HomeMy Public PortalAbout00147 O R D I N A N C E NO. 147
AN ORDINANCE levying special benefit assessments
against all of the real property within the boundaries of Special
Benefit Subdistrict Number 11 (Shanridge) of THE METROPOLITAN ST.
LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT; directing issuance of Special Tax Bills
evidencing said levy; setting out the form, terms, and provisions
of said Special Tax Bills; with an emergency clause.
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District was
created pursuant to a plan adopted by the voters of the City of
St. Louis and of St. Louis County, Missouri, at a special election
held on Tuesday, the 9th day of February, 1954, all as provided
and authorized by Sections 30(a) and 30(b) of Article VI of the
Constitution of the State of Missouri; and
WHEREAS, thereafter, proceeding under the authority of
the aforesaid Plan, the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District, pursuant to proceedings duly and lawfully
had in accordance with the provisions of said Plan, did proceed as
follows, to wit:
(1) By Resolution No. 74, adopted on the 16th day of
July, 1956, did create and delineate the boundaries of Special
Benefit Subdistrict Number 11 (Shanridge) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District for the construction of lateral sanitary
sewers to serve such area and did provide that special benefit
assessments be levied against all real property within such area;
and
(2) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
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hearing of all persons interested in such improvement at the
residence of Alfred G. Jesky, 2464 Shannon Avenue, St. Louis
County, Missouri, at the hour of 8:00 P.M. on Monday, the 6th day
of August, 1956, at which public hearing those present voted in
favor of the same; and
(3) At a meeting of the said Board of Trustees held on
the 13th day of August, 1956 , did determine that it is in the
public interest that such improvement be made, and did direct that
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District proceed with the said
improvement according to the provisions of said Resolution No. 74,
and pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for the
proposed improvement were prepared and the Board of Trustees did
approve the same March 25, 1957, and proper notice to contractors
for bids was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the 8th,
15th, 22nd and 29th days of April, 1957.
(4) By Ordinance No. 129 adopted on May 6, 1957, did
confirm a contract with the Dan Foutes Company, as the lowest of
responsible bidders, pursuant to bids received and opened on the
30th day of April, 1957, and signed by the Contractor and by the
Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for construction of such
improvement; and
WHEREAS, the construction of said improvement is hereby
accepted upon the Executive Director's determination that said
improvement has been completed satisfactorily by the contractor
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and that the entire cost thereof amounts to Five Thousand Thirteen
and 28/100 Dollars ($5,013.28), which sum is the total of the
following three components, to wit:
(1) An advancement from the General Fund of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to cover the expense of
engineering, inspection, preparation of plans and contracts, and
other costs of supervision, in the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred
Eighty-eight and 52/100 Dollars ($1,288.52), which sum is properly
recoverable from the contractor, and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Three Thousand Five
Hundred Ninety-one and 65/100 Dollars ($3,591.65), and
(3) Extra work properly chargeable under the contract
in the sum of One Hundred Thirty-three and 13/100 Dollars
($133.13), and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the levy of
special benefit assessments and for the preparation, execution,
issuance and delivery of Special Tax Bills evidencing said levy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Special benefit assessments in the sum of
Five Thousand Thirteen and 28/100 Dollars ($5,013.28) are hereby
levied on all real property exclusive of public streets, roads and
alleys in Special Benefit Subdistrict Number 11 (Shanridge) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for the entire cost of
construction of said improvement to serve said Subdistrict. Said
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sum shall be levied ratably by area upon the lots or parcels of
ground within said Subdistrict in the proportion that the area
each lot or parcel of ground bears to the entire area within the
boundaries of said Subdistrict, exclusive of public streets,
roads, and alleys.
Section Two. There are hereby authorized and ordered to
be prepared, issued, registered, recorded and delivered to the
aforesaid contractor as soon as practicable after the Executive
Director shall have determined that said contractor has fully
performed under said contract, Special Tax Bills evidencing the
levy of the special benefit assessments provided in Section One
hereof. Said Bills shall be prepared on the standard Special Tax
Bill form of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District as
provided by Ordinance No. 97 adopted September 4, 1956, and said
Bills shall mature at the times and shall bear the rates of
interest prescribed by said Ordinance No. 97.
Section Three. The Executive Director, the Director of
Finance and the Secretary-Treasurer are hereby authorized and
directed to cause the Special Tax Bills herein described to be
prepared and to execute, certify and attest the same in accordance
with said Ordinance No. 97; to cause the same to be registered in
the offices of the Director of Finance and of the Secretary-
Treasurer; to cause the same to be recorded in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County, Missouri; and thereupon to
deliver the said Special Tax Bills to the said contractor;
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PROVIDED, however, that concurrently with delivery and prior to
completion.thereof, said contractor shall pay to The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District the aforesaid sum of One Thousand Two
Hundred Eighty-eight and 52/100 Dollars ($1,288.52) heretofore
advanced from the General Fund of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District as a charge against the said Special Benefit Subdistrict
Number 11 (Shanridge).
Section Four. The completion of the said lateral
sanitary sewers_and the- immediate need for the issuance and
delivery of said Special Tax Bills in payment thereof creates an
emergency within the meaning of the Plan and this Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from and after its passage.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted 8/7/57.