HomeMy Public PortalAboutR0950 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 950
RESOLUTION authorizing filing of application with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States of
America, for a grant under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961,
as amended.
WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as
amended, provides for the making of grants by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development 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 47 North, Range 7 East, 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, which land is to be held and used for permanent
open-space land for passive type recreation and
preservation of the natural state of the tract, (legal
description attached hereto).
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 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
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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 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'; 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.
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and
the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be
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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 land project are offered 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 interest(s) will be One Hundred Twenty Thousand ($120,000.00)
Dollars;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
1. That an application be made to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized
by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount
is presently estimated to be Sixty Thousand ($60,000.00) Dollars,
and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from other
funds available to it.
2. That the Executive Director is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and to file such application with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide additional
information and to furnish such documents as may be required by
said Department, to execute such contracts as are required by said
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Department, and to act as the authorized correspondent of the
Applicant.
3. 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(s) designated in said application and
approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
4. That the United States of America and the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby
are, assured of full compliance by the Applicant with regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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The foregoing Resolution was adopted June 22, 1967.