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05-02-2017 Agenda only MEETING AGENDA City Council JOINT MEETING CITY COUNCIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL May 2, 2017 HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4 SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154 05-02-17 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, MAY 2, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M. Call to Order – Joint Workshop Session 1. Call meeting to order A. City of Schertz City Council B. City of Schertz Economic Development Corporation Workshop Items • Schertz Economic Profile (requested by Councilmember Davis) (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder) • Comparison of Neighboring City Incentive Programs (requested by Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards) (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder) • Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds Discussion - Main Street (B. James) Discussion Items 2. Resolution No. 17-R-30 Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council to approve and authorizing the new Schertz Incentive Policy to be effective immediately; and other matters in connection therewith. (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder) 3. Resolution No. 17-R-31 – Conduct a Public Hearing and consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing the program and expenditures of the City of Schertz Economic Development Corporation as provided for in the Economic Development Incentive Agreement between Evestra, Inc., and the City of Schertz Economic Development Corporation. (J. Kessel/K. Kinateder) Roll Call Vote Confirmation Adjourn Special Joint Workshop Meeting A. Schertz City Council PH 05-02-2017 City Council Agenda Page - 2 - B. Schertz Economic Development Corporation Call to order – Regular Session City Council Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards) Proclamations • Proclamation recognizing Economic Development Week. (M. Carpenter/K. Kinateder) • Proclamation recognizing Building Safety Month. (M. Carpenter/L. Wood) • Proclamation recognizing Better Hearing Month. (M. Carpenter/Angelica Garza) • Proclamation recognizing Lupus Awareness Month. (M. Carpenter/Farelle Woodard) New Employee Recognition • EMS - Part-Time EMT's Angel Carpenter, Domingo Guerrero, Jr., Dylan Ott, Ryan Taylor, Frank Trifilio (D. Wait/T. Bradford) • Finance - Assistant Director of Finance Chad Garcia (B. James/J. Walters) • Police - Communications Officer Loretta Bilderback (D. Wait/R. Rutkowski) • Public Works - Water & Wastewater Service Man I Zachary Jura, Anthony Munoz (D. Wait/J. Hooks) City Events and Announcements • Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/S. Gonzalez) • Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel) 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. 05-02-2017 City Council Agenda Page - 3 - 1. Minutes –Approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 25, 2017. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis) 2. Excused Council Absences – Consideration and/or action excusing City Council Member absences for the following dates: April 25, 2017. (B. Dennis/Mayor/Council) 3. Main Street Committee Appointments – Consideration and/or action ratifying the appointment of Mayor Carpenter, Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards, Councilmember Mark Davis and appointing Councilmember Scott Larson to the Main Street Committee. (M. Carpenter/Council) Roll Call Vote Confirmation Requests and Announcements 4. Announcements by City Manager. 5. 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. 6. 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 Executive Session 7. 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 Manager. Reconvene into Regular Session 7a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 7. 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 05-02-2017 City Council Agenda Page - 4 - THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 28th DAY OF APRIL 2017 AT 3:15 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. 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 Councilmember Davis– Place 1 Schertz Housing Authority Board Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions 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 Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission Councilmember Crawford – Place 7 Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions