HomeMy Public PortalAbout00594 O R D I N A N C E NO. 594
AN ORDINANCE levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 120 (Chaminade Park) 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 Section 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. 352, adopted on the 10th day of
November, 1960, did declare the necessity of an improvement
consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an
area designated Subdistrict No. 120 (Chaminade Park) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and did provide that the
entire cost of such improvement shall be paid for by special tax
bills or other evidence of special benefit assessments levied on
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all land benefited by such construction, whether public or
private, exclusive of public streets, roads and alleys within such
Subdistrict No. 120; and
(2) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Wm. Hayes Residence, 12 Chaminade Drive, City of
Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 8:00 P.M.
on the 22nd day of November, 1960, at which public hearing all
persons interested in such improvement were given an opportunity
to be heard; and
(3) By Resolution No. 360, adopted on the 22nd day of
December, 1960, 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.
352; and pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for
the improvement were prepared and the Board of Trustees did
approve the same on the 22nd day of December, 1960, and proper
notice to contractors for bids was published in the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch on the 29th day of December, 1960 and the 5th and
12th days of January, 1961;
and
(4) By Ordinance No. 508, adopted on the 9th day of
February, 1961, did confirm a contract with Karsten Plumbing
Company, as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for
construction of such improvement received and opened on the 20th
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day of January, 1961, which contract was formally executed by the
Contractor and by the Executive Director and the Secretary-
Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District,
on the 27th day of January, 1961; 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 con-
tractor and that the entire cost thereof amounts to Three Thousand
Three Hundred Twenty-five and 41/100 Dollars ($3,325.41), which
sum is the total of the following three components, to wit:
(1) An advancement from the funds 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 Seven Hundred Twenty-one and 92/100
Dollars ($721.92), which sum is properly recoverable from the
contractor, and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Two Thousand Three-
Hundred Four and 49/100 Dollars ($2,304.49), and
(3) Extra work properly chargeable under the contract
in the sum of Two Hundred Ninety-nine Dollars ($299.00);
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
Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-five and 41/100 Dollars
($3,325.41) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
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private but exclusive of public streets, roads and alleys, in
Subdistrict Number 120 (Chaminade Park) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said Resolution No. 352. 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, whether public or private, 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
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
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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 Seven Hundred
Twenty-one and 92/100 Dollars ($721.92) heretofore advanced from
the funds of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District as a charge
against the said Subdistrict No. 120 (Chaminade Park).
Section Four. The completion and acceptance of the said
improvement and the immediate need for the issuance and delivery
of said Special Tax Bills in payment thereof create an emergency
within the meaning of the Plan and this Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted July 10, 1961.