HomeMy Public PortalAboutR1387 R E S O L U T I O N NO. 1387
WHEREAS, The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's
Board of Trustees on February 13, 1974, adopted a policy statement
establishing a willingness to use the District's contract
authority under its charter to provide with federal and state aid
regional interceptor and treatment facilities in the Grand Glaize-
Fishpot-Kiefer Creek area, Meramec River watershed, complying with
all state and federal clean water laws, contingent upon
cooperation of St. Louis County and the municipalities involved;
and
WHEREAS, the St. Louis County Council, on behalf of the
citizens of St. Louis County, unanimously introduced and approved
Resolution No. 2219 encouraging The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District to correct the problem of water pollution in the Grand
Glaize-Fishpot-Kiefer Creek area, Meramec River watershed, of St.
Louis County; and
WHEREAS, the Citizens for Clean County Water, as well
as a large segment of the publicly and privately owned sewer
systems have indicated tentative approval of the contract plan
offered by The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to solve the
pollution problems in this watershed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is agreeable
to acting as the regional agency to implement a regional plan for
interception and treatment of sanitary sewage wastes in the Grand
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Glaize-Fishpot-Kiefer Creek area, Meramec River watershed, of St.
Louis County, in accordance with findings contained in a study
conducted under the direction of the East-West Gateway
Coordinating Council known as St. Louis County Water Pollution
Control Study Phase I - Areas Tributary to the Meramec River. A
final determination of the specific program will be made by The
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District upon completion of further
studies of engineering, costs, and other pertinent considerations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
Under the proposal of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, the District shall undertake, using its contract
authority contained in its charter to construct the regional
interception and treatment facilities to be approved by the
Missouri Clean Water Commission and the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency. Under the terms of this proposal, each agency,
public or private, that connects to the regional facility to be
constructed by The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District with 90
percent state and federal grants, shall pay its proportionate
share of the remaining 10 percent construction costs and will pay
an operation and maintenance user charge based on the quantity and
quality discharged to the regional facility, said user charges to
be in compliance with Sec. 204(b) of Public Law 92-500 Federal
Water Pollution Control Act. The proposal further provides for an
independent audit of the operation and maintenance of the regional
facilities to insure that the people served by the regional
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facilities shall pay only for the construction, operation, and
maintenance of the regional facilities and other reasonable costs
attributable to the regional facilities; and also to insure that
the residents within the present boundaries of The Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District are not taxed or otherwise charged in any
way to pay for the construction or operation of the regional
facilities outside of the present District boundaries.
The foregoing Resolution was adopted March 11, 1974.