HomeMy Public PortalAbout00201 O R D I N A N C E NO. 201
AN ORDINANCE levying special benefit assessments
against all of the real property benefited by the construction of
sewers within the boundaries of Special Benefit Subdistrict Number
10 (Springdale Lake Sites Subdivision) 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. 89, adopted on the 24th day of
September, 1956, did determine that an area to be known as
Special Benefit Subdistrict Number 10 (Springdale Lake
Sites Subdivision) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District could be improved by the construction of lateral
sewers therein and did provide that the costs of such
construction shall be paid for by special tax bills or other
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evidence of special benefit assessments levied on all land
which shall be found to be benefited by such construction,
exclusive of public streets, roads and alleys within such
benefited area; and
( 2) Did cause to be duly called and held a public hearing at
the residence of Rolf Mitchel, 4319 Rozier Drive, St. Louis
County, Missouri, at the hour of 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, the
11th day of October, 1956 at which public hearing all persons
interested in such improvement were given an opportunity to
be heard; and
(3) By Resolution No. 96, adopted on the 5th day of November,
1956, did determine that it is in the public interest that
such improvement be made, and did direct that The Metro-
politan St. Louis Sewer District proceed with the said
improvement according to the provisions of said Resolution
No. 89, and pursuant to said direction, plans and
specifications for the improvement were prepared and the
Board of Trustees did approve the same on the 9th day of
December, 1957, and proper notice to contractors for bids was
published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat on the 16th, 23rd,
and 30th days of December, 1957; and
By Ordinance No. 175 adopted on the 27th day of
January, 1958, did confirm a contract with the Nash Construction
Company, as the lowest of responsible bidders, pursuant to bids
received and opened on the 7th day of January, 1958, and signed by
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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
sewers have been completed satisfactorily by the contractor and
that the entire cost thereof amounts to Twenty-seven Thousand
Three Hundred Sixty-four and 20/100 Dollars ($27,364.20), 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 Five Thousand Ninety-
seven and 17/100 Dollars ($5,097.17), which sum is properly
recoverable from the contractor, and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Twenty-one Thousand Nine
Hundred Fifty-nine and 55/100 Dollars ($21,959.55), and
(3) Extra work properly chargeable under the contract in the
sum of Three Hundred Seven and 48/100 Dollars ($307.48); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to determine the area bene-
fited by said improvement and to provide for the levy of special
benefit assessments on the lots or parcels of ground therein 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
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OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Special benefit assessments in the sum of
Twenty-seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-four and 20/100 Dollars
($27,364.20) are hereby levied on all land in Special Benefit
Subdistrict Number 10 (Springdale Lake Sites Subdivision) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said
Resolution No. 89, which is hereby determined and declared to be
the area benefited by such improvement. Said levy is for the
entire cost of construction of said improvement to serve said
benefited area and said sum shall be levied ratably by area upon
the lots or parcels of ground within said benefited area in the
proportion that the area each such lot or parcel of ground bears
to the said entire benefited area, 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
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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,
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 Five Thousand
Ninety-seven and 17/100 Dollars ($5,097.17) heretofore advanced
from the General Fund of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
as a charge against the said Special Benefit Subdistrict No. 10
(Springdale Lake Sites Subdivision).
Section Four. The completion of the said lateral 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 June 25, 1958