Sunshine Gerry

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Today in @stlmag.bsky.social

Hansen promised that the new district, to be known as the Midtown Public Infrastructure Redevelopment District, would operate transparently & have public meetings.
"This is going to be a fully transparent, open-book process"
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City of St. Louis TIF Commission meets March 11 at 8:30 a.m. See ALTs.

Midtown St. Louis group seeks tax money to fix 'awful' streets Business leaders promised transparency, no tax increases if tax increment financing is approved.

Biz leaders in Midtown area are hoping to get a new kind of TIF approved www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

Notice of Public Hearing for the Port Authority Commission of the City Of St. Louis. 3/12/26 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Hearing for the creation of STL Port Improvement District No. 2 for the Jefferson Arms project.

The delay may be to sustain the blight conditions on the first floor.

The #PortAuthoritySTL will conduct a stealth “public” hearing at 9 a.m. on March 12f for the he creation of a third taxing district for the Jefferson Arms.

#JeffArmsPID + #JeffArmsTIF + JA TDD = #CorpWelfareHotel

How’s the Jefferson Arms progressing?

“This bill requires the City of STL to pay for many things that it never had to do before there was a state board. For example, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for the Board of Police Commissioners to have their own lawyer,” says Hanlon.

STL has paid Graville over $310K in the FY26😠

Screengrab from sunshineweek.org; text explains Sunshine Week, March 15 - 21, 2026.

Screengrab from sunshineweek.org;. Sunshine Week logo and icons of six platforms on which Sunshine Week details will be shared.

If you’re a city official who has received an email from the public asking a basic question regarding a PUBLIC HEARING, please respond in a timely fashion.

Thanks in advance.

National #SunshineWeeK starts March 15!
Details: sunshineweek.org

#SunshineSTL #OpaCITYstl

Webpage for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission board meeting materials. Following the cancellation of the February 12 meeting the board packet was removed from this webpage. See ALT on image 2.

Webpage for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission board meeting materials; Screengrab image taken after the board agenda packet m(PDF) was uploaded on Feb. 10. See ALT for image 1.

Page 1 of the agenda packet for the Feb. 12 Port Authority Commission. The wrong date (January 11) is specified; the meeting start time is 9 a.m. The web calendar notice specified a starting time of 8 a.m. The inconsistencies in the meeting details may have been the reason for the meeting cancellation.

In classic SLDC fashion, the board packet for the cancelled 2/12 Port meeting was removed from the calendar notice webpage & the board materials webpage. See ALTs.

Gov agencies should not permit meeting docs to be removed.

Remember to download any file of interest ASAP before #opaCITYstl strikes.

Belated update: The 2/12/26 City of St. Louis Port Authority meeting was cancelled without prior notification to the public.

The public hearings for two Port Improvement Districts might be conducted at the 3/12 Port meeting.

The Soccer CID #BOABB168 will be heard at HUDZ on 3/12. 👀

Agenda posted for March 11 Planning Commission.
5:30 p.m. Hybrid.
Herzog Elementary School
5831 Pamplin Avenue, 63147.
& Zoom.
Presentation & Public Hearing on Walnut Park & Mark Twain
Neighborhood Plan.

#PlanCommSTL details:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

* NO hearing on data center regs *

Board of Aldermen - March 6, 2026 YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri

Happy #BOAfriday to all.
Watch the full St. Louis Board of Aldermen live.
Audio sucks periodically & Zoom is no longer an option for full BOA.

Agenda: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

#BOAbb158 revives the #CEDBstl, pending final vote & mayor’s signature

www.youtube.com/live/hSw8QQe...

Agenda for March 6 meeting of CEDB. pages 1-2 if board packet. Link to board packet, which includes Zoom information: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sldc/boards/documents/upload/26-3-6-CEDB-Agenda-packet-4.pdf

Cryptic memorandum by SLDC staff regarding the actions of CEDB members at the board meeting on January 2nd. Page 3 of today’s board packet.

Slide from presentation on the Edison PACE project by Midas Hospitality at the 1/2/26 meeting of the CEDB. Screengrab from SLDC YouTube video.

CEDB Resolution authorizing PACE loan for Edison building hotel project. Pages 6-7 of packet.

Why is the combo today’s 10 a m St. Louis BOA meeting & the 3 p.m. Clean Energy Development Board meeting intriguing?

➡️ BOA final vote on #BOA158 restores the authority of #CEDBstl

➡️ Today’s 3 p.m. CEDB resolution is do-over of the board’s Jan. 2 approval of a PACE loan for Edison building hotel.

Good morning to @developstlouis.bsky.social

Please post the notices of public hearings for the upcoming #PortAuthoritySTL meeting(s) at which the hearings will be conducted.
I believe the notices ran in the St. Louis Daily Record a week ago.

Thanks in advance!
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#SunshineMatters☀️

Mayor calls for balance and consistency as SLDC names St. Louis native to lead development push After months of searching, St. Louis Development Corporation named Stephen Westbrooks as its next president and CEO.

IMO, Mr. Westbrooks needs to dismantle the systemic #OpacitySTL at SLDC if the mayor wants true transparency.

"I fully trust him to help us create a clear, standardized incentive process that is transparent & predictable for developers and community alike." - Mayor Spencer

tinyurl.com/35ycatmd

Resident making a pitch at the Public Utilities & Infrastructure committee:

Bring back the Admiral to the riverfront!
But without the gambling.

Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee - March 5, 2026 YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri

Water Commissioner Niraj S.Patel is presenting to the St. Louis BOA's Public Infrastructure & Utilities Committee.

Watch live & don't forget to subscribe:
www.youtube.com/live/MMdDGm_...

"Bad news"
To date in 2026: 155 work orders for water main repairs
Total work orders for 2025: 399.

Live now! St. Louis Airport Commission.
Zoom only. Started at 2 p.m.

Up now: agreement with British Airways. Approved unanimousl on a voice vote.

AC resolutions & docs are not posted in advance.
#FLYSTL AC meetings are not posted on the city's YouTube channel.

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Did the SLDC board vote in open session at today's special meeting to confirm the selection of Mr. Westbrooks?

Vacant properties make up a good deal of the buildings that need to be knocked down. The recovery office estimates nearly half of the buildings that will need demolitions were vacant before the #STLtornado, which makes them almost all “universally ineligible” for demolition through FEMA funding.

Starting now!
10:49 a.m.
SLDC board meeting.
Citations for closed session point to a personnel matter. Not all #SunshineLaw sections listed on agenda were referenced.
“we’ll see you on the other side” #ZoomGov

Will the board vote to select a new President/CEO?

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Board of Police Commissioners - March 4, 2026 YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri

Live now! (9:22 a.m; started at 9:02 a.m.)
Board of Police Commissioners for the City of St. Louis.
www.youtube.com/live/7ePVD7O...

Does he have a Masters in Obfuscation Studies?

The reason the public aren't in the room for the SLDC presentation today is that the item was only added to the agenda yesterday morning.

The public finds it hard to participate when minimal notice is provided.

I'd love equal time afforded to Smith & Rasmussen to share my perspective with #HUDZ

If any alders on the #HUDZ committee see this post, please ask Steve Smith (New + Found/formerly The Lawrence Group) about the units at his #MarquetteTIF project* that went to a tax sale in 2025 and are now owned by the City of St. Louis #LRAstl

*Quoted post👇

Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee - March 3, 2026 YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri

Live now (11:10 a.m.)
St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee.
Public hearings for:
First: BB 161 (ARPA re-appropriations)

BB 66 Incentive reform.

BB 155 Yet another #taxingdistrictSTL for Downtown. (Team Husch & GSL in the room)

SLDC presentation on development

www.youtube.com/live/NlDeh6t...

"Officials declined to release records about the exact investment each company made, citing privacy laws, but agreed to release aggregate totals to the Post-Dispatch in a records request."

bsky.app/profile/step...

"..Albus hand-delivered a $1M check to City Hall on behalf of Alston &Chakraverty as part of an agreement the brothers made to repay the tax breaks they had received. The Department of Justice's indictment had put the value of the incentives the developers received at more than twice that amount" 👀

ICYMI: Developers of the proposed #DataCenterSTL at #3728Market will make their case at the City of St. Louis
Conditional Use Hearing on March 19 at 8:30 a.m.
Zoom & phone.

1.16.26 permit application signed by #DeadbeatDeveloper Greenstreet.
GS owe $2.7 M+ for 4 years property taxes for 3728.

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Meeting notice with links to the agenda & 700+ page agenda packet:

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

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