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Hill Country Village City Council meets July 21 at 5 p.m. 116 Aspen Lane. 210-494-3671. www.hcv.org Hollywood Park City Council meets July 19 at 6 p.m. 2 Mecca Drive. 210-494-2023. www.hollywoodpark-tx.gov San Antonio City Council meets July 21 and 28, and Aug. 4 and 11 at 9 a.m. 114 W. Commerce St. 210-207-7040. www.sanantonio.gov Shavano Park City Council meets July 25 at 6:30 p.m. 900 Saddletree Court 210-493-3478. www.shavanopark.org MEETINGS WE COVER SAN ANTONIO City Council on June 23 adopted a plan to provide $30.95 million in federal pandemic relief funds to help local eligible small businesses struggling with the lingering economic e ects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The city will use part of its American Rescue Plan Act allocation to fund the recovery plan, local o cials said, adding that each eligible business could receive up to $35,000. LiftFund U.S., a San Antonio-based microlender, will administer the grant program and receive applications Aug. 1-22. Grant application details will be announced soon, city o cials said. SHAVANO PARK City Council on June 27 formally approved the city’s issuance of $10 million in general obligation bonds to fund planned improvements to 13 local streets and cul-de-sacs. Voters on May 4 approved Shavano Park’s bond issue, which is proceeding with a 3.88% interest rate. SAN ANTONIO City Council voted on June 2 to approve a contract with international architecture and design rm Corgan—with Texas o ces in Amarillo, Houston and Dallas—to design a planned third terminal at the San Antonio International Airport as part of the city’s $2 billion long- range plan to improve and expand the North Side airport complex. SAN ANTONIO “A Symposium on Antisemitism” was held June 29 at the Barshop Jewish Community Center of San Antonio, days before several north side residents reported nding materials with literature targeting Jews and transgender individuals. Anti-Defamation League Associate Director Dena Marks, speaking at the symposium, said even if residents nd yers or other materials containing hate- lled messages, they should not fully share those messages on social media or with the news media. Marks instead urged residents to forward the yer and any other information known by calling the San Antonio Police Department’s nonemergency line, 210-207-7273, and visiting https://tips.i.gov.
City Council approves new council district boundaries SAN ANTONIO City Council on June 16 unanimously adopted a map of new council district boundaries, cap- ping an eight-month process spurred by San Antonio’s population increase found in the 2020 U.S. Census. A council-appointed advisory committee of 23 residents worked with city sta since October 2021 to examine data, hold meetings and collect public input before recommending a redistricting plan. According to the census, San Antonio’s population rose from 1.32 million in 2010 to 1.43 million in 2020. City o cials said the redistricting panel was tasked with rebalancing the population of each council district; the ideal size is 143,494 residents per district. Local o cials said the nal approved redistricting plan ensures that the level of deviation from the ideal population is no more than 5% per district. The new district boundaries will be applied to San Antonio’s next scheduled City Council election in May 2023. On the North Side, the new map moves many District 8 residents in eight neighborhoods and subdivisions into District 7. The new map also splits the Vance Jackson
CHANGING BOUNDARIES The city of San Antonio has a new council district map, with minor boundary changes a ecting North Side districts 8, 9 and 10.
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neighborhood between districts 8 and 1; moves Greater Harmony Hills from District 1 wholly into District 9; and shifts the Lorrence Creek Preservation Association from District 10 entirely into District 9. Council members lauded the committee’s results and agreed with the panel’s co-chairs that this redistricting process—this time heavily involving residents—was better in comparison to past redistricting e orts, when changing district boundaries was mainly a job for city sta and council.
City’s new communications, engagement director meets local groups
SAN ANTONIO The city’s new communications and engagement director Alanna Reed and her sta have been introducing themselves to neighborhood associations and community groups citywide in recent weeks. Reed and her colleagues said the city’s website, www.sanantonio.gov, is undergoing a redesign with the new link www.sa.gov. The city also recently launched a new public engagement hub, the SASpeakUp portal, at
www.saspeakup.com. Reed said her o ce is also working to improve the city’s
RESOURCES Residents can get information about city services online or by phone. Main helpline: 311 or 210-207-6000 Online: www.sanantonio.gov/311 or the city’s main website www.sa.gov
neighborhood association registry at www.sanantonio.gov/comm/ Neighborhood-Engagement/ associations-organizations#303764388 -neighborhood-associations. Additionally, Reed and her sta said residents may call the city’s main helpline, 311; call 210-207-6000; visit www.sanantonio.gov/311; or check out the free 311 mobile app for more information on city services.
Free 311 mobile app SASpeakUp portal: www.saspeakup.com
Group aims to increase San Antonio airport’s nonstop service SAN ANTONIO The regional economic partnership greater: SATX announced the creation of an Air Service Development Fund to help lure more nonstop air service to the San Antonio International Airport. According to a July 7 news release, greater: SATX is partnering with the public-private tourism and conven- tion organization Visit San Antonio and larger companies with regional corporate o ces to increase South Texas’ direct connectivity to underserved air markets.
The San Antonio airport, city o cials said, is the largest airport serving the South Texas region, linking passengers directly to more than 40 domestic destina- tions and Mexico. More direct, nonstop air service would contribute to the San Antonio area’s economic growth, local city and business leaders said. Spirit Airlines announced on July 12 it would o er nonstop ights to Las Vegas, and Orlando, Florida. “San Antonio International Airport has signi cantly grown nonstop service in recent years. It’s time for us to leverage our resources from across the region to reach the next level,” said Craig Boyan, HEB president and greater: SATX executive committee o cer.
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NORTH SAN ANTONIO EDITION • JULY 2022
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