HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0934 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 934
RESOLUTION authorizing filing of application with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States of
America, Housing and Home Finance Agency, for a grant under Title
VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title VII of the Housing Act of
1961, as amended, the United States of America has authorized the
making of grants by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to
States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition
and development of permanent interests in land for open-space uses
where such assistance is needed for carrying out a unified or
officially coordinated program for the provision and development
of open-space land as part of the comprehensively planned
development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
(herein sometimes referred to as "Applicant") desires to acquire
title to certain land known as:
A tract of land situated partly in the southeast one-
fourth of Fractional Section 18, and partly in U. S.
Survey 210, both in Township 47N, Range 7E, St. Louis
County, Missouri; approximately 3,000 feet east of Old
Halls Ferry Road, and adjacent to the south side of the
Coldwater Creek; consisting of approximately 32 acres
of undeveloped land in its natural state, that is,
uneven topography containing several trees of Walnut,
White Ash, Hard Maple, Sycamore and Black Oak, of
heights up to 50 feet and of diameters up to 4 feet,
all of which enhance the overall natural beauty of said
land (legal description attached hereto), which land is
to be held and used for permanent open-space land, and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
the regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency
effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be
discriminated against because of race, color or national origin in
the use of the land acquired and/or developed; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for Federal
grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon
the Applicant and will require among other things: (1) assurances
that families and individuals displaced as a result of the open-
space band project will be relocated into decent, safe and
sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and
(3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal
employment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring
said Title will be One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars
($120,000.00),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
1. That Peter F. Mattei, Executive Director, be and
he is hereby authorized to execute and file an application on
behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States
Government, Housing and Home Finance Agency, for a grant in an
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amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as
amended, which amount is presently estimated to be Sixty Thousand
Dollars ($60,000.00), and that the Applicant will pay the balance
of the cost from other funds available to it.
2. That Peter F. Mattei, Executive Director, be and
he is hereby authorized and directed to provide additional
information and to furnish such documents as may be required by
said Agency, to execute such contracts as are required by said
Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the
Applicant.
That the proposed acquisition is in accordance with
plans for the allocation of land for open-space uses, and that,
should said grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, and retain
said land for the use designated in said application and approved
by the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
That the United States of America and the Housing and
Home Finance Administrator be, and they hereby are, assured of
full compliance by the Applicant with regulations of the Housing
and Home Finance Agency effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964.
TRACT OF LAND TO BE ACQUIRED
FROM JOHN F. HOENE AND AGNES HOENE, HIS WIFE
IN TOWNSHIP 47N, RANGE 7E, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI
A tract of land situated partly in the southeast 1/4 of
Fractional Section 18, and partly in U. S. Survey 210, both in
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Township 47 North, Range 7 East, St. Louis County, Missouri, and
together described as: Beginning at the southwest corner of the
40.10 acre tract of land conveyed to John F. Hoene and wife by
deed recorded in Book 2080, Page 51, St. Louis County Recorder's
office, being at the southwest corner of the southeast fractional
1/4 of said Section 18; thence along the south line of said Hoene
tract, being along the south line of said Section 18, south 89Ε
17' east, 928.80'; thence north 27Ε 39' east, 226.25'; thence
north 06Ε 13-1/2' west, 332.22'; thence north 75Ε 44-1/2' east,
274.99'; thence north 81Ε 44-3/4' east, 560.03'; thence north 76Ε
45' east, 314.98'; thence north 67Ε 22' east, 610.47' to an
intersection with the east line of said Fractional Section 18;
thence along said east line of Fractional Section 18, north 00Ε
43' east, 220', more or less, to its intersection with the
centerline of the Coldwater Creek (formerly Drainage District No.
2A) right-of-way, 100' wide; thence southwestwardly and westwardly
along said right-of-way centerline, being on a curve with a radius
of 1,909.86' to the right, 1,355', more or less, to the southeast
corner of a tract of land conveyed to The Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District by deed recorded in Book 5184, Page 607, said
Recorder's office; thence westwardly along the southern line of
said Sewer District property the following courses and distances
(which are unrelated to the foregoing courses shown herein): north
89Ε 27' west, 86.86'; north 35Ε 35' west, 43.34'; north 35Ε 45'
west, 97.68'; north 73Ε 12' west, 108.82'; south 73Ε 03' west,
68.90'; south 17Ε 26' west, 89.04'; south 15Ε 31' west, 36.08';
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and north 88Ε 31' west, 823.36' to the southwest corner of said
Sewer District property; thence westwardly along the centerline of
said Coldwater Creek right-of-way, 234', more or less, to its
intersection with the west line of the southeast 1/4 of said
Fractional Section 18; thence southwardly along said west line of
the southeast 1/4 of Fractional Section 18, 817', more or less, to
the beginning.
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The foregoing Resolution was adopted April 20, 1967.