Min CC 03/27/2001 MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL MEETING
March 27, 2001
1. Call to Order—Mayor Bauder called the meeting to at 7:00 P.M. in the Municipal Building of
Cibolo, Texas.
2 Roll Call— All members of Council and Mayor were present.
3. Invocation—Councilman Glisar gave the invocation.
4 Pledge of Allegiance—Mayor Bauder led the Pledge.
5. Citizens to be Heard:
Bill Little—Expressed disappointment in Council. Stated when he was Mayor in the late 80's
they were working on opening the well, and the current Council has done nothing to activate the
well since. Mayor Bauder responded by telling Mr. Little they tried in the Mid 80's.
Charles Ruppert—Requested that the Masterplan for Willow.Bridge and Stapper Tract
Subdivisions be tabled due to the fact that they have not been presented to Planning and Zoning.
6 Discussion/Action on Minutes of the March 13, 2001 Council Meeting.
Motion to accept Minutes with corrections: Councilman Ridge
Second: Councilman Buell
For- All Against: None
7. Presentation of Proclamation to Donna Garrett, Chairperson of Our Children's Coalition
Committee, for Supporting Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Mayor Bauder presented Linda Fischer with proclamation making April Child Abuse Prevention
Month. Linda Fischer thanked the Mayor, Council and City of Cibolo for their support.
8 Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of Final Plat of Unit 1 Falcon Ridge Subdivision.
163-acre feet of water is required for this subdivision. Waiting for approval of street names and
getting the required engineer approval seal. Construction on street would begin in April and
would take about 4 months.
Motion to Approve on approval of street names
and engineer approval seal. Councilman Buell
Second- Mayor Pro Tem Tokar
For: All Against: None
9 A) Presentation by the Schertz-Sequin Local Government Corporation on future water
resources
Jack Hamelet, Executive director and Clay Romero, engineer of the Schertz-Sequin Local
Government Corporation briefed the council on their water project. They stated that their water
pipeline would cross all of Guadalupe County and would have enough water to supply Schertz,
Sequin and several other surrounding cities. Schertz-Sequin 50 year plan shows them needing
10,000 acre feet and leaving 5,000 acre feet for surrounding cities. Plan shows to have water to
local area in the spring of 2002. No cost estimates were given, due to not far enough into the
project.
B) Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of request for easements through the City Park
for Schertz-Sequin Local Government Corporation water pipeline.
Item was tabled till Council could get more information from City Attorney Frank Posey and
Schertz-Sequin Local Government Corporation Attorney.
Motion to table Councilman Glisar
Second: Councilman Campbell
For: All Against: None
C)Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of request for easements on property located at
Industrial Park for Schertz-Sequin Local Government Corporation water pipeline.
Item was tabled till Council could get more information from City Attorney Frank Posey and
Schertz-Sequin Local Government Corporation Attorney.
Motion to table Councilman Glisar
Second: Councilman Campbell
For- All Against: None
10 Presentation by Dorothy Mills with Green Valley Water Special Utility District.
No presentation made, Dorothy Mills was absent.
11. A) Presentation by Steve Raabe with Regional Water Resources Development Group.
Steve Raabe presented to council the idea behind Regional Water Resource Development
Group. Stated that members could place orders by the 1't of April and October of each year.
Stated that the Administrator for RWRDG acquires withdrawal and transfer rights quarterly and
transfers them to participants and files transfer forms with the EAA. Cibolo is authorized to
request up to 257 acre feet. If Cibolo chooses to go into a lease agreement this would count
against the purchase of the 257 acre feet.
B)Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of purchase/lease of water from Regional Water
Resources Development Group.
Discussion was to lease 100 acre feet for 3 years at $68 per acre foot.
Motion to lease water: Councilman Buell
Second: Councilman Campbell
For: All Against: None
12 Presentation by David Davenport with Canyon Regional Water Authority concerning
purchasing additional water acres.
Mr Davenport informed council that gallons per minute (GPM) delivered by the CRWA
pipeline must be taken into consideration as well as acre-feet requirements. He recommended
plant capacity chose be left at a minimum of 250 acre-feet and pipeline capacity be increased to
a minimum of 500 acre-feet for now. He reiterated the need to know the demand capacities of
both the pipeline and the plant capacities so these numbers could be taken into consideration
during the final engineering. He stated that after the pipe is ordered that no changes would be
allowed in the pipeline size and the City would only be allowed the pipeline capacity of 250
acre-feet.
13. Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of Master Plan of Willow Bridge Subdivision.
Item was tabled.
Motion to table Councilman Campbell
Second- Mayor Pro Tem Tokar
For: All Against: None
14. Discussion/Action on Approval/Disapproval of Master Plan of Stapper Tract(Estates of Deer
Creek and Vistas of Deer Creek)
Item was tabled.
Motion to table Councilman Campbell
Second: Mayor Pro Tem Tokar
For: All Against: None
15. Discussion/Action on Ordinance prohibiting discharge of firearms and regulating discharge of
BB guns within City Limits; and repealing current Ordinance 303.
Mark Riffe briefed the Council about the changes to the ordinances. He stated that zero
discharge was the easiest to enforce, but there are still citizens that would like to hunt on their
land. Mayor Pro Tem Tokar stated that she was worried about mishaps within the city and that
it could lead to a lawsuit against the city.
Motion to approve ordinance: Councilman Buell
Second: Councilman Campbell
For: Councilman Buell, Councilman Campbell Against: Mayor Pro Tem Tokar
Councilman Glisar, Councilman Ridge
16. Discussion/Action on re-appointing a Capital Improvements Advisory Committee to report on
Impact Fees.
Planning and Zoning was appointed to act as the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee to
report on Impact Fees.
Motion to Appointment Planning and Zoning Councilman Campbell
Second: Councilman Buell
For- All Against: None
17 Discussion/Action on Presentation by Rudy Klein, City Engineer, turning lanes at intersection
of Dietz and Borgfeld.
Item was tabled after discussion.
Motion to table: Councilman Buell
Second: Councilman Campbell
For- All Against: None
18 Discussion/Action on Presentation by Rudy Klein, City Engineer, turning lanes at intersection
of Thistle Creek Drive and Borgfeld.
Item was tabled after discussion.
Motion to table: Councilman Campbell
Second: Mayor Pro Tem Tokar
For- All Against: None
19. Discussion/Action to Authorize City Engineer to prepare estimate for Borgfeld
improvements/widen and get submission ready for MPO.
It was agreed that Borgfeld needed to be completed with the above turning lanes to be included.
Rudy Klein stated that he could get a cost estimate for the Council.
Motion was made to authorize City Engineer to
prepare estimate for Borgfeld and turning lanes Councilman Campbell
Second Councilman Buell
For: All Against: None
20. Comments by Staff
Yvonne Griffin.
-Received check from GVEC for the City's 50% share for sell of shell building.
-Grantworks will return again to take applications for Home Grant.
-Briefed that there is still no word from Grantworks on approval/disapproval of Master Plan
Grant.
Mark Riffe.
-Briefed council that the volunteer fire department must have a least one full time fire fighter to
be established under the city. Review will have to be completed during the next budget cycle.
Keith Gilbreath:
-Stated that the Thurmans had picked up the easement for Meek street and will review and
return.
21. Comments by Council:
Councilman Buell
-Briefed the citizens that there are plenty of water sources for the city to go to and there is no
need to panic.
Mayor Pro Tem Tokar:
-Stated that the Council needed to look into ordinance to make lot requirements larger.
-Stated that maybe we could find away to make citizens more conservative.
22. Comments by Mayor:
-Addressed Mr. Little, stating that the council tried in the 90's to open the well, but due to
problems with withdrawal rights the Edwards Aquifer Authority would not give them pumping
rights
23 Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn. Councilman Glisar
Second. Councilman Campbell
For- All Against: None
Approved this 10th day of April, 2001.
Sam Bauder
Mayor
ATTEST
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