HomeMy Public PortalAbout04711 O R D I N A N C E NO. 4711
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 534 (Meramec Hills) 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.
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 Sections 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 Ordinance No. 4228, adopted on the 12th day of
November, 1980, not less than three weeks after a public hearing
thereon held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 16th day of October,
1980, at the Point Elementary School, 6790 Telegraph Road, St.
Louis County, Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in
the St. Louis Countian on the 24th day of September, 1980, at
which public hearing all persons interested were given an
opportunity to be heard, did establish and prescribe the
boundaries of a subdistrict designated Subdistrict No. 534
(Meramec Hills) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and;
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(2) By Resolution No. 1591, adopted on the 14th day of
January, 1981, did declare the necessity of an improvement con-
sisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area
designated Subdistrict No. 534 (Meramec Hills) 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 all land
benefited by such construction, whether public or private,
exclusive of streets, roads and alleys within such Subdistrict No.
534; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Oakville Junior High School, 5950 Telegraph Road,
St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. on
the 3rd day of February, 1981, at which public hearing all persons
interested in such improvement were given an opportunity to be
heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1596, adopted on the 11th day of
February, 1981, did determine that it is in the public interest
that such improvement be made, and did direct that The Metro-
politan St. Louis Sewer District proceed with the said improvement
according to the provisions of said Resolution No. 1591; and
pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for the
improvement were prepared and the Board did approve the same on
the 11th day of February, 1981, and proper notice to contractors
for bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on the 1st, 8th
and 15th days of April, 1981; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 4369, adopted on the 20th day of
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May, 1981, did confirm a contract with J. H. Berra General
Construction, Inc., as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to
bids for construction of such improvement received and opened on
the 23rd day of April, 1981, 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 5th day of May, 1981; 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 contractor
and that the entire cost thereof amounts to Twenty-eight Thousand
Three Hundred Eighty-four and 20/100 Dollars ($28,384.20), which
sum is the total of the following two components, to wit:
(1) An advancement, from the funds of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District, exclusive of any engineering, survey,
and inspection costs, in the sum of Three Thousand Thirty-two and
56/100 Dollars ($3,032.56), and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Twenty-five Thousand
Three Hundred Fifty-one and 64/100 Dollars ($25,351.64),
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
Twenty-eight Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-four and 20/100 Dollars
($28,384.20) are hereby levied on all land whether public
or private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Sub-
district No. 534 (Meramec Hills) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 4228. Said levy
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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 streets, roads and alleys.
Section Two. There are hereby authorized and ordered
to be prepared, issued, registered, and recorded, 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. 4606,
adopted December 30, 1981, and said Bills shall mature at the
times and shall bear the rate of interest prescribed by said
Ordinance No. 4606.
Section Three. 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 and attest the same in accordance with said Ordinance No.
4606; to cause the same to be registered in 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.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted May 5, 1982.