Ordinances by Topic Local Government Offices, Agencies, and Departments

An ordinance (the “Ordinance”) recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City (the “Board of Estimate and Apportionment”) and the Board of Public Service of The City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “City”) authorizing the St. Louis Municipal Finance Corporation (the “Corporation”), in its discretion, to issue and sell its new bonds (defined herein as “New Revenue Bonds”) supported by payments by the City and with limitations on the amounts due as City payments with respect thereto, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $105,000,000

An ordinance, recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizing the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, on behalf of the City, to submit a 2019 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as required to apply for funding under the Federal Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), HOME Investment Partnership ("HOME"), Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") Entitlement Programs,

An Ordinance recommended and approved by the Airport Commission, the Board of Public Service and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the Director of Airports, the President of the Board of Public Service, and the Comptroller of The City of St. Louis (the "City") to enter into and execute on behalf of the City the “Memorandum Of Agreement for Expansion Of and Improvement To Inbound Baggage System and Facilities Terminal 2” (the “MOA”) at St. Louis Lambert International Airport® (the "Airport"), that memorializes the agreement between the City and Southwest Airlines Company (“Southwest”) under which Southwest will partially fund, contract for, administer, and manage the expansion and renovation of the Terminal 2 baggage claim area and related equipment and facilities (the “Project”), which is defined and more fully described in Section 2 of the MOA, subject to and in accordance with the terms, covenants, and conditions of the MOA that is attached hereto as ATTACHMENT “1” and made a part hereof; authorizing the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Register, the City Counselor, the President of the Board of Public Service, the Director of Airports, and other appropriate officers, agents, and employees of the City, with the advice of the Director of Airports, to enter into and execute on behalf of the City and in the City’s best interest any attendant or related documents, agreements, applications, permits, amendments, affidavits, certifications, or instruments deemed necessary to effectuate the terms set forth in the MOA and/or deemed necessary to preserve and protect the City’s interest, and/or to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the MOA; containing a severability clause, and containing an emergency clause.

An ordinance recommended by the Board of Public Service repealing Section One of Ordinance 70524, a copy of which is attached hereto, and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section One of 70524, in order to make technical corrections to Ordinance 70524, which vacated above-surface, surface and sub-surface rights for vehicle, equestrian and pedestrian travel in several streets and alleys bounded by St. Louis Ave. on the north, 22nd St. on the east, Cass Ave. on the south and Jefferson Ave./Parnell St. on the west in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, as hereinafter de¬scribed and in accor¬dance with Charter authority, and in conformity with Section l4 of Article XXI of the Charter; repealing Section Six of Ordinance 70524, as all requirements of Section Six have been met and are no longer applicable; and repealing and Section Ten of Ordinance 70524, and replacing it with an emergency clause.

An ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the Mayor and the City of Saint Louis, to enter into and execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with the United States Marshal Service for housing and related services for United States Marshal detainees housed within the Division of Corrections

An Ordinance authorizing and directing the Director of the Department of Human Services, by and through the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging and on behalf of the City of St. Louis, to accept funding from the Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging (in the amount of $120,000 over the next Five fiscal years.

An ordinance pertaining to campaign contribution limits; amending Ordinance 70357 Sections 1 and 3, and repealing Section 4 of said ordinance, to acknowledge newly passed State of Missouri maximum limits on campaign contributions and to decrease maximum limits on campaign contributions for local elections as provided herein.

BOARD BILL NO. 243 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN CARA SPENCER An ordinance requiring the City of St. Louis Information Technology Services 3 Agency to create, and maintain in good functioning order, a calendar on the homepage of 4 the City of St. Louis website specifically for the purpose of publishing required 5 notifications of City departments’ and divisions’ “public meetings” as the term is defined 6 in 610.010 RSMo, and requiring said City departments and divisions to publish 7 notifications of public meetings on said calendar.

BOARD BILL NO. 132 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN CAROL HOWARD, ALDERMAN JOHN (JACK) COATAR, ALDERMAN DAN GUENTHER, ALDERWOMAN SARAH MARTIN, ALDERWOMAN BETH MURPHY, ALDERWOMAN CARA SPENCER, ALDERMAN SHANE COHN, ALDERWOMAN MARLENE DAVIS, ALDERWOMAN SHARON TYUS, ALDERMAN TOM OLDENBERG, ALDERMAN FRANK WILLIAMSON, ALDERWOMAN HEATHER NAVARRO, ALDERMAN TERRY KENNEDY, PRESIDENT LEWIS REED An Ordinance establishing an Office of Community Mediation and for the appointment of a Director for its oversight and management who shall establish a protocol for delivering voluntary mediation services for the citizens of the City of Saint Louis and a schedule of fees which may be charged therefor to be based upon participant’s ability to pay, and who shall monitor the outcomes and lasting results of mediations; and containing an emergency clause and severability clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 123 INTRODUCED BY: Alderman Joseph Roddy An ordinance, recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizing the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, on behalf of the City, to submit a 2018 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as required to apply for funding under the Federal Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), HOME Investment Partnership ("HOME"), Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") Entitlement Programs, authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Comptroller on behalf of the City to enter into and execute agreements with HUD for the receipt of 2018 CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funds, appropriating the sum of Fifteen Million, Six Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Dollars ($15,624,398) which the City estimates will be available for the 2018 CDBG Program Year; appropriating the sum of Two Million, One Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-Six Dollars ($2,001,146) which the City estimates will be available for the 2018 HOME Program Year; appropriating the sum of One Million, Four Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($1,494,620) which the City estimates will be available for the 2018 ESG Program Year; and appropriating the sum of One Million, Six Hundred Ten Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty-Three Dollars ($1,610,733) which the City estimates will be available for the 2018 HOPWA Program Year, authorizing and directing the Director of the Community Development Administration ("CDA") to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of CDBG and HOME funds, to establish and implement a lump sum drawdown procedure for the purpose of financing property rehabilitation activities, to establish and implement a program to guarantee in whole or in part construction loans from private financial institutions, and/or to establish and implement a procedure for providing financial assistance to CDBG-eligible undertakings through float loan financing, authorizing and directing the Director of the Department of Human Services ("DHS") to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of ESG funds, authorizing and directing the Director of Health and Hospitals to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of HOPWA funds, and directing the Comptroller to issue warrants thereon upon the City Treasury; and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 135 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN MARLENE E. DAVIS An Ordinance recommended and approved by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the Director of Airports and the Comptroller of the City of St. Louis (the "City"), owner and operator of St. Louis Lambert International Airport ™ (the “Airport”) to enter into and execute on behalf of the City, the First Amendment to Professional Service Agreement for Fleet Vehicles and Special Equipment Maintenance /Repairs Services (“First Amendment”) to the Professional Service Agreement for Fleet Vehicles & Special Equipment Maintenance/Repair Services, Contract 64913 authorized by City Ordinance 69257, approved on October 29, 2012 (“Agreement”), between the City and Complete Auto Body & Repair, Inc. (“Consultant”); the First Amendment is attached hereto as ATTACHMENT “1” and made a part hereof, and its terms are more fully described in Section One of this Ordinance; containing a severability clause; and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 87 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN TERRY KENNEDY An ordinance prohibiting lessors of residential real property from effectuating illegal, self-help evictions without availing themselves of the appropriate legal processes; containing a penalty clause, severability clause, and an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 9 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JOSEPH VACCARO, PRESIDENT LEWIS REED An ordinance requiring the corrections commissioner to post a quarterly report on the City’s Division of Corrections website regarding administrative segregation of inmates at city detention centers; and containing a severability and an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL # 250 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN THOMAS VILLA An Ordinance relating to the I-55/Loughborough Redevelopment Project authorizing and directing the Mayor and Comptroller of The City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “City”) to execute a First Supplemental Financing Agreement (defined herein), which supplements and amends that certain Financing Agreement (defined herein), by and among the City, the Industrial Development Authority of the City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “Authority”) and the Loughborough Commons Community Improvement District (the “District”), in connection with the Authority’s Tax Increment and Community Improvement Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2017 (Loughborough Commons Redevelopment Project) (the “Series 2017 Bonds”), pursuant to which certain TIF Revenues (as defined in the Financing Agreement) and CID Revenues (defined herein) will be assigned for the benefit of said Series 2017 Bonds; authorizing the City to execute certain other documents related thereto, including but not limited to any Continuing Disclosure Agreement, any Escrow Agreement, a Tax Compliance Agreement and any Credit Agreement (all as herein defined); authorizing and directing the taking of other actions as necessary and desirable to carry out and comply with the intent of this ordinance; and containing a severability clause.

BOARD BILL # 247 INTRODUCED BY: ALDERMAN STEPHEN CONWAY An ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the St. Louis Municipal Finance Corporation (the “Corporation”) to issue and sell the Corporation’s City Justice Center Leasehold Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2017 (Direct Purchase) (City of St. Louis, Missouri, Lessee) (the “Series 2017 Bonds”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,000,000 in order to refund or redeem, if desirable, all or a portion of the Corporation’s City Justice Center Leasehold Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2005 (City of St. Louis, Missouri, Lessee), dated as of September 1, 2005 (the “Series 2005 Bonds”), for the general welfare, safety and benefit of the citizens of The City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “City”); authorizing and directing the Corporation to execute and deliver the Seventh Supplemental Indenture of Trust, the Fifth Supplemental Base Lease, if any, the Sixth Supplemental Lease Purchase Agreement, if any, the Escrow Agreement, if any, the Tax Compliance Agreement, and the Continuing Covenant Agreement,; authorizing the City to execute the Fifth Supplemental Base Lease, if any, the Sixth Supplemental Lease Purchase Agreement, if any, the Second Supplemental Pledge Agreement, if any, the Escrow Agreement, if any, the Tax Compliance Agreement, and the Continuing Covenant Agreement; authorizing the acceptance of the terms of the Continuing Covenant Agreement and the taking of further actions with respect thereto; authorizing the payment of certain costs of issuance thereof; authorizing the taking of other actions and approval and execution of other documents as necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent hereof; and superseding provisions of prior ordinances of the City to the extent inconsistent with the terms hereof.

BOARD BILL # 248 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN STEPHEN CONWAY An ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “City”) authorizing and directing the St. Louis Municipal Finance Corporation (the “Corporation”) to issue and sell its Leasehold Revenue Refunding Bonds in order to refund all or a portion of its outstanding Refunded Bonds (as defined herein) and its Leasehold Revenue Improvement Bonds to fund the construction, repair, improvement and renovation of the Cervantes Convention Center (as defined herein) (collectively, the “Leasehold Revenue Bonds”) in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000 for the general welfare, safety and benefit of the citizens of the City; authorizing and directing the officers of the Corporation to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture (as defined herein), the Supplemental Lease Purchase Agreement (as defined herein), the Supplemental Deed of Trust (as defined herein), the Official Statement (as defined herein), and the Bond Purchase Agreement (as defined herein); authorizing the City to execute and deliver, as necessary or desirable to facilitate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Supplemental Lease Purchase Agreement, the Tax Compliance Agreement (as defined herein), the Continuing Disclosure Agreement (as defined herein), the Official Statement, the Escrow Agreement (as defined herein), and the Bond Purchase Agreement; providing for a debt service reserve fund or funds, if any, and a capitalized interest fund or funds, if any, for the Leasehold Revenue Bonds (as defined herein); authorizing the Corporation and the City to obtain credit enhancement for all or any portion of the Leasehold Revenue Bonds from one or more Credit Providers (as defined herein); authorizing the payment of any obligations due to such Credit Provider or Credit Providers, if any; and authorizing the Comptroller and any other appropriate City officials to execute the Credit Agreement (as defined herein) and other documents related thereto, if any; authorizing participation of appropriate City officials in preparing the Official Statement; authorizing the acceptance of the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement and the taking of further actions with respect thereto; authorizing the payment of certain costs of issuance of the Leasehold Revenue Bonds; authorizing and directing the taking of other actions and approval and execution of other documents as necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent hereof; superseding provisions of prior ordinances of the City to the extent inconsistent with the terms hereof; and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL # 253 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN LYDA KREWSON An ordinance recommended by the Airport Commission, the Board of Public Service, and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the Director of Airports and the Comptroller of the City of St. Louis ("St. Louis") to enter into and execute on behalf of St. Louis an Agreement and Contract of Sale for the Sale of Property (“Agreement”) substantially in the form as set out in ATTACHMENT “1” to this Ordinance, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, between St. Louis, the owner and operator of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport® (“Airport”), which is located in St. Louis County, Missouri, and the City of Kinloch, Missouri (“Kinloch”), providing for the sale of approximately .674 acres of property owned by St. Louis and located in St. Louis County (“St. Louis Property”), which is more fully described in Section 1 of the Agreement and Exhibit “A” thereto entitled “Legal Description of St. Louis Property”, for the sum of Twenty Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($22,220.00), subject to and in accordance with its provisions, and to the applicable rules and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and the applicable provision of the Airport’s Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust between UMB Bank, N.A., Trustee, dated October 15, 1984 as amended, and Restated on September 10, 1997 as amended; authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Comptroller of St. Louis to enter into and execute on behalf of St. Louis the quit claim deed substantially in the form as set out in Exhibit “B” to the Agreement entitled “Form of Quit Claim Deed for St. Louis Property”, remising, releasing, conveying, and forever quit-claiming unto Kinloch, its successors in interest and assigns, the St. Louis Property subject to the avigation easement and restrictive covenants as defined and provided for in said quit claim deed; authorizing the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Register, the City Counselor, the Director of Airports, and other appropriate officers, agents, and employees of St. Louis, with the advice of the Director of Airports, to enter into and execute on behalf of St. Louis and in St. Louis’ best interest any attendant or related documents, agreements, permits, amendments, affidavits, certifications, or instruments deemed necessary to effectuate the terms set forth in the Agreement, and/or deemed necessary to preserve and protect St. Louis’ interest, and/or to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein; providing that the provisions set forth in this Ordinance will be applicable exclusively to the agreements, documents, permits, and instruments approved and/or authorized by this Ordinance; and containing a severability clause and an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 257 INTRODUCED BY: Alderwoman Tammika Hubbard An ordinance, recommended by the Board of Estimate & Apportionment, authorizing and directing the Mayor and Comptroller of the City of St. Louis, on behalf of the City, to enter into and execute an agreement or agreements with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) for the receipt of Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Funding; appropriating the sum of Twenty-Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($29,500,000) which the City has been awarded as a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant for the Near North Side; authorizing and directing the Director of the Community Development Administration (“CDA”) to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Funding; and directing the Comptroller to issue warrants thereon upon the City Treasury; and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL #172 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JACK COATAR AN ORDINANCE AFFIRMING ADOPTION OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, DEVELOPMENT AREA, AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE MISSOURI DOWNTOWN AND RURAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS ACT, SECTIONS 99.915 TO 99.1060 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF MISSOURI, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”); AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND BALLPARK VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT AND SAID DEVELOPMENT PLAN; PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS OF SAID AGREEMENT; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AS REQUIRED BY THE ACT WITH RESPECT TO SAID AGREEMENT; DESIGNATING BALLPARK VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS DEVELOPER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS WITH RESPECT THERETO; AUTHORIZING OTHER RELATED ACTIONS BY CITY OFFICIALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

BOARD BILL NO. 179 INTRODUCED BY: ALDERWOMAN MARLENE DAVIS An ordinance prohibiting the issuance of any 3 a.m. closing permits for any currently non-3 a.m. licensed premises within the boundaries of the Nineteenth Ward Liquor Control District, as established herein, for a period of three years from the effective date hereof; containing exceptions and allowing, during the moratorium period, for the renewal of or transfer of existing licenses, under certain circumstances, and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL #169 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN DIONNE FLOWERS An ordinance amending Chapter 11 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis by repealing and re-enacting sections 11.32.110, 11.32.120, 11.32.130, 11.32.140, 11.32.150, 11.32.160, 11.32.170, 11.76.010, 11.76.020, 11.76.030 and 11.76.040 to raise the age to 21 years old for sales and distribution of tobacco products, containing definitions; establishing penalties for violations; and containing a severability and an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 162 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN BOSLEY, Sr. An ordinance authorizing and directing the Comptroller and the Director of Streets, on behalf of the City of St. Louis, to enter into and execute a Loan Agreement and other documents required by the Loan Agreement with the Missouri Department of Economic/Division of Energy (“DED/DE”) to fund an Energy Loan Program (“Program”), further appropriating an amount not to exceed Twelve Million ($12,000,000.00) Dollars from the Capital Improvement Fund, authorizing the Comptroller and the Director of Streets, on behalf of the City, to expend such appropriated funds by entering into contracts or otherwise, establishing and maintaining an Energy Loan Conservation Account, authorizing and directing the reimbursement funds from the Program to be deposited and credited to the Capital Improvement Funds, to make applications, provide data, and to take any and all actions necessary to seek further funds from the State of Missouri under the Program, and containing a severability clause and an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 146 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN FLOWERS An ordinance recommended and approved by the Director of Human Services and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Comptroller of the City of St. Louis (the “City”), with the recommendation of the Director of the Department of Human Services, via the Homeless Services Division (HSD), on behalf of the City of St. Louis, to accept, enter into, and execute on behalf of the City, Grant Agreement Awards offered by the the United States of America (the “Grant Agreements”, acting through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) the Grant Agreements to provide for the reimbursement or payment to the City for the United States of America’s share of eligible costs incurred for City approved eligible programs furthering the work of the Continuum of Care under the Grant Agreements; and specifically authorizing and directing the acceptance of the 2015 Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Planning Project Grant Application in the amount of $336,892.00, and future Continuum of Care Grant awards, and directing the Director of Human Services to expend those Planning Grant Funding funds to accomplish and further the work of the Continuum of Care (CoC) as indicated in the Continuum of Care Program regulation (Federal Register Vol. 77 No. 147 dated Tuesday, July 31, 2012) pertaining to CoC (24 CFR part 578.7(a)(9) and 24 CFR part 578.9 (a)(3)(ii) and (b) ) and the 2015 Grant Agreement Award (MO0205L7E011500), the application for which as attached as Exhibit A; appropriating said funds and authorizing the Director of the Department of Human Services, upon approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, to expend such funds as permitted by the Continuum of Care Program regulation (Federal Register Vol. 77 No. 147 dated Tuesday, July 31, 2012) pertaining to CoC (24 CFR part 578.7(a)(9) and 24 CFR part 578.9 (a)(3)(ii) and (b) ) and the Grant Agreement Awards (MO0205L7E011500); and containing an Emergency Clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 126 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN DONNA BARINGER A ordinance revising prior ordinances that required certain officers and employees of the City of St. Louis to disclose receipt of certain gifts and travel expenses, increasing the value of gifts and travel expenses for which filing a report is required by revising Section Two of Ordinance 63666 and Section One of Ordinance 65710 and containing a severability clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 89 INTRODUCED BY: ALDERMAN FRANK WILLIAMSON An ordinance to amend Ordinance 70285 by removing Section 29 of Ordinance 70285, providing an effective date and including an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 99 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN LARRY ARNOWITZ An ordinance relating to the employees and salaries of the Office of the Recorder of Deeds; repealing Ordinances #69192 approved pertaining to the Office of the Recorder of Deeds and enacting in lieu thereof a new ordinance pertaining to the same subject matter and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 55 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN BOSLEY 1 An ordinance recommended by the Parking Commission making 2 appropriation for payment of the operating expenses, capital equipment and 3 improvement expenses, including lease purchase agreements involving 4 Parking Division assets, and debt service expenses of the Parking Division 5 of the Treasurer's Office, Kiel & City Hall Parking Facilities, Information 6 Technologies Office, Argyle Parking Facility, Chouteau Building & Parking 7 Facility, Williams Paper Parking Facility, Central Downtown Parking 8 Facility, Buckingham Parking Facility, Cupples Parking Facility and Justice 9 Parking Facility for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 and ending June 10 30, 2017, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of Sixteen Million, Six 11 Hundred Seventy Nine Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars 12 ($16,679,750) and containing an emergency clause.