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Min CC 04/25/2017 y OF C,e rl �1 0 rexx5 "City of Choice" CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. MAIN April 25,2017 6:30 P.M. Minutes 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by Mayor Dunn at 6:30 pm. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences—Council Present: Mayor Dunn, Councilwoman Schultes,Councilman Garrett,Councilman Gibbs, Councilman Russell and Councilman Weber: Council Absent: Councilman Hogue. Councilman Gibbs made the motion to approve the absence of Councilman Hogue. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 3. Invocation—Councilman Russell gave the Invocation. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—Flags were presented by Boys Scout Troop 627. 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 Roster 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 individuals spoke at citizen to be heard: Laura Torres of CASA of Central Texas gave a little information about what their organisation does and that they were looking for volunteers. Danny Sate stated that he picked up several bags of trash along FM 1103. He realizes that TxDOT only mows twice a year but the City of Cibolo has three main entrances into the city and felt if the City's Public Works Department mowed and clean the area the entrance into Cibolo would look so much better. Katie Cunningham read letters from the following individuals that were not present at the Council Meeting: Dillie Hamson, Savannah Tamayo, Stephen Luman and Brian Cunningham. All letters read by Ms. Cunningham pertained to the Development Agreement, toll road or express lanes. Katie Cunningham spoke to council and expressed her concerns with the toll road, John Crew, Texas Turnpike, Inc. and Public Werks. Stace Long also spoke in opposition of the timeline for the toll road and the toll road in general. Ashley Zimmermann also spoke in opposition and ask the council to put this issue to a vote of the registered voters of Cibolo. Louise Anderson spoke on safety issues with a toll road. She stated that there would be more accidents and both traffic pollution and noise pollution that the citizens would have to deal with. Melissa Tovar stated she was here tonight to ask the council to put the development Agreement to a public vote. Rebecca Melton was concerned about property value of home near the toll road. 6. Public Hearing A. The City of Cibolo City Council will hold a public hearing to hear public testimony regarding the rezoning of 311 acres of real property, known as the Gilbert Tract, located east of N. Main St., north of FM 78, abutting the southern property lines of Town Creek Subdivision and Steele High School, from the Mixed Use Old Town/Town Center District(C-2)to Planned Unit Development(PUD),to enable a mix of residential densities and commercial. This Public Hearing is a continuance of the hearing held on March 28th. Staff recommended that the Public Hearing be continued until the May 23'meeting. Mayor Dunn did received comments from the citizens that wanted to be heard on this item. Council received a letter from Mr.Luman in opposition of the rezoning. Ms. Skinner read a letter from her son 1 Steven Schlueter. She stated that this letter was sent to the Planning and Zoning Chairperson eleven days ago but her son had not received a reply or any acknowledgement of receiving the letter. Mr. Schlueters letter reflected some of the observations he saw when attending the last Planning and Zoning meeting. He felt that the gentleman presenting from Pulte was treated badly by the P&Z. He also stated that the P&Z said Pulte was not bringing anything special to this project which he disagreed with. Mr. Schlueter said as an adjoining land owner to this tract he thought the project could be the magnet to attract those services that the citizens of Cibolo desire. Mr. Schlueter also felt that Mr.Cude deserves an apology he felt the P&Z talked down to him and that he was treated very un-professional. Mr. Cude seem to be working to fulfill concerns previously expressed by P&Z as well as the citizens. He also thanked the P&Z for what they do as volunteers of the city. 7. Presentations A. Presentation of the Employee of the Year Award to Police Officer Elias De Los Santos. Officer Elias De Los Santos was presented the Employee of the Year 2016 by City Manager Herrera and Mayor Dunn. 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 April 11,2017. Councilman Weber made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 9. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Drainage Department B. IT Department C. Administration Mr. Herrera informed the council that the tour to see the numerous projects being done around the city has been set for May 15 leaving City Hall at 5:30pm. If council has not notified Leigh Ann Rogers of their attendance please do so as soon as possible so we can get an accurate head court on vehicle transportation. 10. Discussion/Action A. Discussion/Action on the removal, appointments and re-appointments to Planning and Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustments Commission, Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Charter Review Committee, Master Plan Committee, Youth Council and Cibolo Economic Development Corporation, Animal Advisory Board and all other Committees, Commissions and Boards. Councilman Garrett made the motion to re-appoint Mr.Moraes to the P&Z District 2,Mr. J.Hicks to P&Z District 7 and Mr.M.Hicks to the P&Z alt#1. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. Councilman Garrett made the motion to appoint Mr.Petersen to the EDC for District 2. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: 2 (Garrett & Weber); Against: 3 (Gibbs, Schultes and Russell). Motion failed 2 to 3. Councilman Gibbs made the motion to re-appoint Mr. Boyle to the EDC for District 2. Motion was seconded by Councilman Russell. For: 4 (Schultes, Gibbs, Russell & Weber); Against: 1 (Garrett). Motion carried 4 to 1. Councilman Weber made the motion to appoint Mr. Burnett for District 6 to the Communication/Technology Advisory Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. Councilman Russell made the motion to appoint Mr. Mathis to the UDC. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. B. Discussion/Action and approval to suspend the 2017 Annual Grip Adjustment for the South Texas Division for a period of no longer than 45 days from the effective date of May 29,2017. Councilman Russell made the motion to suspend the 2017 Annual Grip Adjustment for the South Texas Division for a period of no longer than 45 days from the effective date of May 29,2017. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 2 C. Discussion/Action on the Communication/Technology Advisory Committee. Council gave direction to have a few changes made to the Communication/Technology Advisory Committee. Committee will go from minimum of twelve members to maximum of fifteen. Staff will also make a few minor changes to the organization of the committee. D. Discussion/Action on the Cibolo Parkway and Cibolo Expressway Petitions received on April 10,2017. The City Secretary stated that she received the sixteen separate petitions on the Cibolo Parkway and Cibolo Expressway from Ms. Tovar on April 10th at 4pm. There were a total of 1,216 signatures on the petitions. City Secretary's office received a new voters registration list of April 12th and the checked every name on the petition to insure they were Cibolo voters. Total signatures required for the petition to be valid was 3,262. Total number of valid signatures after checking the petitions were 696. Councilman Weber made the motion to accept the number given by the City Secretary. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. Councilwoman Schultes made the motion not to accept the petition based on not having the valid number of signatures required. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. E. 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 calendars for April and May 2017. 11. Adjournment Councilman Garrett made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:52 pm. Motion was seconded by Councilman Weber. For:All;Against:None. Motion carried 5 to 0. PASSED •ND APPROVED THIS 9TH DAY OF MAY 2017. C Allen Dunn Mayor / City of Cibolo ATTEST: ` Peggy Cimics,TRMC City Secretary City of Cibolo 3