City of San Antonio - File #: 16-5101

• File #: 16-5101
• Type: Real Property Lease
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 10/13/2016
• Posting Language: An Ordinance authorizing the execution of a 26 month lease agreement between the City of San Antonio and Univision Radio Broadcasting Texas, LP for a 1,300 rentable square foot space in the City-owned property located at 101 South Santa Rosa Street, in Council District 1, for use as a broadcasting facility for an annual amount of $10,560.00 during the term. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Interim Director, Center City Development & Operations]

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/13/2016	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Center City Development & Operations

DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Jacks


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 1


SUBJECT:

Univision Radio Broadcasting Texas, L.P. - Lease Agreement - 101 South Santa Rosa Street


SUMMARY:

This ordinance authorizes a lease agreement with Univision Radio Broadcasting Texas, L.P. for a 1,300 square foot portion of the Cento de Artes Gallery located at 101 South Santa Rosa Street for use as a broadcast and live remote facility focusing on program media content of interest to their entire broadcast audience.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

This ordinance authorizes the execution of a lease agreement between the City of San Antonio and Univision for a 26 month term for a 1,300 square foot portion of the Cento de Artes Gallery located at 101 South Santa Rosa Street, in Council District 1, for use as a broadcast and live remote facility focusing on media content that is responsive to the entire Univision San Antonio audience, for the initial monthly rental amount of $880.00. The City will provide basic building services including utilities and maintenance and Univision will provide their own janitorial services.

Univision's intent is to use this facility intermittently for live remotes in support of its news and entertainment reporting to the community with a particular emphasis on cultural arts programming from Market Square including the City's efforts to develop Latino cultural programming from the Centro de Artes Gallery building.


ISSUE:
The subject facility is presently occupied by Univision under an agreement they had with the previous user of the building, Texas A&M San Antonio. Now that the A&M agreement has been terminated and in light of the fact that Univision is interested in expanding the programing they could accomplish from this facility, the City will need to formalize their occupancy with a lease agreement.
ALTERNATIVES:

City Council could choose not to approve this lease agreement, however, that action would r...