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Min CC 03/08/2016 ��m0 F C 1440 •\o,`' =_ C) .� 1 = 0 7£ X AS "city of Choice" CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S.MAIN March 8,2016 6:30 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Mayor Dunn called the meeting to order at 6:3 6 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences—Council Present: Mayor Dunn, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Garrett, Councilwoman Gebhardt and Councilman Weber; Council Absent: Councilman Hogue, Councilman Russell and Councilman Doty: Councilwoman Schultes made the motion to excuse Councilman Hogue's absence. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For:All; Against: None. Motion carried 4 to 0. _Councilwoman Gebhardt made the motion to excuse the absence of Councilman Russell. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 4 to 0. Councilman Garrett made the'motion to excused the absence of Councilman Doty for the January 26 Council Meeting. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 4 to 0. Councilman Weber made the motion to excuse the absence for Councilman Doty. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Gebhardt. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 4 to 0: Staff Present: City Manager Herrera, City Attorney Erkan, City Secretary Cimics, Finance Director Miranda, IT Director Badu, EDC Director Luft, Police Chief Cox, Fire Chief Niemietz, Planning & Engineering Director Klein and Public Works Director Fousse. 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Mr. Joel Hicks. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard — This is the only time during the Council Meeting that a citizen can address the City Council. It is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on any issue to include agenda items. All visitors wishing to speak must fill out the Sign In Form prior to the start of the meeting. City Council may not debate-any non-agenda issue, nor may any action be taken on any non-agenda issue at this time, however, City Council may present any factual response to items brought up by citizens. The following citizens signed up to be heard: Maggie Titterington from the Chamber briefed the council on upcoming activities. Rebecca Schultes represented the Parks &Recreation and briefed the upcoming Easter Egg Hunt that will take place on March 26 at Schlather Park. Joel Hicks talked about the chatter going around about the Old Main Ice House. He stated that he really didn't have a problem and if he did he worked it out with Nick Marquez. Mr. Hicks did stated that when walking on Sunday morning there were a lot of cigarette butts around the Ice House area. Melvin Hicks praised both the Police and Fire Department for the quick responses to the alarm at Walmart. Jayne Mathis stated that he had purchased the property at 207 Main St. He wanted to know what the council wanted the downtown area to look like. He spoke on other cities not passing a good noise ordinance which effects businesses. Speeding cars on Main Street also has been a problem and the use of speed bumps may help with that. Carol Buell spoke on committees and volunteers 1 6. Presentations—This item was moved and completed prior to Citizens to be Heard. A. Presentation to. Cibolofest major sponsors. — Mr. Herrera presented GVEC (Silver Sponsor), Blanton Development (Gold Sponsor) and Walmart (Platinum Sponsor) with a plaque for their generous donation to Cibolofest.2015. B. Presentation of checks from the Cibolo Cook-off. — Carol Buell presented checks to the three organizations that benefited from.the Barbecue Cook-off. . C. Presentation of a Proclamation to the Steele High School Boys and Girls Wrestling Team. — Mayor Dunn presented a Proclamation for outstanding accomplishments to Madison Angelito, Chaliah Harris, Alex Saylor and Henry Willoughby from the Steel High School Wrestling Teams. D. Presentation of Certificates to the Miss Cibolo Pageant winners.—Miss Cibolo Pageant winners for 2016 were presented certificates by Mayor Dunn. 7. Consent Agenda—Consent Items(General Items) (All items listed below are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council member so requests,in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered as part of the order of business.) A. Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on February 23,2016. B. Approval of the January 2016 Check Register pending final acceptance of the City's financial audit for the 2015/2016 Fiscal Year. C. Approval of the January 2016 Revenue and Expense Report pending final acceptance of the City's Financial audit for the 2015/2016 Fiscal Year. Councilman Garrett made the motion'to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Gebhardt and Weber;Against:None. Motion carried 4 to 0. 8. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Fire Department B. Court Department C. Planning&Engineering Department D. Administration This item was briefed after item 11A. Council took a recess at 8:19 pm. Council reconvened at 8:25 pm. IT Director Isaac Badu gave a presentation on the granicus system. This system will allow live broadcasting.of the Council Meetings. 9. Discussion/Action Items A. Discussion and direction to staff on considering prohibiting vehicular parking along Main Street from Rawe Street to FM 1103 and from Loop 539 to F.M. 78. This item was briefed by the City.Manager Mr. Herrera. There were a couple councilmembers that had conversation with the City Manager on the need for prohibited parking along portions of Main Street. Staff is 2 under the same opinion and recommended designating along MainStreet from FM 1103 to the northwest corner of Rawe Avenue as a "No Parking" zone. Also discussed was a "No Parking" zone from FM 78 to Main Street. City Staff has identified city properly(the former Post Office property) located in the downtown area which can be converted into a public parking lot for the patrons of businesses along Main Street.. This proposed parking lot Would provide thirty'additional parking spaces for the downtown businesses and visitors and will include striping, lighting, landscaping and decorative fencing in designated areas. Council discussed this item and were in concurrence that this was an excellent plan. Staff will bring back an ordinance to indicate the prohibited parking and once ordinance is adopted position signage' identifying the prohibit parking areas. Councilwoman Gebhardt left the' dais at' 7:33 pm at this time there not a quorum. Councilwoman Gebhardt returned at 7:34 pm—quorum present meeting continued. B. Discussion/Action on the review and confirmation of all upcoming special meetings and workshops and scheduling the time, date, and-place of additional special meetings or workshops. No changes to the calendar at this time. 10. Resolutions A. Approval/Disapproval of a resolution appointing Steve Liparoto to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Trustees for a term of two years. Councilman Weber made the motion to appoint Steve Liparoto to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Trustees fora term of two years.Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Members: Garrett, Gebhardt, Schultes and Weber;Against:None. Motion carried 4 to 0. B. Approval/Disapproval of a resolution appointing Tim Fousse to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Managers for a term of one year. Councilwoman-Gebhardt made the motion to appoint Tim Fousse to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Managers for a term of one year. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Weber, Schultes, Gebhardt and Garrett;Against:None. Motion carried 4'to 0. C. Approval/Disapproval of a resolution creating a Blue Ribbon Committee that will act as an advisory group to the City Council on recommending the feasibility of pursing a proposed Cibolo Turnpike Parkway extension from F.M. 1103 to I.H. 10. The Blue Ribbon Committee was briefed by City Manager Herrera. Mr. Herrera gave an overview of the Cibolo Parkway Extension and a brief history of this project. This committee will act as an advisory group to the Mayor and City Council on recommending the feasibility of pursuing a proposed Cibolo Turnpike Parkway extension of FM 1103 from Wagon Wheel Way to Interstate 10. On completion the committee will be required to provide a written recommendation to the City Council. Term of this committee will be for approximately 60 days and they will several times in those two months. Councilman Garrett made the motion to approve the resolution creating a Blue Ribbon Committee that will act as an advisory group to the City Council on recommending the feasibility of pursing a proposed Cibolo Turnpike Parkway extension from F.M. 1103 to I.H. 10. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: Council Members: Schultes, Gebhardt, Weber and Garrett; Against: None. Motion carried 4 to 0. The City Secretary will send a volunteer application to all council members so they can recruit members for this committee. This item will be placed on the next agenda for appointments to the Blue Ribbon Committee. 11. Ordinance A. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance amending Chapter 46 of the Code of Ordinances relating to the regulation of noise. 3 Chief Cox went over the ordinance with council to include the history of the ordinance and the changes to include the decibel ratings,provisions for variances and appeals. Councilman Weber made the motion to approve the ordinance amending Chapter 46 of the Code of Ordinances relating to the regulation of noise. Councilwoman Gebhardt seconded the motion. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett,Weber and Gebhardt;Against:None. Motion carried 4 to 0. 12. Adjournment Councilman Garrett made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 pm. Motion was 'seconded by Councilman Weber. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 4 to 0. PAST AND APPROVED THIS 22ND DAY OF MARCH 2016. Allen Dunn Mayor ATTEST 7r Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary 4