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RESOLUTION NO. 3 3
A RESOLUTION FIXING A DAY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PETITION OF JOHN NORMAN
HARKEY AND MALCOM MOORE AND BILL WALMSLEY AND JOHN BELEW AND ROBERT L. SLAUGHTER!
AND MARY SLAUGHTER TO CLOSE AND VACATE THAT PART OF REYNOLDS STREET ABUTTING
LOTS 5, 6, 7 AND 8 IN BLOCK 11 OF FITZHUGH PARK ADDITION AS WELL AS THAT PORTION
OF REYNOLDS STREET ABUTTING LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 OF BLOCK 14 OF THE FITZHUGH PARK
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK. TO GIVE
PUBLIC NOTICE OF SAID MEETING BY PUBLICATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, John Norman Harkey and Malcom Moore and Bill Walmsley and John
ljBelew and Robert L. Slaughter and Mary Slaughter have filed a petition to close
and vacate that part of Reynolds Street abutting Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 in Block 11
of Fitzhugh Park Addition as well as that portion of Reynolds Street abutting
Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Block 14 of Fitzhugh Park Addition to the City of Batesville,
Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing must be had upon said petition as required by
law; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS AS
FOLLOWS:
1. That the City Council shall hold a public hearing upon the petition of
John Norman Harkey and Malcom Moore and Bill Walmsley and John Belew and Robert I
L. Slaughter and Mary Slaughter to close and vacate the above described portion
of Reynolds Street, said hearing to be held on the 15th day of November, 1983,
at 7:00 P. M. at City Hall in the City of Batesville, Arkansas.
2. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of such meeting
by publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the Batesville
Daily Guard, a newspaper published in Independence County and having a general
circulation in the City of Batesville.
ADOPTED this - day of 1983.
j APPROVED:
JI1 SH ELL, OR
,ATTEST:
LARRY WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK
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PETITION TO VACATE AND CLOSE A PART OF REYNOLDS STREET
Comes now the petitioners , John Norman Harkey , Malcom Moore ,
ill Walmsley , John Belew , Robert L . Slaughter and Mary Slaughter ,
is wife , and for their petition to close and vacate that part of
eynolds Street abutting Lots 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 in Block 11 of Fitzhugh
ark Addition as well as that portion of Reynolds Street abutting
ots 1 , 2 and 3 of Block 14 of the Fitzhugh Park Addition to the
ity of Batesville , Arkansas , being all of that portion of Reynolds
treet lying between property currently owned by the Batesville
ounty Club on the East and the intersection of Reynolds Street and
1st Street on the West and the petitioners state as follows :
( 1 ) That the petitioners , John Norman Harkey , Malcom Moore ,
Bill Walmsley , and John Belew , are the owners of Lots 5 , 6 , 7 and
of Block 11 of the Fitzhugh Park Addition to the City of
atesville , Arkansas , which lots are adjacent to , and North of ,
he street which petitioners propose to close .
( 2 ) That the petitioners , Robert L . Slaughter and Mary
laughter , his wife , are the owners of Lots 1 , 2 and 3 of Block 14
f the Fitzhugh Park Addition to the City of Batesville , Arkansas ,
hich lots are adjacent to , and South of, the street which the
etitioners propose to close .
( 3) That portion of Reynolds Street described in the
introductory paragraph herein , has never been officially opened or
aved and has not been actually used by the general public for more
han the last five ( 5) years .
(4) This is the first application filed for the closing of
his portion of this street .
( 5) The petitioners will pay the cost of public notice and
or the conduct of the public hearing .
(6 ) That the portion of Reynolds Street described above and
he subject of this petition has no beneficial use and is of no
leneficial use to any person or to the city and should be closed .
( 7 ) That the city dead ends on the East with the Batesville
ountry Club property which is currently being used , and has been
used for many years , as a golf course and the Batesville Country
lub does not desire that the street ever be opened .
(8) That the property owners who would be affected by this
reet closing have all joined in this petition and by their
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signatures hereto , hereby consent to said closing .
�r (9 ) The closing of this street will not result in any
hardship to any other parties or property owners , will not prejudic
the Ultimate Planning Program of the City of Batesville , and the
change would be in the best interest of the petitioners , the
public and the City of Batesville .
WHEREFORE , petitioners request that notice of public hearing
be published as required by law for the closing of the above
street , and that a public hearing on the proposed street closing
be held on /o - 2 s , 1983 , and that following said hearing
the City Council enact an ordinance closing said street .
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CONSENT TO CLOSING OF REYNOLDS STREET
We , the undersigned , hereby certify , state and agree that we
are the sole owners of the above described lots and hereby manifest
our consent , as the owners of all lots abutting on that portion
f Reynolds Street to be closed , to said closing .
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