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Open Space board urged to press for easement as city moves to transfer MLK property; hikers found ordnance near Castner Range

Open Space Advisory Board (City of El Paso) · January 8, 2026
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Summary

The board discussed the MLK property transfer to the State Park, concerns that the sale may omit an easement the board sought, and separate remediation work near Castner Range where a hiker found an unexploded shell that was detonated by authorities.

Board members discussed an ordinance that had its first reading the previous day to empower the city manager to sell the MLK property to the State Park, with final council action scheduled for Jan. 20. The chair said the board has repeatedly sought an easement on the property but that the draft sale appears to omit that easement. "I do not think it has the easement included in that process, which is something we've been…

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