Case File 26-0186

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.