SAN ANTONIO — March 31 marks Cesar Chavez Day, the annual day set aside in celebration of the civil rights icon and labor activist who founded the National Farm Workers Association. Because it falls on a Sunday this year, most communities will recognize Cesar Chavez Day the following Monday.
That includes San Antonio, which has announced the services and offices that will be available Monday as well as which ones won't. Among the closures to keep in mind on the first day of April: libraries, city community centers, Metro Health clinics and Alamodome offices.
Read on for the full list:
What will be open Monday?
- City parks, including trails
- Municipal court magistration
- San Antonio Police Department detention center
- Head Start administrative offices, school district site
- Alicia Treviño Lopez and Doris Griffin senior centers
- Stories in La Villita and Market Square
- Animal Care Services Adoption Center (closed Sunday)
- Pre-K 4 SA Centers and corporate offices (closed Friday)
What will be closed?
- All city libraries (also closed Sunday)
- Darner Parks and Recreation Headquarters, as well as parks reservations office
- City community centers, including adult and senior centers, the Fairchild and McFarlin tennis centers, and the Barrera Community Fitness Center
- Metro Health clinics and offices
- San Antonio Municipal Court
- SAPD Administrative and Records Section
- San Antonio Fire Department Administrative Offices
- Senior/Adult Comprehensive Centers
- Senior Nutrition Sites
- Willie Velasquez, Claude Black and Frank Garrett community centers
- Child Care Services administrative offices
- Alamodome offices, including the box office
- Administrative offices at La Villita and Market Square
- Solid Waste Management administrative offices (including customer service)
- Development Services Department
- Economic Development Department
- Office of Historic Preservation
- Planning Department
- Neighborhood and Housing Services
- Office of the City Clerk, including vital records
- Spanish Governors Palace
- Culture Commons Gallery at Plaza de Armas
- Centro de Artes Gallery at Market Square
What about city services?
- SAPD, SAFD, EMS personnel and ACS officers will all be on duty
- The city's 3-1-1 Call Center will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. for "urgent animal concerns and traffic signal malfunctions" (press option 1 when calling).
- The Housing Assistance Hotline, Homeless Connections Hotline and abatement teams won't be available.
- Code Enforcement officers will remain available for inspections and "emergency coverage."
- Downtown on-street parking meters won't require payment.
- Garbage, recycling and organics collection will stay on their regular schedules all week.
- The Nelson Gardens Brush Recycling drop-off center will be open Monday.
- Bitters Brush Collection Center will be closed Sunday and Monday.
- Drop-off sites for bulky waste and hazardous waste will be closed Monday.
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