HomeMy Public PortalAbout00935 O R D I N A N C E NO. 935
AN ORDINANCE, repealing the proceedings for the
construction of lateral sanitary sewers in Subdistrict No. 169
(Watson Woods) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, with
an emergency clause.
WHEREAS, Subdistrict No. 169 (Watson Woods) was
established by Ordinance No. 651, adopted November 20, 1961, and
proceedings for the construction of lateral sanitary sewers
therein were begun by the adoption of Resolution No. 498 on March
5, 1962 and such proceedings have progressed through the
confirmation by Ordinance No. 926 of a contract for the
construction of such improvement, and
WHEREAS, said Resolution No. 498 provided for the
holding of a public hearing within said subdistrict to afford all
persons interested in such improvement an opportunity to be heard
and it required further that notice of such hearing be given by
publication of notice in at least one issue of a newspaper of
general circulation within the District, and
WHEREAS, notice of such hearing was given by other
means, without publication as required, and such hearing was held
on March 28, 1962, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees declines to ratify the
proceedings taken subsequent to the adoption of said Resolution
No. 498, having lost jurisdiction, and desires to reinstitute
proceedings for the construction of said improvement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Resolution No. 498 of the Board of
Trustees, adopted March 5, 1962, is hereby repealed.
Section Two. All proceedings had since the adoption of
said Resolution No. 498 pertaining to the construction of lateral
sanitary sewers in Subdistrict No. 169 (Watson Woods) are hereby
repealed, including: Resolution No. 511, adopted April 23, 1962;
approval on January 11, 1963 by the Board of engineering plans and
specifications for such construction; the invitation for bids
published January 23, January 30, and February 6, 1963; the award
of a construction contract executed February 20, 1963; Ordinance
No. 926, adopted February 21, 1963, confirming said contract; and
any subsequent notices on behalf of the District provided for in
such contract.
Section Three. An emergency is hereby declared to exist
within the meaning of the Plan by reason of the necessity to
reinstitute proceedings for the construction of sanitary sewers to
protect the public health. Accordingly, this ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon its enactment.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted April 5, 1963.