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WHEREAS, Subdistrict No. 97005 (Becker & Telegraph) was established on
petition by Ordinance No. 10400, adopted July 9, 1998, 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, the entire cost of the installation of such sewers including the
engineering, survey and inspection costs, is estimated to be Two Hundred Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($230,000.00), and that the most practicable method of payment of the costs is by
special tax bills issued at the interest rate of 9.5% per annum, 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. 97005 (Becker & Telegraph) is
necessary in the interest of public health; that such sewers shall consist of approximately
2,540 lineal feet of 8-inch sewers, which shall be capable of efficiently serving or draining the
entire local drainage area; the entire cost of improvement, including the engineering, survey
and inspection costs, to be paid for by special tax bills issued at the interest rate of 9.5% per
annum, or other evidence of special benefit assessments upon the land benefited by such
improvement is estimated to be Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($230,000.00), such
special tax bills to be purchased by the District and held for collection, such purchase being
done as a cost reduction; 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 to said Subdistrict.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that special benefit assessments to those
properties benefiting from 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 at such public hearing those persons owning real
property within such Subdistrict be informed that the District will encourage them to make the
improvement 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
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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 is being done by private means then, of
course, the District will refrain from proceeding.
The foregoing Resolution was adopted July 9, 1998.