Today at noon.
The hearing officer for the City of St. Louis Industrial Development Authority will conduct a Sham Public Hearing by 📞 ONLY.
The #IDAstl board members will not be present.
The hearing will not be recorded by @developstlouis.bsky.social or @stlpartnership.bsky.social
#SunshineFail
Thie $75K/unit is a fifth of the development cost per unit of the Delmar Divine Phase 2 apartments. #LCRAstl & #IDAstl recently approved bond issuances for #DelDiv2 (81 units)
Good morning local government watchers!
Spot on time - according to the St. Louis Development Corp. staff or consultants playbook - the videos of the July 10 meetings of the #IDAstl and #PortAuthoritySTL boards were made available to the public at 9 a.m. today.
www.youtube.com/@DevelopStLo...
At 9 a.m. today, the St. Louis Development Corporation will make public the videos of two board meetings held on July 10.
All SLDC meetings should be live-streamed lon YouTube.
The #IDAstl & #PortAuthoritySTL videos were uploaded July 14, but kept hidden from public view.
#EndSubsidySecrecy
SLDC operations warrant intense scrutiny.
Are we supposed to believe that SLDC doesn't make a recording of the sham public hearings conducted by phone for certain #IDAstl projects?
If a recording was made of the 7/9 IDA phone hearing on #DelDiv2, was it deleted?
Details:
bsky.app/profile/gcon...
At 4:27 p.m. I received the response to my #SunshineSLDC request R001482-070825 for the audio recording of the 7/8 #IDAstl public hearing by ☎️ for Delmar Divine Phase 2
SLDC's response: THERE ARE NO RECORDS😡
How were the hearing minutes prepared?
Was an audio file deleted?
#opaCITYstl
#DelDiv2
Tuesday at 12 p.m. St. Louis #IDAstl Public Hearing by ☎️ on bond financing for Delmar Divine Phase 2
SLDC summary at the 6.25.25 IDA board meeting referenced a $1.6M LCRA loan (image 1)
The LCRA has not approved a loan in open session; it is possible that action was taken in closed.
#DelDiv2
Tuesday, July 8 at 12 p.m.
Sham #IDAstl public hearing for Delmar Divine Phase 2.
$30M bond financing
Testify via telephone ONLY 😡
Details: tinyurl.com/3pbyw8r7
Spoiler: Larry Chapman, his equity buddies & the Delmar Divine Foundation don't need or deserve more public $ for the project.
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Video of 6.25.25 #IDAstl meeting (24 mins):
youtu.be/nxpmrbOedaU?...
Sole project on agenda: Delmar Divine Phase 2 (5558 Enright parcel, adjacent to DD1, 5505 Delmar)
Earliest possible year that full real estate taxes will be paid, assuming DD is not owned by a private entity,such as Wash U: 2042.
Bingo!
On the dot of 9 a.m. today, the video recordings of the 6.25.25 #IDAstl & #LRAstl meetings were made available to the public.
The videos were uploaded to YouTube last week, but set to "private."
Posting the videos 3 business days after the meeting has been standard practice since Jan. 2023.
Good morning St. Louis!
Coming up at 9 a.m: I expect the recordings of the #LRAstl & #IDAstl meetings held on 6.25.25 will be made public on SLDC YouTube.
Playlist of meeting videos of boards staffed by SLDC.
www.youtube.com/@DevelopStLo...
SLDC meetings should be live-streamed & uploaded promptly.
#TransparencyFail update on SLDC: The video of the 6.25.25 #IDAstl board was uploaded to YouTube yesterday but remains hidden from public view.
It will probably be made public at 9 a.m. Monday.
I submitted 4 #SunshineSLDC requests regarding Delmar Divine 1 & 2 late this afternoon. Stay tuned!
Video posted at 9 a.m. today of the Tues. 6.24.25 City of St. Louis #LCRAstl meeting:
youtu.be/29pwCGBRlyQ?...
I'm calling on @developstlouis.bsky.social @caraspencer.bsky.social to live-stream all SLDC-staffed board meetings. In addition, selection committees & #IDAstl hearings should be posted
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Today two more meeting recordings of development boards staffed by SLDC were uploaded to @developstlouis.bsky.social YouTube, but kept private:
6/24 #LCRAstl & 6/25 #IDAstl
The screencapture of the playlists on SLDC’s YouTube channel was taken at 2:20 p.m. today.
#NoAccountabilityWithoutTransparency
1:09 p.m. #IDAstl update: We're still waiting for a quorum for the board meeting to begin.
Note: I believe IDA chair Gary Reed suffered a stroke a few months ago.
Today at 1 p.m.
City of STL Industrial Development Authority
#IDAstl packet, inc. Zoom 🔗 tinyurl.com/yaw5jj54
Initial resolution to facilitate $30M in bonds for #DelmarDivineSTL phase 2.
Previously approved: 15 year tax abatement & STE on materials. Note: mystery #LCRAstl $1.6M loan! (news to me)
Screenshot from a Zoom meeting of the City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission.
Screenshot of the 1/8/20 meeting of the STL Airport Commission, as posted on the FLY314 YouTube channel.
Screenshot of Zoom image of the 5/15/25 meeting of the St. Louis Mental Health Board. The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format.
Screenshot of an image from Twitter, showing a portion of the City of St. Louis meeting calendar notice for a public hearing conducted by telephone on 6/8/23.
Top four STL gov bodies for which meeting recordings should be posted online:
🏠 Affordable Housing Commission #AHCstl
✈️ STL Airport Commission #FLYSTL
⛅ STL Mental Health Board #STLMHB
🏴 IDA (sham) Public Hearings, which are conducted by phone without board members present. #IDASTL
SLDC mouse-clicked at 9 a.m. today to make public the @developstlouis.bsky.social YouTube videos of the May 8 #PortAuthoritySTL & #IDAstl board meetings.
The SLDC meetings should be live-streamed on YouTube. There’s no reason to delay the posting of recordings.
PA video: youtu.be/lhQXJYXynYo?...
Starting now!
City of St. Louis Industrial Development Authority Regular Board Meeting. 4/10/25 1:30 P.M.
Zoom & in-person at 1520 Market St., Ste 2000, board room.
#IDASTL #SunshineSLDC
Lon Boehr (sp?) of SDG
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
The City of St. Louis IDA board meets at 1:30 p.m. today.
The #IDAstl is staffed by SLDC & @stlpartnership.bsky.social
#SunshineSLDC
Meeting details from @stateofstlouis.bsky.social ⬇️
It's hard to piece together the actions on IDA & #LCRAstl for 1410 Ohio. The 11.14.24 #IDAstl board packet has a summary of the project. See pages 16-22: tinyurl.com/emv8ds85
SLDC declined to include IDA as a "decision making body" subject to the terms of tax incentive reform Ord. 71620.🤔
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The agendas for the three telephone hearings are posted with the respective meeting notices on the public meeting calendar.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/all-p...
The meeting documents are also posted on the IDA section of the original SLDC website: tinyurl.com/2rasxzsy
#IDAstl
Correction! The #IDAstl meeting materials now include the developer application and project narrative.
Click on the agenda (image 1); then 2 docs are displayed: the original hearing notice (not strictly an agenda; image 2) & the developer's IDA application & project narrative.
#TransparencyWin
Join me on the hot line to SLDC at 12:15 p.m. today for three performative hearings conducted by the hearing officer for the #IDAstl board.
The projects may also be seeking tax abatement from the City of St. Louis.
#TransparencyFail
#OpaCITYstl
📞 Call in at 12:15 p.m Wednesday to three simultaneous sham public hearings by the City of St. Louis Industrial Development Authority.
IDA board members don’t attend.
Hearings are by telephone only.
SLDC does not post detailed project info online; one has to request the info from staff.
#IDAstl
The City of St. Louis Industrial Development Authority meeting was not held today, due to lack of quorum. Only two board members were present; maybe the others are shoveling snow.
The only scheduled agenda item was a closed session.
Check #IDAstl for activities of this obscure but powerful board.
Today at 1:30 p.m.
City of St. Louis Industrial Development Authority board meeting.
Zoom & at SLDC HQ, 1520 Market.
Bond issuances for two housing developments.
#IDASTL
Agenda packet has project resolutions.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Check out this report by @goodjobsfirst.org
"St. Louis is rated: Below Transparency Expectations"
The City's Industrial Development Authority is featured on page 66. The #IDAstl conducts public hearings by telephone without the board members present!
Selective transparency = Opaque Government
At a telephone hearing conducted by the #IDAstl hearing officer, I commented on the glaring conflict of interest for McBride's role as board member of 7 SLDC boards & #NexusPAC treasurer. These comments were not included in the hearing minutes, while other comments were accurately reflected. 👀
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The City of St. Louis' Industrial Development Authority is featured in this recent report from @goodjobsfirst.org
"STL is rated: Below Transparency Expectations"
See pg 66.
The #IDAstl has issued bonds for Cortex, generating funds that have more far more flexibility than TIF
#CortexTIF #CortexIDA
