Culbertson council unanimously vacates multiple streets and alleys

The Culbertson Town Council voted unanimously at its April 1, 1929 meeting to discontinue and vacate several streets and alleys within town limits. Mayor J.E. Rucker presided as the council considered petitions filed by Alderman H.H. Bruegger and John Grunst seeking the closures.

Council members said they had reviewed the notice of hearing and affidavits of publication before determining the proposed closures would not be detrimental to interested parties. The resolution adopted covers “all of Edna Street; Hugo Street from the south end thereof to the intersection of said street and Olga Avenue; Park Avenue from the intersection of Robert Street east to the town limits,” and multiple 20-foot alleys through Blocks 5, 6, 11, 12 and the area south of Block 13, among other described portions of Olga Avenue and adjacent alleys, as recorded in the minutes.

The action was taken after a motion duly made and seconded and was recorded as unanimously adopted. The council’s motion followed the hearing on petitions that had been filed March 4, 1929, and publicly noticed in the town’s publication. The minutes do not record the names of the motion’s mover and seconder.

The council’s vote closes the rights-of-way listed in the minutes; the written description in the record provides the legal description the town used to effect the vacation. The minutes do not record any appeals or objections from affected property owners in the transcripted record.

Next steps recorded in the minutes are administrative: the clerk was to note the action in the town records. The minutes do not describe follow-up filings (such as revised plats or deeds) beyond the council’s formal adoption of the motion.