01-05-2021 Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 5, 2021
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
CITY OF SCHERTZ CORE VALUES
Do the right thing
Do the best you can
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Work cooperatively as a team
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
Overflow seating available at the Civic Center, Conference Hall, Building #5
City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the City Council Chambers. In lieu of attending
the meeting in person, residents will have the opportunity to watch the meeting
via live stream on the City’s YouTube Channel.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Councilmember Brown)
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/C. Kelm/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (M. Browne)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
Hearing of Residents
Residents who choose to watch the meeting via live stream, but who would like to participate in Residents to be
Heard, should email their comments to City Secretary, Brenda Dennis, at bdennis@schertz.com by 5:00 p.m. on
Monday, January 4, 2021, SO THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MAY READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD UNDER THE HEARING OF RESIDENTS. In the body of
the email please include your name, your address, phone number, agenda item # if applicable or subject of
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discussion, and your comments.
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 December 08, 2020 and the Special Workshop Session meeting of December 09,
2020. (B. Dennis)
2.Resolution No. 21-R-01 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing EMS debt revenue adjustments, Utility
Billing debt revenue adjustments and Schertz Magazine debt revenue adjustments for certain
inactive outstanding receivables and other matters in connection therewith. (B. James/J.
Walters)
3.Ordinance No. 21-M-02 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas reaffirming the Council Code of Ethics, repealing all
Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance; and providing an effective
date. (First & Final) (Mayor/Council)
Discussion and Action Items:
4.Boards, Commissions and Committees Appointments/Reappointments/Resignations -
Consideration and/or action approving the resignation of Mr. Bob Cantu from the
Reinvestment Zone Number Two (TIRZ) Board of Directors, reappointing Mr. Michael Dahle
and Mr. Gary Inmon, and filling the current vacancy. (Mayor/Council)
Public Hearings
5.Resolution No. 21-R-03- Conduct a public hearing, consideration and/or action approving a
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5.Resolution No. 21-R-03- Conduct a public hearing, consideration and/or action approving a
Resolution accepting a petition for voluntary annexation of approximately 142 acres of
land located generally 3,500 feet southwest of the intersection of Doerr Lane and Bell North
Drive, Comal County, Texas. (B. James/ L. Wood/ E. Delgado)
6.Ordinance No. 21-S-01 - Conduct a public hearing, consideration, and/or action approving a
request to rezone approximately 10.5 acres of land from Planned Development District (PDD)
to Planned Development District (PDD), generally located southeast of the intersection
between Hallie Chase and Hallie Loop, more specifically described as Hallie’s Cove
Subdivision Units 4A and 4B, City of Schertz, Bexar County, Texas. First Reading (B.
James/L. Wood/N. Koplyay)
Workshop
7.Chapter 30 Fire Prevention and Protection - Workshop discussion related to the updated
Schertz Code of Ordinances, Chapter 30 Fire Prevention Code, and local amendments
related to adopting the International Fire Code, 2018 Edition. (M. Browne/J. Kelm/K. Long)
8.Workshop Discussion and Update (Ordinance 20-H-18) - Discussion and update regarding
the COVID-19 virus and our current Ordinance No. 20-H-18 Declaration of Local Disaster.
(M. Browne/K. Long/S. Hall)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Closed Session
9.City Council will meet in closed session under section 551.074 of the Texas Government
Code, Personnel Matters, to conduct the annual evaluation of the City Secretary, Brenda
Dennis.
10.City Council will meet in closed session under Section 551.087 of the Texas Government
Code, Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations, Closed Meeting. The
governmental body is not required to conduct an open meeting (1) to discuss or deliberate
regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received
from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand
in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a financial
or other incentive to a business prospect.
Project E-064
Reconvene into Regular Session
9a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 9.
10a. Take any action based on discussions held in closed session under Agenda Item 10.
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Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
Announcements by the City Manager.
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from staff.
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City
Council agenda.
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, 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 31st DAY OF DECEMBER 2020 AT 12:45 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
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 _______________, 2021. TITLE: ______________
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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 closed 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.
Closed Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal
counsel and the presence of any subject in any Closed 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
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Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this
opinion.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Gutierrez
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation -
Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions -
Alternate
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and
Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Schertz Housing Authority Board
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Scott – Place 2
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission
Councilmember Jill Whittaker – Place 3
Audit Committee
Councilmember Dahle – Place 4
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation -
Alternate
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