City Council

AGENDA REGULAR MEETING HELOTES CITY COUNCIL August 12, 2021 7:00 p.m. The City of Helotes City Council will meet for a Regular Meeting on Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 12951 Bandera Road, Helotes, Texas 78023. This is an open meeting, subject to the open meeting laws of the State of Texas. 1. Call to order. • Invocation. • Pledge of Allegiance. OPEN SESSION: 2. Citizens to be Heard. The City Council shall not discuss any presented issue, nor may any action be taken on any issue at this time (Attorney General Opinion JC-0169). The Council will accept comments from citizens, business owners, business representative’s, property owners, and representatives of property owners of the City of Helotes and its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) only. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes and this time is not transferable. Each person may only speak once. No profanity or threats will be tolerated. CONSENT AGENDA (ITEM NOS. 3 - 6): All Consent Agenda items listed below are considered routine by City Staff and are intended to be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items, unless a Councilmember requests it, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda. 3. Approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting dated July 22, 2021 and of the Budget Workshop dated July 27, 2021. (Staff) - Agenda Item 4. Approval of the Quarterly Investment Reports for the City of Helotes and the Helotes Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) for the quarter ending June 2021. (Staff) - Agenda Item NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT THE PUBLIC MEETING The City of Helotes City Hall is wheelchair accessible, and accessible parking spaces are available. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Helotes will provide reasonable accommodations for persons attending the meeting. To better serve you, requests should be received seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting. For assistance, contact the City Secretary at 210.695.5911. City Council Regular Meeting August 12, 2021 CONSENT AGENDA contd.: 5. Approval of the Fiscal Year Ending (FYE) 2021 City of Helotes Revenue and Expense, Balance Sheet, and Encumbrance Reports dated August 4, 2021. (Staff) - Agenda Item 6. Approval of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Helotes, Texas amending Municipal Code of Ordinances Chapter 86 Traffic and Vehicles by revising Article VIII Recreational Vehicles, to include more concise criteria on the storage of a recreational vehicle on residential zoned property and specifically identifying when a recreational vehicle can be used as a construction trailer. (Staff) - Agenda Item MAYOR’S REPORT: 7. Updates on the following: (Mayor Whitehead) • 2021 City Street Maintenance Plan; • Public Safety and Crime Awareness; and • Coronavirus (COVID) & Delta variant. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION: 8. Discussion of and action on a request by Anita Mendoza for approval of a variance to Municipal Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 Buildings and Building Regulations, Section 18-12, Subsection 312.2 Access Control Gate Systems authorizing two (2) vehicular access gates to encroach on the required setback of twenty feet (20’) from the property line on a single-family residential zoned lot located at 11161 Beverly Hills Drive, Helotes, Texas 78023, and identified as BCAD Prop. ID No. 236751. (Applicant) - Agenda Item 9. Discussion of and action on a request by Edward Olmo for approval of a variance to Municipal Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 Buildings and Building Regulations, Section 18-12 (b) International Building Code Adopted, Subsection 312.2 Access Control Gate Systems authorizing two (2) vehicular access gates to encroach on the required setback of twenty feet (20’) from the property line on a residential zoned lot located at 9829 Cash Mountain Road, Helotes, Texas 78023, and identified as BCAD Prop. ID No. 246937. (Applicant) - Agenda Item 10. Discussion of and action on a request by Thomas and Cynthia Parker for approval of a variance to Municipal Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 Buildings and Building Regulations, Section 18-12 (b) International Building Code Adopted, Subsection 312.2 Access Control Gate Systems authorizing one (1) vehicular access gate to encroach on the required setback of twenty feet (20’) from the property line for Parker & Parker Investments located at 15248 Scenic Loop Road, Helotes, Texas 78023, and identified as BCAD Prop. ID No. 242030. (Applicant) - Agenda Item Page 2 of 3 City Council Regular Meeting August 12, 2021 ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION contd: 11. Discussion of and action on the following appointments to the Ethics Commission, all to serve concurrently with the corresponding council member’s term: (City Council)  Council Member Sanders nominee - Michael Duff, Place 1, term expiring May 2022;  Council Member Salazar nominee - Rhiannon Bollis, Place 2, term expiring May 2022;  Council Member McCrossen nominee - Keith Kouba, Place 3, term expiring May 2023;  Council Member Massey nominee - Joseph Bohac, Place 4, term expiring May 2022;  Council Member Merchant nominee - Derek Mathis, Place 5, term expiring May 2023;  Mayor Whitehead nominee - Jesse Saldana, Place 6, term expiring May 2023; and  Mayor Whitehead nominee - Jeff Felty, Place 7, term expiring May 2023. - Agenda Item 12. Presentation of and discussion on the proposed FYE 2022 Municipal Budget and the proposed Tax Year 2021 ad valorem (property) tax rate. (Mayor Whitehead and Staff) - Agenda Item 13. Discussion of and action on setting public hearings on the proposed FYE 2022 Municipal Budget and the proposed FYE 2022 Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Budget on Thursday, August 26, 2021 and Thursday, September 9, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. (Staff) - Agenda Item 14. Discussion of and action on settting the proposed Tax Year 2021 ad valorem (property) tax rate and setting the meeting to adopt said proposed tax rate on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. (Staff) - Agenda Item Adjourn meeting. The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into Closed Session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the exceptions to the requirement that a meeting be open to the public, in accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551 Open Meetings, Subchapter D Exceptions to Requirement that Meetings be Open. No action may be taken in Closed Session. ______________________________ Rich Whitehead, Mayor I certify that this Agenda was posted on August 6, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. ________________________ Celina Perez, City Secretary Page 3 of 3