Case File 26-0256

Context: The March 17 ordinance conveying property to Martin Armendariz for $197,500.00 describes only a portion of Tracts 9 and 10, Boothe Ville No. 2, recorded in Volume 5, Page 54 of the El Paso County Plat Records.

Recommended: Obtain the adopted ordinance number, the executed deed, and any survey or field-note description for the conveyance, since the property is described only as 'a portion of Tracts 9 and 10' of Boothe Ville No. 2 rather than whole platted lots. Ask the City Attorney's office whether a metes-and-bounds survey or replat is required before the deed can be recorded, and whether the city reserved any easements or reverter.

Context: The ordinance adopted March 17 conveys only a portion of Tracts 9 and 10, Boothe Ville No. 2 to Martin Armendariz for $197,500.00, leaving the balance of those tracts unaddressed in the record.

Recommended: Because the sale covers only a portion of Tracts 9 and 10, contact the city's real estate division for the remainder parcel's status and current surplus property list, and use the $197,500 sale as a pricing comparable for other city-owned remnants. Waiting means the remainder may be bundled into a future negotiated sale you never see advertised.

Context: The item was approved 8 Ayes/0 Nays as Item 19 on March 3 with a note that a public hearing would be held March 17, but the March 17 adoption as Item 22 recorded only 4 votes to 0.

Recommended: Request the March 17 City Council minutes, attendance roll, and the public hearing transcript for the Armendariz property sale, and ask the City Clerk why final adoption passed 4-0 when the same ordinance drew an 8-0 vote two weeks earlier. Also confirm the required public hearing was actually held that day rather than waived.