City of San Antonio - File #: 17-4172

• File #: 17-4172
• Type: Staff Briefing - Without Ordinance
• In control: Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 11 -- Inner City
• On agenda: 8/11/2017
• Posting Language: Discussion and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing funding of up to $1,500,000.00 in TIRZ funding to Salado Creek Holding Corporation for the Salado Creek Campus project located near the 4000 block of Houston Street, located in CD 2, to authorize Staff to negotiate the appropriate agreement, and to authorize the appropriate amendments to the Project and Finance Plans.

SUBJECT:
Discussion and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing funding of up to $1,500,000.00 in TIRZ funding to Salado Creek Holding Corporation for the Child Safe Salado Creek Campus project located near the 4000 block of Houston Street, located in CD 2, to authorize Staff to negotiate the appropriate agreement, and to authorize the appropriate amendments to the Project and Finance Plans.
BACKGROUND:
ChildSafe's mission is to restore dignity, hope, and trust to children traumatized by abuse and neglect. As the only Children's Advocacy Center in Bexar County, they provide expert care and specialized services to children and teenagers who have been traumatized by abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse.
ChildSafe has outgrown its current 13,000 sq. ft. facility on the far west side of San Antonio. The proposed newly constructed 65,000 sq. ft. ChildSafe Salado Creek Campus will accommodate current needs, as well as planned and anticipated growth in core services, pilot programs, education, and community outreach initiatives. Additionally, the facility will have space to accommodate 17 to 21 law enforcement officers, that will include both Bexar County Sheriff detectives and the San Antonio Police Department; office space for 30 Child Protective Services (CPS) stationary workers and supervisors and work stations to accommodate up to 66 mobile CPS workers; 2 Bexar County Assistant District Attorneys; 14 Bexar County Juvenile Probation staff; and up to 102 ChildSafe employees. ChildSafe anticipates intermittently hosting on-site community wellness clinic in collaboration with the Children's Hospital of San Antonio. The facility will be located on 36 acres of land; 21 acres of which will be deeded to the City of San Antonio and protected as public green space. Salado Creek Holding Corporation currently has site control.
On July 14, 2017, Salado Creek Holding Corporation submitted a proposal request for TIRZ #11 funding to be drawn on a reimbursement basis. The ...