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AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 498 (Twilight Drive) 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. 4254, adopted on the 23rd day of
December, 1980, not less than three weeks after a public hearing
thereon held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 1st day of December,
1980, at the Lindbergh Senior High School, 4900 South Lindbergh
Boulevard, St. Louis County, Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof
published in the St. Louis Countian on the 8th day of November,
1980, at which public hearing all persons interested were given
an opportunity to be heard, did establish and prescribe the
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boundaries of a subdistrict designated Subdistrict No. 498
(Twilight Drive) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1593, adopted on the 28th 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. 498 (Twilight Drive) 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 Sub-
district No. 498; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Lindbergh Senior High School, 4900 South Lindbergh
Boulevard, St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock
P.M. on the 24th 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. 1599, adopted on the 11th day of
March, 1981, did determine that it is in the public interest that
such improvement be made, and did direct that The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District proceed with the said improvement according
to the provisions of said Resolution No. 1593; and pursuant to
said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were
prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 15th day of
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April, 1981, and proper notice to contractors for bids was
published in the St. Louis Countian on the 29th day of July, 1981,
and the 5th and 12th days of August, 1981; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 4497, adopted on the 9th day of
September, 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 20th day of August, 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 25th day of August, 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 One Hundred Eight
Thousand One Hundred Seventy-five and 18/100 Dollars
($108,175.18), 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 Six Hundred Eighty-three and
88/100 Dollars ($683.88), and
(2) Contract items in the sum of One Hundred Seven
Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-one and 30/100 Dollars ($107,491.30),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Special benefit assessments in the sum of
One Hundred Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy-five and 18/100
Dollars ($108,175.18) are hereby levied on all land whether public
or private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in
Subdistrict No. 498 (Twilight Drive) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 4254. Said levy
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. 97, adopted
September 4, 1956, and amended by Ordinance No. 849, adopted
October 15, 1962, and said Bills shall mature at the times and
shall bear the rate of interest prescribed by said Ordinance No.
97 as amended.
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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.
97 as amended; 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 December 8, 1982.