Screenshot of web calendar meeting notice for the 12.11.24 meeting of the Board of Aldermen's Special Committee on Special Taxing Districts.

Screenshot from the City of St. Louis Youtube channel; video of the first meeting of the Special Committee on Special Taxing Districts, held on 10.09.24.

The BOA Special Committee on Special Taxing Districts meets on Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. Hybrid. tinyurl.com/92b4dkfh
Agenda: Discussion with reps from CIDs & SBDs about operations & record-keeping practices.
🎤 Public comment.

Since the 1st meeting on 10/9, the BOA approved the creation of the #DTnorthCID

Previous 🧵 on #BOAbb102 & the creation of #DTnorthCID
Starts with story by Eric Schmid of @stlpublicradio.bsky.social Includes details on the 11/22 #HUDZ public hearing.

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At today's BOA meeting, #BOAbb102 is up for a final vote

In May 2022, the nonprofit "Downtown North STL Community Improvement District" was created by John Bergland & Steve Stone. This nonprofit will select the board members of the new #DTnorthCID

Explanation at #HUDZ 1:10:55
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Coming soon: why a final vote on Board Bill 102 should not be taken at today’s BOA meeting.
Creation of Downtown North STL Community Improvement District.
Previous coverage: #BOAbb102 #DTnorthCID

The key drivers behind the #DTnorthCID are John Berglund and Steve Stone.
Berglund redeveloped the 900 N. Tucker building, aka #SquareTIF
Stone redeveloped the Globe building at 710 N. Tucker.
Both projects received tax incentives.
Note the boundaries in the NW corner of the CID map in #BOAbb102
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The petition for the CID wasn't included in the BB 102 document online until 11.18.24.
The bill was heard and approved by the #HUDZ Committee on 11.12.24.
The public can't provide informed testimony when a critical part of the legislation was not available online.
#DTnorthCID #BOAbb102
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At the full BOA meeting on 11.15.24, #BOAbb102 was 2nd read and perfected on a consent vote.
Why the rush?
The special assessments that will be levied on property owners by the #DTnorthCID need to be mailed by the end of this year.
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The Board of Aldermen is poised to take its final vote tomorrow on BB 102 for the Downtown North St. Louis CID.
I believe the #DTnorthCID will be a developer-dominated district where the goals of a select group of individuals will be accomplished at the expense of the majority of property owners.
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New community district aims to bring more density to area around Washington Ave. downtown The Downtown North Community Improvement District would formalize some of the actions taken by individual property owners to promote the area of downtown as an emerging geospatial and entrepreneurial ...

"The new district is primarily spearheaded by the owners of the old STL Post-Dispatch & Globe-Democrat buildings, 2 prominent downtown spaces that have been redeveloped in recent years"
STLPR report on the #DTnorthCID
#BOAbb102 was heard at the Nov 12 #HUDZ committee
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