HomeMy Public PortalAbout13007ORDINANCE NO. 13007
AN ORDINANCE, declaring the necessity for the acquisition of real property
within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for the purpose of purchasing property due to
inadequate storm and sanitary sewers for the project known as Harlem – Baden Relief Phase IV
(Herbert Acquisition) (2003039A) to serve the needs of residents of the area, and authorizing the
acquisition of said real property by purchase or by the institution of condemnation proceedings.
WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District an area
in the City of St. Louis within the Bissell Point Area Watershed wherein live and work numerous
people; and
WHEREAS, storm water and sewage gathered from such area will have no
adequate means of disposition, and will constitute a menace to public health and welfare of the
general public and the residents of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and design of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District to protect the public health and welfare by construction, reconstruction, maintenance or
repair of sewers and related appurtenances on, over and across said area in order to relieve and
alleviate these conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. In order to protect the public health and relieve dangerous
conditions, it is necessary to appropriate and acquire by the exercise of eminent domain real
property for the construction of a detention basin in the project known as Harlem – Baden Relief
Phase IV (Herbert Acquisition) (2003039A) as hereinafter set forth, said real property being
more particularly described below:
Harlem – Baden Relief Phase IV (Hebert Acquisition)
M.S.D. Project No. 2003039A
Parcel No. 47
LOT 25 IN BLOCK 1 OF MARS PLACE ADDITION, AND IN BLOCK 5239 OF
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, FRONTING 35 FEET ON THE WESTERN LINE OF
BLACKSTONE AVENUE BY A DEPTH WESTWARDLY BETWEEN PARALLEL
LINES OF 125 FEET TO AN ALLEY.
Harlem – Baden Relief Phase IV (Hebert Acquisition)
M.S.D. Project No. 2003039A
Parcel No. 14
PART OF LOTS NOS. 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK NO. 3 OF MARS PLACE ADDITION,
AND IN BLOCK NO. 4360 OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, BEGINNING AT A
POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF HEBERT STREET 12 FEET 7-3/8 INCHES
EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 6, THENCE
WESTWARDLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF HEBERT STREET 46 FEET 4-
3/4 INCHES TO A POINT 1 FOOT 2-5/8 INCHES EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF LOT NO. 7, THENCE NORTHWARDLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE 119
FEET 5 INCHES TO A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF AN ALLEY WHICH
POINT IS 1 FOOT 1/8 INCHES EAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT
NO. 7, THENCE EASTWARDLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY 39
FEET 7-1/4 INCHES TO A POINT 10 FEET 10 INCHES EAST OF THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NO. 6, THENCE SOUTHWARDLY 112 FEET
10-3/8 INCHES TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Section Two. Counsel for The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is hereby
authorized to enter into contracts to acquire by purchase if possible, or to institute and prosecute
an action in condemnation pursuant to the provisions of the Charter of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District and the laws of the State of Missouri for the appropriation of private
property as hereinabove set out.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted December 10, 2009.