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MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
September 3, 2019
                               

 
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, SEPTEMBER 3, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
 
             
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Councilmember Tim Brown)
 
Presentations
  • Proclamation recognizing National Payroll Week. (M. Carpenter/K. Brown)
 
Employee Recognition
  • EMS Department - Tanner Buckley, Jansin Williams - EMT Tyler Kunz, - Part-Time EMT
  • Marshal's Division - Rebecca Vera - Sanitarian; Chris Wilson part-time kennel technician
  • Library - Caira Spenrath - Part Time Library Clerk
 
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 (M. Carpenter)
 
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.

The following Consent items were read into record:
 
1.   Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the meeting of August 27, 2019. (B. Dennis)
 
2.   Resolution No.19-R-112 Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing and approving a professional services agreement with Sledge Engineering LLC and AG|CM for On-Call Owner's Representative and Project Management Services and all matters in connection therewith. (B. James/K. Woodlee/J. Gohlke)
 
3.   Resolution No. 19-R-114 - Consideration and/or action authorizing a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing veterinarian services with Cibolo Small Animal Hospitial, with services rendered not to exceed $75,000. (C. Kelm/M. Bane)
 
4.   Resolution 19-R-108 - Consideration and/or action approving the Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an agreement for management services between the City of Schertz and the Schertz/Seguin Local Government, and other matters in connection therewith. (C. Kelm/A. Beard)
 
5.   Ordinance No. 19-A-21- Consideration and/or action for an Ordinance on a request for voluntary annexation of approximately 58 acres of land located approximately 1000 feet west of the intersection of Engel Road and private street, Big John Lane, Guadalupe County, Texas.  (B. James, L. Wood, E. Delgado) Final Reading
 
6.   Ordinance No. 19-S-20- Consideration and/or action for an Ordinance on a request to rezone approximately 64 acres of land to Planned Development District (PDD).  The subject property is contiguous to the existing Parklands Planned Development, and approximately 1000 feet west of the intersection of Engel Road and private street, Big John Lane, Guadalupe County, Texas. (B. James, L. Wood, E. Delgado) Final Reading
 
7.   Cancellation of the October 1, 2019, October 8, 2019 and November 5, 2019 Council Meetings - Consideration and/or action cancelling the October 1, 2019 City Council meeting due to National Night Out, cancelling  the October 8, 2019 City Council meeting due to the Texas Municipal League Conference in San Antonio and cancelling the November 5, 2019 City Council meeting  due to the election. (M. Browne/B. Dennis)
 
Discussion and Action Items

The following item was read into record:
 
8.   Resolution No. 19-R-116 -  Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, calling a special election to be held on November 5, 2019 for the purpose of electing a Councilmember for place 4 for the remaining year of the unexpired term and making provision for the conduct of the election; authorizing contracts with the elections administrators of Bexar and Guadalupe counties to conduct this election; authorizing the election to be held as a joint election; resolving other matters incident and related to such election; and declaring an effective date. (Mayor/Council/D. Santee)
 
9.   Nominations for Candidates - Consideration and/or action to nominate candidate(s) for Guadalupe Appraisal District Board of Directors. (Mayor/Council/B. Dennis)
 
10.   Nominations for Candidates - Consideration and/or action to nominate candidate(s) for Bexar Appraisal District Board of Directors. (Mayor/Council/B. Dennis)
 
11.   Nominations for Candidates - Consideration and/or action to nominate candidate(s) for the Comal Appraisal District Board of Directors. (Mayor/Council/B. Dennis)
 
12.   Resolution No. 19-R-113 Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution authorizing and approving amendments to the Planning and Zoning Commission Bylaws (B. James/L. Wood/B. Cox/E. Delgado)
 
Public Hearings
 
13.   Ordinance No. 19-S-22 Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action on an Ordinance for amendments to the Schertz Code of Ordinances, Chapter 18 Building and Building Regulations and Part III Unified Development Code (UDC), including Article 3 Boards, Commissions, and Committees,  Article 4 Procedures and Applications, Article 8 Special Uses and General Regulations, Article 9 Site Design Standards, and Article 12 Subdivisions. (B. James, L. Wood, B. Cox, E.Delgado, N. Koplyay)  First and Final Reading and Declaring an Emergency
 
14.   Public Hearing on Proposed Budget for FY 2019-20 - Conduct a public hearing and presentation regarding the adoption of the FY 2019-20 Budget. (Second public hearing) (M. Browne/B. James/J. Walters)
 
15.   Ordinance No. 19-T-23 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance adopting a budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2020. First Reading (B. James/J. Walters)
 
16.   Public Hearing on the Proposed Tax Rate - Conduct a public hearing regarding the adoption of the FY 2019-20 Tax Rate. (Second required public hearing) (M. Browne/B. James/J. Walters)
 
17.   Ordinance No. 19-T-24 – Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action approving an ordinance approving the appraisal roll; setting the tax rate; levying and assessing general and special ad valorem taxes for the use and support of the municipal government of the city of Schertz, Texas. First Reading (B. James/J. Walters)
 
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
 
Workshop
 
18.   City Council Rules of Conduct and Procedure - Discussion and possible action regarding the City Council Rules of Conduct and Procedure. (Mayor/Council)
 
Requests and Announcements
  • Announcements by the City Manager.
     
  • Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items 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
 
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
 
19.   Monthly update on major projects in progress/CIP. (B. James/K. Woodlee)
 
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 AUGUST 2019 AT 12:30 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 _______________, 2019. 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 Carpenter
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions - Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation - Alternate
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Audit Committee
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Main Street Committee – Chair
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Gutierrez – Place 2
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions


 
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
Main Street Committee – Vice Chair


 
Councilmember Edwards – Place 4
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Schertz Animal Services Advisory Commission
Investment Advisory Committee
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Audit Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate
 

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