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INTRODUCED BY: DATE: February 9, 2009 <br />BILL NO.: 9019 ORDINANCE NO.: <br />AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE NAME OF PART OF HARVARD AVENUE TO <br />SGT. MIKE KING DRIVE; AMENDING UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE <br />SECTIONS 10.36.100, 10.36.160, AND 10.48.030 TO REFLECT SUCH NAME <br />CHANGE; AND DIRECTING THAT THE ORDINANCE BE RECORDED IN THE <br />OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI; <br />CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King gave his life in the line of duty and in the protection of the <br />citizens of University City on October 31, 2008; and <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King was an outstanding police veteran for the City of University <br />City for over 25 years and served his community with dedication, honor and the highest standard <br />of the work a police officer must perform to protect the City he loved; and <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King was an outstanding role model for the young men and women <br />who serve our City and was admired and beloved by his brothers and sisters of the University <br />City Police Department and by the citizens he encountered daily as he patrolled the Delmar Loop <br />and the rest of University City; and <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King was a lifelong resident of University City and loved the City he <br />faithfully served and protected; and <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King was the loving husband of Susan King, son of Dr. M. Kenton <br />and June E. King, and brother of David King, Douglas King, John King and Thomas King; and <br /> Whereas, Sgt. Mike King graduated from University City High School and obtained his <br />Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Washington University; and <br /> Whereas, the citizens of University City and the men and women of law enforcement of <br />the entire St. Louis Community mourned and honored this fallen hero. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Harvard Avenue, from the north line of Delmar Boulevard to a point 372 feet <br />north thereof, is hereby changed to Sgt. Mike King Drive. All ordinances, regulations and laws <br />of the City of University City, Missouri which refer to said part of Harvard Avenue shall be <br />deemed to refer to Sgt. Mike King Drive. <br />The following is a description of said part of Harvard Avenue, a 50 feet by 372 feet <br />parcel of land located in City of University City, in St. Louis County, Missouri, and recorded on <br />November 2, 1967 on Pages 1392 to 1395 of Book 6290 of the records of the Recorder of Deeds <br />of St. Louis County, Missouri and more particularly described as follows: <br />Beginning at the northeast corner of Harvard (formerly Oberlin) Avenue, a public street <br />in the City of University City, and Delmar Boulevard, a public street in the City of University <br /> <br />