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Min CC 06/10/2003 t 1 e3` REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 109 S.MAIN June 10,2003 7:00 P.M. MINUTES 1. Call to Order—Mayor Pro Temp O'Brien called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 2. Roll Call—Mayor Ruppert was absent at the beginning of the meeting. 3. Invocation—Councilman Campbell gave the invocation. 4. Pledge of Allegiance—Mayor Pro Temp O'Brien led the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard(limit of three minutes each) There were no citizens to be heard. 6. Consent Agenda-Consent 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 or citizen so requests,in which case the item will removed from the consent agenda and considered as part of the order of business.) A. Approval of May 27,2003 Regular City Council minutes. B. Approval of Check Register for May 2003. C. Approval of appointment of Michael O'Brien as a Reserve Cibolo Police Officer. D. Approval of resignation from Mark Sideman as assistant Municipal Judge. Councilman Sutton pulled item 6A. Councilman Campbell made the motion to approve the consent agenda items B-D. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For: all,Against:None. Councilman Sutton made the motion to approve 6A with corrections. Seconded by Councilman Campbell. For: All,Against:None. 7. Presentation Presentation to Mark Riffe for 5-year of service to the City of Cibolo. Mayor Pro Temp presented Mark Riffe with a plaque for 5 years of service. 8. Resolution A.Approval of a Resolution to support and implement the County-Wide Burn Ban declared by Guadalupe County. Councilman Campbell made the motion to approve the County-Wide Burn Ban resolution. Seconded by Councilwoman Gray. For: All,Against:None. B. Approval of a Resolution to call for a Public Hearing to adopt a new Zoning Ordinance and Municipal Zoning Map. L Councilman Williams made the motion to approve the resolution to call for a Public Hearing to adopt a new Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map. Seconded by Councilman Campbell. For:All,Against: None. 9. Ordinance A. Approval/Disapproval of an Animal Control Ordinance replacing Ordinance 360 and its amendments. Lee Perry stated that he made changes per the city administrator,the school agriculture farm and their exemptions. Councilman Campbell made the motion to approve the Animal Control Ordinance. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For: All,Against:None. B. Approval/Disapproval a ordinance requiring cash,money order or credit card payment for Municipal court,warrant/capias fines. Councilwoman Gray made the motion to approve the ordinance requiring cash,money order or credit card for payment for Municipal court warrant/capias fines. Seconded by Councilman Sutton. For:All,Against: None. 10. Discussion/Action(General) A. Approval/Disapproval of a requirement for planting of trees and landscape requirements on each lot of new subdivisions. Councilwoman Gray stated that the ordinance from Helotes is very lengthy and may be good for when Cibolo becomes home rule. But would like to see an amendment to the subdivision ordinance in maybe requiring at least one tree on each lot of a certain type. Councilman Sutton stated that it would be better to have a list of what you can't have,rather than a list of what you can have.That it almost violates a person's property rights. Mayor Pro Temp stated that it would be a good idea for the code enforcement/building inspectors to review this ordinance. Asked Lee Perry if he could come up with something by the next meeting to work as a stopgap. Lee Perry stated that the only main problem now is that some of the builders are placing trees in the right of way. Councilman Sutton made the motion to direct staff to bring a draft ordinance on trees in the right of way and a minimum of trees as a replacement or additional amount. Seconded by Councilwoman Gray. For: All,Against: None. B. Approval/Disapproval of an extension on completion contract for Tejas Paving Company,street construction contractor. Letter was provided to council by Tejas with a completion date of June 12. The liquidity damage would be $150 per day. Brian,from Klein Engineer, stated that they had a lot of rain days. Mayor Pro Temp stated that it took three times before there was a bid received on this project. Councilman Sutton made the motion to table item till later in the meeting when Rudy Klein arrives. Seconded by Councilman Campbell. Rudy Klein went over the days with the council that Tejas worked out. There was some time saved,not delays,due to when Tejas was working on Pfeil Street,there were curbs already in place. The city received a credit of$40,000 due to this. Councilwoman Gray asked if Rudy Klein was happy with their work,he replied yes. Tejas plans on being substantially complete by the end of June. Rudy stated that when Tejas calls and says they are substantially complete he would send out someone for a final inspection. Rudy Klein stated that he did not need action at this time. Councilman Sutton made the motion to table item till June 24th. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For: All,Against:None. C. Approval/Disapproval of soliciting bids for 2nd year streets and drainage projects,FY2001 Bond Issue. d J Councilman Campbell made motion to table item to later in the meeting when Rudy Klein arrives. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For:All,Against:None. Rudy Klein went over the list of items to include Haeckerville,different drainage issues,to include Main Street,and improvement to the industrial park entranceway. Also discussed the resurfacing of Borgfeld road. The county will be working on a section of Borgfled's drainage,which would be the perfect time to test this recycling resurfacing project. Councilman O'Brien felt that more work should be done to Borgfeld Road as part of this work.The drainage project will each be separate. Councilwoman Gray brought up the drainage problems that occurred during the flood of 98. Councilwoman Gray made the motion to approve the soliciting bids for second year streets and drainage project,and added a provision to include the drainage engineering of towncreek. Councilman Sutton questioned the need to perform this engineering at this time. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For: Councilwoman Gray and Councilmen Williams and Campbell. Against: Councilmen O'Brien and Sutton. D. Approval/Disapproval of authorization to accept bids for construction of a restroom and parking for Deer Creek Park between Watts School and Winterfrost Street. Chuck Balcar stated that this would be used in the bond issue. Also went over where the park would be located and what the Park commission wanted as far as this area. Councilwoman Gray stated that she was concerned why there was a need for a restroom when there was only going to be a walking trail. If there were something for the children to do then there would be a need for this facility. Councilman Campbell stated that the kids could use the school park facilities that are located right beside it. Chuck Balcar stated that the parking lot and restroom facility is the best place to start,due to the fact that it would be easier to get other facilities after the completion of this. Brian,from Klein Engineer,stated that this could be bid out separately or together. Councilman Williams and Campbell stated that a lot of their neighbors in Deer Creek have negative thoughts about having a city park in this area. Councilman Sutton stated that he would like to see a complete design rather just schematics before it is approved for bidding. Would also like to incorporate landscape screens between parking lot and Winterfrost. Councilman Sutton made the motion to direct design team,Rudy Klein,to finalize parking lot and restroom facility construction documents,with walking trail as a alternate to submit for bidding. Seconded by councilman Williams. For:All,Against: None. 11. Discussion/Action(Builder/Development) Approval/Disapproval of Final Plat of Buffalo Crossing Subdivision,Unit 1. Councilwoman Gray stated that she felt that Planning and Zoning had not reviewed this plat. Chuck Balcar stated that they did review this plat,but they took no action. Mayor Ruppert arrived at 8:10 P.M. Brian Coe,Rudy Klein office,went over the plats with the council. Had problems with right a ways.Doyal Wilson stated that he did not have a problem with these easements changing from 10 to 15 feet. This is the only problem Brian saw with this plat. Councilwoman Gray address several questions concerning this plat. Discussion ensued regarding failure to supply landscape plans. Councilman Sutton noted that without a Landscape Ordinance,that is provision that is impossible to enforce. Rudy Klein stated that everything has been addressed to include the easements. Councilman O'Brien made the motion to approve with the change of the 15 foot easements. Seconded by Councilman Williams. For: Councilmen Campbell, Williams, Sutton,and O'Brien. Against: Councilwoman Gray. Went back to item l OB and l OC. 12. Discussion Only A.Discussion on Budget Preparation and Council/Mayor priorities for FY 2003-04. First budget workshop is to be June 24h at 6:00 P.M. Chuck Balcar went over investment report for the new council members. Also went over the different sections of the budget. Explain the different debts that the city has outstanding. Went over the budget priorities list and what they need to do to rank this list and add additional needs. Currently working on current needs budget,which is,in balance. Went over how impact fees are collected and are designated funds. Asked council to come up with a list of projects that A they would like to see completed during the next fiscal year. Explained how the debt service money is collected and what items/projects it can fund. No action was taken. B. Discussion on revising of Ordinance 523,Regulating Discharge of Firearms. Mark Riffe was asked about his views on the current ordinance. Went over different sections of the ordinance. Stated that hunting has been the main problem with complaints. Seven over the last bird hunting season over by the property on FM 1103. Recommendation is to increase the distance, at least by 3 (500 feet), of allowed firing from any building or road.The problem is that there is still a lot of undeveloped land,not for long,but some people who own a lot of land have been hunting their land for years. The safest and easiest to enforce would be to change the ordinance to no discharge. Councilman Williams stated that he has had conversations with Mr.Wood concerning his concerns with the hunting in this area by his mini storage on FM 1103. Would also like to see the distance changed but would prefer to see zero discharge. Councilman Campbell stated that the two sections he would like to see changed would be the acreage changed from 10 to at least 20 and the feet changed from 150 to 450. Mark Riffe stated that he would recommend changing the acres along with the feet from a facility,street or dwelling.Chuck Balcar stated that he feels if the shell leaves the property then it's a violation. Mayor Ruppert told the council that if the council has any input to forward them to Yvonne Griffin by email. 13. Comments A. City Staff Chuck Balcar stated that has received 1250-acre feet of water from CRWA. Has received a disclosure letter concerning the lawsuit. Keith Gilbreath apologized about confusion on agenda item 11. Understood that the synopsis was enough information if not,then he needed to be told. B. City Council Councilman Williams spoke about CRWA and the committee that was created. Councilman Sutton spoke concerning getting a skate park in the city. Will bring a petition concerning this at the next meeting. Councilman O'Brien stated that he has several issue to include eliminating the parks commission,making downtown more attractive,developing a economic committee, changing the signs for Cibolo Valley Drive on IH35,move city hall up to get it completed,recycling issue and getting Borgfeld Road completed,or other streets. C. Mayor-Congratulated Mark Riffe on his 5 years of service. 14. Adjournment Councilman Campbell made the motion to adjourn at 10:34 P.M. Seconded by Councilman O'Brien. For:All, Against: None. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 24TH DAY OF JUNE,2003. Charles Ruppert Mayor ATTEST: 0C 9vonne Griffin ity Secretary