HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0876 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 876
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has
applied to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, United
States of America, for a grant under P. L. 89-117, to aid in
financing the construction of 4,560 feet of 10" pipe and 57,995
feet of 8" pipe, and 2,260 lineal feet of manhole construction and
appurtenances serving 3,065 parcels of ground, including 1,125
homes in Kinloch, St. Louis County, Missouri, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, United States Government, has requested a policy
statement regarding the land or easement acquisition for this
project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, hereinafter
referred to as "Applicant", hereby states that its policy for the
acquisition of land or easements for the construction of all
sewers in Project No. WS-5-26-0015 will be as follows:
1. The applicant will make every reasonable effort to
acquire the real property by a negotiated purchase before
instituting eminent domain procedures.
2. The applicant will not require any owner to
surrender possession of real property until the applicant pays or
causes to be paid to the owner:
(a) the agreed purchase price arrived at by
negotiation, or
(b) in any case where only the amount of the payment
to the owner is in dispute, no less than 75% of the appraised fair
value as approved by the applicant and concurred in by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
3. The applicant will not require any person lawfully
occupying property to surrender possession without at lease ninety
days written notice from the applicant of the date on which
possession will be required. The foregoing Resolution was adopted May 9, 1966.