This came in from a loyal contributor:
The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) is requesting proposals from qualified service providers to implement, train small learning school communities and/or district leadership through a yearlong leadership design institute.
And yet another initiative
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How much this will cost?
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Brutus
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As part of the deal with MountainStar where they will be hosting USL soccer at the ball park, it appears that the new team needs a practice facility.
Item 31.1 on the Tuesday, October 2, 2018 city council agenda contemplates giving the team the right to use two soccer fields at the Westside Sports Complex for five years. In return the team (aka COMPANY) will bring the fields up to USL standards and then maintain them.
“COMPANY’s occupancy and use of the Facilities shall take precedence over any other use of the Facilities during the Team’s pre-season training camp, regular season, and post-season … as shall be deemed included in Exhibit B …”
In other words during the period described in Exhibit B the team will have control over the fields.
Exhibit B is shown below:
For the 2018 USL season pre-season ran from the February 3 to March 16. Regular season was from March 16 to October 14. The post-season will start October 20 and end November 10.
Kids, we will let you know when you can use the field.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 2, 2018) city council will consider changing the ball park lease.
The sports group already has control over the ball park every day of the year because of their current lease.
The group wants to bring a USL soccer team to El Paso and play at the ball park. They plan to spend $3.5 million to make the facility appropriate for both baseball and soccer.
This makes sense if for no other reason than they already control what can happen at the park.
From the proposed changes to the lease:
“… all revenues generated
from the Soccer Team and/or the Ballpark on the date of a Soccer Team home game or
USL events including, without limitation, all revenues from Soccer Team or USL ticket
sales (except Ticket Fees), parking (except for City’s share of parking revenue, discussed
in Article V of this Agreement), Soccer Team or USL Concessions, Soccer Team or USL
Merchandise, Soccer Team or USL suite, and club seat sales, interior and exterior Soccer
Team or USL-related Ballpark advertising and signage, sponsorships, any and all Soccer
Team or USL naming rights and other advertising, sales of broadcast and telecast rights,
internet rights, league expansion fees and team fundraising, and any other sources of
Soccer Team or USL related revenue, shall be retained by MountainStar Soccer or the
USL, as appropriate.”
The city does not get much.
However the city does get to provide free police services:
City, in its reasonable discretion, shall provide at
its sole cost and expense (using City employees or contract services, as determined by
City) all customary police, traffic control, fire prevention, emergency medical, street
cleaning, trash removal and other similar City-provided services, outside and in the
general vicinity of the Ballpark, at a level of service consistent with the Ballpark
Standard;
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Brutus
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El Chuqueno pointed out the other day that city council wired their recent cultural center vote while in executive session.
What the post did not point out is that city council members should know better.
Section 551.005 of the Texas open meetings act requires each council member to take training relating open meetings and executive sessions within 90 days of taking office.
In other words these people should know what the rules are and should not break them.
Where was our city attorney on this?
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Brutus
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The Wizard asked the other day about the ballot language relative to the cultural center.
City ordinance 017849 authorized the election.
It said:
It offered a cultural center, without any reference to ethnicity, nationality, religion, race or any other qualifier.
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Brutus
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elpasospeak 
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