DEPARTMENT: Pre-K 4 SA
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Kathy Bruck, CEO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Lease Agreement
SUMMARY:
This item considers a five-year lease agreement between the City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation (Pre-K 4 SA Board) beginning upon City Council approval and ending June 30, 2021 at no annual amount to be paid to the City of San Antonio for a 4.476 acre parcel of land located at 1243 Enrique M. Barrera Parkway (State Highway 151) to be utilized for additional playground area and staff parking for the Pre-K 4 SA West Education Center.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Pre-K 4 SA West Education Center opened in August 2014 to provide a full day high quality Pre-K program to the San Antonio community. The West Education Center currently has 21,000 square feet of outdoor playground area making it the center with the lease amount of outdoor playground area; in comparison, the South Education Center has 24,000 square feet of outdoor playground area, the East Education Center has 45,000 square feet of outdoor playground area and the North Education Center has 24,000 square feet of outdoor playground area.
The West Education Center, which houses three training rooms, is a popular training facility location since various entities including City departments, Pre-K 4 SA, surrounding independent school districts, and community organizations regularly hold training events and seminars at West Education Center training rooms. However, as a result of being a popular training facility, the West Education Center parking lot has become insufficient to accommodate parent, staff, and visitor parking on days in which training events are held.
Pre-K staff met with the City's Transportation and Capital Improvements Department to potentially lease the City's 4.476 acre former right-of way (ROW) property located at 1243 Enrique M. Barrera Parkway (State Highway 1...
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