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MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
July 6, 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, JULY 6, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 6, 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 Davis)
 
Presentations
  • Proclamation recognizing Parks and Recreation Month. (Mayor/L. Shrum)
  • Presentation of the new Preventing Mosquitoes in our Community video. (B. James/L. Wood)
 
Employee Recognition
  • EDC: Channary Gould - Business Retention Manager, Sheree Courney - Administrative Assistant
  • Event Facilities: Blake Mitchell - Events Attendant
  • Fire Department: Amanda Mathews - Firefighter
  • Parks & Recreation: Diego Martinez, Daniel Pillar - Seasonal Park Worker
  • Police Department: Jarrod Bowers - Police Officer
 
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

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 Special Meeting of June 17, 2021, minutes of the Joint CVLGC - Schertz - Cibolo Meeting of June 21, 2021, and minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 22, 2021. (B. Dennis)
 
2.   Resolution No. 21-R-60 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution with the Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation (SSLGC) Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Annual Budget and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/S. Williams/A. Beard)
 
3.   Resolution No. 21-R-62 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas approving a request for a Schertz Main Street Local Flavor Economic Development Grant for 409 Main Street. (M. Browne/B. James)
 
4.   Resolution No. 21-R-59 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz,Texas authorizing Memorandums of Understanding with the Texas Department of Public Safety, for the purpose of obtaining a renewal of commercial vehicle enforcement authority and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/M. Casas)
 
Discussion and Action Items
 
5.   Ordinance No. 21-S-26- Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas on a request to amend Part III, Schertz Code of Ordinances, Unified Development Code (UDC), specifically for subsections within Articles 5, 9 and 14 in order to establish a new zoning district, Main Street Mixed Use- New Development (MSMU-ND). (Final Reading) (B. James/ L. Wood/E. Delgado)
 
6.   Ordinance No. 21-M-28 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance authorizing and amending the City Council Rules of Conduct and Procedure; repealing all ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance and providing an effective date. (First Reading) (M. Browne)
 
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
 
Closed Session
 
7.   The City of Schertz City Council will convene in executive session under Texas Government Code Section 551.071 to receive legal advice from its attorneys regarding the following litigation:
 
  • Cause No. D-1-GN-18-000535; Green Valley Special Utility District v. Public Utility Commission of Texas; Deann T. Walker, Arthur D’Andrea, and Brandy Marty Marquez, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas; Brian H. Lloyd, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, or his successor; and the City of Schertz, Texas, in the 419th District Court of Travis County, Texas;
  • No. 07-20-00167-CV; City of Schertz and Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Green Valley Special Utility District; in the Seventh Court of Appeals, Amarillo, Texas; and
  • No. 19-51056; City of Schertz v. United States Department of Agriculture, acting by and through George Ervin “Sonny” Perdue, III, Secretary of Agriculture; Rural Utilities Service, acting by and through Edd Hargett, Sate Director; Green Valley Special Utility District; in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
  • Case No. 1:17-CV-00819-SS (U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, Austin Division), Green Valley Special Utility District vs. City of Schertz et al
 
Reconvene into Regular Session
 
7a.      Take any action based on discussion held in closed session under Agenda Item 7.
 
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 2nd DAY OF JULY 2021 AT 11:15 A.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
Animal Advisory Commission
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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