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(I , AN ORDINANCE CLOSING A PORTION OF BRIAR STREET OF FITZHUGH PARK ADDI- TION TO THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, BEING THAT PORTION OF BRIAR STREET BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY THE SOUTH LINE OF BLOCK 16 AND ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTH LINE OF BLOCK 17 AND EXTENDING WESTWARD TO 20TH STREET AND EASTWARD TO THE BATESVILLE COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY "WHEREAS, a petition was duly filed with the City Council of li I the City of Batesville, Arkansas, on the 28th day of January, 1970 asking the City Council to vacate and abandon all that portion of j the street designated on the Plat of the Fitzhugh Park Addition to said city now appearing of record in Deed Record Book I-7, Pages 241-243 of the deed records in and for Independence County, Arkansas, being that portion of Briar Street bounded on the North by the South line of Block 16 and on the South by the North line of Block 17 and extending westward to 20th Street and eastward to the Batesville Country Club property. WHEREAS, after due notice as required by law, the Council has; at the time and place mentioned in the notice, heard all persons desiring to be heard on the question and has ascertained that the street or the portion thereof hereinabove described, has heretofor been dedicated to the public use as a street herein described; has never been opened and has never actually been used by the public generally since the filing and recording of the Deed of Dedication, and Plat on September 16, 1957; that the owners of the property abutting on the portion of the street to be vacated have filed with the Council their written consent to such abandonment; and j that public interest and welfare will not be adversely affected by the abandonment of such street; NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, as follows, viz: