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Min CC 03/11/2014 d OF C/e U r O re.x As 'Cln/of Choice" , City Council Meeting CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. MAIN March 11, 2014 7:00 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by Mayor Jackson at 7:01 p.m. 2. Roll Call— Council Present: Mayor Jackson, Councilman Pedde, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Castro, Councilman Hogue and Councilman Dunn; Members Absent: Councilman Doty and Councilman Carlton. Staff Present: City Manager Herrera, City Secretary Cimics, City Attorney Banks, City Engineer Klein, ED Director Luft, Public Works Director Fousse, Assistant Planner Gonzalez and Police Lieutenant Kotzur. 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Councilman Castro. 4. Pledge of Alle iangce—All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard This is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the City Council on any issue. 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 spoke during this item: Maggie Titterington from the Schertz Chamber gave information on upcoming events. Jim Koenig representing the Randolph Metrocom Chamber informed citizens of an upcoming Golf Tournament and that the chamber was here to support Cibolo. Henry Gutierrez from Bexar Waste informed everyone on the Spring Clean-Up starting March 22, 2014. Judy Womack a four year resident to the city informed the council that she had written a book about Cibolo and would like to partner with the City. Brent Hartman President of the Falcon Ridge Homeowners Association had questions on Borgfeld Road. Melvin Hicks stated that he was a man of God and felt that his character had been attacked by some on social media and that he was,presenting a check to Mr.Herrera and the City. 6. Public Hearing A.The City of Cibolo City Council will hold a public hearing to hear public testimony concerning the voluntary annexation of approximately 1.162 acres of real property located north of the development known as Mesa at Turning Stone. Mayor Jackson opened the Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m. No one spoke and the Public Hearing was closed at 7:17 p.m. 1 B. The City of Cibolo City Council will hold a public hearing to hear public testimony concerning the voluntary annexation of approximately 210.15 acres of real property located east of FM 1103, on Green Valley Road,east of the development known as Mustang Valley Estates. Mayor Jackson opened the Public Hearing at 7:17 p.m. No citizen or council spoke and Mayor Jackson closed the Public Hearing at 7:18 p.m. 7. Presentation A. Presentation of the Gary Kelly Service Award. Mayor Jackson presented the Gary Kelly Service Award to Garth Coursen. Mr. Coursen has served the City of Cibolo on several different committees and commission since 2005. B. Presentation of a check to the Miss Cibolo Scholarship Pageant from the Cibolo BBQ Cook Off. Cibolo BBQ Cook-Off presented a check to the Miss Cibolo Scholarship Pageant. 8. Consent Agenda—Consent Items(General Items) A. Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on February 25,2014. Councilman Castro made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hogue. For: Councilman Pedde, Garrett, Castro,Hogue and Dunn; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 9. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Fire Department B. Court Department C. Community Development Services Department D. Administration Tonya Fullenwider, Senior Court Clerk gave the report for the Municipal Court for February 2014. 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), Cibolofest Committee and Cibolo Economic Development Corporation. The following citizen spoke on this item: Joel Hicks stated that council should wait to appoint as all the council members were not present at this meeting. Garth Coursen who is the Chairman of the Planning & Zoning suggested that the council look at assigning committee and commissions by districts to have more diversity. Brent Hartman spoke about City Ethics and handed over to the council some e-mails that he had some concern over. 2 Councilman Dunn did address Mr. Hartman on the e-mails and did state that his name was one of those on the e-mails. Mr. Pedde and Mr. Coursen also acknowledge their names on the list. The e-mails had something to do with cancelling a meeting. Councilman Dunn stated that at that time he was the Chairman of the Street & Drainage Commission and Mr. Coursen was the Chairman of Planning and Zoning. Councilman Pedde was a council liaison to the commission. Councilman Dunn stated he believed he was doing the right thing by going through the council liaison and he had absolutely nothing to hide. Councilman Pedde did talk about districts with the committees and commissions. Councilman Dunn wanted to postponed selections until all council were represented. Councilman Dunn made a motion to postpone selection to committees and commissions until all council members are available and until a discussion on district representation can be discussed with the entire council. Motion was seconded by Councilman Pedde. For: Councilman Pedde; Dunn and Hogue; Against Councilman Garrett and Councilman Castro. Motion carried 3 to 2. B. Discussion/Action on the request from Everyday Christian Fellowship Church on a zoning correction. John Adams spoke on behalf of the Everyday Christian Fellowship. Mr. Adams stated that the church would like to make an amendment to their zoning request. If the city was willing to waive fees the church would submit the paperwork required to start the re-zoning process. Council thanked the church for the presentation. Councilman Pedde made the motion to waive fees to allow the Everyday Christian Fellowship Church move forward with the application process for re-zoning. Motion was seconded by Council Castro. For: Councilman Dunn, Hogue, Garret,Castro and Pedde;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. C. Discussion/Action/Presentation from Tyrone McCreary on a proposal to bring a Youth Sports Organization to Cibolo and using the field at Niemietz Park for practice games. Theresa Black spoke on behalf of the youth sports organization. She stated that the non-profit makes no money that all money is put back into the program by purchasing equipment and uniforms. Tyrone McCreary gave a presentation on a Youth Organization they would like to bring into the City of Cibolo. Council gave direction for the organization to work with the City Manager to bring a possible contract back to council at a later date. D. Presentation/Discussion on Eagle Scout Project for Schlather Park from Alex Putman. Alex Putman gave an update to council on his Eagle Scout Project. He is now selling bricks to place around the flag pole. E. Review the City's organization chart and discuss formulating and adopting a written statement of principles to guide the city's governance process between the Mayor and City Council, the City Manager and other appointed positions, city staff and discuss how the Cibolo organization can improve the governance process. This item will be placed on future workshop for council and staff to discuss. F. Update on the request for an investigation into any criminal misconduct by former and current Mayor and City Council as well as former and current City Staff or others related to the issues associated with the Wal-Mart Development Project. 3 Councilman Hogue stated that Councilman Garrett, Councilman Carlton and he did according to the resolution council past presented information to the district attorney in Seguin. It is now in their hands. 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 all meetings. Discussed the joint workshop scheduled for Saturday, March 15"'. Meeting was cancelled due to council postponing committee/commission appointments in agenda item 10A. City Secretary will get dates and send out new schedule to everyone no later than March 21,2014. 11. Ordinance A. Approval/Disapproval of an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1081 terms of an electric and gas franchise to City Public Service(CPS Energy) and making an additional 0.5% franchise fee available to cities. Councilman Pedde made the motion to approve amending Ordinance No. 1081 terms of an electric and gas franchise to City Public Service (CPS Energy) and making an additional 0.5% franchise fee available to cities. Motion was seconded by Councilman Dunn. For: Councilman Dunn,Hogue,Garret,Castro and Pedde;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 12. Resolution A. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution by the City of Cibolo City Council appointing one member to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Trustees for a term of two years. Councilman Castro made the motion to appoint Steve Liparoto to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Trustees for a term of two years. Motion was seconded by Councilman Pedde. For: Councilman Dunn, Hogue, Garret, Castro and Pedde; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. B. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution by the City of Cibolo City Council appointing one member to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Managers for a term of one year. Councilman Pedde 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: Councilman Dunn, Hogue, Garret, Castro and Pedde; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. C. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution by the City of Cibolo City Council creating a Cibolo Youth Council. Councilman Castro moved to approve the resolution by the City of Cibolo City Council creating a Cibolo Youth Council. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett.For: Councilman Dunn, Hogue,Garret, Castro and Pedde;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 4 13. City Council request(s)regarding specific items to be scheduled for future agendas. Councilman Dunn requested that the discussion on committees and commissions to have district representation be discussed before selecting members to vacant positions. 14. Adjournment: Councilman Castro made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:48 p.m. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hogue. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2014 Lisa a n 4 Mayor ATTEST 11,0 // —7y v ZLI Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary 5