DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Funding Agreement with Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc. for improvements to The Battered Women & Children's Shelter
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of a funding agreement between the Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc. and the City of San Antonio in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 to construct a new gymnasium for the Battered Women & Children's Shelter, a 2017-2022 Bond funded Project and authorizing the execution of a 20 year lease agreement for the new 7,200 square foot gymnasium located on their campus.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On May 6, 2017, San Antonio residents voted and approved the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program totaling $850 million. The Battered Women & Children's Shelter project will be construct a new 7,200 square foot gymnasium on the their existing campus, with $1,000,000.00 allocated from the Bond Program.
Founded in 1977, the Battered Women's Shelter of Bexar County opened in order to create an environment where victims of abuse can escape violence. Over the years, the agency has expanded services to provide both women and children with transitional housing, non-residential counseling, legal services, medical services and educational opportunities. Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc. operates the Battered Women and Children's Shelter and has 12 transitional housing single-family dwellings across San Antonio to assist victims of domestic violence to make a new start. The shelter complex can accommodate 222 people and includes a school, a medical and dental clinic and two transitional housing duplexes.
The $1 million allocated from the City's Bond Program will be provided to Family Violence Prevention Services on a reimbursement basis for the construction of a new 7,200 square foot gymnasium on the Battered Women & Children's Shelter facility and will i...
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