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07-11-2017 MinutesMINUTES REGULAR MEETING July 11, 2017 A Regular Meeting was held by the Main Street Committee of the City of Schertz, Texas, on July 11, 2017, at 10:50 p.m. immediately following the Regular Council Meeting at the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex Council Chambers Conference Room located at 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members present to -wit: Members Present: Councilmember Mark Davis Staff Present: Executive Director Brian James Deputy City Secretary Donna Schmoekel Absent: Mayor Pro -Tern Edwards Call to Order Mayor Michael Carpenter Councilmember Scott Larson City Manager John Kessel Executive Director Dudley Wait Assistant Public Works Director Jimmy Hooks Chair Davis called the meeting to order at 10:50 p.m. Discussion and action items: 1. Approval of the minutes of the meeting of June 13, 2017. (Chair Davis) Chair Davis recognized Mayor Carpenter who moved, seconded by Councilmember Larson to approve the minutes of June 13, 2017. The vote was unanimous with Mayor Carpenter, Councilmembers Davis and Larson voting for, and no one voting no. Mayor Pro -Tem Edwards was absent. Motion Passed 2. Discussion regarding property values on Main Street. (B. James) Chair Davis stated that it appears a significant financial problem is hitting that 50% threshold on repairs on a specific property. This leads us to think there are properties out there where it is not fiscally prudent to try and encourage development into something that we would envision seeing along Main Street. Tonight, we will look at the Main Street area and various properties and their values and look at what their potential limits are. There may be certain properties that are worth our while to target for redevelopment if we want to pursue a more advanced Main Street as we move on in this process. Chair Davis recognized Executive Director Brian James who handed out a couple of maps and a list of properties with comparable statistical data. He gave credit to Assistant Public Works Director Jimmy Hooks for providing this. He is also our floodplain administrator for the city. Mr. James stated the way our ordinance reads in regard to the floodplain and improvements, it stipulates you can't increase the value of structures more than 50% without having to flood proof or elevate. The ordinance stipulates you take the 2013 value of those improvements. He 7 -11 -2017 Minutes Page - 1 - referenced the statistical handout which shows the property address, the 2016 value (just as a reference), the 2013 value, what 50% of that value is, the dollar amount of permits to date and amounts still available. One map is an aerial view with the values overlaid, and the other map is a parcel map with property ID numbers. Interesting, is that while we might expect increases in value from 2013 to 2016, in some cases the values actually dropped. What this gives us a feel for is, what the values of these structures are and where we might see what structures have the most ability to have the most money put into them. Chair Davis said this gives us some information for deciding what kind of businesses we would like down there and what type of incentives to consider and to get someone either willing to spend that kind of money under the `amount still available' column or up to that amount, or participate in some portion of that to realize the goals we have for Main Street. He suggested it would be a good idea to take this information and walk the street. While the members perused the handout data sheets, Mr. James said they had previously spoke of the Riedel's property and the caboose (train car). The county (Guadalupe) did purchase that property recently and the sellers have six months to move the train off the property. He has a call in to the Riedel family to find out if they were interested in a deal; initially when he spoke with them, they were interested. Also, Mr. James got an e -mail from Nick Marquez (grandson of Mark Marquez), He owns the ice house on Main Street in Cibolo. He is also a Schertz resident. They spoke together for a while and Mr. Marquez implied he was maybe looking to do that same sort of thing here in Schertz. One of the things he brought up was `parking availability'. Mr. James suggested maybe setting up a meeting on a Tuesday evening when we don't have a council meeting and inviting some people who might be interested in what we want to do here. Members made various comments regarding Cibolo's ongoing progress with their Main Street. Chair Davis said one of the outstanding things we still have to do is to arrange a meeting with some potentially interested business folks and property owners We could also maybe invite members from certain city boards such as the Economic Development Corporation, Planning and Zoning, and the Historical Preservation Committee. Chair Davis suggested for our next meeting, instead of setting a meeting tonight, he would defer to staff to set a time and date to have that consolidated meeting (not in conjunction with a city council meeting). The other meeting we need to have is on the development piece, the bond piece, on recommended improvements and should it be before or after we meet with the potential interested parties? Mr. James suggested bringing in a consultant first to help lay out information as to magnitude and cost of doing things so we don't have a flawed perception of how far our money will go. Mayor Carpenter concurred. Chair Davis said, let's have that meeting first and then the group meeting. Mr. James stated he could probably have the consultant here at the next council meeting. Chair Davis said he was concerned about making them wait so long in case it is another long council meeting. Mr. James suggested we coordinate a set time after work one evening, not next week, but the week after. After that, then we can set up the group meeting. For clarity, Mr. James asked if we should invite all of the property owners and tenants or just those that 7 -11 -2017 Minutes Page - 2 - own a number of properties in order to keep the number of attendees on the lower side. Chair Davis said no, he would rather invite everyone. He also suggested that after we meet with the design folks on what they think we can do, we have our first internal discussion as to what we think we would like to see on Main Street. Then, when we have the meeting with everybody, we can say we have addressed the flood plain issue, we know our limitations, we can show them the map of all the properties, this is the area we are looking at, these are the dollar limits and design things we can consider and what our vision is. Mr. James responded that he thinks what we are really looking for is a unique local flavor (restaurant /bar, etc.). Everyone concurred. ADJOURNMENT: Motion was made by Mayor Carpenter, seconded by Councilmember Larson to adjourn the meeting. The vote was unanimous with Mayor Carpenter, Councilmembers Davis and Larson voting for, and no one voting no. Mayor Pro -Tem Edwards was absent. Motion Passed As there was no further business, Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 11:15 p.m. Councilmember Mark Davis, Chair ATTEST: Donna Schmoekel, Deputy City Secretary 7 -11 -2017 Minutes Page - 3 -