HomeMy Public PortalAbout07312 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7312
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 462 (Oakville Terrace) 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. 5883, adopted on the 20th day of
February, 1985, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30
o'clock P.M. on the 22nd day of January, 1985, at the Oakville
Junior High School, 5950 Telegraph Road, St. Louis County,
Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis
Countian on the 29th day of December, 1984, at which public
hearing all persons interested were given an opportunity to be
heard, did establish and prescribe the boundaries of a subdistrict
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designated Subdistrict No. 462 (Oakville Terrace) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1760, adopted on the 26th day of
February, 1986, did declare the necessity of an improvement
consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an
area designated Subdistrict No. 462 (Oakville Terrace) 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. 462; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the St. Louis County Library (Cliff Cave Branch), 5430
Telegraph Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30
o'clock P.M. on the 11th day of March, 1986, at which public
hearing all persons interested in such improvement were given an
opportunity to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1762, adopted on the 26th day of
March, 1986, 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. 1760; and pursuant to
said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were
prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 22nd day of
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October, 1986, and proper notice to contractors for bids was
published in the St. Louis Countian on the 29th day of November,
and the 6th and 13th days of December 1986; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 6949, adopted on the 11th day of
February, 1987, did confirm a contract with J. H. Berra
Construction Company, Inc., as the lowest responsible bidder,
pursuant to bids for construction of such improvement received and
opened on the 22nd day of December, 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 13th day of January, 1987; 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 Seventy-seven Thousand
Seven Hundred Eighty-five and 59/100 Dollars ($77,785.59), 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 Eight Thousand Seven
Hundred Twenty-two and 80/100 Dollars ($8,722.80),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Sixty-eight Thousand
Two Hundred Forty-six and 49/100 Dollars ($68,246.49), and
(3) Extra work in the sum of Eight Hundred Sixteen and
30/100 Dollars ($816.30),
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 Seventy-seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-five and 59/100
Dollars ($77,785.59) are hereby levied on all land whether public
or private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in
Subdistrict No. 462 (Oakville Terrace) of The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 5883. 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.
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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.
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 November 25, 1987.