Council approves vacation of north–south alley adjacent to Granary building

The Bryan City Council on Aug. 18 approved Ordinance 42-2025 to vacate the north–south alley running from East Edgerton Street to the railroad tracks between North Main Street and North Walnut Street.

The ordinance adopts the planning commission's recommendation to vacate the alley after a petition from property owner John Trippie, a council staff member said. Council retained a 25-foot utility easement at the alley's south end to cover a guy wire and related pole infrastructure.

City staff said the alley vacation relates to a building permit for the granary property that is already built over part of the alley and that there are no utilities currently within the alley. "This came about as part of the granary building permit that we'll talk about later on," a staff presenter said. The presenter added that "Brian Whelan, Tyson, and Derek have all signed off on the alley vacation, which you should have a plat—Exhibit A."

Councilmembers voted to suspend the rules and adopt the ordinance during the meeting. Voting recorded in the meeting transcript shows unanimous approval by the councilmembers present.

The vacation removes public right-of-way over the described alley while preserving the specified utility easement. Council and staff did not identify any immediate utility relocations that would be required beyond the retained easement.

The alley vacation is tied in the record to the granary building permit and the city staff packet accompanying the ordinance; no further public hearing or additional approvals were described at the Aug. 18 meeting.