Nicky Boyette – Jim Girkin presented his request Monday for a vacation of a portion of platted, but undeveloped, Hickory Street which runs down the middle of properties he owns. The first question from city council about the area to be vacated came from alderman Bob Thomas: “Is there a legal description?” Alderman David Mitchell agreed with Thomas’s question, and Mayor Butch Berry said a legal description would be necessary before an ordinance vacating the property could be approved and it would be Girkin’s responsibility to provide the legal description.
Thomas also wanted someone from the Parks Commission to explain why they had bargained with Girkin for a piece of land at the north end of his property.
Alderman James DeVito moved to have an ordinance drafted for the vacation pending receiving a legal description of property to be vacated and the property ceded to Parks.