Case File 26-0686

Context: Council's June 23 motion carried 7-0 setting a 45-day negotiation deadline with no public term sheet released yet.

Recommended: The City Manager and City Attorney are negotiating a Community Benefits Agreement with Meta covering water/electric infrastructure, ratepayer protection, and workforce development, with a draft due back within 45 days of the June 23 vote (roughly August 7); request the draft when it's filed and check whether the ratepayer protection language is actually enforceable before it comes back for a final council vote.

Context: Item 40 minutes note "*Consent-style motion, maker and seconder not named" despite the $10.55 million total and prior postponement.

Recommended: Three State Infrastructure Bank loans totaling $10.55 million for Railroad Drive, Sun Valley Street, and the Traffic Management Center passed as a consent-style item with no maker or seconder named in the minutes, after being postponed from the June 9 meeting; request the staff memo explaining why the items were delayed and what changed before the June 23 unanimous vote.

Context: Council's directive named only the City Manager and City Attorney as negotiators in the 7-0 June 23 vote, with no public terms yet.

Recommended: The Community Benefits Agreement covering Meta's Northeast El Paso data center is being hashed out directly between the City Manager and City Attorney, not the full Council, with a draft due within 45 days of the June 23 vote; this is the window to push specific workforce development and ratepayer protection terms before the deal is locked and brought back for a vote.

Context: Council approved the three loans for these specific streets on June 23 after they'd been postponed from the June 9 meeting.

Recommended: The newly approved $10.55 million in State Infrastructure Bank loans funds work on Railroad Drive, Sun Valley Street, and the Traffic Management Center, so residents near these corridors should expect road work and possible detours once contracts are awarded; call public works for the construction schedule.