DEPARTMENT: EastPoint & Real Estate Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Etienne
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT: Lease Agreement: 2803 East Commerce Street to San Antonio Fighting Back, Inc. Renewal
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizes execution of a lease renewal for a 19,050 square foot City-owned building known as the Barbara Jordan Community Center to continue to be used by San Antonio Fighting Back. The terms of the lease renewal extend the existing lease for an additional four-year term, expiring September 30, 2018, and amend the terms to require SAFB to augment their existing maintenance obligations.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
San Antonio Fighting Back (SAFB) serves the residents of San Antonio, Bexar County and surrounding communities and acts as the bridge between the local community, state and federal agencies, and law enforcement entities to create longstanding systemic changes. SAFB conducts its work within a specific target zone comprising a 25-sqaure mile area on the East and Southeast sectors of the city. Since its inception, SAFB has worked to provide the community with tools and resources to overcome the negative effects of crime, violence and substance abuse. This building has been used by SAFB since 2002 to conduct programs in support of their mission and house staff that monitor and manage these programs to the benefit of the surrounding eastside community.
Pursuant to the terms of the lease, SAFB is to use the building for programs that will promote the health, safety and welfare of the community through crime prevention, drug prevention and family strengthening activities and maintain sufficient staff to keep the building open for these programs, at a minimum, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Providing office space in support of these programs at a nominal lease rate allows the City to leverage the value of the real estate to subsidize the operational cost of SAFB so that they can focus the...
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