Ordinances by Topic Fees and Payment Information

This Board Bill approves the Third Amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement between the City and Carondelet Broadway TIF, Inc. The purpose of this amendment is to remove certain property from the encumbrance of the Redevelopment Agreement originally approved by Ordinance No. 69520 and previously amended by Ordinance Nos. 70183 and Ordinance No. 70498.

An Ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment amending Section One of Ordinance Number 71554; and appropriating a portion of the funds received under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Section 9901, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Act (the “Act”), authorizing certain expenditures of such funds, to the extent received, authorizing contracts and other documents to expend such funds, to the extent received, and containing a severability clause and emergency clause.

The purpose of this bill is to update the Liquor Code provisions of the City of St. Louis with an emphasis on streamlining the liquor license application process for Restaurants with liquor, enhancing provisions relating to public safety and to incorporate various other changes. The bill eliminates the plat and petition requirements for an initial license application for Restaurants with liquor, allowing an appellate right where same is denied, and adds other provisions, including allowing the Excise Commissioner to retain hearing officers to carry out its functions, increasing the penalties for entities who fail to obtain a liquor license where one is required or where a license is revoked, providing a provision for notice of violations to a license holder, allowing for inspection of certain licensed premises, setting forth an emergency provision for temporary suspension of a license, setting forth a jurisdictional cooperation provision amongst City departments, clarifying contested case procedure for hearing before Excise, and eliminating or alleviating burdensome and restrictions where there is a death or incapacity of a business owner or a change in corporation interest or managing officer.

This proposed ordinance would establish a program providing access to legal representation for tenants facing eviction or equivalent proceedings; provide an appropriation for initial costs to begin the program; create the position of program coordinator in the Department of Human Services to implement and oversee the program; require the ongoing assessment of and oversight over the needs and outcomes of the program; provide that organizations providing legal representation under the program should work to provide the best possible outcome for a case; require property owners to provide tenants information regarding the availability of the program when terminating tenancy, and require the program coordinator to produce and make available to property owners materials for this use; and require that the program coordinator will work to engage and educate tenants and others about the program, including a severability clause, and an emergency clause.

An ordinance submitting to the qualified voters of the City of St. Louis a gross receipts tax to be imposed on telecommunications and fiber network providers as set forth herein; providing for an election to be held therefore and the manner of voting thereat; and, upon passage of said ballot measure, an amendment to City of St. Louis Ordinance 67717 as codified in Section 23.34.020 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis and Sections 23.34.010 though 23.34.030 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis reflecting gross receipts tax to be imposed as approved by the voters of the City of St. Louis; establishing a Telecommunications Gross Receipts Tax Fund, and requiring the gross receipts tax collected pursuant to the Sections 23.34.010 through 23.34.030 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis to be deposited into the Telecommunications Gross Receipts Tax Fund to be appropriated and expended to further smart city initiatives in the City of St. Louis.

An ordinance amending Section 2, of Ordinance No. 58267, approved March 19, 1981 and codified as Section 2.08.060 of the Revised Code of Ordinances of the City of St. Louis, pertaining to candidate payments to the political party upon whose ticket he or she proposes as a candidate and seeks nomination, one percent of the annual salary of the office for which he or she is a candidate, to permit a candidate to submit said payments to the Board of Election Commissioners at the time the candidate files his or her declaration of candidacy; and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 92 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JEFFREY BOYD An ordinance repealing section 17.62.220 of section one of Ordinance 62047 approved July 20, 1990, pertaining to the administration and use of the parking meter fund, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section pertaining to the same subject matter.

BOARD BILL NO. 59 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN STEPHEN CONWAY An ordinance, relating to the Solid Waste Services Fee established under Ordinance No. 68698, authorizing an increase to said fee of three dollars ($3.00) per month per dwelling unit commencing with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 246 INTRODUCED BY PRESIDENT LEWIS REED, ALDERMAN STEPHEN CONWAY, ALDERMAN JACK COATAR An ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Public Service authorizing and directing the execution and delivery of s Financing Agreement (the “Financing Agreement”) by and among The City of St. Louis, Missouri (the “City), the 14th and Market Community Improvement District (the “CID”), and the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the City of St. Louis (the “Authority”), pertaining to the financing of the rehabilitation of the real property located at 1401 Clark Avenue in the City on which real property is located a multipurpose sports and entertainment venue commonly known as the Scottrade Center (the “Scottrade Center”) and issuance of and provision for repayment of bonds issued by the Authority to finance said rehabilitation; authorizing the planning, design and construction of certain public works or improvements related to said rehabilitation; authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Comptroller to enter into and execute, on behalf of the City, said Financing Agreement; authorizing and directing the taking of other actions and approvals and execution of other documents as necessary or desirable to carry out and comply with the intent hereof; and containing an emergency clause and a severability clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 98 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JEFFREY BOYD An Ordinance pertaining to miscellaneous fees or surcharges imposed by the City Courts; amending Section Two of Ordinance 56787, codified as Section 3.08.240 of the Revised Code of the City of St. Louis, by providing for the assessment of a four dollar ($4.00) fee imposed by the City Courts for payment of court costs by means other than cash or negotiable instrument in order to cover the transaction costs imposed by credit card companies or other payment providers and containing an emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 63 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN ANTONIO FRENCH AND ALDERMAN CONWAY, ALDERWOMAN MURPHY, ALDERMAN KENNEDY, ALDERMAN CARTER, PRESIDENT REED,ALDERWOMAN KREWSON, ALDERWOMAN GREEN, ALDERWOMAN DAVIS, AND ALDERWOMAN SPENCER An Ordinance requiring that any proposed board bill which has a cost associated with its passage have a fiscal note prepared.

BOARD BILL NO. 181 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN TERRY KENNEDY An ordinance repealing Ordinance 69399 and 69006 and in lieu thereof enacting a new ordinance prohibiting the issuance of any package or drink liquor licenses for any currently non-licensed premises within the boundaries of the Eighteenth 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 transfer of existing licenses, under certain circumstances, and the issuance of a drink license to persons operating a restaurant at a previously non-licensed premises and containing an emergency clause

BOARD BILL NO. 70 INTRODUCED BY ALDERWOMAN CARA SPENCER, ALDERMAN SAMUEL MOORE, ALDERMAN CHRIS CARTER, ALDERMAN SHANE COHN An ordinance calling and providing for the holding of an election in the City of St. Louis on November 8, 2016, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the City of St. Louis the question of charging a fee for the issuance of a permit for the operation of a Short-Term Loan Establishment, and directing the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen to notify the responsible election authorities of this election.

BOARD BILL #34 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JOSEPH VACCARO An Ordinance recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing and directing the St. Louis Municipal Finance Corporation (as further defined herein, the “Corporation”) to issue and sell its Recreation Sales Tax Leasehold Revenue Refunding Bonds (City of St. Louis, Missouri, Lessee), Series 2016, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $43,000,000 (as further defined herein, the “Series 2016 Bonds”) in order to refund all or a portion of its outstanding Recreation Sales Tax Leasehold Revenue Bonds (City of St. Louis, Missouri, Lessee), Series 2007 (as further defined herein, the “Series 2007 Bonds”), all for the general welfare, safety and benefit of the citizens of The City of St. Louis, Missouri (as further defined herein, the “City”); authorizing and directing the Corporation to execute and deliver the Second Supplemental Indenture (as defined herein), any necessary supplement or amendment to the Base Lease or the Lease Purchase Agreement relating to the Leased Property, the Leasehold Deed of Trust, the Tax Compliance Agreement, the Official Statement, the Bond Purchase Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, if any, and the Credit Agreement, if any (all as defined herein); authorizing the City to execute any supplement or amendment to the Base Lease or the Lease Purchase Agreement, the Tax Compliance Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, if any, and the Credit Agreement, if any (all as defined herein); authorizing the Corporation to obtain credit enhancement for the Series 2016 Bonds from a Credit Provider (as defined herein); authorizing the payment of any obligations due to a Credit Provider, if any, and authorizing the Comptroller, and any other appropriate City officials to execute the Credit Agreement 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 Series 2016 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

BOARD BILL NO. 212 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JOSEPH RODDY An ordinance determining that the Tax Increment Financing Plans listed in Exhibit “A” are making satisfactory progress under the proposed time schedule for completion of projects therein.

BOARD BILL NO. 211 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JOSEPH RODDY An Ordinance dissolving Special Allocation fund for the Jefferson Arms Redevelopment Area, and terminating the designation of a certain respective portion of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, relating to a redevelopment area and authorizing certain actions relating thereto and containing a severability and emergency clause.

BOARD BILL NO. 210 INTRODUCED BY ALDERMAN JOSEPH RODDY An ordinance dissolving Special Allocation Fund for the Chemical Building Redevelopment Area, and terminating the designation of a certain respective portion of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, relating to a redevelopment area and authorizing certain actions relating thereto and containing a severability and emergency clause.