HomeMy Public PortalAbout07306 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7306
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 553 (Bellefontaine &
Talisman) 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. 4405, adopted on the 24th day of
June, 1981, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30 o'clock
P.M. on the 2nd day of June, 1981, at the Twillman Elementary
School, 11831 Bellefontaine Road, St. Louis County, Missouri,
pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis Countian on
the 9th day of May, 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 Sub-
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district No. 553 (Bellefontaine & Talisman) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District; and by Ordinance No. 6485, adopted April
9, 1986, did amend the boundaries of said Subdistrict No. 553;
(2) By Resolution No. 1641, adopted on the 11th day of
August, 1982, did declare the necessity of an improvement consist-
ing of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area
designated Subdistrict No. 553 (Bellefontaine & Talisman) 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. 553; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Twillman Elementary School, 11831 Bellefontaine
Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M.
on the 31st day of August, 1982, at which public hearing all
persons interested in such improvement were given an opportunity
to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1643, adopted on the 8th day of
September, 1982, did determine that it is in the public interest
that such improvement be made, and did direct that The Metropoli-
tan St. Louis Sewer District proceed with the said improvement
according to the provisions of said Resolution No. 1641; and
pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for the
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improvement were prepared and the Board did approve the same on
the 11th day of September, 1985, and proper notice to contractors
for bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on the 21st and
28th days of December, 1985, and the 4th day of January, 1986; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 6380, adopted on the 12th day of
February, 1986, did confirm a contract with Karsten Equipment
Company as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for
construction of such improvement received and opened on the 13th
day of January, 1986, 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 21st day of January, 1986; 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 Sixty Thousand Three
Hundred Twenty-seven and 20/100 Dollars ($60,327.20), 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, in the sum of Nine Hundred Twenty-three
and 20/100 Dollars ($923.20),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Fifty-nine Thousand
Four Hundred Four Dollars ($59,404.00), and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 1641, adopted August 11, 1982,
provided that the District will absorb the cost of the outfall
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portion of said sanitary sewers, which amounts to Twenty-six
Thousand Nine Hundred Fifteen and 14/100 Dollars ($26,915.14);
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-three Thousand Four Hundred Twelve and 06/100 Dollars
($33,412.06) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict
No. 553 (Bellefontaine & Talisman) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 4405, as amended
by Ordinance No. 6485. Said levy is for the cost of construction
of said improvement remaining after the aforesaid outfall portion
cost as absorbed by the District, 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
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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 Secre-
tary-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 October 29, 1987.