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5. The Petitioner states that the configuration of Broad Street in this portion of the City results in its most frequent use by patients, visitors, and employees in a commute to Petitioner's main campus. 6. Since Petitioner is the sole property owner of each lot adjoining the portion of Broad Street at issue, the adjoining landowner's interests are not best served by keeping the current street open. 7. The part of Bates Street at issue adjoins Petitioner's main campus to the west, and the remaining three(3) sides of Petitioner's main campus are bound by immovable barriers prohibiting growth, including Fitzhugh Park and the City's Community Center and Aquatics Facility to the east,historic Oaklawn Cemetery to the south, and Harrison Street, one of the City's two(2)busiest thoroughfares, to the north. Creation of a contiguous campus dictates that growth on the north side of Harrison Street would be unsafe for patients, visitors, and staff needing to travel between buildings on the main campus. 8. Petitioner seeks abandonment of the part of Broad Street between 15th Street and Sidney Street to create space allowing for construction of a new medical facility which will expand and enhance health care access for the community. 9. Closure of said part of Broad Street will save the City of Batesville maintenance costs associated with its upkeep, and it will remove intersections which provide opportunities for motor vehicle accidents, as set out in Exhibit B, Affidavit of Damon Johnson, City Engineer. 10. Closure of said part of Broad Street will not have any negative impact on law enforcement function, fire department function, or other emergency services, as reflected in Exhibits C through E, Affidavits of Alan Cockrill, Batesville Chief of Police, Brent Gleghorn, Batesville Fire Chief, and Karen Ryan, CEO of Vital Link, the community's ambulance 2