HomeMy Public PortalAbout05746 O R D I N A N C E NO. 5746
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 563 (Gist & Mandeville)
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. 4980, adopted on the 9th day of
March, 1983, not less than three weeks after a public hearing
thereon held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 3rd day of February,
1983, at the Bridgeton Community Center, 4201 Fee Fee Road,
Bridgeton, Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in the
St. Louis Countian on the 12th day of January, 1983, 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. 563 (Gist & Mandeville) of
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1668, adopted on the 27th day of
April, 1983, did declare the necessity of an improvement
consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an
area designated Subdistrict No. 563 (Gist & Mandeville) 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. 563; 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 May, 1983, at which public hearing all persons interested
in such improvement were given an opportunity to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1672, adopted on the 8th day of
June, 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. 1668; 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
June, 1983, and proper notice to contractors for bids was
published in the St. Louis Countian on the 15th, and 22nd, and
29th days of September, 1983; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 5302, adopted on the 9th day of
November, 1983, did confirm a contract with Aqueduct, Inc., as the
lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for construction of
such improvement received and opened on the 7th day of October,
1983, 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 18th day of
October, 1983; 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 Thirty-four Thousand
Eight Hundred Fifty-one and 13/100 Dollars ($34,851.13), 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, in the sum of Five Thousand Fifty-two
and 76/100 Dollars ($5,052.76), and
(2) Contract items in the sum of Twenty-nine Thousand
Seven Hundred Ninety-Eight and 37/100 Dollars ($29,798.37).
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
Thirty-four Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-one and 13/100 Dollars
($34,851.13) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict
No. 563 (Gist & Mandeville) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 4980. 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.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted October 10, 1984.