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CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
JANUARY 21, 1997
During the agenda meeting held
January 21, 1997, Attorney John Casteel asked that a special meeting be held to
set a date for a public hearing for the vacation of a piece of Summit Street
that falls on the property of Jan Weber Porter. Mrs. Porter’s health has
deteriorated drasticly, and she has a sale pending on the property. She wanted
to get the transaction settled as soon as possible. The Council had passed a
street vacation two doors up from her property the month before, and there were
no objections, so he thought that, with the Council’s help, this could be done.
The Clerk had called the media and told them that it was possible that the
Council might call a special meeting for this purpose. The Council agreed to
call a special meeting.
The Mayor called the special
Council Meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Alderwoman Seratt and Alderman Jeffrey
were out of town. John Casteel represented Jan Weber Porter with a Petition to
Vacate the portion of Summit Street that her property is on. Mr. Casteel showed
the Council the plat of where the property in question falls. This is another
case in which the building or part of the building is built on a piece of
Summit Street as it is platted, and the street is built in an area that was not
platted as a street. All it does, by passing this vacation, is to clear the
title of the property.
Alderman Christman made the
motion to set a public hearing to deal with this issue. Alderwoman Watson
seconded.
The Council had voted to hold all
public hearings in the evenings in 1997 at their first meeting of the year.
Alderman Freeland said that given the circumstances, it would serve the public
and the circumstance to suspend the rules and do this hearing in the morning.
Alderpersons Christman and Watson withdrew their motions.
Alderman Christman made the motion to suspend the rules and set
the Public Hearing at 8:45 a.m. before the Council Meeting on February 11th,
1997.
The motion carried unanimously, 4/0/0.
The motion was made and seconded
to adjourn the special Council meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:20
p.m.