District 10 News
Brought to you by Councilman Clayton H. Perry
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Howdy!
Happy Independence Day weekend! I hope everyone has a great and safe time celebrating. Our office will be closed on July 4th in observance of the holiday. This month we will be hosting our Back to School event on July 23rd at the Blessed Angels Community Center located at 14078 Nacogdoches Rd, at 9 a.m. We hope to see you there!
There are some great events planned around the community this weekend, including some annual Fourth of July parades. If you go out to celebrate, please do so responsibly. Remember that the use of fireworks in the City of San Antonio is illegal and can result in a Class C Misdemeanor which can carry a fine of up to $2,000. If you are injured or someone you know is injured because of fireworks, please call 911. If you see reckless use of fireworks that presents an immediate risk of bodily injury or fire hazard, please call the SAPD non-emergency number 210-207-7273. Y’all be safe, respect your neighbors and have fun. It’s a great time to remember that despite our challenges, we are still a great nation, and it’s worth celebrating!
Please mark your calendars for the next District 10 Community Meeting set for July 18, at 7 p.m. at the Tool Yard (Northeast Service Center) located at 10303 Tool Yard. We have a great agenda planned with presentations from the Baptist Health System, SAPD SAFFE and neighbors to discuss Northside Neighbors on Patrol, the City’s Ready to Work initiative, and two of our volunteer commissioners – Marc Whyte on Zoning and Gavin Nichols on the Joint Commission on Elderly Affairs will provide us with updates. We hope to see you all there!
Do you have ideas for District 10? If so, the District 10 Team would like to attend your next HOA meeting, or if you'd like to sign up for our Roadshow, we'd be happy to help set that up with you. Please email District10@sanantonio.gov with the date, time, and point of contact to schedule our attendance at your next HOA meeting. I look forward to hearing from you!
As always, thank you for being active community members and leaders here in District 10. Please do not hesitate to contact our office if we may be of any assistance to you. The District 10 team is on hand and available to address your needs and concerns.
-Clayton
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Homeowners and Neighborhood Associations |
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The District 10 office is attempting to reach out to every HOA President to ensure everyone is registered. Here is the current list of neighborhood associations:
Neighborhood Associations or Home Owner’s Representatives should submit any changes/updates using the online form below. The directory is voluntary and does not include every association within the City. Registration is highly encouraged, as the directory is a valuable communication tool utilized by many public groups and organizations who wish to communicate with associations.
Want to be added to the directory, or make a change to your current listing? Complete the online form below, or print the online form and mail it to:
Communications & Engagement Department
Attn: Neighborhood Engagement
115 Plaza de Armas
San Antonio, TX 78205
The file must be less than 20 MB. Please click the Add Attachment button to add your document(s).
Thank you for your support.
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Community Highlight :
San Antonio International Airport Supports the Children of Fallen Heroes
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San Antonio International Airport will welcome more than 60 children of fallen heroes from throughout Texas and the United States. All of these children come from families where a parent was lost, making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country or community, while serving in the United States military or as a First Responder. The children will be participating in the Echo Hills Ranch Children of Fallen Heroes Summer Camp program and will all gather at the SAT USO prior to departing for the 10-day camp. The organization provides support to the children of military service members or first responder who lost their lives while serving in the line of duty. The program has assisted more than 1,000 children and hundreds of families. While gathering at the airport’s USO, the children will enjoy pizza, snacks, and assorted food and beverages, along with entertainment provided by a DJ, magician, and caricature artist. Visitors will include therapy dogs from the airport’s Pups-n-Planes program as well as PAWS for Service. Upon departure, the bus full of campers will be given a traditional water-cannon salute by the Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Department.
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Division 7 Solutions, Inc Celebrates 35 Years!! |
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July 4th, 2022, is an extraordinary date for Division 7 Solutions, Inc, a Texas Corporation.
"That date represents the completion of our 35th year in business. We have grown from a spare bedroom in my home, with a Walmart card table for a desk, to an Internationally recognized and Multiple awarded firm, including two (2) City of San Antonio, Build San Antonio Green Awards.
I thank the Architectural & Design Professional community, who recognized the value and knowledge we bring and allowed us to work with you. We also thank the many building supply manufacturers that allowed us to partner with them to develop new technologies and solve sustainable building construction problems. We have gone head-to-head with many Fortune 500 competitors, and that competition made us a better business; they too are thanked.
To the employees who have passed through this firm, you, too, share in this long-term success.
So, many thanks to all for contributing to our success and longevity!"
-Roy Schauffele
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The City of San Antonio is conducting a disparity study examining its Small Business Economic Development Advocacy Program (SBEDA) for minority and woman-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs). The study seeks to ensure that M/WBEs have equal access to City contracting opportunities. Your participation is critical to informing study results and recommendations.
Your participation is critical to informing study results and recommendations.
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The Family Justice Center (FJC) is committed to helping all victims of domestic violence. The FJC is available to men, women, and children of any age, economic, social, religious or ethnic group, and does not discriminate against any victim.
For more information, click here.
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The San Antonio Food Bank, Nutrition, Health & Wellness Division educators will be working with your audience (children, teenagers, adults and/or seniors) for an agreed amount of classes at your requested site. These are interactive classes that may involve nutrition education, cooking, and physical activity in relation to health. Classes will start on the agreed date with the site coordinator.
To request a class, click here.
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Free meals provided at NEISD Campuses during the Summer: |
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North East ISD is participating in the Summer Food Service Program, providing free meals to children 18 years of age and younger. NEISD will provide breakfast and lunch at 31 sites at the dates and times provided below.
Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the sites and times as follows:
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To find a serving site near you, visit www.summerfood.org, call 211, or text FOOD to 304-304.
For more information about Summer Meals available at North East ISD schools, visit www.neisd.net or call 210-356-9100. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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Applications Being Accepted for ARPA 4 Arts Grant Program |
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The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture announced that the application window to receive recovery grants funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for the San Antonio arts community opened today. The ARPA 4 Arts Grant Program will distribute a total of $4 million to San Antonio arts nonprofits and $1 million to San Antonio artists who were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now through July 29, 2022, individual artists can apply to receive up to $7,500, while eligible arts nonprofits will be granted based on budget size and the communities they serve. The program is expected to assist at least 133 San Antonio individual artists and 40 arts nonprofits.
Eligible individual artists must live in San Antonio and be a professional artist for the last three years who derived a portion of their income from their artistic activity and demonstrate COVID-19’s impact to their artistic career. Eligible arts nonprofits must be based in San Antonio, have been providing arts programming for the last three years and demonstrate COVID-19’s impact to their business. Scoring for the grant program includes a focus on equity, as COVID-19 disproportionately impacted specific communities more than others including low-income communities, communities of color and women.
The COVID-19 pandemic immediately devastated San Antonio’s creative economy, causing organizations and businesses that house artistic programming to shutter their doors, cancel performances and exhibitions, cut budgets and reduce personnel. According to the SABER Research Institute, San Antonio’s creative economy job loss during the pandemic was 18% and estimated losses for nonprofits are $71 million as of January 2021. In addition, Americans for the Arts research notes that the arts sector is recovering slower than other industries, with COVID-19 continuing to disrupt in-person programming, audience size and charitable giving.
“In the midst of the pandemic and facing significant hardships, so many of San Antonio’s artists and cultural organizations provided free virtual programming to keep our community connected when we could not safely gather in person,” said Department of Arts & Culture Interim Executive Director Krystal Jones. “San Antonio’s creative industry is now, and still, very much in a recovery phase. The funding provided by ARPA 4 Arts is critical to supporting the arts sector that supported us, so artists and organizations can move forward and continue to increase the quality of life of residents and visitors through arts and culture.”
The ARPA 4 Arts Grant Program will accept applications June 29 – July 29, 2022, through the Department of Arts & Culture’s GoSmart application portal. For full details and requirements, visit www.SanAntonio.gov/arts.
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Are you a District 10 neighborhood and interested in co-hosting a Roadshow? Roadshows are an opportunity for you to meet your neighbors and tell us your top priorities for District 10 and learn about what the city can do for you.
For more information contact Jarvis Soileau at jarvis.soileau@sanantonio.gov
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To find a cooling center near you, visit the San Antonio Office of Emergency Management website https://bit.ly/39JyMvd or call 311 for more information or transportation assistance.
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Neighbor Helping Neighbor Forum
Tier One Neighborhood Coalition
Neighbor Helping Neighbor Forum Neighborhood leaders and residents will receive a resource guide, hear panel discussions on some of the issues and complexities of helping neighbors on a ground level, and participation in a forum to create recommendations to city staff and elected officials that would help create a better resource system.
Saturday, July 16, 2022 Doors open at 10:30am, panels start at 11:00am, the roundtable starts at 2:15pm
Laurel Heights United Methodist Church at 227 W. Woodlawn
Neighborhood leaders and residents across San Antonio, city staff, nonprofits, and elected officials. Description:
T1NC, neighborhood residents, city staff, and elected officials will participate in a day focused on some of the issues and complexities of helping neighbors at the ground level to create a better system of communication and delivery of city services and resources to vulnerable residents. Most importantly, this forum will help neighborhood leaders and residents help those who are vulnerable in our communities. This is a bottom-up approach to caring for our neighbors.
These four panel topics will be made up of community members, organizations, and city representatives speaking to the heart of the concerns. We'll end in a roundtable that everyone is invited to participate in and for the discussion of how these issues are relevant to budget and policy.
Senior Help
· Kris Spilker - Co Chair of the Beacon Hill Neighbor Helping Neighbor Committee
· Delrick Washington – APS Program Administrator
· Barbara Witte-Howell -City/County Joint Commission on Elderly Affairs, Commissioner, City Council
District 1 Appointee; AARP San Antonio Volunteer Leader
· Yolanda Perez - Human Services Administrator of theSenior Services Division | Department of Human Services
Housing
· Lisa Woods - D1, Alta Vista Neighborhood Resident
· Leticia Sanchez-Retamozo - Co-Chair of the Historic Westside Residents Association, Housing
Advocate
· Melanie Cawthon - CoFounder and Executive Director of disAbilitySA
· Mark Carmona - City of San Antonio, Chief Housing Officer
Animal Care (Dogs & Cats)
· Kelly Reid Walls - Animal Welfare Agency Non-Profit, President of Crown Hill Park NA
· Lisa Norwood Public Relations and Outreach Manager at City of San Antonio-Animal Care Services
· Aimee De Contreras - Field Operations Manager, ACS
· Kim Hubbeling, Beacon Hill Area Neighborhood Association Animal Care Committee Chair.
Neighborhood Resiliency
· Cynthia Spielman Beacon Hill Area Neighborhood Association Board Member, Steering Committee of the Tier One Neighborhood Coalition
· Douglas Melnik San Antonio's Chief Sustainability Officer
· Eric Cooper President and CEO of the San Antonio Food Bank
Conclusion:
Brian Halderman - SACRD, Chair and Senior Director of Success and Outreach at GivePulse
Presentation on services by district area, and city-wide, to include disparities, intent to highlight disparities
Take home materials will be available. Refreshments will be provided (Sponsored by District 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 9 Council Offices.)
Co Chairs: Cynthia Spielman and Christina Wright
Contact us at t1nc.sat@gmail.com
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The Institute of Texan Cultures Centennial 2068: Community Stakeholder Visioning process steering committee released its draft report today for public input. The report includes three feasible scenarios to advise UTSA leadership on the future of the ITC: relocate the ITC from the Texas Pavilion and Hemisfair district, relocate the ITC from the Texas Pavilion and remain in the Hemisfair district, or remain in the Texas Pavilion in its current location.
Today through July 12, UTSA will host a Community Conversation enabling the public to provide feedback about each of the three scenarios.
An online survey, available in English and Spanish, will guide the feedback process.
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Boards and Commissions Opening |
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We have an opening on the Historic and Design Review Commission (HDRC)
Board Description:
The Purpose of the board is to consider whether to recommend approval or disapproval of an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness, the HDRC is guided by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, the City of San Antonio's Unified Development Code, and any additional design guidelines adopted by City Council. The following experience is needed to apply: architecture, architectural history, archaeology, historic preservation, landscape architecture, planning, public art, and the general community. HDRC reviews projects related to exterior changes to properties that are individually designated landmarks; within one of the City's historic districts; located within one of six (6) River Improvement Overlay (RIO) districts (including the River Walk); located within a View shed Protection district; or that are publicly-owned (i.e. libraries, parks, fire stations, etc.).
We are taking applications to fill 8 positions for the City's Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee (PCTAC) in these areas of interest:
· Historic Professional – 1 Primary
· Planning Professional – 1 Primary & 1 Alternate
· Registered Professional Engineer – 1 Primary
· Development/Real Estate Professional – 1 Primary
· Community – 2 Primaries & 1 Alternate
The deadline to submit applications is Friday, August 12, 2022. Check the links below for an application.
The PCTAC advises the Planning Commission on matters relating to the Unified Development Code (UDC), Major Thoroughfare Plan, Transportation Plan as well as other components of the City’s Master Plan.
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We host monthly community meetings in District 10 on the 3rd Monday of every month (unless it falls on a holiday) at 7 pm at the Tool Yard. We are looking for Girl and Boy Scout troops to join us and post the colors and lead the group in the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of every meeting. If your troop would like to be added to the schedule, please contact District10@sanantonio.gov
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Tips from SAWS on keeping your water bill down this summer: |
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Feeling that summer scorch? As another dry summer hits San Antonio, your drought-hardy landscape will stay healthy and sail through the season with no more than once-a-week watering.
While San Antonio is water secure with diverse water sources and a strong commitment to conservation, our population is growing fast, and many new homes have irrigation systems.
Reasonable lawn watering rules help conserve a significant amount of water and working together to follow Stage 2 rules help us stay out of Stage 3 watering rules.
Remember your watering day is based on the last digit of your address when you are using sprinklers, an irrigation system, or a soaker hose since we are in mandatory Stage 2 watering rules.
Watering hours are between 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. on your designated day.
You can still water with a hand-held hose at any time on any day. Giving plants a refreshing drink right at their roots can help keep some green in your wallet as hand watering uses much less than a sprinkler system.
A typical hose will use 300 gallons in 30 minutes while irrigation systems can use 2,000 gallons or more each time they run. That means you’ll easily double or triple your water bill, even if you water just once a week with the irrigation system.
Summer water-saving tips:
· Skip shady beds and water grass in full sun.
· Leaves often look wilted on summer afternoons. Water if you see it in the morning.
· Stressed lawns may have yellow or folded leaves, but Bermuda grass and zoysia can turn brown, go dormant and recover with rain. Find more Stage 2 watering rules are at www.saws.org/whentowater and tips for South Texas gardening at www.GardenStyleSA.com/summer-watering.
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July 2022 Thousand Oaks Library Programming |
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4618 Thousand Oaks Dr. | San Antonio, TX 78233 | 210.207.9190
Monday & Tuesday: 12 pm - 8 pm | Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING
Saturday, July 9 at 10am - 11am
Exotic Animals with Tom Kinsey
Learn about and interact with live exotic animals like rats, snakes, a toad, a dove and more! For children 5 and up.
Thursday, July 14 at 11am - 12pm
Giant Cardboard Building Blocks
Play and build with giant cardboard building blocks! Your imagination is the limit! For children 5 and up.
TEEN PROGRAMMING (For ages 13-18)
Every Monday at 6pm - 7pm
Teen Time
Bring your friends and watch movies, play games, or do crafts! It’s your time to chill with friends and do whatever activity you like.
ADULT PROGRAMMING (For ages 18+)
Saturday, July 16 at 11am – 12pm
Cooking Class with SA Food Bank
Join Xavier Vara with the Food Bank and learn a healthy recipe! Supplies are provided and attendees can help prepare. Handouts with will also be provided. RSVPs are highly encouraged! Please let Brooke know you'll be joining the class at 210.207.9190.
Wednesday, July 20 at 10am – 11:30am
Wednesdays with WellMed: Medicare Education Roundup
Learn who is eligible for Medicare, types of Medicare Advantage Plans, Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, and Medicare Supplement Plans. Light refreshments are provided. Please call Alice Mogo at 210-932-9610 to RSVP.
Tuesday, July 26 at 5:45pm – 7:45pm
Film Noir Movie Showing
Watch The Asphalt Jungle (1950), starring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, and featuring Marilyn Monroe. At first, Doc’s brilliant million-dollar burglary goes perfectly, but then double crosses, bad luck, and solid police work cause it all to unravel.
Wednesday, July 27 at 10am – 11am
Thousand Oaks Book Club
This month we’re reading The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict! In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing; Investigators find her empty car and no one knows where she is. England goes on a manhunt to find her but eleven days later… she reappears. Hosted at the North East Senior Center at 4135 Thousand Oaks Dr. Copies are available for check-out at the Thousand Oaks Library.
Saturday, July 30 at 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Summer Storytelling for Adults
Come learn how to build your storytelling skills while hearing great stories from Mary Ann Blue, a member of the San Antonio Storytellers. Their goal is to reintroduce the art of oral storytelling into the community at large.
The Library will be closed Monday, July 4 for the holiday.
Please call the library for details on any of the listed programs and/or events.
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The Neighbor of the Month |
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Do you have a neighbor who goes the extra mile for the residents of your street, your neighborhood, or for the community? The Neighbor of the Month recognition program gives you the opportunity to recognize those individuals for their acts of goodwill and call attention in a positive way to the benefits of being a good neighbor.
Please email Sara Rios at sara.rios@sanantonio.gov to submit your nomination.
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Left to right: Paul Jimenez, Raul Ubides, Jarvis Soileau, Landry Stafford, Councilman Clayton H. Perry, Samantha Wickwire, Cynthia Garcia, Steven Peterson, Sara Rios
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The District 10 team is in the office and available to assist you. Please reach out to us with your needs or concerns. Give us a call at 210-207-0999 or send us an email at District10@sanantonio.gov.
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