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HomeMy Public PortalAbout00834 O R D I N A N C E NO. 834 AN ORDINANCE, authorizing the Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to purchase from the owner thereof, as the site to construct a sewage treatment plant to serve the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, a tract of land in St. Louis County, Missouri described as follows: A tract of land in Fractional Section 18, Township 47 North, Range 7 East, St. Louis County, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the eastern line of United States Survey 104 with the center line of Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way 100 feet wide; thence South 88 degrees 31 minutes East, 147.50 feet along the center line of said Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way to a point in the center line of former Cold Water Creek, being also a point in the southwestern line of property described in deed to Vernon Eugene Ryther and wife, recorded in Book 3652, Page 529, St. Louis County Recorder's Office; thence along the meanders of said former Cold Water Creek, and along the southwestern line of said Ryther property the following courses and distances; North 22 degrees 34 minutes East, 167.70 feet; North 66 degrees 30 minutes West, 163.28 feet and North 35 degrees 24 1/2 minutes West, 155.21 feet to a point in the eastern line of said United States Survey 104, and in the western line of said Ryther property; thence South 4 degrees 39 minutes East, 343.78 feet along the eastern line of said United States Survey 104 to a point in the center line of said Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way and the point of beginning, and containing 0.996 Acres; according to a survey made by Pitzman's Company of Surveyors and Engineers, dated May 16, 1962, together with certain easements necessary for the construction of the Coldwater Creek Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewers. for a total of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), of which Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) has previously been deposited with the seller under the terms of an earnest money contract dated September 18, 1962, the purchase price to be paid as follows: Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) has previously been paid under the terms of an earnest money contract dated September 18, 1962. The balance of Two Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) shall be paid at the date of closing. and authorizing the Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer to execute any note, deed of trust or any other agreement or instrument necessary or proper to carry out the terms of this purchase of property, and containing an emergency clause. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. The Executive Director and the Secretary- Treasurer of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District shall be and are hereby authorized and directed to purchase from the owner thereof, as the site to construct a sewage treatment plant to serve the Coldwater Creek Trunk Subdistrict of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, a tract of land in St. Louis County, Missouri described as follows: to wit: A tract of land in Fractional Section 18, Township 47 North, Range 7 East, St. Louis County, Missouri, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the eastern line of United States Survey 104 with the center line of Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way 100 feet wide; thence South 88 degrees 31 minutes East, 147.50 feet along the center line of said Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way to a point in the center line of former Cold Water Creek, being also a point in the southwestern line of property described in deed to Vernon Eugene Ryther and wife, recorded in 3652, Page 529, St. Louis County Recorder's Office; thence along the meanders of said former Cold Water Creek, and along the southwestern line of said Ryther property the following courses and distances; North 22 degrees 34 minutes East, 167.70 feet; North 66 degrees 30 minutes West, 163.28 feet and North 35 degrees 24 1/2 minutes West, 155.21 feet to a point in the eastern line of said United States Survey 104, and in the western line of said Ryther property; thence South 4 degrees 39 minutes East, 343.78 feet along the eastern line of said United States Survey 104 to a point in the center line of said Cold Water Creek Drainage Ditch Right of Way and the point of beginning, and containing 0.996 Acres; according to a survey made by Pitzman's Company of Surveyors and Engineers, dated May 16, 1962, together with certain easements necessary for the construction of the Coldwater Creek Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer. Section Two. Upon the execution and delivery to them by the said owner of a warranty deed in proper form, being free from liens and encumbrances, conveying fee simple title to the said land to The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, the Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer shall be and are hereby authorized and directed to pay to the said owner, for the said land, the total sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) as follows: Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) has previously been paid under the terms of an earnest money contract dated September 18, 1962. The balance of Two Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($2,700.00) shall be paid at the date of closing. The Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer are further authorized to execute any note, deed of trust, or any other agreement or instrument necessary or proper in the premises. Section Three. The purchase of this property being a necessity to properly carry out the functions of this District and the necessity for acquiring this property immediately for its program of water pollution abatement and in particular to construct the Coldwater Creek Treatment plant constitutes an emergency within the meaning of the Plan and this Ordinance shall therefore take effect immediately upon its enactment. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted September 20, 1962.