Discussion and action to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to host three Community Listening Sessions within 45 days at the Mexican American Cultural Center, the Hilos de Plata Senior Center, and the Chamizal Community Center with the goal of gaining community input to inform the next steps for recommending to our local Texas State Delegation on the renaming of the Cesar E. Chavez Border H

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Discussion and action to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to host three Community Listening Sessions within 45 days at the Mexican American Cultural Center, the Hilos de Plata Senior Center, and the Chamizal Community Center with the goal of gaining community input to inform the next steps for recommending to our local Texas State Delegation on the renaming of the Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway and further renaming for future City of El Paso holiday events, proclamations, and other City of El Paso policies, documents, locations, and events that specifically use the name or variation of the name Cesar E. Chavez. Further, to direct the City Manager and City Attorney to conduct these Listening Sessions in coordination with the office of Texas State Senator Cesar Blanco and the other members of the local Texas State Delegation.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.