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Min CC 02/26/2019Of C/& ,nn ryJ=_ O 3 TyE�X A 5 "City of Choice" CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. Main February 26, 2019 6:30 p.m. Minutes 1. Call to Order —Meeting was called to order by Mayor Boyle at 6:30p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences — Council Present: Mayor Boyle, Councilwoman Schultes, Councilman Garrett, Councilman Byrd, Councilman Gibbs, Councilman Allen, Councilman Woliver and Councilman Hicks; Staff Present: City Manager Mr. Herrera, City Attorney Mr. Lindner, City Secretary Ms. Cimics, Finance Director Ms. Miranda, Public Works Director Mr. Fousse, IT Director Mr. McDaniel, Planning & Engineering Director Mr. Klein, Fire Chief Niemietz, Police Chief Hugghins and EDC Director Mr. Luft. 3. Invocation — Invocation was given by Councilman Hicks. 4. Pledge of Allegiance — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by First Class Scout Justin Jessin from Troop 512. 5. Presentation A. Presentation of Five Year Service Award to Natalie Dahlstein. B. Presentation of Five Year Service Award to Steven Schauer. C. Presentation of Five Year Set -vice Award to Manuel Tovar. D. Presentation of Employee of the Quarter for the 4's Quarter 2018. City Manager Herrera and Mayor Boyle presented Service Awards Natalie Dahlstein, Steven Schauer and Manuel Tovar for Five Years of Service to the City of Cibolo. Police Officer Ram Hernandez was presented the Quarterly Award for the 4s` Quarter 2018. 6. 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. (Attorney General Opinion — JC -0169) (Limit of three minutes each.) All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. The following citizens signed up to be heard JC Dufresne spoke in favor of item 9B and requested it be done as soon as possible. Cindy Spencer stated that she had completed Ethics Training recently. Ms. Spencer stated that just because you can do something doesn't mean it's always the right thing to do. Perception is there and perception is reality. She caution everyone to think before you post something on Facebook. We don't have to agree with each other but we need to be respectful to each other. Everyone needs to move forward and come together for the betterment of the city. Kara Latimer spoke on item 9B. She spoke on lot size and what you can and cannot do in the ETJ. Ms. Latimer stated that 9B helps put language in place that will help with platting in the ETJ. Mark Schupp supported item 9B for both the city and the ETJ. Robert Roberson also supports item 9B and stated that UDC needed to be updated. Melvin Hicks spoke on the signal light at FM 1103 and Main Street. Mr. Hicks also spoke on a church utilizing the YMCA for church services on Sunday. He stated if a church can't use the facility than who can use it. 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 12, 2019. Councilman Garrett made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. 8. Staff Updates/Discussion A. Public Works Department B. Administration Chief Hugghins gave a report on the Police Department including new hires and recruiting efforts. Chief also showed a video that will be shown at Santikos Theatre featuring a couple Cibolo Police Officers. Mr. Fousse went over several project in the city. 9. Discussion/Action A. Discussion and direction to staff on revising the Historical Committee Ordinance. The council went over the current ordinance and decided not to change anything until the committee had the opportunity to meet a few times. B. Discussion and direction to staff on making a change to the UDC on lot standards in the subdivision regulations of the UDC to include every lot shall have frontage on a public street, all lots fifty five (55) feet or less in width platted after the effective date of this change will require vehicular access from an alley, no residential lot may have more than two (2) driveways on the same street and multiple driveways that service one (1) lot may be no closer than forty (40) feet to each other, and parking and driveway areas shall not constitute more than forty (40%) percent of the area between the front building line and the front property line. The attorney stated that he will have a draft ordinance at the next council meeting for the council to go over and possibly consider for adoption. The city will look at the ordinance the City of San Marcos has and see if they can utilize some of the wording they use in their ordinance. C. Presentation/Discussion from Councilmembers that have attended seminars or meetings for the City of Cibolo. Councilman Hicks stated that he had been assign to a sub -committee of the TAC Committee. Mayor Boyle stated he would be attending the Guadalupe County Mayors Meeting and invited council to attend. Councilman Hicks stated he would be attending a TML class in San Marcos Wednesday thru Friday and will receive his CMO (Certified Municipal Officers) award at this seminar. 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 calendars for February and March 2019. 10. Ordinances A. Approval/Disapproval of an Ordinance of the City of Cibolo repealing and replacing Ordinance 724, Purchasing Policy and Procedures of the City of Cibolo. Councilman Byrd made the motion to approve the Ordinance of the City of Cibolo repealing and replacing Ordinance 724, Purchasing Policy and Procedures of the City of Cibolo. Motion was seconded by Councilman Garrett. For: Council Members: Schultes, Byrd, Garrett and Woliver; Against: Council Members: Gibbs, Allen and Hicks. Motion carried 4 to 3. 11. Resolutions A. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution to adopt the Election System & Software; Express Vote Universal Voting System for Early Voting in Person, Early Voting by Mail, Election Day Voting and Provisional Ballots in all future elections held in Guadalupe County. Councilman Woliver made the motion to approve the Resolution to adopt the Election System & Software; Express Vote Universal Voting System for Early Voting in Person, Early Voting by Mail, Election Day Voting and Provisional Ballots in all future elections held in Guadalupe County. Motion was seconded by Councilman Hicks. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. B. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution supporting certain legislative initiatives regarding groundwater production and transportation. Councilman Hicks made the motion to approve a Resolution supporting certain legislative initiatives regarding groundwater production and transportation. Motion was seconded by Councilman Gibbs. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0. C. Approval/Disapproval of a Resolution determining a public necessity to acquire real property interests in certain properties and authorizing the acquisition of property rights by the exercise of the power of eminent domain for the Town Creek Drainage — Haeckerville Road Reconstruction Project; authorizing the city attorney to take all steps necessary to acquire the needed property rights in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, specifically including Chapter 21 of the Texas Property Code; and finding and determining that the meeting at which this resolution is passed, by a record vote, is open to the public as required by law. This item will be placed on the next agenda 12. Add'ourmnent Councilman Woliver made the motion to adjourn the Council Meeting at 8:55 pm. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Schultes. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 7 to 0 PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 12TH DAY OF MARCH 2019. � cJ. ATTEST yy Peggy Cimics, TRMC City Secretary