The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 27, 1980, Page Page 22A, Image 22
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By Stephen Ridded
Editor
(Reprinted from June 25
issue)
U! -C students who enjoyed
free parking in "the Pit" last
year are in for a surprise.
This year, they'll have to pay
$15 a month for a parking
space unless the university
regains control of the lot.
The university never
owned the land at the corner
of Pickens and Blossom
streets next to the Booker T.
Washington Medical Center,
and it lost control of the
parking lot this summer.
Furman Fulmer Co.
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reserved spaces to
anyone willing to pay the
price.
USC parking official
Danny Baker said the lot
contained about 200 spaces,
all used for students. "I'm
really concerned about the
females in the South
Building and South Tower
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closest place available for
them to park in is the Bates
area," Baker said.
"This summer we have
space available in the
Blossom Street Garage for f
students who bought a I
summer school decal," he
said. "They can pay $10
more and get a sticker for
the garage, but for students
who bought decals back in
the fall, we can't help them."
BAKER SAID parking
won't be a problem this
summer, but that if the lot is
not back in the university's
control Dy iau, 11 will
aggrevate the student
parking situation.
The land was part of a 17acre
grant made to the city
of Columbia in 1911 by the
Rembert family. The family
stipulated that the land was
to be maintained as a park.
The agreement included a
clause that would allow the
family to regain ownership
of the land if it were not used
for a park.
As the years passed, the
city encroached upon the
agreement more and more,
according to Rembert
family attorney William
Quirk. "I once calculated
how much of the land
donated by the family was
still dirt and how much of the
grant was covered by
buildings and blacktop,"
Quirk said. "There are only
a few acres left of park."
"USC NEVER HAD the
slightest claim on the
property," Quirk said.
"They had no agreement
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with the city of Columbia fo
the use of the land. The;
went on a day-to-day basis o
'if you don't care, I don'
care' on using it."
Dave Rinker, US<
systems vice president fo
facilities planning, said h
knew the land wa
designated part of a publi
park, but added that h
thought USC had the city'
permission to use the land a
a parking lot.
City Attorney Roy Bate
said there was no forma
agreement between the cit;
and the univertsity. "US<
had permission from the cit;
to use the land and we knev
inai iney were mere am
using it," he said. "But I'r
sure there was not a writte
lease on it."
Angered that the land wa
being used for a parking lc
instead of a park, th
Rembert family went t
court to regain ownership o
the land, Quirk said. "Th
decision came down in Jun
from the courts and the;
found the re-entry clause t
be proper," Quirk said.
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or an apartment complex
would probably be the best
use for the land. But the
university is threatening to
i condemn the land so that
i they can buy it."
Rinker said the university
! is beginning condemnation
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i university must accept the
price set in court. If the
condemnation request is
1 approved, the university will
regain control of the land
immediately, he said.
QUIRK SAID THE family
wants to keep the land and
i that it is not for sale. He said
i USC has not made a
reasonable offer for the land.
i "If they really want to buy
the land, USC had better get
i serious," Quirk said,
i The property is worth
i between $300,000 and
s $500,000, according to Quirk.
i "The best offer USC has
made to my knowledge was
i $85,000," he said. "USC has
been a free tenant for a long
time, and that has to
i change."
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