03-19-2024 Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
March 19, 2024
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, MARCH 19, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Councilmember Macaluso)
Special Announcements
Hal Baldwin Scholarship
Proclamations
311 Appreciation Day-March 11, 2024
Take Down Tobacco Day-April 1, 2024
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
Hearing of Residents
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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.
1.Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the regular meeting
minutes of March 5, 2024. (S.Edmondson/S.Courney)
2.Resolution 24-R-35 - Authorization of EMS, Utility Billing, Schertz Magazine, and
Library debt revenue adjustments. (S.Gonzalez/J.Walters)
3.Appointment/Reappointment For Boards/Commissions/Committees (S.Edmondson)
Appointments
Lauren Dalton - Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
Martin Powell - Board of Adjustments, Alternate 2
Clayton Wallace - Planning and Zoning Committee, Alternate 2
Charles Cornelisse - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee (from Alternate 1)
Christopher Hormel - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee, Alternate 1 (from
Alternate 2)
Robert Marks - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee, Alternate 2
Reappointments
Lisa Connolly - Animal Services Advisory Committee
Becki Babcock - Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
Rosalyn Wise - Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
Christopher Hormel - Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
Richard Dziewit - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee, Chair
Ronald Stevens - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee
Paul Wiley - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee
Steven Icke - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee
Michael Winter - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee
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Resignations
Michele Helgren - Animal Services Advisory Committee
Andres Dominguez - Traffic and Safety Advisory Committee
4.Resolution 24-R-31 - Authorizing the revised Bylaws of the Schertz Historical
Preservation Committee, and other matters in connection therewith (B.James/C.Simmons)
5.Resolution 24-R-32 – Authorizing expenditures with Prime Controls, LP at the
Nacogdoches Water Facility for the SCADA Upgrade Project (B.James/L.Busch/N.Ferris)
Discussion and Action Items
6.Resolution 24-R-34 - Accepting the Audit Report and the Annual Comprehensive
Financial Report. (S.Gonzalez/J.Walters)
7.Ordinance 24-S-04 - Approving amendments to Part III of the Schertz Code of
Ordinances, Unified Development Code (UDC) to Article 16 - Definitions. Final Reading
(B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas)
8.Ordinance 24-S-05 – Approving a request to rezone approximately 26.11 acres of land
from Single-Family Residential / Agricultural District (R-A) to General Business District
(GB), a portion of 11209 E FM 1518 generally located 600ft northwest of the intersection
of Lisa Meadows and FM 1518, City of Schertz Bexar County, Texas, also known as Bexar
County Property Identification Number 308363. Final Reading. (B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas).
9.Ordinance 24-H-03 - Approving amendments to the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 34
Health, Article I - General and Article II - Food Establishments. Final Reading
(B.James/L.Wood/A.Cantu)
10.Resolution 24-R-36 - authorizing an increase in the not to exceed amount with Freese and
Nichols, Inc. to update the City's Parks Master Plan element of the Comprehensive Plan.
(B.James/S.Williams).
Public Hearings
11.Ordinance 24-S-06 - Conduct a public hearing and consider amendments to the City of
Schertz Comprehensive Plan. First Reading (B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas).
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
12.Monthly Update - Major Projects In Progress/CIP (B.James/K.Woodlee)
13.Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program Information on low to moderate
income guidelines.
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Requests and Announcements
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
City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, SHEREE COURNEY, DEPUTY 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 14TH DAY OF MARCH 2024 AT 5:00 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.
SHEREE COURNEY
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
___________________, 2024.
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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 opinion.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Gutierrez
Member
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Liaison
Board of Adjustments
Senior Center Advisory Board - Alternate
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Member
Interview Committee
Main Street, Chair
TIRZ II Board
Liaison
Parks and Recreation AdvisoryBoard
Schertz Housing Authority
Transportation Safety Advisory Board
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Councilmember Watson-Place 2
Member
Audit Committee
Interview Committee-Alternate
Liaison
Library Advisory Board
Senior Center Advisory Board
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation-Alternate
Councilmember Macaluso – Place 3
Member
Interview Committee
Animal Advisory Board-Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee-Alternate
Liaison
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Gibson – Place 4
Member
Interview Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Liaison
Investment Advisory Committee
Schertz Historical Preservation Society
Councilmember Westbrook – Place 5
Liaison
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) - Liaison
Planning and Zoning Commission
Schertz Historical Preservation Society
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation (CVLGC) – Alternate
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Member
Animal Advisory Board
Audit Committee
Interview Committee - Chair
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Liaison
Economic Development Corporation – Alternate
Senior Center Advisory Board
Building and Standards Commission
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Member
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC)
Liaison
Economic Development Corporation
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