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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00247 O R D I N A N C E NO. 247 AN ORDINANCE calling and providing for the holding of a Special Election in the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof a proposal for the issuance of general obligation bonds of said Subdistrict to provide funds for the construction of a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, with an emergency clause. WHEREAS, it has become necessary to provide a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the said Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has heretofore caused a hearing to be held on the aforesaid proposed improvement and has caused an estimated cost thereof to be prepared by competent engineers; and WHEREAS, the said Board does now find and determine that the cost of constructing the contemplated improvement, as shown by the estimate made by competent engineers, as aforesaid, is Four Million, One Hundred Thousand ($4,100,000) Dollars; and WHEREAS, under the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the funds required as aforesaid may be obtained through the issuance of general obligation bonds of the aforesaid Subdistrict, provided the proposition to issue such bonds be assented to by two-thirds of the qualified electors of said Subdistrict voting thereon at an election held for that purpose, and provided the amount of indebtedness so incurred, together with 2 all other indebtedness of the Subdistrict, does not exceed the constitutional limit of five per centum (5%) of the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property within the Subdistrict, as ascertained by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes on the date of such election; and WHEREAS, the County Clerk for St. Louis County has certified to the District that the assessed valuation for state and county purposes of the taxable, tangible property within said subdistrict, as ascertained by the last assessment, completed on January 1, 1957, is Eighty-Two Million, Seven Hundred Six Thousand, Nine Hundred Forty ($82,706,940) Dollars; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid Subdistrict at this time has no outstanding indebtedness of any kind or character; and WHEREAS, the amount of indebtedness hereinafter proposed to be incurred will not exceed five per centum (5%) of the assessed valuation of taxable, tangible property in the said Subdistrict, as ascertained by the last completed assessment for state and county purposes on the date of the election hereinafter provided for, namely, the assessment made as of January 1, 1957; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of this Board that bonds of said Subdistrict should be issued at this time in the amount of Four Million, One Hundred Thousand ($4,100,000) dollars to provide funds for the purpose hereinafter set forth: 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. That a special election be and the same is hereby called and ordered to be held within the boundaries of the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District on Thursday, the 20th day of November, 1958, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of said Subdistrict the following proposition: PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Four Million, One Hundred Thousand ($4,100,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of con-structing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? Section Two. That said special election shall be held at the polling places in said Subdistrict as set forth and described in the notice of election as contained in Section Four of this ordinance. The polls of said election shall be opened at the hour of 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Standard Time and shall remain open until the hour of 7:00 o'clock P.M. Central Standard Time on the aforesaid date. Section Three. That the ballots to be used at said special election shall be in substantially the following form, to wit: OFFICIAL BALLOT GRAVOIS CREEK TRUNK SUBDISTRICT OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, STATE OF MISSOURI 4 SPECIAL BOND ELECTION Thursday, the 20th day of November, 1958 PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Four Million, One Hundred Thousand ($4,100,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? FOR THE BOND ISSUE ..... ..... AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE ..... (Voters shall vote by placing a cross mark (x) opposite their choice. A cross mark (x) in the square before the words "FOR THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote for the issuance of the bonds, and a cross mark (x) in the square before the words "AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE" shall be counted as a vote against the issuance of the bonds.) Section Four. That the Secretary-Treasurer be and he is hereby directed to give notice of said special election by advertisement published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, newspapers of general circulation in The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the first publication in 5 each of said newspapers to be made at least twenty-one (21) days prior to the date of the election and the last publication to be made not more than seven (7) days prior to the date of said election. The said notice shall be in substantially the following form, to wit: 6 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION GRAVOIS CREEK TRUNK SUBDISTRICT OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT, STATE OF MISSOURI Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, State of Missouri, that a special election will be held in said Subdistrict on Thursday, the 20th day of November, 1958, commencing at 6:00 o'clock A.M. Central Standard Time and closing at 7:00 o'clock P.M. Central Standard Time on said date, and that at said special election the following proposition will be submitted to the qualified electors of said Subdistrict: PROPOSITION Shall the general obligation bonds of the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be issued in the amount of Four Million One Hundred Thousand ($4,100,000) Dollars to provide funds for the purpose of constructing a sanitary trunk sewer system within and for said Subdistrict, including all expenses necessarily incidental thereto? The said election will be held at the following polling places in said Subdistrict: CLAYTON TOWNSHIP Pct. 7). Bell's Super Service Pct. 32). 400 N. Kirkwood Rd. GRAVOIS TOWNSHIP Pct. 3: Hough (Oakland School) 100 N. Sappington Pct. 4: Gulf Service Station 9717 Highway 66 (at Sappington) Pct. 5: Watson School E. Watson Rd. S. of Hy. 66 Pct. 6: Grant School Grant Rd. & Hy. 66 Pct. 7) 7 Pct. 8). Clark School Pct. 15). 430 W. Big Bend Pct. 16) Pct. 17). Schoenlau Florist Pct. 18). 10115 Gravois Rd. Pct. 19). Affton Junior High School Pct. 24). 8520 Mackenzie Road Pct. 26): Sappington School 11011 Gravois Road CONCORD TOWNSHIP Pct. 2: Bayless Intermediate School 4528 Weber Road Pct. 3). Robert A. Badgett Residence Pct. 4). 5220 Weber Road Pct. 5: Bayless Intermediate School 4528 Weber Road Pct. 6: Affton Fire Department 9510 Gravois Road Pct. 7: Judy's Nursery Garden 9205 Reavis Barracks Road Pct. 8: Reavis School 9700 Mackenzie Road Pct. 9: Christ Memorial Lutheran Church 9712 Tesson Ferry Road Pct. 10: Dressel School Tesson Ferry and Musick Roads Pct. 11). Edgar Eime Store Pct. 12). Lindbergh and Tesson Ferry Roads Pct. 13: Dressel School Tesson Ferry and Musick Roads LEMAY TOWNSHIP Pct. 6). Mehlville Senior High School Pct. 8). 3200 Lemay Ferry Rd. Pct. 9) 8 Pct. 10): Leiber's Service Station Pct. 11) 4036 Bayless Pct. 12: St. John School 3701 Will Avenue Pct. 13: Mehlville Senior High School 3200 Lemay Ferry Road BONHOMME TOWNSHIP Pct. 1: Bell's Super Service 400 N. Kirkwood Rd. Pct. 2: John Pitman School 300 North Kirkwood Rd. Pct. 3: Kirkwood Public Library 140 E. Jefferson Pct. 4). Kirkwood City Garage Pct. 5). 214 E. Monroe Pct. 6: John Pitman School 300 N. Kirkwood Rd. Pct. 7: Bell's Super Service 400 N. Kirkwood Rd. Pct. 11) Pct. 12): St. Joseph's College (Game Room) Pct. 13) Big Bend and Geyer Rds. Pct. 14): J. Milton Turner School 245 Saratoga Avenue Pct. 15). St. Joseph's College (Game Room) Pct. 25). Big Bend and Geyer Rds. By order of the Board of Trustees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, this 27th day of October, 1958. John E. Clark Secretary-Treasurer Section Five. That, as provided by Section 10.010 of 9 the Plan of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the said special election shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made, examined, and cast up in the same manner and in all respects as provided by law for the election of state and county officers. All registered voters residing within said Subdistrict shall be entitled to vote at said election. Section Six. That the Secretary-Treasurer of this Board shall be and he is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this ordinance with the Board of Election Commissioners for St. Louis County, Missouri, as and for the warrant and authority of the said Board to hold and conduct the special election herein provided for; and the said Board of Election Commissioners is hereby requested to do all things and take all proceedings necessary to the holding and conducting of the said special election. Section Seven. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances which in any manner conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be and the same are hereby repealed, insofar as they may so conflict. Section Eight. That because no adequate sanitary trunk sewer system now serves the Gravois Creek Trunk Subdistrict, as established by Ordinance No. 69, and because the health of the inhabitants of said Subdistrict is endangered by existing conditions resulting from the absence of an adequate sanitary trunk sewer system, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and 10 this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its enactment. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 27, 1958.