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<br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS, I.'
<br />EUGENE, OREGON,
<br />JUNE 25'; 1956.' ' ' , "
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING Of" THE COMMON COUNCIL Of" THE CITY Of" EUGENE WAS HELD ON JUNE II AND
<br />ADJOURNED TO JUNE ,25, 1956 AT, 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 'THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO
<br />ORDER ,BY HIS HONOR,..:MAYOR,V. E., JOHNSON, 'WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MR. GODLOVE,
<br />MR. KOPPE, MR. WATSON, MR. SHEARER, MR. HARTMAN, AND MR. SHISLER. MR;OwEN TOOK HIS SEAT IN
<br />THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:40 P.M.
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<br />THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JUNE II,' 1956'WERE 'READ AND APPROVED.
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<br />I THIS BEING THE DATE SET rOR THE AWARD Of" THE BID f"OR THE SALE Of" LOT 3, BLOCK 5, PARK-AIRE I
<br />SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT:THE NORTHEAST C:ORNEROF 18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS'STREET, THE FOLLOWING [,
<br />BI DS WERE TABULATED AS OPENED OIl..'JUNE 21, ~1956 AT 10:00 A.M.' I
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<br />BIDDER AMOUNT or BID ~
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<br />NORMAN D.POHLL $ 71,000.00
<br />MCKAY'S MARKETS 67,500.00'.'
<br />RODMAN AND UREY 20,000.00 (FOR A FRONTAGE or 150 FEET BY 150 FEET,
<br />NOT ENTERED rOR THE WHOLE, LOT)
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<br />2 COMMUNICATION FROM NORMAN D. POHLL - RE: 'BID SUBMITTED FOR NORTHEAST CORNER Of" 18TH AV~NUE I
<br />AND CHAMBERS STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS:
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<br />"MY wrFE AND ,I ESTABLISHED A 'GROCERY "STORE AT 'THE "NORTHWEST 'CORNE'R OF CHAMBERS AND
<br />WEST 18TH I N EUGENE, OREGON, .ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AT'A ,TI ME WHEN THE f"OUR ' CORNERS' Of"TtfE I
<br />ABOVE MENTIONED INTERSEctiON, WAS SIMPLY PART or A LARGE BARREN AREA. AT THE BECINNING I
<br />OUR BUSI NESS WAS .EXCEEDI NGL Y SMALL. .'THE F'I RST YEARS MY wi F'E ~A\lIIO I WORK f'ROM7:00 A.M. :
<br />TO 9:00 P.M. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND ONLYMADE'A BARE-'LIVI'NG. As THE COMMUNITY BUILT 'UP OUR
<br />BUSINESS INCREASED. WE EN~ARGED O~R BUILDING, WHICH WE HAVE SINCE,06NE FOUR.iIMES, UNTIL
<br />WE NOW HAVE"A SHOPPING CENTER CONSISTING OF AN UP-TO-DATE MEAT MARKET, BAKERY, BARBER SHOP
<br />AND GROCERI,ES. :Bont OUR SONS AND SON-IN-LAW AND' OURSELF ARE 'WORKfNG 'IN THE'GROCERY i
<br />DEPARTMENT. My WiFE AND I ARE SUBSTANTIAL TAXPAYERS I NEUGENE. ONE OF .OUR "SONS AND oUR "
<br />SON-IN-LAW EACH OWNS HIS OWN HOME .AND"THEY ARE TAXPAYERS IN THE CITY O~ EUGENE. 'WE HAVE I'
<br />TRI ED TO BUY BOTH COR.NER LOTS, LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF 18TH AND
<br />CHAMBERS, 'f',ROM THE CI TY OF EUGENE'- .
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<br />ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS ONFORMED BY ONE OF YOUR COUN~I~MEN'THAT 'THEY WERE GETTING ~
<br />READY TO SELL THE TWO LOTS AND HE ASKED ME If" I WAS WILLING TO PAY $80,000.00, rOR THE TWO ,
<br />CORNER LOTS COMBI'NEO. I TOLD HrN, YEs.-,'HE SAID HE WOULD LET ME KNOW FR'OM TIME TO ..TIME. I
<br />A SHORT TIME LA1:ER,' HE CAME OUT TO SEE ME, HE THOUGHT $55,000:0'0, COULD BUY IT THEN, AND I
<br />FOR ME TO WRITE A LETTER TO T-HE CITVCOUN'cIL AND TELL THEM wE: WERE INTERESTED IN BUYING '
<br />BOTH CORNER LOTS, WHICH I DID, EXCEPT STATING THE PRICE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER I WAS INVITED
<br />TO COME TO A COMMITTEE' J14EETfNG, WHICH I- ATTENDED. THEY DECIDED THE 'ONLY RIGHT WAY WAS TO
<br />PUT THE LOTS UP .rOR SALE, SEALED -BIDS. ' , .' I
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<br />SE YEO A L .ONTH5 LATE. I "I O.OYE TO THE H O.E O' THE. e OUHe '. L.A. . -HE GAY E .; A PL OT .. THE .
<br />?ARK-AI RE LAND~,. HE' SA'ID HE HAD JtiS'TRECEI VED 'I T AT 'THAT NOON. HE ALSO 'STATeD THAT ANOTHER \
<br />COUNCILMAN SAID THAT' THEY WOULD GET $130,000.00 FOR THE NORTHEAST CORNER L.OT. 'THAT IS WHEN
<br />I DECIDED TO STAY AWAY, BECAUSE I WAS JUST BEING USED rOR A SUCKER, WHICH I HAVE DONE. I
<br />HAVE NOT HEARD A WORD FRO~~IM SINC~~" .
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<br />THE CI TY COUNCI L ADVERTI SED FOR BIDS FOR THE NORTHEA-5'r' CORNER OF"'.THE II NTERSECTI ON. hi' ...
<br />RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR BIDS, I SUBMITTED A SEALED BID OF $71,000.00. MR. MAYOR AND ..,
<br />MEMBERS 0,. THECI TV COUNCIL,' MY BID WAS FAI R -AND HONEST. : :THERE VERE- OTHER BIOS, BUT MY
<br />BID WAS SUBSTANT.I,ALL Y MORE ,THAN ANY OTHER BI D. I 00 NOT "DES I RE TO BUY THE PROPERTY FOR THE
<br />PURPOSE OF' ATTEMPTING to' MAK~ MONEY ~Y RE~S~LLING IT. I' bESIRE TO BbY I~ F~R THE'~~RP~SE
<br />OF PRGTECJING ~HE MEMBERS Of' MY FAMILY IN THE MERCANTILE BUSINESS, WHICH WE HAVE AT THE
<br />NORTHWEST CORNER . Of"" THE ~I NTE-RSECTION." . ,
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<br />I SUBMI T TO YOU, THAT .1 N ALL rAIRNESS, THE 'CI TY or EUGE'NE SHOUI,;O' AC.CEPT MY 81 D."
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<br />IT VAS MOVED BY MR~ KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. SH~ARER, THAT THE BIDS BE' REJECTED, AS RECOMMENDED "
<br />BY THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMIT~EE. MOTION DEf"EATEO.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BIDS BE REFERRED BACK TO THE i:
<br />PUBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE F'OR' f"URTHER CONSI b'ERATI ON. MOTION CARRI ED. '. "
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<br />REPORTS Of OFFICERS I
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