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MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
May 11, 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, MAY 11, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 11, 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 Scott)
 
Presentations
  • Proclamation naming May 9-15, 2021 as Economic Development Week in the City of Schertz. (Mayor/EDC Department)
  • Proclamation designating May 16-22, 2021 as Emergency Medical Services Week. (Mayor/EMS Department)
  • Proclamation observing the week of May 9, 2021 through May 14, 2021 as National Police Week (Mayor/Police Department)
  • Proclamation designating May 16 - 22, 2021 as National Public Works Week. (Mayor/Public Works)
 
Employee Recognition
  • EMS: Meghan Stevens - EMS Billing Clerk; Felipe (Phillip) Garcia, Jason Lelek - EMS Paramedics (J. Mabbitt/B. Hill)
  • Facility Services: Travis Hodges - Facilities Manager (S. Williams)
  • Public Works: Service Worker 1 Wilfredo Marroquin, Ruben Rodriguez; Caleb West Service Worker 1 (S. Williams/D. Letbetter)
  • Utility Billing: Charis Kempen - Utility Billing Clerk (J. Walters/D. HardinTrussel/R. Rosales)
 
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, May10, 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 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 May 5, 2021. (B. Dennis)
 
2.   Appointments/Resignation to Boards and Commissions/Committees - Consideration and/or action regarding appointments/resignations to various Boards and Commissions/Committees. (Council/B. Dennis)
  • Resignation of Paul Ryson - Transportation Safety Advisory Board
  • Resignations of John Baker, Sabrina Allen and Sue Boissonneault - Historical Preservation Committee
  • Appointments of Jesse Gonzales, Jason Baltaric - Historical Preservation Committee
  • Appointment of Ronald Stevens - Transportation Safety Advisory Commission
 
3.   Resolution No. 21-R-39 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing a contract with Myers Concrete Construction, LP relating to the 2020 Silt Removal Projects and authorizing the budget expenditures for the project. (B. James/K. Woodlee/J. Shortess)
 
4.   Resolution 21-R-42 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Design-Build Agreement with Team Mechanical of Texas, LLC for the Animal Adoption Center HVAC Replacement Project and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/S. Williams/S. McClelland)
 
5.   Resolution No. 21-R-40 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz Texas, amending the Schertz/Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Budget (C. Kelm/S. Williams/A. Beard)
 
6.   Resolution No. 21-R-41 – Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz Texas, authorizing the submission of a grant application in an amount up to $36,950.06 to the Office of the Governor, Homeland Security Division, for the 2021 State Homeland Security Grant Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Program; and authorizing the acceptance of the funds, upon award. (C. Kelm/K. Long/S. Hall)
 
7.   Resolution No. 21-R-43 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Interlocal Agreement for Fire Protection Services with Bexar County, and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/K. Long)
 
8.   Ordinance No. 21-T-19 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing an adjustment to the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget to provide funding for professional services related to the Corbett Ground Storage Tank, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; and providing an effective date. First Reading (B. James/K. Woodlee/J. Shortess)
 
9.   Ordinance 21-A-13  - Consider and/or take action on a request for voluntary annexation of approximately 35.5 acres of land generally located approximately 4,000 feet southeast of the intersection between FM 1518 and Lower Seguin Road, also known as Bexar County Property Identification Numbers 310024 and 310031, Bexar County, Texas. Final Reading (B. James, L. Wood, E. Delgado)
 
10.   Ordinance 21-S-14 Consider and/or take action on a request to rezone approximately 39.5 acres of land to Planned Development District (PDD), generally located approximately 4,000 feet southeast of the intersection between FM 1518 and Lower Seguin Road, also known as Bexar County Property Identification Numbers 310024 and 310031, Bexar County, Texas. Final Reading (B. James, L. Wood, E. Delgado)
 
11.   Ordinance 21-S-15 Consideration and/or take action on a request to rezone approximately 66 acres of land from Single-Family Residential District (R-2) and Neighborhood Services District (NS) to Planned Development District (PDD), generally located southwest of the intersection between Schertz Parkway and Wiederstein Road, City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. Final Reading (B. James, L. Wood, E. Delgado)
 
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
 
Workshop
 
12.  
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)
 
Closed Session
 
13.   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-065
  • Project E-066
  • Project E-067
  • Project E-068
 
Reconvene into Regular Session
 
13a.       Take any action based on discussion held in closed session under Agenda Item 13.
 
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
 
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
 
 
14.   Monthly update - on major projects in progress/CIP. (B. James/K. Woodlee)
 
15.   Quarterly Financial Reports.
 
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 7th DAY OF MAY 2021 AT 3:30 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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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
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 Whittaker – Place 3
Audit Committee
TIRZ II Board 


 
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
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate

 
 

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