HomeMy Public PortalAbout07570 O R D I N A N C E NO. 7570
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments
against all of the land benefitted by the construction of sewers
within the boundaries of Subdistrict No. 87081 (Heintz & New
Baumgartner) 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. 6922, adopted on the 11th day of
February, 1987, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30
o'clock P.M. on the 15th day of January, 1987, at the Cliff Cave
Branch Library, 5430 Telegraph Road, St. Louis County, Missouri,
pursuant to notice thereof published in the St. Louis Countian on
the 23rd day of December, 1986, 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. 87081 (Heintz & New Baumgartner) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 1802, adopted on the 27th day of
May, 1987, did declare the necessity of an improvement consisting
of the construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area
designated Subdistrict No. 87081 (Heintz & New Baumgartner) 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. 87081; and
(3) Did cause to be duly called and held a public
hearing at the Cliff Cave Branch Library, 5430 Telegraph Road, St.
Louis County, Missouri, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the
23rd day of June, 1987, at which public hearing all persons
interested in such improvement were given an opportunity to be
heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 1813, adopted on the 16th day of
July, 1987, 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. 1802; and pursuant to
said direction, plans and specifications for the improvement were
prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 12th day of
August, 1987, and proper notice to contractors for bids was
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published in the St. Louis Countian on the 12th, 19th and 26th
days of December, 1987; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 7386, adopted on the 27th day of
January, 1988, did confirm a contract with Truss Brothers
Construction, Inc., as the lowest responsible bidder, pursuant to
bids for construction of such improvement received and opened on
the 4th day of January, 1988, 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 12th day of January, 1988; 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 Six
Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-five and 02/100 Dollars
($106,365.02), 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 Twelve Thousand Five
Hundred Three and 32/100 Dollars ($12,503.32),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Ninety-two Thousand
Five Hundred Thirty-five and 20/100 Dollars ($92,535.20),
(3) Extra work in the sum of One Thousand Three
Hundred Twenty-six and 50/100 Dollars ($1,326.50), and
WHEREAS, a Community Development Block Grant has been
received from St. Louis County, Missouri in the sum of Fifty-three
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Thousand One Hundred Eighty-two and 51/100 Dollars ($53,182.51),
and has been applied toward the cost of construction of said
improvement,
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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 Fifty-three Thousand One Hundred Eighty-two and 51/100 Dollars
($53,182.51) are hereby levied on all land whether public or
private but exclusive of streets, roads and alleys, in Subdistrict
No. 87081 (Heintz & New Baumgartner) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 6922. 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. 7420,
adopted April 13, 1988, and said Bills shall mature at the times
and shall bear the rate of interest prescribed by said Ordinance
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No. 7420.
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.
7420; 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 12, 1988.