HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0553 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 553
WHEREAS, Subdistrict No. 140 (Larkin and Olive Street
Road) of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District was established
on petition by Ordinance No. 557, adopted May 18, 1961, and
WHEREAS, investigation has shown that such area is not
adequately served by lateral sanitary sewers and that the public
health is affected, and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the probable cost of
installation of such sewers will be approximately Twenty-six
Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00), and that the most practicable
method of payment therefor is by special tax bills, or other
evidence of special benefit assessments upon the land benefitted
by such installation, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 419, adopted June 29, 1961,
the Board of Trustees declared the necessity of constructing
lateral sanitary sewers in said subdistrict and directed that a
public hearing be duly held with respect to such improvement, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees is informed that such
hearing was called and held, but that certain interested persons
assert that they were not afforded an opportunity to appear and be
heard at said public hearing, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees desires that another
public hearing be held with respect to such improvement to afford
all interested persons an opportunity be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED that Resolution No. 419,
adopted June 29, 1961, be and it is hereby repealed.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the construction of
adequate lateral sanitary sewers in the area known as Subdistrict
No. 140 (Larkin and Olive Street Road) is necessary in the
interest of the public health, that such sewers shall consist of
approximately 1,700 lineal, feet of 8-inch pipe, which shall be
capable of efficiently serving or draining the entire local,
drainage area that the estimated probable cost of such improvement
is Twenty-six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00); that the entire cost
of such improvement shall be paid for by special tax bills or
other evidence of special benefit assessments upon the land
benefitted by such improvement and that such improvement be
constructed in said subdistrict, such facilities to flow into or
be connected with existing public lateral sanitary sewers located
adjacent to said subdistrict.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that special benefit
assessments for the entire cost of such improvement be levied
against all land in the above described subdistrict, whether
public or private, in the proportion that each such lot or parcel
of land bears to the entire benefitted area of such subdistrict,
exclusive of public streets, roads and alleys.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a public hearing be held
within said subdistrict to afford all persons interested in said
improvement 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
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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. The foregoing Resolution was adopted July 30, 1962.