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Min CC 03/13/2012 y O F C/'O O C. (� -0 • -city of cholce" City Council Meeting CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. MAIN March 13, 2012 7:00 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Mayor Hartman called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. 2. Roll Call Mayor Hartman Councilman Pedde Councilman Troncoso Councilman Castro Councilwoman Hale Councilman Carlton—absent Councilman Liparoto Councilman Hicks Staff: Interim City Manager Chief Niemietz, City Attorney Charlie Zech, City Secretary Peggy Cimics, Police Chief Gary Cox, City Engineer Rudy Klein, ED Director Mark Luft and Community Development Services Director Robert Stricker 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Councilman Castro. 4. Pledge of Allegiance-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. Suzanne Tull-Stroup of 122 Eagle Drive in the Falcon Crest community off FM 78 spoke to council on the trash piling up around homes, high weeds, abandoned homes, no skirting and the lack of Code Enforcement and Animal Control by City staff. 6. Consent Agenda—Consent Items(General Items) A. Approval of the minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on February 27, 2012. B. Approval of the minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on February 28,2012. C. Approval of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on February 28, 2012. D. Approval of the minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on March 7,2012. 1 E. Approval of the Preliminary Plat for Cibolo Vista,Phase 3C. Councilman Troncoso moved to approve the consent agenda, item E approve with the recommendation from the Planning & Zoning that the Final Plat of this development shall not be recorded until the deceleration contemplated in the Cibolo Vista Traffic Impact Analysis is installed. Motion was seconded by Councilman Liparoto. For: Council Members: Pedde, Troncoso, Castro, Hale, Liparoto and Hicks; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 7. Staff Updates A. Capital Projects Schedule B. Court Department C. Fire Department D. Community Development Services Department Tonya Fullenwider, Court Clerk gave a presentation on the February 2012 Municipal Court Report to include the numbers from a warrant roundup the City participated in. 8. 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), Cibolo Economic Development Corporation and UDC Committee. Council accepted the resignation of Cynthia Pettit from the CIP. Councilwoman Hale stated that she attend the first CIP Meeting last month and would like to be the Council Liaison. Councilman Hicks moved to appoint Councilwoman Hale as the Council Liaison to the CIP. Motion was seconded by Councilman Liparoto. For: Council Members: Pedde,Troncoso, Castro,Hale, Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. B. Discussion/Action to consider an agreement for equipment lease financing through Frost Leasing and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the agreement. Councilman Liparoto moved to approve an agreement for equipment lease financing through Frost Leasing and authorize the Interim City Manager to execute the agreement. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: Council Members:Troncoso, Castro,Hale,Liparoto and Hicks; Against: Councilman Pedde. Motion carried 5 to 1. C. Discussion/Action to consider a Lease of Property Agreement between Union Pacific Railroad Company and the City of Cibolo and authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute the agreement. Councilman Troncoso moved to approve the Lease of Property Agreement between Union Pacific Railroad Company and the City of Cibolo and authorizing the Interim City Manager to execute the agreement.Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: Council Members: Pedde,Troncoso, Castro,Hale,Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. D. Discussion and direction to staff on amending the City's Code of Ordinances by adopting regulations regarding Garage Sales in the City of Cibolo. Council stated that they did not feel that there was a huge problems with Garage Sales in the City and had stated before that they did not feel an ordinance was needed. The City has other ordinances that could be utilized to address possible issues that may come up. 2 E. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on the sewer line and lift station along 1103. Councilman Liparoto moved to utilize water/wastewater impact fees to proceed with the sewer line and lift station along FM 1103. Motion was seconded by Councilman Castro. For: Council Members: Pedde, Troncoso, Castro,Hale,Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. F. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on the Water/Wastewater Projects. Rudy Klein, City Engineer briefed council on preliminary construction cost estimates for Water and Sewer Improvements in four areas of the City—North of Green Valley Road—Old Downtown Cibolo—FM 78 Corridor and 11110 and Santa Clara Road. G. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on hiring a Health Inspector for the City of Cibolo. Robert Stricker Community Service Director informed the council that he was working on an ordinance to be presented at the next council meeting to cover the Health Inspections for the City of Cibolo. He also stated that there we be no cost to the City as the fee collected would pay for the Inspector. H. Discussion/Action and possible resolution to support and defend the Commissions Court's resolution asking for the resignation of Guadalupe County Judge Mike Wiggins. Council made a few minor changes to the second resolution provided in their packet. Councilman Troncoso moved to adopt the resolution with the changes made to support the Commissioners Court.Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: Council Members: Pedde, Castro,Troncoso,Hale,Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. I. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on placing"Welcome to Cibolo"signs at all entrance points to the City of Cibolo. Robert Stricker briefed council that he is working with National Sign Plaza to place six to eight signs to identify the City at the major entry points to the City. J. Discussion/Action and direction to staff on S.B. 100 that gives political subdivision until December 31, 2012 the ability to adopt a resolution changing terms of its members to even number of years and/or moving the date of the general elections from May to November. City Attorney Charlie Zech briefed the council on S.B. 100. Councilman Pedde requested that we bring back to the next meeting the cost to conduct our own elections instead of contracting with the County. K. Presentation/Discussion on the legal issues and procedures for establishing single member districts and possible direction from City Council. City Attorney Charlie Zech briefed council that the demographic services to support the development of single-member districts has started. They would like to wait to finish until the census protest is completed to save the City money in case they had to redo areas that are in conflict with the census findings. Also there is plenty of time to complete the process before the election in May 2013. Presentation on districts will be presented at the next meeting so all council members receive the briefing at the same time. L. 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 March and April 2012. 3 9. Resolution A. Approval/Disapproval of a resolution adopting an amendment to the Bylaws of the Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation. Councilman Troncoso moved to approve adopting an amendment to the Bylaws of the Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: Council Members: Pedde, Troncoso, Castro,Hale,Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 10. City Council request(s)regarding specific items or staff reports to be scheduled for future agendas. No items requested by council at this time. 11. Executive Session The City Council will meet in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Gov't Code Sec. 551.074 Personnel Matters to discuss the following: A. The deliberation of the employment of a City Manager. Council convened into Executive Session at 8:46 p.m. 12. Open Session Reconvene into Regular Session and take action/or give direction, if necessary, on items discussed in Executive Session. Council reconvened into Regular Session at 10:20 p.m. Councilman Liparoto made a motion to hire Mr.Herrera as the City Manager and have the Mayor work an agreement with him and negotiate a start date. Motion was seconded by Councilman Castro. For: Council Members: Pedde, Castro, Troncoso, Hale, Liparoto and Hicks; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 13. Adjournment: Councilman Castro moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:21 p.m. Motion was seconded by Councilman Troncoso. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 27TH DAY OF MARCH 2012. Jennifer artman Mayor ATTEST: Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary 4