City CouncilTuesday, February 17, 2026 · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall, 300 N. Campbell And Virtually

Context: Minutes note items were introduced pursuant to Section 3.9 of the El Paso City Charter on February 17, 2026 with a public hearing set for March 3, 2026, when Ordinance 019847 was adopted 8-0.

Recommended: Obtain the minutes and notice file showing the February 17 first reading, the March 3 public hearing, and the executed deed, then confirm the deed's metes and bounds match Exhibit "A" of the ordinance for both tracts. The record cites Section 3.9 of the El Paso City Charter as the introduction authority but does not supply the charter text — request that section and ask whether its notice and hearing requirements were satisfied before relying on the conveyance in a title opinion.

Context: Ordinance 019847, adopted 8-0 on March 3, 2026, conveys Tracts 22 B and 22 C at 8821 Alameda Avenue to Eli Ramos Investments, LLC for $168,000 with each tract described by separate metes and bounds in Exhibit "A".

Recommended: The city conveyed two separately described parcels — Tract 22 B (0.318 acres) and Tract 22 C (0.205 acres) of Block 38, Ysleta Grant — as one sale, so pull Exhibit "A" metes and bounds from the adopted ordinance and confirm the two tracts are contiguous and share usable Alameda Avenue frontage before designing a single building footprint. If they are not legally merged, a replat or lot-consolidation step will be required before any permit on a structure crossing the shared boundary.

Context: Minutes show Items 7 and 8 were introduced under a single motion on February 17, 2026 and Items 21 and 22 were taken together on March 3, 2026 when Ordinance 019847 passed 8-0, with Representative Limón commenting but the companion item unidentified.

Recommended: Ask the city for the appraisal or valuation supporting the $168,000 price for roughly half an acre at 8821 Alameda Avenue, and identify what Item 8 and Item 22 were — this ordinance moved through both readings bundled with an unnamed companion item, and it is not clear from the record whether that companion involved the same buyer or an adjacent parcel. Also ask what Representative Limón's comment on the bundled items concerned.

Context: Ordinance 019847, adopted 8-0 on March 3, 2026, conveys 0.318 and 0.205 acres at 8821 Alameda Avenue to Eli Ramos Investments, LLC for $168,000, with no use condition stated in the record.

Recommended: A roughly half-acre city-owned tract on Alameda Avenue in the Ysleta area is now in private hands, and the adopted ordinance as recorded sets a price but no verified use restriction. Ask the city clerk for the recorded deed and the current zoning for Tracts 22 B and 22 C so you know what uses, hours, and building types are permitted before a site plan appears.

Context: The February 3 first reading passed 6-0 as a group motion covering Items 20 through 23 with a 'public hearing to be held February 17, 2026,' and final adoption came 7-0 as part of Items 9 through 11 taken together.

Recommended: Request the signed ordinance and the delivered deed for the JCGAR Ventures, LLC purchase and read for reverter clauses, use restrictions, closing deadlines, or repurchase rights that the agenda caption does not disclose. Also ask the clerk to confirm the public hearing noticed for February 17 was in fact conducted, since the item passed inside a grouped motion that day.

Context: The adopted ordinance describes the property as a 'portion of Lots 18 and 19, Block 6, Alameda Acres' sold for $51,000, approved 7-0 on February 17, 2026.

Recommended: The city conveyed only a portion of Lots 18 and 19 in Block 6 of Alameda Acres, so confirm with the county deed record and city platting staff whether the fragment is a legal building site or needs replatting or consolidation with an adjoining lot before permits can issue. Assuming a full lot here can strand a $51,000 purchase in a lot-of-record problem that surfaces only at permit intake.

Context: Both readings passed inside grouped motions with no recorded discussion beyond Representative Limón's comment, and the record never explains the basis for the $51,000 price or the buyer's identity.

Recommended: Request the PowerPoint that Capital Assets Manager MaryLou Espinoza presented on February 17 plus the appraisal and any bid or solicitation file, and ask whether JCGAR Ventures, LLC was the only bidder or an adjacent owner receiving a direct sale. The presentation covered Items 9 through 11 together, so the same records should reveal the two companion parcels and whether all three went to related buyers at similar prices.

Context: The February 3, 2026 minutes for Item 21 state a public hearing was to be held February 17, 2026, and the record supplied contains no notice document, appraisal, or deed terms for the conveyance to Juan Martinez.

Recommended: Pull the published notice and affidavit for the February 17, 2026 public hearing referenced in the February 3 minutes, plus the executed conveyance instrument, and confirm the hearing actually described the same property the ordinance conveyed. Also check the deed for reverter, use restrictions, or easement reservations, since the record here names none and a buyer or title company will need that answered.

Applies if: You own or are pursuing property adjoining Block 3, Lancaster Addition Unit 3

Context: The ordinance carried 7-0 on February 17, 2026 conveying portions of Lots 8, 9, and 10, Block 3, Lancaster Addition Unit 3 for $49,000.

Recommended: The ordinance conveys only portions of Lots 8, 9, and 10 in Block 3, not whole platted lots, so confirm with planning and the county clerk whether a replat or lot consolidation is required before any building permit issues, and identify what remainder the city still holds on that block. Buying or financing an unreplatted partial-lot remnant can stall permitting after closing.

Context: The ordinance passed 6-0 on February 3, 2026 as part of a group motion covering Items 20 through 23, then 7-0 on February 17, 2026 with Items 9 through 11 taken together, leaving the $49,000 price to Juan Martinez unexplained on the record.

Recommended: Ask the city real estate division for the appraisal, the solicitation history, and the staff backup showing how $49,000 was set for portions of Lots 8, 9, and 10 in Block 3, and whether any competing offer existed. Both council votes moved the item inside bundled motions with no separate discussion, so the pricing rationale never entered the public record.

Applies if: You live on or near Block 3 of Lancaster Addition Unit 3

Context: City Council approved conveying portions of Lots 8, 9, and 10, Block 3, Lancaster Addition Unit 3 to Juan Martinez on February 17, 2026 by a 7-0 vote after a 6-0 vote on February 3, 2026.

Recommended: Ask the city for the survey exhibit attached to the ordinance so you can see exactly which parts of Lots 8, 9, and 10 in Block 3 are now private, since a strip that neighbors have used informally for parking, drainage, or access can now be fenced or built on. Raise any easement or access concern before construction starts, not after.

Context: The February 17 minutes note Items 7 and 8 were introduced under Section 3.9 of the El Paso City Charter with a public hearing set for March 3, 2026, and the ordinance was adopted 8-0 that day as Ordinance 019848.

Recommended: Obtain the certified copy of Ordinance 019848 and the March 3 hearing record, and confirm the public hearing announced at introduction was actually held before adoption; if the file does not document it, raise that gap with the City Attorney's office before the deed records. Also ask whether the two separate parcels — part of Tract 4-C-3, Block 38, Ysleta Grant and part of Lot 6, Block 2, Frutus Place — convey under one instrument or two.

Context: The adopted ordinance describes two separately platted pieces — Tract 4C now known as Tract 4-C-3, Block 38, Ysleta Grant and part of Lot 6, Block 2, Frutus Place recorded at Volume 11, Page 32.

Recommended: Before designing anything on the conveyed ground, pull the plat at Volume 11, Page 32 of the El Paso County Real Property Records and survey the split ownership: the sale combines a portion of Tract 4-C-3, Block 38, Ysleta Grant with a portion of Lot 6, Block 2, Frutus Place, so a replat or lot consolidation may be required before permits issue. Skipping this risks a building footprint that crosses an unmerged property line.

Context: Items 7 and 8 were introduced under one motion on February 17 and Items 21 and 22 were taken together on March 3, when Capital Assets Manager Mary Lou Espinoza presented and the council adopted Ordinance 019848 by 8-0.

Recommended: Request the appraisal or valuation memo and the staff presentation behind the sale price, plus the identity of the paired item bundled with this one at both meetings. The record shows the ordinance was voted on twice as part of a two-item package and never separately explained on the floor.