Owner of Pipefusion Services Inc., Jan Nyquist, asked Huntsville council to reclaim ownership of Pipe Man. A public forum was to be scheduled to get input from the public alternate locations for the industrial piece of art. However, Nyquist said at council, on Dec. 19, that he, his staff and Pipe Man's artist (Beverley Hawksley) have no wish to go to a public form and believe there is no other suitable location for Pipe Man.