Dave Kaval delivered some cheery news Saturday for A’s fans wondering about the team’s stadium hunt. During a Q-and-A session at Jack London Square, the team’s president said this:

“Get the shovels ready!”

Kaval said that he is hopeful that the A’s receive the go-ahead for their targeted Howard Terminal site as soon as this summer, because the Environmental Impact Reports are due Feb. 14 and the next step after that would be approval from the Oakland City Council.

“We have a mid-year window, which keeps us on track for the timing,” Kaval said of the A’s 2023 goal for a new facility. “That really clears the last political hurdle. We’ve been working almost three years to get to this point.”

Any lawsuits could potentially delay things, but the proceedings could not take longer than 270 days, Kaval said. “There’s still the ability to hit the timeline we’ve identified,” he said. “That’s still the plan.

“This is a big year for us — all of that, and we also have a great team. All that happening at the same time is pretty exciting.”

Tickets for new residents: The A’s started a program for recent arrivals to the East Bay this month, sending flyers to 10,000 new residents offering two free tickets to a home game at the Coliseum this season — and they’ll do so again in March.

“We just started it to really take advantage of the fact that a lot of people are moving to Oakland, particularly to areas around the ballpark,” said Kaval, who came up with the idea along with vice president of communications Catherine Aker. “Let’s give them a free sample of the experience at the ballpark with a welcome package.

“I’m hearing from people who say, ‘Hey, I just got that offer, that’s incredible!’ And some of these people used to be Giants fans. We’re really trying to lean in — there are a lot of people who are baseball fans in the Bay Area, and we have a super exciting team, there’s no reason they can’t root for the A’s.”

Susan Slusser is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.