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REGULAR MEETING
November 13, 2018
A Regular Meeting was held by the Main Street Committee of the City of Schertz, Texas, on
November 13, 2018, at 8:41 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 Cedric Edwards
Councilmember Scott Larson — Vice Chair
Staff Present:
Executive Director Dudley Wait
Guests Present:
Councilmember Elect Allison Heyward
(Fall to Order
Chair Davis called the meeting to order at 8:41 p.m.
Discussion and action items:
Mayor Michael Carpenter
Councilmember Mark Davis - Chair
Acting City Manager Brian James
City Secretary Brenda Dennis
Dean Weirtz, Historical Preservation Chair
1. Approval of the minutes of the meeting of August 14, 2018. (Chair Davis)
Chair Davis recognized Councilmember Edwards who moved, seconded by Councilmember
Larson to approve the minutes of August 14, 2018. The vote was unanimous with
Councilmembers Edwards, Davis and Larson voting for, and no one voting no. Motion
Passed
Mayor Carpenter arrived at 9:58 p. m. into the meeting.
2. Review input from the Main Street Community Input Meeting and discuss direction moving
forward. (B. James)
Chair Davis recognized Acting City Manager
they are looking to move forward with quickly
lighting situation.
Brian James who stated there are two things
They are the parking lot update and the street
Initially staff thought about going with ornamental lighting, but since there are issues
regarding certain areas that are dark, staff has done more research. There are about a dozen
poles out there already but only three or four of them have lighting on them. Mr. James
displayed a map of the area and the poles. Staff has already had conversations with GVEC and
the goal is to have them add more lights to existing poles (maybe in December). This should
give them a better idea of the lighting level and staff can then determine what else the
ornamental lighting at the intersections can do. There are some gaps in the existing poles and
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we may want to add some more poles (most likely a non - ornamental metal pole). They hope
to have GVEC do that. The city pays for the power on those. This would be about 15 -20 and
the cost would be about $5,000 /yr. The idea is to still come back at the end and do ornamental
lights at the intersection.
The parking lot would be bid separate from everything else. He will call the consultant this
week and provide a written update. The design is similar to what staff originally came up
with. He will also email that out to the committee.
Committee members discussed the current pedestrian traffic on Main Street and making a plan
to attract more people to the Main Street area. The Local Flavor Incentive Plan was designed
to encourage more development and investment along Main Street. However, because the area
is in a flood plain, each development is going to have to be reviewed on a building by building
basis and staff is developing several different incentive proposals that property owners can tap
into for.assistance:
Improvements needed on Hwy 78 was also brought up—but being a TxDOT property, it
limits some of our abilities. Mr. Weirtz said that more code enforcement would help in regard
to old signage, overgrown, unkept grass on lots, etc. He expressed his concern in regard to the
slow progress so far. He has made suggestions in the past and would like to see more results.
A couple of other problems are the properties that are not being put up for sale and folks are
not applying for some of the renovation grants that exist. There has to be cooperation from the
private property owners.
Acting City Manager Brian James suggested coming back to the next meeting with an update
on the parking lot, status of getting the lights installed, and producing a graphic of the area
that can be taken around to owners with the incentive program information.
Members continued discussing the need to move forward and make more progress, getting it
right the first time, planning, the effect of the flood plain, other projects of more significance,
budgets, funding restrictions, priorities, goals and lack of progress.
Chair Davis said if there was nothing more, they will press on with the updates to the parking
lot, lighting, first draft of design, incentives and the graphic- -and we will meet in December.
ADJOURNMENT:
Chair Davis recognized Councilmember Edwards who made a motion to adjourn seconded by
Councilmember Larson. The vote was unanimous with Mayor Carpenter,
Councilmembers Edwards, Davis and Larson voting for, and no one voting no. Motion
Passed.
As there was no further business, Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 9:23 p.m.
Councilmember Mark Davis, Chair
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ATTEST:
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