HomeMy Public PortalAbout05125 O R D I N A N C E NO. 5125
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 573 (Old Trails Section
II) 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. 4358, adopted on the 13th day of
May, 1981, not less than three weeks after a public hearing
thereon held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 20th day of April, 1981,
at the Bridgeton City Hall, 11955 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton,
Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis
Countian on the 28th day of March, 1981, 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. 573 (Old Trails - Section II) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District;
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(2) By Resolution No. 1615, adopted on the 2nd day of
September, 1981, did declare the necessity of an improvement con-
sisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area
designated Subdistrict No. 573 (Old Trails - Section II) 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. 573; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Bridgeton Community Center, 4201 Fee Fee Road,
Bridgeton, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 24th
day of September, 1981, at which public hearing all persons
interested in such improvement were given an opportunity to be
heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1670, adopted on the 11th day of
May, 1983, 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. 1615; and pursuant to
said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were
prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 19th day of
May, 1982, and proper notice to contractors
bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on the 24th and 31st
days of July, and the 7th day of August, 1982; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 4872, adopted on the 27th day of
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October, 1982, 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 16th day of August, 1982, 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 12th day of October, 1982; 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 Forty-six Thousand
Nine Hundred Seventy-one and 65/100 Dollars ($46,971.65), 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 Thousand One Hundred
Fourteen and 92/100 Dollars ($6,114.92), and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Forty Thousand Eight
Hundred Fifty-six and 73/100 Dollars ($40,856.73),
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
Forty-six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-one and 65/100 Dollars
($46,971.65) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Sub-
district No. 573 (Old Trails - Section II) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 4358.
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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. 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 June 8, 1983.