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HomeMy Public PortalAbout01682 O R D I N A N C E NO. 1682 AN ORDINANCE, declaring the necessity for the acquisition of easements over and across certain property located outside the boundaries of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, for the purpose of permitting the construction of sewers therein to serve the needs of residents of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and authorizing the acquisition of such easements by purchase or institution of condemnation proceedings. WHEREAS, there exists within The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, an area in St. Louis County, Missouri, downstream from the existing Coldwater Creek Sewage Treatment Plant in which there live and work numerous people; and WHEREAS, sanitary sewage gathered from such area will constitute a menace to public health and welfare of the general public, and the residents of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and in order to relieve and alleviate such conditions and to reduce the pollution of waters caused by discharges of wastes, it is the purpose and design of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to construct a sewer line, and pumping station to pump sanitary sewage from such area back to the Coldwater Creek Sewage Plant for treatment; and WHEREAS, it is necessary in order to construct such sewer to acquire easements over and across, a parcel of property lying outside the existing boundaries of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, between the site of the proposed pumping station and the Coldwater Creek Sewage Plant, both of which are 2 located within the boundaries of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. In order to protect the public health and relieve insanitary and dangerous conditions, it is necessary to appropriate and acquire by the exercise of eminent domain or otherwise, an easement for the use of a sewer line as hereinafter set forth, together with temporary easements adjacent to the right-of-way as obtained for working room during the construction period, and the right of ingress and egress over the premises sought to be condemned for access to such easements, said permanent and temporary easements being more particularly described as follows: Permanent Easement A permanent easement 10' wide, over, across and thru a tract of land situated in U. S. Survey 2771 and in Fractional Sections 8 and 17, Township 47 North, Range 7 East, St. Louis County, Missouri, which tract of land is held by David Sokolik, Joseph Sokolik and Regina Smith, as Trustees, under Trust Agreement dated December 28, 1959, and recorded in Book 4222, page 40 St. Louis County Recorder's office, the centerline of which 10' wide easement is described as: Beginning in the west line of said Sokolik, et al, property distant along said west line North 00#, 40 minutes East, 3 942.30 feet from its intersection with the north line of U. S. Survey 2771; thence South 54#, 42 minutes East, 905.3 feet, more or less, to its terminus in the east line of said Sokolik, et al, property distant northwardly along said east line, 425.31 feet from the intersection of the western segment of the north line of U. S. Survey 2771 with the west line of U. S. Survey 1012; said 10' wide strip of land being bounded at its northwest and southeast ends by the western and eastern lines, respectively, of said Sokolik, et al property. Temporary Easement During original construction of sewer facilities after which all rights of the Condemnor shall cease, which temporary easements are described as strips of land 20' in width on each side of, and immediately adjacent to, the hereinabove described 10' wide permanent easement, the northeastern and southwestern lines of which 20' wide temporary easements are coincident with the southwestern and northeastern lines, respectively, of said 10' wide permanent easement; said 20' wide temporary easements being bounded on the northwest and on the southeast by the western and eastern lines, respectively, of said Sokolik, et al property. Section Two. Counsel for The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District be and is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase, if possible, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, or to institute and prosecute an action in condemnation, as authorized 4 by law, if necessary, to appropriate and acquire the aforesaid private property. The foregoing Ordinance was adopted November 7, 1967.