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Min CC 04/14/2015 of C/$ Cy o C ' r�o T£X PS 'City of Choice" City Council Meeting CMOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. MAIN April 14,2015 6:30 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Mayor Jackson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences — Council Present: Mayor Jackson, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Castro, Councilman Doty, Councilman Hogue and Councilman Dunn; Absent: Councilman Russell; Staff Present: City Manager Herrera, City Attorney Erkan, City Secretary Cimics, Finance Director Miranda, IT Director Badu, Fire Chief Niemietz, Police Chief Cox, Engineering & Planning Klein and Public Works Director Fousse. Councilman Hogue made a motion to excuse Councilman Russell's absent. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Councilman Castro. 4. Pledge of Alle ig ance—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Presentations A. Presentation of Service Award to Charles Gibson,Animal Control,for five years of service to the City of Cibolo. B. Presentation of Service Award to John Ruiz, Police Department for five years of service to the City of Cibolo and the Cibolo Police Department. C. Presentation of Service Award to Leland Zies,Utility Department for five years of service to the City of Cibolo. Mr.Herrera presented Five Year of Service Awards to Charles Gibson, John Ruiz and Leland Zies for their outstanding service to the City of Cibolo. 6. Proclamations A. Proclamation from the Mayor proclaiming April 2015 as Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month in the City of Cibolo. B. Proclamation from the Mayor proclaiming April 2015 as National Sexual Assault Awareness&Prevention Month in the City of Cibolo. C. Proclamation from the Mayor proclaiming the Week of April 19-25, 2015 as National Crime Victim's Rights Week in the City of Cibolo. Mayor Jackson presented Proclamations for Child Abuse Prevention & Awareness Month, National Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month and National Crime Victim's Rights Week in Cibolo and asked all citizens to work together and support the organizations recognized tonight by participating in community efforts and by supporting the goals and ideas of these organizations. 7. Citizens to be Heard This is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on any issue.All visitors wishing to speak must fill out a"Citizens to be Heard"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. 1 The following citizens signed up to be heard this evening. Mr.Joel Hicks spoke that more information was needed on certain agenda items. Mr.Hicks also suggested that all members of Committee's,Commission's and Boards be required to attend at least one council meeting. Mr. George Twist stated that he represented approximately 10 properties that are affected by the construction on Green valley Road. They are happy that the street is being fixed but have concerns over the four lanes from FM 1103 to Dean Road. Mr.Melvin Hicks would like to see Mr.Luft the ED Director at the next meeting give an update on the FM 78 corridor. He also would like to see more information on agenda items and was concerned about the term limit for alternate members on committee's and commissions. Mr. James Foster stated he has been a resident of Cibolo for 4 '/z years. He spoke on the Backflow Program and felt the city was working in the right direction. Councilman Dunn also read a letter from Mr. Glenn Gonzalez a member of the Parks&Recreation Commission 8. 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 March 24,2015. Councilman Doty made a change to the roll call vote by changing it from 5 to 0 to 6 to 0. Councilman Dunn made the motion to approve the consent agenda with the change noted by Councilman Doty. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Castro, Doty, Hogue and Dunn; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 9. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Fire Department B. Court Department C. Engineering and Planning Department D. Administration Mr. Klein briefed council on the Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust which was executed in October 2013. Exhibit C of this agreement estimated the total cost of public improvements to be$3,371,565,and included the replacement of approximately 2,600 linear feet of 12"asbestos cement waterline with PVC waterline within the limits of the Borgfeld Road reconstruction project. During the design stage and early construction it was discovered that the existing waterline on Borgfeld Road is made from PVC and not asbestos cement pipe as everyone understood, and therefore did not need to be entirely replaced. The Public Works Dept. ask Wal-Mart to revise the design to include only replacement of the portions of waterline that are in conflict with the widened road and new utility crossing. Revised plans reflecting update have been submitted for review and need to be incorporated into the 380 Agreement Exhibit C. It is estimated that the changes will reduce the cost in Exhibit C by approx. $50,000. An amendment to Exhibit C will be brought to City Council at the April 28 meeting. Mr.Klein also discussed the slow progress of relocation of AT&T utilities. Meeting was held with the City, School District and Wal-Mart and their Contractor on possible closing Borgfeld Road completely from Main Street to Cibolo Valley Drive to expedite construction. School District will be briefing the School Board this Thursday on this information. It is estimated that the road will be closed and contractor will start May 18 and wrap up the road work the week of August 17. 10. Discussion/Action A. Discussion/Action on the removal, appointments and re-appointments to Planning and Zoning Commission, Parks Commission, Streets and Drainage Commission, Board of Adjustments Commission, Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Charter Review Committee and Cibolo Economic Development Corporation, and all other Committees, Commissions and Boards. Councilman Doty made the motion to appoint Mr. Cunningham to the Street & Drainage Commission. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Castro, Hogue, Dunn and Doty; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. Councilman Garrett made the motion to remove Mr. Gonzalez from the Parks & Recreation Commission. Motion was seconded by Councilman Castro. Mayor Jackson took a roll call vote. Councilman Dunn —No, Councilman Doty —No, Councilman Hogue — Yes, Councilman Castro — Yes, Councilman Garrett — Yes, and Councilwoman Schultes — Yes. Motion carried 4 to 2 remove Mr. Gonzalez from the Parks & Recreation Commission. 2 B. Discussion/Action and approval of the Cibolo Youth Advisory Council By-Laws. This item was briefed by Youth Council Mayor Emmali Ouderkirk and Youth Council Mayor Pro-tem Clayton Cox. They thanked all the individuals and the Youth Council that helped to get the Youth Advisory Council By-Laws completed. They are also looking forwarded to working on projects and working with the Cibolo City Council and Staff. Councilman Hogue made the motion to approve the Cibolo Youth Advisory Council By-Laws. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Castro, Doty, Hogue and Dunn; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. C. Discussion/Action on suspending the 2015 Annual Grip Adjustment from Centerpoint Energy for a period not to exceed 45 days. Councilman Hogue made the motion to suspend the 2015 Annual Grip Adjustment from Centerpoint Energy for a period not to exceed 45 days. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Castro, Doty,Hogue and Dunn;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. D. Discussion/Action and approval of a Alamo Area Emergency Services Mutual Aid Agreement that encompasses the following agencies: Alamo Heights, Boerne, Bulverde/Spring Branch, Castle Hills, Cibolo, District 2, District 7, Grey Forest, Helotes, Kerrville, Leon Valley, Live Oak, New Braunfels, Olmos Park, San Antonio, Schertz, Selma, Terrell Hills,and Universal City. Councilman Dunn made the motion to approval the Alamo Area Emergency Services Mutual Aid Agreement that encompasses the following agencies: Alamo Heights, Boerne, Bulverde/Spring Branch, Castle Hills, Cibolo, District 2, District 7, Grey Forest, Helotes, Kerrville, Leon Valley, Live Oak,New Braunfels, Olmos Park, San Antonio, Schertz, Selma, Terrell Hills, and Universal City. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes, Castro,Doty,Hogue,Garrett and Dunn;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. E. Discussion/Action on approving City Council Policy Directive No. 2015001 amendment 1 to remove City Council Appointments and to change Rule_13 to include excused absences. Councilman Doty made the motion to approve City Council Policy Directive No.2015001Amendment 1 (Council Rules & Procedures for Meeting and Council Appointments to remove Council Appointments and make that its own policy and to change Rule 13 to include excused absences. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes,Castro,Hogue,Dunn,Garrett and Doty;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. F. Discussion/Action on Approving City Council Policy Directive No. 2015004 City Council Appointments to Commissions,Committee's and Boards. Council requested that this item City Council Policy Directive No. 2015004 City Council Appointments to Commissions, Committee's and Boards be brought back to the next council meeting to include term of office for alternate positions. G. 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. Council went over the calendar for April and May 2015. 11. Ordinance A. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance amending the City of Cibolo's Code of Ordinances Chapter 2,Article IV Boards and Commissions regarding the Street&Drainage Commission. Councilman Dunn made the motion to approve the ordinance amending the City of Cibolo's Code of Ordinances Chapter 2,Article IV Boards and Commissions regarding the Street&Drainage Commission. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: Council Members: Garrett, Castro,Doty,Hogue,Schultes and Dunn;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 3 B. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City of Cibolo amending the 2012 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code by adding a local amendment to Section 603.4.2.1 entitled testing of Lawn Sprinkler and Irrigation systems. Councilman Dunn made the motion to approve the ordinance of the City of Cibolo amending the 2012 Edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code by adding a local amendment to Section 603.4.2.1 entitled testing of Lawn Sprinkler and Irrigation systems. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes, Castro,Doty, Hogue,Garrett and Dunn;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. C. Approval/Disapproval of an ordinance of the City of Cibolo rezoning certain real properties located east of N.Main St., North of FM 78,abutting the southern property lines of Town Creek Subdivision and Steele High School,commonly referred to as.the Gilbert Tract from the Mixed Use/Town Center Overlay(C-2)to High Density Single-Family Residential(SF-3). This item was pulled from the agenda prior to the start of the meeting. 12. City Council request(s)regarding_specific items to be scheduled for future agendas Councilman Doty would like Mr.Luft the Economic Development Director to give a briefing on the FM 78 Corridor. 13. Adjournment Councilman Hogue made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:48 pm. Motion was seconded by Councilman Castro. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 28TH DAY OF APRIL 2015 'Lisa M.Jackso Mayor ATTEST %�- V" Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary 4