The St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Oct. 10 perfected board bill 73, a conditional street vacation ordinance that would vacate specified surface and subsurface rights in City Blocks 270 and 547 in the area of Thirteenth Street, Cole Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.

Alderman Rasheen Aldrich (14th Ward), sponsor of the bill, said the vacation would close the right-of-way between Cole Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive along Thirteenth Street and that the initial summary included language suggesting the vacated area “would be used to consolidate property for construction of an athletic field or future stadium.” Aldrich said that wording had caused public speculation and that amendment No. 1 would strike that sentence from the summary. The amendment was adopted, and aldermen then perfected the bill as amended.

The bill, as introduced, would vacate a 12-foot‑wide north–south alley in City Block 270 (bounded by Carr Street, Tucker Boulevard, Cole Street and Thirteenth Street) and a 20-foot‑wide east–west alley in City Block 547 (bounded by Cole Street, Thirteenth Street, North Martin Luther King Drive and Fourteenth Street) and impose conditions pursuant to charter authority and Section 14 of Article 21 of the city charter. Aldrich said the immediate uses would include parking and potential future development.

Aldrich moved the amendment and the perfection; the motions carried on voice votes. The board did not adopt any additional substantive restrictions during the Oct. 10 perfection and directed the matter to proceed as amended.