HomeMy Public PortalAbout09204 O R D I N A N C E NO. 9204
AN ORDINANCE, levying special benefit assessments against all of
the land benefited by the construction of sewers within the boundaries of
Subdistrict No. 91021 (Old Baumgartner & Heintz) 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. 8595, adopted on the 11th day of March,
1992, after a public hearing thereon held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the 27th day
of January, 1992, at the St. Louis County Library (Cliff Cave Branch), 5430
Telegraph Road, St. Louis County, Missouri, pursuant to notice thereof
published in the St. Louis Countian on the 3rd day of January, 1992, 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. 91021 (Old Baumgartner & Heintz) of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District;
(2) By Resolution No. 2042, adopted on the 11th day of March,
1992, did declare the necessity of an improvement consisting of the
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construction of lateral sanitary sewers in an area designated Subdistrict No.
91021 (Old Baumgartner & Heintz) 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. 91021; 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 23rd day of March,
1992, at which public hearing all persons interested in such improvement were
given an opportunity to be heard; and
(4) By Resolution No. 2051, adopted on the 29th day of April,
1992, 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.
2042; and pursuant to said direction, plans and specifications for the
improvement were prepared and the Board did approve the same on the 13th day of
May, 1992, and proper notice to contractors for bids was published in the St.
Louis Countian on the 29th day of August and the 5th and 12th days of
September, 1992; and
(5) By Ordinance No. 8794, adopted on the 14th day of October,
1992, did confirm a contract with Karsten Equipment, Company as the lowest
responsible bidder, pursuant to bids for construction of such improvement
received and opened on the 21st day of September, 1992, which contract was
formally executed by the Contractor and by the Executive Director and the
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Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, on
the 13th day of October, 1992; 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-five Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-two and 30/100 Dollars
($75,822.30), which sum is the total of the following two components, to wit:
(1) An advancement from the funds of The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, in the sum of Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Forty-nine and
05/100 Dollars ($16,249.05),
(2) Contract items in the sum of Fifty-nine Thousand Five Hundred
Seventy-three and 25/100 Dollars ($59,573.25), and
WHEREAS, a Community Development Block Grant has been received from
St. Louis County, Missouri in the sum of Thirty-seven Thousand Nine Hundred
Eleven and 15/100 Dollars ($37,911.15), and has been applied toward the cost of
construction 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 Thirty-
seven Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven and 15/100 Dollars ($37,911.15) are hereby
levied on all land whether public or private but exclusive of streets, roads
and alleys, in Subdistrict No. 91021 (Old Baumgartner & Heintz) of The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, as bounded in said Ordinance No. 8595.
Said levy is for the cost of construction of said improvement remaining after
the aforesaid Community Development Block Grant from St. Louis County, Missouri
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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. 7420, adopted April 13, 1988, and
said Bills shall mature at the times and shall bear the rate of interest
prescribed by said Ordinance 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 May 11, 1994.