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WHEREAS, proposed Ordinance No. 79-62 was introduced to
establish Subdistrict No. 181 (Bataan and Boswell) for the purpose
of extending the public sewer system by acquiring, extending and
improving a private sanitary sewer system now or formerly owned by
Town Service, Inc., at the expense of such subdistrict, the
boundaries of which were delineated in said proposed ordinance,
and
WHEREAS, those persons interested who attended a public
hearing on said proposed ordinance, held Monday, January 15, 1962,
at 8:00 o'clock p.m. at the Kratz School, 4301 Edmundson Road, St.
Louis County, Missouri, were in favor of establishing such
subdistrict, and said proposed ordinance has been duly enacted as
Ordinance No. 699, and
WHEREAS, investigation has shown that the area of such
Subdistrict No. 181 (Bataan and Boswell) can not be efficiently
served by both private and public sanitary sewer systems, that the
public sewer system can be extended by purchase of said private
system, and that the public health and welfare can be better
protected by a public system, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the probable cost of
extending the public sewer system by purchasing said private
system will be approximately Twenty-One Thousand One Hundred
Twenty Dollars ($21,120.00), of which Nineteen Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($19,200.00), is the agreed purchase price and the
remainder is the estimated sum required to be advanced by the
District for necessary expenses incident to such purchase, and
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WHEREAS, the most practicable method of payment for
said private sewer system is by special tax bills or other
evidence of special benefit assessments on the land benefitted by
such purchase,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the extension of
the public sewer system by the purchase of a private sanitary
sewer system in the area known as Subdistrict No. 181 (Bataan and
Boswell) from Town Service, Inc, its successors or assigns, is
necessary in the interest of the public health and welfare; that
such private system consists of lateral sanitary sewers and
appurtenances of adequate capacity, together with appropriate
easements for sewer purposes and all other rights, whether within
or without said subdistrict, necessary to provide sanitary sewer
service to the land within said subdistrict; that the estimated
probable cost of such purchase is Twenty-one Thousand One Hundred
Twenty Dollars ($21,120.00); and that the entire cost thereof
shall be paid for by special tax bills or other evidence of
special benefit assessments upon the land within the boundaries of
such subdistrict all of which will be benefitted by such purchase
and extension of the public sewer system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that special benefit
assessments for the entire cost of such purchase be levied against
all lots or parcels of land in the above described subdistrict,
whether public or private, in equal proportion per lot, exclusive
of public streets, roads and alleys.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a public hearing be held
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within said subdistrict to afford all persons interested in said
purchase an opportunity to be heard; that such hearing shall be
held at such time and place as the Executive Director shall
determine, but not less than ten nor more than thirty days after
the adoption of this resolution, and that notice of such hearing
shall be given by the publication of notice in at least one issue
of a newspaper of general circulation within The Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District not less than ten days in advance of the date
of such hearing.
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The foregoing Resolution was adopted March 19, 1962.