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
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of August, 1986; and
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(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
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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
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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.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted July 27, 1988.