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HomeMy Public PortalAbout07521 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7521 AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments against all of the land benefitted by the construction of sewers within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 391 (Keim Homesites) 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. 2422, adopted on the 2nd day of May, 1973, after a public hearing thereon held at 8:00 o'clock P.M. on the 29th day of March, 1973, at the Mehlville Junior High School, 3100 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis Countian on the 7th day of March, 1973, 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. 391 (Keim Homesites) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District; (2) By Resolution No. 1768, adopted on the 28th day of May, 1986, did declare the necessity of an improvement consisting of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area designated Subdistrict No. 391 (Keim Homesites) 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. 391; 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 18th day of June, 1986, at which public hearing all persons interested in such improvement were given an opportunity to be heard; and (4) By Resolution No. 1773, adopted on the 25th day of June, 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. 1768; and pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 25th day of June, 1986, and proper notice to contractors for bids was published in the St. Louis Countian on the 6th, 13th and 20th days 3 of August, 1986; and 4 (5) By Ordinance No. 6774, adopted on the 1st day of October, 1986, did confirm a contract with Bommarito Construction Company as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for construction of such improvement received and opened on the 28th day of August, 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 16th day of September, 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 One Hundred Thirty- seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-seven and 96/100 Dollars ($137,997.96), 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 Twenty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Seven and 53/100 Dollars ($27,507.53), (2) Contract items in the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifteen and 10/100 Dollars ($103,915.10), (3) Extra work in the sum of Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-five and 33/100 Dollars ($6,575.33), and WHEREAS, a Community Development Block Grant has been received from St. Louis County, Missouri in the sum of Sixty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-eight and 98/100 Dollars ($68,998.98), and has been applied toward the cost of construction 5 of said improvement, 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 Sixty-eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-eight and 98/100 Dollars ($69,998.98) are hereby levied on all land whether public or private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict No. 391 (Keim Homesites) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 2422. Said levy is for the cost of construction of said improvement remaining after the aforesaid Community Development Block Grant from St. Louis County, Missouri 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 6 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. 7 The foregoing Ordinance was adopted July 27, 1988.