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Council approves closure of Mahana Avenue with temporary closure option and Greenway easement agreement
Summary
The council voted to close portions of Mahana and Minnie streets and added two friendly amendments allowing a temporary barricade option and obligating the applicant to provide easements for the Wolf River Greenway outside fenced areas.
The Memphis City Council on June 24 approved a resolution to close 196 feet of Mahana Avenue and 302 feet of Minnie Street and added two committee‑read friendly amendments that permit a temporary closure and secure future easements for the Wolf River Greenway.
Brett Ragsdale of the Division of Planning and Development read the amendments into the record. The first amendment allows the applicant, until adjacent properties are developed, to install a Type 3 barricade with “MUTCD‑compliant signage/object markers” or a similar barricade approved by the city engineer, and to use the closed portion as a private drive entrance without requiring curb construction.
The second amendment added a condition requiring the applicant — upon the city’s request and within a reasonable time — to grant necessary easements across the north and northwestern edges of its campus (outside the current fence and north of the flood wall) to accommodate the Wolf River Greenway, provided the city bears construction costs other than the applicant’s attorney fees.
Councilman Warren thanked the property owners for agreeing to the easement language, saying the Greenway would be difficult to complete without their cooperation. The council moved the item (moved by Vice Chair JSW, seconded by Easter Thomas) and approved it by recorded vote.
The item was held from May 20 and carried case numbers SAC24‑07 and SAC24‑08. City staff said the temporary barricade language had been worked through with city engineering.
