DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, AICP, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and San Antonio Housing Authority for the Air Conditioning Partnership for the Public Housing Residents project.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and San Antonio Housing Authority in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the Air Conditioning Partnership for the Public Housing Residents project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio is working with the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA) to purchase and install air conditioning units across 20 public housing developments (approximately 2,500 units) that currently do not have air conditioning units as a standard rental feature. The City's funding ($500,000) will be combined with funding from the San Antonio Housing Trust ($200,000), SAHA ($500,000), and Gordon Hartman Family foundation ($300,000), for a project total of $1.5 million. SAHA has started the project utilizing the currently allocated funds from the SAHA and the SAHT.
ISSUE:
This Ordinance authorizes the execution of a Funding Agreement between the City of San Antonio and San Antonio Housing Authority in an amount not to exceed $500,000 for the Air Conditioning Partnership for Public Housing Residents project.
The project associated with the Funding Agreement includes funds to purchase and install air conditioning equipment across 20 public housing developments (approximately 2,500 units) that do not currently have air conditioning as a standard rental feature. The project scope will provide for the purchase and installation of air conditioning units.
The San Antonio Housing Authority will manage and execute the project. Work began in May 2019 and is estimated to be complete by June 2019.
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could choose not to approve this funding agreemen...
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