1956 RESOLUTION NO. 1955
A RESOLUTION FIXING THE DATE I'OR A PUBLIC HEARING ON
A PETITION TO VACATE AND ABANDON SANTA FE AVENUE
RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN HARRISON AND TYLER
STREETS AND B r;I NG BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY LOTS 8 AND
9 IN BLOCK 11 OF C. 0. BRACK'S ADDITION TO ThE CITY
OF LITTT.F ROCK, AND ON THE SOUTH BY A PARCEL OF LAND
LYING IN THE NE4 OF THE NW-1- OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 1
NORTH, RANGE 12 WEST IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, FORMERLY USED AS RAILROAD
RIGHT-OF-WAY BY LITL'LE ROCK-MAUMELLE AND WESTERN
RAILROAD AND MISSOURI-PACII'IC RAILROAD, ALL THE
AFORESAID LAND BOUNDING SANTA FE AVENUE ON THE NORTH
AND ON THE SOUTH BEING OvvNED BY THE PETITIONER HEREIN;
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICES THEREOF, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES. '
WHEREAS a petition was duly filed by J. T. Leman with
the City Council of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, on the
30th of March , 1953 , asking that the City Council vacate and
abandon all that portion of Santa Fe Avenue running East and West
between Harrison and Tyler Streets and being bounded on the North
by Lots 8 and 9 in Block 11 of C. 0. BRACK 'S ADDITION and on the
South by a parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 12 West,
in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas , formerly
used as railroad right-of-way by Little Rock-Maumelle and Western
Railroad and Missouri-Pacific Railroad, and being more particularly
described as follows :
Beginning at northeast corner of Block 12 of C. O. BRACK'S
ADDITION to the City of Little Rock, thence North 75 feet more or
less, to a point 20 feet South of southeast corner of Block 11 of
said addition and on South line of Santa Fe Avenue as shown on
plat of said addition, thence in a northwesterly direction parallel
to and 20 feet distant from South line of said Block 11 and follow-
ing South Line of said Santa Fe Avenue to a point 20 feet South of
southwest corner of said Block 11, thence South 75 feet more or
less to northwest corner of Block 12 of said addition, thence
southeasterly along North line of said Block 12, to point of
beginning;
all the aforesaid land being owned by the petitioner for the
abandonment of Santa Fe Avenue;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS :
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That the 13th day of April , 1953, be fixed as
the date for the hearing upon the petition to vacate and abandon
the aforesaid Santa Fe Avenue, said street running East and West
between Harrison and Tyler Streets and being bounded on the North
by Lots 8 and 9 in Block 1 1 of C . U. BRACK'S ADDITION and on the
South by a parcel of land lying in the Northeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 12 West,
in the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas , formerly
used as railroad right-of-way by Little Rock-Maumelle and V,estern
Railroad and Missouri-Pacific Railroad, and being more particularly
described as follows :
Beginning at northeast corner of Block 12 of C . 0. B :CK'S
ADDITION to the City of Little Rock, thence north ?5 feet more or
less, to a point 20 feet south of southeast corner of Block 11 of
said addition and on south line of Santa Fe Avenue as shown on
plat of said addition, thence in a northwesterly direction parallel
to and 20 feet distant from south line of said Block 11 and follow-
ing south line of said Santa Fe Avenue to a point 20 feet south of
southwest corner of said flock 11, thence south 75 feet more or less
to northwest corner of Block 12 of said addition, thence south-
easterly along north line of said Block 12, to point of beginning.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice of said
meeting by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in
some newspaper published in Pulaski County and having a general
circulation in the City of Little Rock, Arkan.a.s. The notice
shall state the names of the persons who sign the petition and
the name or description of the street or portion of street to be
vacated and advise all persons that on a day therein named the
Council will hear and determine whether Santa Fe Avenue shall be
vacated.
ADOPTED: March 30, 1953.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
Ci ty Clerk mayor