts. (B. James)
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 December 20, 2016. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
2. Ordinance No. 16-T-41 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
authorizing a Budget Adjustment to provide for new sidewalks and trails. Final
Reading (B. James/C. VanZandt/L. Shrum)
Discussion and Action Items
3. Resolution No. 17-R-01 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution
authorizing the pursuit of Transportation Alternatives Program Funding for the
Construction of Connecting Sidewalks and Trails in the City of Schertz. (B. James/C.
VanZandt/L. Shrum)
4. Ordinance No. 17-S-01 – Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action
on an amendment to the Crossvine PDD (Ordinance 14-S-08) in order to incorporate
a new Garden Home configuration in Module IIA, along with new street cross-
sections and other associated development standards. The property is approximately
375 acres of land located at the intersection of Lower Seguin Road and FM 1518.
First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/C. Gould)
5. Ordinance No. 17-S-02 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action
on an amendment to the Nor-Tex Farms PDD (Ordinance 14-S-29) in order to modify
the subdivision signage regulation and change the project name to Homestead. The
property is approximately 434 acres of land generally located on IH 35 Frontage
Road and Covers Cove. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/C. Gould)
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6. Ordinance No. 17-S-03 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action
to approve an Ordinance to zone approximately 3 acres of land from Single-Family
Residential (R-1) to Neighborhood Services (NS). The property is generally located at
Southwest of FM 3009 at Green Valley Road. First Reading (B. James/L.Wood/E.
Grobe)
7. Ordinance No. 17-S-04 - Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action
on an amendment to the Hallies Cove PDD (Ordinance 16-S-32) in order to modify
the minimum lot depth and the method used for calculating lot depth. The property is
approximately 90 acres of land located Southeast of Trainer Hale Road and FM 1518.
First Reading (B. James/L. Wood/C. Gould)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
8. Announcements by City Manager
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
11. Councilmember Orientation- Information and discussion regarding Strategic Plan
Overview, UDC/Development Process, Economic Development Overview.
Executive Session
12. City Council will meet in closed session under section 551.074 of the Texas
Government Code, Personnel Matters to deliberate the appointment, employment,
evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of the City Secretary.
Reconvene into Regular Session
12a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 12
including possible increase in salary.
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Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA DENNIS, 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 JANUARY 2017 AT
4:15 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.
Brenda Dennis
Brenda Dennis, 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 _______________, 2017.
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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
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
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TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Gutierrez – Place 2
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
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
Councilmember Kiser – Place 6 Councilmember Crawford – Place 7