HomeMy Public PortalAbout04153 O R D I N A N C E NO. 4153
AN ORDINANCE, declaring the necessity for the
acquisition of certain real property within The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District for the purpose of acquiring a portion of the
flood plain of Gravois Creek in order to enable the District to
relocate the channel of Gravois Creek at this location.
WHEREAS, the present channel of Gravois Creek has
eroded adjacent to occupied residential property, and
WHEREAS, the acquisition of said real property will
enable the District to relocate the Gravois Creek channel a safe
distance from said residential property, and also to improve the
flood characteristics of Gravois Creek, and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose and design of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to protect the public health
and welfare by relocating the Gravois Creek channel in said area
to relieve and alleviate said erosion conditions,
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 and alleviate insanitary and dangerous erosion conditions,
it is necessary to appropriate and acquire by the exercise of
eminent domain, or otherwise the real property being more
particularly described as follows:
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PARCEL 1
A parcel of ground being part of Blk 7 & 36 of
Carondelet Commons, South of the River des Peres, Township 44
North, Range 6 East, St. Louis County, Mo., said parcel being more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the most Southern corner of said Block 7;
thence North 54o 07' 00" West 244.89 feet along the Southwest line
of said Block 7 to the East line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Right of Way, 100 feet wide; thence Northwardly along the East
line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Right of Way 1,429.89 feet
along a curve to the right, having a radius of 1,382.39 feet to
the Southwest line of Mount Olive Road, 30 feet wide; thence South
54o 01' 00" East 769.36 feet along the Southwest line of Mount
Olive Road, 30 feet wide, to the center line of Gravois Creek and
the most Northern corner of property described in deed to the
Santa Maria Country Club, recorded in Book 2927, Page 337 of the
St. Louis County Records; thence South 35o 53' 00" West 350.00
feet along the Northwest line of said Santa Maria Country Club
property to its most Western corner; thence South 54 01' 00" East
214.00 feet along the Southwest line of said Santa Maria Country
Club property to the Northwest line of Diebold Terrace, a
subdivision recorded in Plat Book 99, Page 65 of the St. Louis
County records; thence South 35o 53' 00" West 404.95 feet along
the Northwest line of said Diebold Terrace to a point; thence
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North 54o 01' 00" West 75.00 feet to the Southeast line of said
Block 7; thence South 35o 53' 00" West 438.66 feet along the
Southeast line of Block 7 to the point of beginning, and
containing 837,219 Square Feet or 19.220 Acres, more or less,
according to a survey executed by James B. Becker, Consulting
Engineers, during the month of July, 1975.
PARCEL 2
A parcel of ground being part of Lots 75 and 76 of
Siegerson Nursery Tract in Block 6 of Carondelet Commons South of
the River des Peres, together with the Southwestern 10 feet of
Roosevelt Avenue vacated by Order of the St. Louis County Court,
recorded in Book 354, Page 155 of the St. Louis County records, in
Township 44 North, Range 6 East, St. Louis County, Mo., said
parcel being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the Southwest
line of said Lot 75 and the Southeast line of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Right of Way, 100 feet wide; thence along the Southeast
line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Right of Way in a
Northeastwardly direction 453.46 feet along a curve to the right,
having a radius of 1,382.39 feet to a point of compound curve;
thence continuing along said Southeast line in a Northeastwardly
direction 463.31 feet along a curve to the right, having a radius
of 1,336.19 feet to a point of tangency; thence continuing along
said Southeast line North 76o 23' 08" East 363.40 feet to the
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Southwest line of Roosevelt Avenue, 50 feet wide; thence South 53o
59' 30" East 324.32 feet along the Southwest line of Roosevelt
Avenue, 50 feet wide to the Northeast prolongation of the
Southeast line of said Lot 76; thence South 36o 00' 30" West 26.60
feet along said Northeast prolongation and along the Southeast
line of Lot 76 to the North bank of Gravois Creek; thence North
81o 01' 45" West 116.95 feet along said North bank to an angle
point; thence South 53o 53' 35" West 142.51 feet along the
Northwest bank of Gravois Creek to the Northwest line of property
described in deed to Santa Maria Country Club, recorded in Book
2925, Page 241 of the St. Louis County records; thence in a
Southwestwardly direction along the Northwest line of said Santa
Maria Country Club property the following courses and distances:
South 76o 22' 25" West 168.88 feet, South 75o 16' 25" West 172.11
feet, South 67o 33' 35" West 246.26 feet, South 56o 29' 05" West
231.88 feet, and South 44o 04' 35" West 214.89 feet to the
Northeast line of Mount Olive Road 30 feet wide; thence North 54o
01' 00" West 273.97 feet along the Northeast line of Mount Olive
Road, 30 feet wide, to the point of beginning and containing
353,610 Square Feet or 8.118 Acres, more or less, according to a
survey execute by James B. Becker, Consulting Engineers, during
the month of July, 1975.
Section Two. Counsel for The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District be and is hereby authorized to acquire by purchase
if possible, or to institute and prosecute an action in
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condemnation pursuant to the provisions of the Plan of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the laws of the State of
Missouri for the appropriation of the private real property as
hereinabove set out.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted September 10, 1980.