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Min CC 02/27/2018 yOFc/a is C TrilA , rex�,s 'City of Choice' CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S.Main February 27,2018 6:30 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Meeting was called to order by Mayor Boyle at 6:30 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences — Members Present: Mayor Boyle, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Byrd, Councilman Gibbs, Councilman Russell and Councilman Hicks. Members Absent: Councilman Hogue. Council Gibbs made the motion to excuse the absence of Councilman Hogue. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. Staff Present: City Manager Mr. Herrera, City Attorney Mr. Erkan, City Secretary Ms. Cimics, Finance Director Ms. Miranda, IT Director Mr. McDaniel, EDC Director Mr. Luft, Planning & Engineering Director Mr. Klein, City Planner Ms. Gonzalez, Interim Police Chief Hugghins and Public Works Director Fousse. 3. Invocation—Invocation was given by Mr. Jackson. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—Cassie and Rebecca led all those in attendance with 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 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 individual spoke at Citizens to be Heard: Curtis Lindesay briefed council on Cibolo Enrichment Foundation Project to include vision, goals status,timeline, activities and location. Tim Woliver spoke about the Council Meeting held on Feb 27th. He stated that a councilmember was speaking after the meeting was over and the mic was still on. That councilperson was speaking on ethics and code of conduct and reference three individuals by name that he would like to remove from any committees, commission or board due to violation of policy or comments made on social media. Mr. Woliver stated that if someone questions his integrity and character they should have evidence to back it up. He also stated that if someone feels a violation of ethics or city policy happened then they should file a complaint as outlined in the Ethics Ordinance and the class we all recently completed on ethics. Cindy Spencer sent kudos to the young Marines and the young people that are now doing the pledge at the council meetings. Ms. Spencer also stated that she thought the Project Life Saver was a great program and thanked the Police Department for following up on the program. She also wanted to know when the City was going to start the Town Hall Meetings as discussed several months ago. Michael Arizpe wanted the Council to look at the Town Creek Watershed. Dean Midlick handed out information on the Tri-City All Stars those mission is to provide quality sports entertainment that is affordable to all. They are also aiming to be the basketball team for the Tri-City region. Katie Cunningham was not at the meeting but did have someone speak for her. Her comments were on the resolution that is on the agenda showing the city does not find a two lane toll road acceptable. Ms. Cunningham stated that throughout the entire process with this project it has been consistently referred to as a four lane, divided road. She ask that council vote in favor of the resolution showing displeasure with the two lane option. She also ask that council continue pushing Texas Turnpike for more information about the 1 project and continue to press for answers. Glenn Weber spoke on the same subject as Mr. Woliver and agreed with his remarks. He did stated that the video on the web site that had the remarks made by the councilmember is no longer available. Mr. Weber did stated that he was pleased with information was getting out to the citizens with the temporary signs and the new marquee sign at FM 1103 and Main Street. Jamie Mathis spoke on the importance of the Charter Review Committee. He did feel that each person interviewing for that committee should be asked the same questions and that they all should be required to answer why the reason they wanted to be on the committee and what they have to offer to the committee. Mr. Mathis also stated that there is too much drama on social media and council should stay off of it. 6. Public Hearing A.The City of Cibolo City Council will hold a public hearing to hear public testimony regarding the re- zoning of approximately 21 acres located parallel to Dean Road, north of Saratoga Subdivision and east of Willow Bridge Subdivision, currently zoned Low Density Single-Family Residential (SF-1) to Medium Density Single-Family Residential (SF-2) Public Hearing was briefed by Lisa Gonzalez City Planner. Applicant also gave a presentation to council. The Public Hearing was opened by Mayor Boyle at 7:15 p.m. Mr. Steve Berg of Dean Road spoke in opposition of the zoning. Mr. Berg stated there were already too many homes and this would just cause more flooding issues and traffic congestion. Mrs. Robin Berg also spoke in opposition of the zoning for many of the same reasons and also for the wildlife in the area. She stated that the city continues to add more homes in an already congested area. Mayor Boyle closed the Public Hearing at 7:25 p.m. 7. Presentations A.Presentation of 5 Year Service Awards to Police Officer Jennifer Walls and Interim Police Chief Bryan Hugghins. City Manager Mr. Herrera presented Police Officer Walls and Interim Police Chief Bryan Hugghins with 5 year Service Awards. B. Presentation of 10 Year Service Award to Maggie Patterson from the Utility Billing Department. Maggie Patterson was presented a 10 Year Service Award from City Manager Mr. Herrera. C.Presentation of a Proclamation for Black History Month. Mayor Boyle presented a Proclamation for Black History Month to Donnovan Jackson and Ivory Freeman. 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 February 13, 2018. Councilman Garrett made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 9. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Street Department B. Drainage Department C. Administration—Leigh Ann Rogers gave a report on the Cibolo being recognized as a Safe City for 2018. 2 10. Discussion/Action A. Discussion on the City of Cibolo's Ethics Ordinance, Code of Conduct, Council Policies and Social Media. This item was briefed by Councilman Hicks. He spoke on ethics and council policies. He felt that some of the posting recently on Facebook, twitter and other social media sites are getting out of hand. Some members of committees, commissions and boards are posting comments that reflect badly on the City. Councilman Hicks stated he was not here tonight to talk about removing anyone from a committee just to put it out so people think before posting or not to post at all. Councilwoman Schultes stated if you feel someone violated the Ethics Policy you should follow the policy and file a complaint. Councilman Byrd stated that there is no punitive piece in Ordinance 1149 and that needs to come back to council at a later date to review. Mr. Herrera did stated that TML has an Ethics Video and maybe Cibolo and a few other cities could get together and host a TML class on the Role of Ethics in City Government. Council talked about the issue but no action was taken. B. 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. Mayor Boyle made the motion to nominated Brenda Dennis to the Charter Review Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. (This action was taken earlier in the meeting as Ms. Dennis needed to leave to cover a meeting in Schertz). Councilman Russell made the motion to appoint JC Dufresne as the P&Z representative to the Charter Review Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. Councilman Gibbs made the motion to appoint Carole Herr as District 4 representative to the Charter Review Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Byrd. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. Councilwoman Schultes made the motion to appoint Nanya Sieffert as District 1 representative to the Charter Review. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Byrd, Gibbs and Russell; Against: Councilman Hicks. Motion carried 5 to 1. Councilman Hicks made the motion to appoint Dick Hetzel as the EDC representative to the Charter Review Committee. Councilwoman Schultes seconded the motion. Before the vote took place council had a discussion if Mr. Hetzel was nominated than Councilman Hogue would not have the opportunity to make a nomination for his district. Councilwoman Schultes withdrew her second of the motion. No one else seconded the motion so the motion died. Councilman Hicks made the motion to nominated Mike Arizpe to the Charter Review Committee representing District 7. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. Councilman Garrett made the motion to appoint TG Benson to the CIP Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 6 to 0. C. Discussion/Action on the Land Study submitted by KB Homes for the Schulmeier Tract, Located within the City of Cibolo's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction on Green Valley Road and east of the Heights of Cibolo Subdivision. Councilman Byrd made the motion to approve the Land Study submitted by KB Homes for the Schulmeier Tract, Located within the City of Cibolo's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction on Green Valley Road and east of the Heights of Cibolo Subdivision. Motion was seconded by Councilman Russell. For: Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Byrd, Councilman Gibbs and Councilman Russell; Against: Councilman Garrett and Councilman Hicks. Motion carried 4 to 2. 3 D. 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 March and April 2018. 11. Ordinance A. Approval/Disapproval of an Ordinance of the City of Cibolo providing for the third amendment of the Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018. Motion was made by Councilman Hicks to approve the Ordinance providing for the third amendment of the Budget for the Fiscal Year 2017-2018. Motion was seconded by Councilman Russell. For: Council Members: Garrett, Byrd, Gibbs, Russell and Hicks; Against: None. Abstain: Councilwoman Schultes. Motion carried 6 to 1. B. Approval/Disapproval of an Ordinance of the City of Cibolo changing the name of the Parks and Community Advisory Committee to the Parks and Recreation Committee. Motion was made by Councilman Byrd to approve the Ordinance of the City of Cibolo changing the name of the Parks and Community Advisory Committee to the Parks and Recreation Committee. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 12. Resolution A. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution proclaiming its displeasure with Cibolo Turnpike L.P.'s intent to Construct and operate the Cibolo Parkway as a two lane tollway after representing to City Council that the Cibolo Parkway would consist of four lanes. Councilman Byrd made the motion to disapprove the resolution until the entire city council can meet in closed session with the Texas Turnpike, Inc. and the attorney's working with the City on this project. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes, Garrett, Byrd, Gibbs and Russell;Against: Councilman Hicks. Motion carried 5 to 1. B. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution appointing to the Canyon Regional Water Authority one member to the Board of Trustees for a two year term. Councilman Garrett made the motion to approve the resolution appointing Timothy Fousse to the Canyon Regional Water Authority Board of Trustee for a two year term. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: All;Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. 13. Adjournment — Councilman Hicks made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:15 p.m. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against:None. Motion carried 6 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 13TH DAY OF MARCH 2018. 11. osh Boyle - = Mayor ATTEST Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary - - 4