HomeMy Public PortalAbout14320 City of St. Louis Flood Protection Certification (12726)ORDINANCE NO. 14320
AN ORDINANCE, appropriating Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars
($220,000.00) from the Operations, Maintenance and Construction Improvement Fund of
Stormwater Operations Maintenance to be used for cost sharing and financial assistance for flood
protection certification in City of St. Louis Flood Protection Certification (12726) in the City of
St. Louis, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement under
Contract No. 20392 with the City of St. Louis, Missouri for the aforementioned cost sharing and
financial assistance for flood protection certification.
WHEREAS, the Charter of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District empowers
the District to contract with municipalities, districts, other public agencies, individuals, or private
corporations, or any of them whether within or without the District, for the construction, use, or
maintenance of common or joint sewers, drains, outlets, or disposal plants, or for the
performance of any service required by the District; and
WHEREAS, MSD Resolution No. 117 adopted March 18, 1957 and MSD
Resolution No. 230 adopted February 12, 1959 memorialized MSD’s commitment to cooperate
with the City of St. Louis to achieve adequate flood protection through the Mississippi River
Flood Protection Project; and
WHEREAS, MSD Ordinance No. 219 adopted August 11, 1958 authorized an
assurance of local cooperation on the part of MSD in the Mississippi River Flood Protection
project authorized by Act of Congress on August 9, 1955; and
WHEREAS, this Intergovernmental Agreement allows the District the ability to
provide cost sharing and financial assistance to the City of St. Louis, Missouri for the Flood
Protection Certification Project as part of the Mississippi River Flood Protection project
authorized by Congress in 1955; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance has certified that there is an unencumbered
balance in the above named fund sufficient to pay the obligation authorized herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. The sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000.00)
is hereby appropriated from the Operations, Maintenance and Construction Improvement Fund
of Stormwater Operations Maintenance to be used for cost sharing and financial assistance for
flood protection certification in City of St. Louis Flood Protection Certification (12726) in the
City of St. Louis, Missouri.
Section Two. The Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer are hereby
authorized on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into an
Intergovernmental Agreement under Contract No. 20392 with the City of St. Louis, Missouri for
cost sharing and financial assistance for flood protection certification.
Section Three. The Intergovernmental Agreement authorized in Section Two of
this ordinance shall be comprised of such terms and conditions as are approved by the Office of
General Counsel of the District.
Section Four. This ordinance, being an appropriation ordinance, shall take effect
immediately upon its enactment.
The foregoing ordinance was adopted on January 14, 2016.