CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
TRANSPORTATION & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
INTERDEPARTMENTAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO:
Sheryl Sculley, City Manager
FROM:
Mike Frisbie, P.E., Director, Transportation and Capital Improvements
COPIES TO:
High Profile Contract Council Committee; Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Ben Gorzell Jr., CPA, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, CPA, Finance Director; Kevin Barthold, City Auditor
SUBJECT:
Post Solicitation Briefing for D6 Northwest Area Recreation & Community Development Project
DATE:
April 14, 2015
The Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI) will provide a post-solicitation briefing on the Public-Private Partnership (P3) for the Northwest Area Recreation & Community Development Project which was presented as an individual item on the 2015 Annual High-Profile Report.
On May 12, 2012, San Antonio voters approved the 2012 - 2017 Bond Program, consisting of five propositions totaling $596 Million. As part of that program, $3 million was designated for Parks, Recreation and Open Space Improvements for the Northwest Area Recreation Center in Council District 6 and $1.4 million was designated for development of a Library in Council District 6. Both projects were partially funded through the Bond in anticipation of leveraged funding from other sources.
The construction of this project will be in two phases. In the first phase, the City will contract with YMCA using the Bond funds to design and construct a 5,000 square foot San Antonio Branch Library and 40,000 square foot YMCA recreational center that will include a gymnasium, exercise rooms, locker rooms and gym. Both facilities will be co-located in a former grocery building located at State Hwy 151 and Potranco Road which the YMCA has purchased from SAWS.
The second phase will be accomplished through a Public-Private Partnership (P3) to include the construction of multi-purpose athletic fields on 6 acres of the 12-acre parcel adjacent to the proposed Y...
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