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Home My Public Portal AboutR1448Ã *Ã”R E S O L U T I O N NO. 1448•ƒ ÁÁ WHEREAS, Subdistrict No. 409 (Prigge and Larimore) was established on petition by Ordinance No. 2919, adopted August 27, 1975, as amended by Ordinance No. 2998, adopted February 11, 1976, 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 Eighty©two Thousand Dollars ($82,000.00) and that the most practicable method of payment therefor is by special tax bills, or other evidence of special benefit assessments upon the land benefited by such installation, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the construction of adequate lateral sanitary sewers in the area known as Subdistrict No. 409 (Prigge and Larimore) is necessary in the interest of the public health; that such sewers shall consist of approximately 2,930 lineal feet of 8©inch sewers, which shall be capable of efficiently serving or draining the entire local drainage area; that the estimated probable cost of such improvement is Eightyªtwo Thousand Dollars ($82,000.00); 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 benefited 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 toÜj Ü ÐBlBpÐsaid 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 benefited area of such Subdistrict, exclusive of 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 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. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that at such public hearing, those persons owning real property within such subdistrict be informed that the District will encourage them to make the improvements by private means, as it is generally recognized that there can be a saving over some of the necessary costs of tax bills; that such methods, procedures and estimates of alternate costs be given to them, and that they be told that the District will proceed in its usual manner toward having the sewers constructed by the tax bill method, but that if, before such contract for construction is advertised, the construction isÁÁ Ã *)Ã©2©ƒÜnÜ ÁÁbeing done by private means, then of course, the District will refrain from proceeding.ÁÁ The foregoing Resolution was adopted February 11, 1976. Ã *)Ã©3©ƒ