HomeMy Public PortalAbout06100 O R D I N A N C E NO. 6100
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefitted by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 603 (Hilltop & Lombardy)
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. 5635, adopted on the 13th day of
June, 1984, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30 o'clock
P.M. on the 12th day of June, 1984, 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 19th day of May, 1984, 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. 603 (Hilltop & Lombardy) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1715, adopted on the 8th day of
August, 1984, did declare the necessity of an improvement
consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an
area designated Subdistrict No. 603 (Hilltop & Lombardy) 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 benefitted by such construction, whether public or
private, exclusive of streets, roads and alleys within such
Subdistrict No. 603; 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 30th day of August, 1984, at which public hearing all
persons interested in such improvement were given an opportunity
to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1718, adopted on the 12th day of
September, 1984, 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.
1715; 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 September, 1984, and proper notice to
contractors for bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on
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the 25th day of October, and 1st and 8th days of November, 1984;
and
(5) By Ordinance No. 5827, adopted on the 12th day of
December, 1984, did confirm a contract with Samuel Kraus Company,
as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for
construction of such improvement received and opened on the 16th
day of November, 1984, 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 27th day of November, 1984; 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 Eight Thousand Nine
Hundred Seventy-one and 16/100 Dollars ($8,971.16), which sum is
the total of the following three components, to wit:
(1) An advancement from the funds of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District, in the sum of Four Hundred Two and
40/100 Dollars ($402.40),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Eight Thousand
Ninety-six and 76/100 Dollars ($8,096.76), and
(3) Extra work in the sum of Four Hundred Seventy-two
Dollars ($472.00),
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
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of Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-one and 16/100 Dollars
($8,971.16) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict
No. 603 (Hilltop & Lombardy) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 5635. Said levy is for
the entire cost of construction of said improvement to serve said
benefitted area and said sum shall be levied ratably by area upon
the lots or parcels of ground within said benefitted area, whether
public or private, in the proportion that the area each such lot
or parcel of ground bears to the said entire benefitted 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.
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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 June 12, 1985.