Case File 26-0169

Context: Item 23 carried 6-0 on February 3, 2026 as part of a group motion covering Items 20 through 23 with a public hearing noted for February 17, 2026, the date Ordinance 019846 was adopted 7-0 as Item 12.

Recommended: The February 3 minutes state a public hearing on this item was to be held February 17, 2026, the same day the ordinance was adopted — request the February 17 hearing record and the executed Tax Resale Deed to confirm the hearing was in fact opened and closed before adoption and that the deed recites the Section 34.05(h) authority named in the ordinance. If the hearing record is thin, that is the question to raise before the deed is relied upon in a title chain.

Context: Ordinance 019846 was adopted 7-0 on February 17, 2026 conveying a portion of Lot 18, Block 13A, Logan Heights Addition to Humberto Lozano under Section 34.05(h) of the Texas Tax Code.

Recommended: The conveyance covers only "a portion of Lot 18, Block 13A" in the Logan Heights Addition, not the whole platted lot — pull the recorded tax resale deed and the county plat to confirm the remnant's frontage, dimensions and whether it can stand alone or must be replatted or merged with an abutting parcel before any permit is pursued. Skipping this check risks buying or optioning a remnant strip that cannot be built on independently.

Context: The item appeared twice — carried 6-0 on February 3 within a group motion covering Items 20 through 23, then adopted 7-0 as Ordinance 019846 on February 17, 2026 — with no dollar figure disclosed in either record.

Recommended: Neither the February 3 nor the February 17 record states a resale price, an appraised value, or the amount of delinquent taxes the sale recovers, and it does not say whether buyer Humberto Lozano owns adjoining property. Request the resale bid file and the list of taxing units that consented to the sale, then compare the recovery against the judgment amount.

Context: City Council adopted Ordinance 019846 on February 17, 2026 by a 7-0 vote conveying the property to Humberto Lozano.

Recommended: A piece of Lot 18, Block 13A in the Logan Heights Addition has moved from tax-foreclosure inventory into private hands, so weed abatement, fencing, dumping and any future construction on it are now a private owner's responsibility rather than the city's. If the parcel abuts or faces your property, confirm the new owner of record with the county so future code complaints go to the right party.