Agenda

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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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

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.

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.
TITLE: _______________________________

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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
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