HomeMy Public PortalAbout07418 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7418
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefited by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 451 (Tesson Ferry &
Juengel) 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. 3804, adopted on the 11th day of
July, 1979, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30 o'clock
P.M. on the 19th day of June, 1979, at the Robert H. Sperreng
Middle School, 12111 Tesson Ferry Road, St. Louis County,
Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis
Countian on the 26th day of May, 1979, 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. 451 (Tesson Ferry & Juengel) of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1564, adopted on the 9th day of
April, 1980, did declare the necessity of an improvement
consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an
area designated Subdistrict No. 451 (Tesson Ferry & Juengel) 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. 451; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Robert H. Sperreng Middle School, 12111 Tesson
Ferry Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30
o'clock P.M. on the 24th day of April, 1980, at which public
hearing all persons interested in such improvement were given an
opportunity to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1566, adopted on the 14th day of
May, 1980, 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. 1564; and pursuant to
said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were
prepared and the Board did approve the same on
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the 16th day of March, 1983, and proper notice to contractors for
bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on the 21st and 28th
days of July, and the 4th day of August 1983; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 5248, adopted on the 30th day of
September, 1983, did confirm a contract with Roberts Construction
Company, as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for
construction of such improvement received and opened on the 12th
day of August, 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 13th day of September, 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 Forty-nine Thousand
Seven Hundred Nine and 46/100 Dollars ($49,709.46), 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 Two Thousand Three Hundred
Twenty-six and 36/100 Dollars ($2,326.36),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Forty-seven Thousand
Two Hundred Fifty-three and 10/100 Dollars ($47,253.10), and
(3) Extra work in the sum of One Hundred Thirty
Dollars ($130.00),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
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Section One. Special benefit assessments in the sum of
Forty-nine Thousand Seven Hundred Nine and 46/100 Dollars
($49,709.46) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict
No. 451 (Tesson Ferry & Juengel) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 3804. 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 or 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
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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 March 23, 1988.
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