Board of Aldermen - Regular Meeting

The board will now come to order. Madame clerk, please call the role. Alderwoman Schwitzer. Alderman Odenberg. Acting President Comb present. Alman Norion. Alderman Devote. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Sonier present. Alderwoman Cox Anti. Alderman Browning. Alderwoman Clark Hubard here. Alderwoman Keys. Alderwoman Tyus

here. President. Thank you. Alderwoman Boyd here. Alderman Aldrich. President Green. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderman Browning. 13 present.

A quorum being present. Uh we originally had uh an opening reflection that was going to be provided by uh Miss Tiffany Lacy Clark with Behavioral Health Response uh for mental a health awareness week. Unfortunately, she's unable to be with us this morning. Um but I would like to acknowledge and have a moment of silence uh for the victims of the May 16th tornado. We're coming up on one year uh since the tornado ravaged uh large parts of our city and would like to take a moment for us to reflect and have a moment of silence for those neighbors that we lost. Announcements in any special order of the day.

We have none. Please dispense with line item four. Introduction of honored guests. Introduction of honored guests. We have none. Approval of minutes from Friday, May 8th, 2026. Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the approval of the meeting minutes from Friday, May 8th, 2026.

Right. I'm at seven. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the board, I approve the minutes from May 8th, 2026. I make a motion to approve the minutes from May 8th, 2026. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alderman from the 9th, that we approve our meeting minutes from Friday, May 8th, 2026. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed? Motion carries.

Report of city officials. Reporter city officials can be found in A, B, C, and D of the agenda and a copy has been placed in a Google Drive for your review. Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individuals for reappoint to the Bivo Community Improvement District. The reappointment of Samir Sahed. The reappoint of Mark Daly. The reappoint of Anthony Zanti. The reappoint of David Altoner. The reappointment of Jodi Timbrook. The reappoint of Sadique Cukic. The reappoint of Phyllis Zimmerman. The reappoint of Amelia Lewis. The reappoint of Sean Spencer, the reappoint of Nick Fuend, the reappoint of Sarah Sarah Barbara. I respectfully request your approval of these appointments. Sincerely, Cara Spencer, mayor.

Alderwoman, from the first, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Bivo Community Improvement District. Thank you, Mr. Vice President. I move to accept the mayor's nominations to the Bivo Community Improvement District. Second. It's been moved by the alderman from the 1st, seconded by the alderman from the eighth that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Bivo Community Improvement District. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, madame clerk, please call the role. Alderwoman Schwitzer, I. Alderman Odenberg, Acting Chair Conn,

I. Alderman Orion, Alderman Devote, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, Alderwoman Cox, Hi. Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard, I Alderwoman Keys, I. Alderwoman Tyus I. Alderwoman Boyd I. Alderman Aldrich I.

President Green. Alderwoman Velasquez. 13 I votes.

By your vote, you have sustained the motion from the alderwoman from the first and have approved Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Bivo Community Improvement. Dear members of the board, I have the pleasure to submit the following individual for reappointment to the Kingsbury Place HOA's capital improvement tornado recovery community improvement district. The appointment of Hannah McAfeus, I respectfully request your approval of these appointments. Sincerely, Cara Spencer, mayor. Alderwoman, from the 10th, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Kingsbury Place HOA Capital Improvement Tornado Recovery Community Improvement District.

I move that we adopt Mayor Spencer's appointment to the Kingsbury Place HOA's Capital Improvement Tornado Recovery Community Improvement District. It's been moved by the alderwoman from the 10th, seconded by the alderman from the 14th, that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Kingsbury Place HOA Capital Improvement Tornado Recovery Community Improvement District. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, Madame Clerk, please call the There's been a request for previous role. Is there any objection to previous role? Seeing none, Mayor Spencer's appointments are adopted. Petitions and communications. We have none.

Please dispense with line item eight. Board bills for perfection and formal. We have none. Please dispense with line item nine. Board bills for third reading informal calendar. We have none. Please dispense with line item 10. Resolutions. Informal calendar. We have none. Please dispense with line item 11. First reading of board bills.

Board bill number 22 introduced by President Green. Mayor Spencer. An ordinance recommended by the board of estimate and aortionment appropriating the sum of 230 million dollars of RAM settlement funds for deposit into various new special funds to rebuild North St. Lewis from May 16th tornado and decades of disadvancement support infrastructure and neighborhoods citywide in revitalized downtown to increase revenue for the entire city with amounts as described herein and containing a cerability clause and an emergency clause. Board bill number 23 introduced by Alderman Devote pursuant to ordinance number 70333 as amended by ordinance number 71394. An ordinance directing the director of streets to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic on various blocks in the fifth ward. That is the extent of first reading of board bills. Reference to committee of board bills

to HUD's committee board bill number 22 and to public infrastructure board bill number 23. Second reading and report of standing committees.

The following board bills were reported out of public infrastructure with a due pass recommendation. Board bill number two introduced by Audwoman Schwitzer Browning Cox Antoui Alderwoman Clark Hubard an ordinance recommended by the board of estimate and a portionment authorizing the city of St. Louis water division to accept community water fluidation equipment repair and replacement funding appropriating said funds authorizing the expenditure of such funds to the extent received authorizing contracts and other documents to expend such funds to the extent received and containing an emergency clause. Board bill number 11 introduced by Alderwoman Clark Huard. Pursuant to ordinance number 70333 as amended by ordinance number 71394, an ordinance directing the director of streets to install speed humps to calm the flow of traffic on the 5100 block of Vernon Avenue in the 10th ward. That is the extent of second reading and report of standing committees.

Yes. Report of special committees. We have none. Please dispense with line item 15, perfection consent calendar. We have none. Please dispense with line item 16, board bills for perfection.

Board bill number nine, floor substitute. Introduced by Alderman Aldrich, President Green, Mayor Spencer, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard, Alderman Norion, Alderwoman Keys, Alderman Con, and Alderwoman Coxantu. An ordinance pertaining to compensation for employees under the classified service amending ordinance 71963 approved February 2025 by amending the pay schedule in section 2C and amending section 7A by adding a new subsection of section 7 A3. The provision the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective with the start of the first period in which this ordinance is approved by the mayor.

Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the perfection of board bill 9 floor substitute. Thank you, Mr. President. Members of the board, I move to perfect board bill 9 floor substitute. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alderman from the fourth that we perfect board bill 9, floor substitute. Alderman, you may proceed. Thank you, Mr. uh acting president. Members of the board discussed this last week. There was an error where I didn't actually perfect the floor substitute. So, we're perfecting the floor substitute and then we'll move it to third read and final pass. Um, but we talked about this as a one-time lump sum for civil service employees in the city of St. Louis. And I would open up for any discussion. Is there any discussion?

Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call the role. Alderwoman Switzer, I. Alman Odenberg, Acting Chair, Acting President Cole, I. Alderman Orion, Alderman Devote, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sier, Alderwoman Coxan Twe, Hi, Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard. Hi. Alderwoman Keys. Hi. Alderwoman Tus,

present. Alderwoman Boyd. I Alderman Aldrich. Hi. President Green. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Sier. 12 I votes one present. By your vote, you have sustained the motion from the alderman from the 14th and have perfected board bill 9, floor substitute. Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of moving board bill 9, floor substitute, to the third reading and final passage of board bills consent calendar.

Thank you, Mr. President, members of the board. I move to suspend the rules to move board bill 9, floor substitute through the third reading and final passage board bill's consent calendar. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alderwoman from the 7th that we suspend the rules to move board bill 9, floor substitute to excuse me, to the third reading and final passage of board bill's consent calendar. Alderman, you may proceed. I renew my motion. Objection. What's your objection to, Alderwoman? He's moving it to consent calendar and I am not I'm voting present. So, I have an objection to it being moved to the consent calendar. Would you be okay moving it to the regular? Yep. I make a That is correct. Yeah.

I renew I remove my alderwoman from the seventh. Would you remove your second? I withdraw my motion to move board bill 9 floor substitute to third read and final passage of board bills to the consent calendar. And I make a new motion to move board bill 9 floor substitute to the third reading and final passage of board bills. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th that we move uh board bill 9 floor substitute to the regular third reading and final passage of board bills. It was seconded by the alderwoman from the 7th. Alderman, you may proceed. I renew my motion. Previous role.

There's been a request for previous role. This is suspension of the rules. I think we have to do a roll call on suspension of the rules. Uh it's a non-debatable motion. Madame clerk, please call the role. Alderwoman Schwitzer. Hi, Alman Odenberg. Acting President Con. I alderman Ryan, alderman Devote, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, hi. Alderwoman Coxantu, hi. Alderman Browning. Alderwoman Clark Hubard. Alderwoman Keys. I Alderwoman Tyus

I. Alderwoman Boyd. I. Alderman Aldrich. I. President Green. Alderwoman Velasquez. 13 I votes. By your vote, you have sustained the motion from the alderman from the 14th. Madame clerk, please place board bill 9, floor substitute, on the regular third reading and final passage of board bills. So noted. Report of engrossment. We have none. Wait a minute. Board bill. Board bill 94 substitute.

Thank you. Uh third reading and final passage of board bills consent. We have none. Please dispense with line item 19. Third reading and final passage of board bills.

Board bill number nine. Floor substitute introduced by Alderman Aldrich. President Green mayor Spencer. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Sonier. Alderman Browning. Alderwoman Clark Hubard. Alderman Norion. Alderwoman Keys. Alderman Conn. Alderwoman Coxantu. An ordinance pertaining to compensation for employees under the CL classified service amending ordinance number 71963 approved February 2025 by amending the pay schedule and section 2C and amending section 7A by adding a new subsection of section 7 A3. The provisions of the sections contained in this ordinance shall be effective with the start of the first pay period in which this ordinance is approved by the mayor. Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to adopt third reading and final passage of board bill of board bills.

I make a motion that we third read and final pass board bill number nine, floor substitute. Pardon? Uh alderman, we're passing board bills on the third reading and final passage. There's none on consent calendar. You're going to move that we third read and finally pass board bill nine floor substitute. I just seconded by the alderman from the 7th. Okay, you may proceed. I renew my motion. Is there any discussion? Roll call. Any further discussion? There's been a request for roll call. Madame clerk, please call the role.

Alderwoman Schwitzer. Alderman Odenberg. Acting President Con Alderman Norion. Alderman Devote. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Sier. Alderwoman Coxantu. Hi. Alderman Browning. Alderwoman Clark Hubard. I Alderwoman Keys. Alderwoman Tyus present. Alderwoman Boyd.

Hi. Alderman Aldrich. Hi. President Green. Acting President Con. Hi. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Keys. I 12 I votes, one present. By your vote, you have sustained the motion of the alderman from the 14th and have third read and finally passed the aforementioned board bills report and finally passed and signed by the president.

Board bill number nine, floor substitute. All other business being suspended, the president shall an open session affix his signature hereto to the end that these may become law.

First reading and resolution and reference to committee. We have none. Please dispense with line item 22. Second reading of resolutions, committee reports and adoption. Report from the health and human development committee. Mayor appointment of Michael Fitzgerald to the developmental disabilities resource committee. Alder reading them all.

Mayor reappoint of Janice Thomas to the mental health board. Mayor appointment of Jan Miley or to the clean energy development board. That is the extent of second reading resolutions committee and reports and adoption. Alderwoman, from the 13th, you're recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Developmental Disability Resource Committee, the Senior Citizens Service Fund Board, the Mental Health Board, and the Clean Energy Development Board, otherwise known as PACE.

Thank you, Mr. Acting President, and the board. I respectively ask for your uh approval of the uh appointments to the uh disability resolution committee to the mental health board and to the clean energy board. The uh committee met and unanimously voted these candidates in and then they were vetted. Thank you, Alderwoman. We're still having um some technical difficulties with your camera. Would you be okay if the alderman from the second ward made the motion on your behalf? Please. Yes. Cuz I my face is just sitting still.

Yesterday I was smiling. Today I'm looking crazy. So if you could please, I appreciate it. All right. Thank you, Alderwoman. Alderman from this second, you are recognized on Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Developmental Disability Resource Committee, the Senior Services Service Fund Board, the Mental Health Board, and the Clean Energy Development Board. Thank you, Mr. Acting President, members of the board. I move we adopt the mayor's appointments to the Development Disabilities Resources Committee, to the Mental Health Board, and to the Clean Energy Development Board.

It's been moved by the alderman and the senior services. Uh, yep. Okay. So, uh, it's been moved by the alderman from the second, seconded by the alderman from the ninth that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Developmental Disability Resource Committee, the Senior Services Service Fund Board, the Mental Health Board, and the Clean Energy Development Board, otherwise known as PACE. Is there any discussion? Alderwoman from the 12th? Um, yes, Mr. President, members of the board, I am looking at my agenda and there is no senior services appointment. So, I'm trying to figure out where that is coming from. There's a mental uh

Michael Fitzgerald to the developmental disabilities re there's no senior service. I So, you keep saying that but I don't see it and the woman from the uh 13th didn't say it and neither did the alderman from the second. So, where's the senior services? Oh, my apologies alderwoman. uh the uh script before me, the gentleman that was appointed to the senior service uh senior citizen service fund was unable to make it to committee. Uh so would the alderman from the ninth and the second withdraw? Oh, he didn't say. Oh, perfect. All right, then.

Thank you. So, thank you for that note, alderwoman. Uh, it's been moved by the alderman from I point out he uh the alderman from the second did add it when you coached him to he read it correctly the first time. So I want to make sure that we get it right. We're not appointing anyone to the senior service

that so the the motion before us is correct. Alderwoman, I'm going to just reiterate that it's been moved by the alderman from the second ward, seconded by the alderman from the ninth ward that we approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the Developmental Disability Resource Committee, the Mental Health Board, and the Clean Energy Development Board, otherwise known as PACE. Is there any discussion? Madame Clerk, please call the role. Alderwoman Schwitzer, Alderman Odenberg, Hi, Acting President Conn. Hi, Alman Orion. Hi. Alderman Devote, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sier, hi. Alderwoman Clark, hi.

Alderman Browning, hi. Alderwoman Clark Hubard I. Alderwoman Keys.

Alderwoman Tus I. Alderwoman Boyd I. Alderman Aldrich. President Green. Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Keys. 12. I vote. By your vote. You have sustained the motion from the alderman of the second to approve Mayor Spencer's appointments to the aforementioned committee and boards. Alderwoman from the seventh. You are recognized on the motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing courtesy resolution number 24.

Thank you, acting president. I would like to make a motion to suspend the rules for the purposes of introducing courtesy resolution 24. It's been moved by the alderwoman from the 7th, seconded by the alderwoman first that we suspend the rules for the purpose of introducing courtesy resolution number 24. Alderwoman, you may proceed.

Thank you, acting president. Um, as was mentioned when we opened up today, tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the tornado. There is going to be a filming tomorrow that uh displays a documentary that shows the work of an organization that is really talked about in depth um in the resolution um for Cammy Camra Thomas who um if I could I really cannot talk about how impressed I am with her, how much work she's done. Um she's done a lot. She actually is a resident of the 14th ward, but she's been incredibly involved in efforts. Um and I just thought it was really important to highlight uh the documentary. in a documentary is actually going to be shown at the luminary, which I think is really important because uh to any of my constituents who may be listening, I think that it's really important to show in every way that there are folks who don't live in North City that support North City in a tornado impacted areas getting all of the resources that they very much need. And the documentary encapsulate the story in a beautiful way. And the showing is going to be in the seventh ward. And so my hope is that this is an opportunity for us to reflect on what has happened to talk about what can come and to show citywide support for such an effort.

Thank you, Alderwoman. Is there any further discussion otherwise before or well actually we're suspending the rules so one from the 12th? Um I don't have um courtesy resolution number 24 from the floor or in the regular uh uh file. So either we need to get it in the um hopper before that we take a vote. It's a non-debatable motion but alderwoman there should be it was delivered on the floor moments before the meeting started. So it should be on the drive. It's not.

The uh clerk is telling me that you need to refresh your drive. I did. Um but this is a non-debatable motion. So, Madam Cler, I have to have it for me. And so, I'm going to object. I did. I've refreshed it. So, they said it's there, but it's not. Yeah. Alderman, it's a non-debatable motion. We're going to proceed with the vote. You're welcome to be legal because you have to have something before me. So you have to put it in the drive so I can see it. It's not I have no reason to be against it. I just don't have it. I just not see it. So anybody who's please show start knocking on doors. Madam clerk, please call the role.

Alderwoman Switzer, I'm going to have an objection because it's not before me. Noted. Alderwoman. Alderman Odenberg. Acting President Con. I. Alderman Orion, alderman Devotey, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sier, hi. Alderwoman Cox Twe, hi. Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard, hi.

Alderwoman Keys. Alderwoman Tyus. No, because the is not before me and I'm supportive of the resolution. I'm not supportive of us going along and not putting things to where people can see them and read them. And I'm not voting on anything that's not before me. Alderwoman Boyd. Hi.

Alderman Aldrich, President Green, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Keys. 11 I votes 1. By your vote, you have sustained the motion of the alderman from the 7th to suspend the rules for the purposes of placing resolution 24 at the end of the courtesy resolution calendar. Courtesy resolutions. Resolution number 18 introduced by alderman from the 14th. You're recognized on the motion to adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar.

Thank you, Mr. Acting President, members of the board. I move that we adopt the courtesy resolution calendar. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alderwoman from the 7th, that we adopt the courtesy resolution consent calendar. Is there any discussion? Alderman from the 12th. I am Alderwoman from the 12th. Thank you very much. I was dead before you ever came here. Um, older woman from the 12th. I don't know.

Thank you very much. Two things. I'm taking the 20 uh the resolution from the 24th off of the courtesy uh consent calendar and putting it on the regular calendar. And two, um I would like to point out that resolution number 19 has an error in it. If you go to the bottom of the last paragraph, now therefore be it resolved by the board of alderman of the city of St. Louis that we pause there's an R and it either should be our deliberations or in our deliberations but don't there's only an R so we need to make a correction for the scrier error that's there. Madam clerk please make note of the resolution 19 and that we uh have a request to move resolution was that 24 alderwoman that you want moved to the regular off consent.

Alderwoman, I said that. Yes, that's correct. Okay. Thank you. Madame Clerk, please make note. So noted. Alderman from the 14th. You're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Acting uh President. I would like to be added as a co-sponsor to board resolution number 19, resolution 20, and resolution 24. The alderman from the 14th would like to be added as a co-sponsor to resolutions 19, 20, and 24. So noted. Any further discussion? And resolution 21. Sorry. Alderman from the 14th would like to be added as a co-sponsor to resolution number 21 as well.

So noted. Any further discussion? Seeing none, alder Alderwoman from the ETH. Thank you. Uh, Mr. Vice Chair, I would also like it to be added as a co-sponsor to resolution number 21. So noted.

Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Alderman from the fifth. Uh please uh um please add me as a co-sponsor to resolution 23. Alderman from the fifth would like to be added as co-sponsor to resolution number 23. Noted.

Any further discussion? Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Opposed. Motion carries.

That is the extent of courtesy resolution. Alderwoman from the 7th, you're recognized on first reading of resolutions in reference to committee and the motion to adopt resolution number 24.

Thank you, acting president and members of the board. I would like to request for resolution 24. It's been moved by It's been moved by the alderwoman from the seventh, seconded by the alderwoman from the eth that we adopt uh resolution number 24 by unanimous consent. There's been an objection. Alderwoman from the seventh, you're recognized.

Thank you. As an acting president, members board, I would like to suspend a ruse for the purposes of being. It's been moved by the alderman from the 7th, seconded by the alderman the 14th that we suspend the rules for the purposes of uh first reading or uh first reading and adoption of resolution number 24. It's a non-debatable motion. Madame clerk, please call the role. Alwoman Schwitzer, I. Alman Odenberg, I acting president Con. Alderman Ryan. Alderman Devote, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, I Alderwoman Cox, I

Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard, I Alderwoman Keys, Alderwoman Tus, Alderwoman Boyd, I Alderman Aldrich, hi. President Green, Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Keys, Alderwoman Tyus. I President Green, 12 I votes.

By your vote, you have sustained the motion from the alderwoman from the 7th to suspend the rules for the purposes of uh adopting resolution number 24. Uh, alderwoman from the seventh, you're recognized on the motion to adopt resolution number 24. Thank you, acting president, members of the board, I would like to make a motion to adopt resolution. Second. It's been moved by the alderman from the 7th, seconded by the alderman from the 14th that we adopt resolution 24. Is there any discussion? Maybe not. Alderwoman from the 12th.

Thank you. It's always pleasant when you finally get something before you so you can ask questions about it if you have questions. Nobody wants to just be uh option for opt no reason at all. We have rules and if a a member does not have something before it, you ought to be ashamed of yourself acting president that you would try to push it before you. So um if the uh alderwoman from the seventh Yes. Yes. Will the alderwoman from the 7th yield the questions to the alderwoman from the 12th? Yes. Alderwoman from the 12th. You may proceed. Thank you.

Um um Alderwoman, so this uh film which is uh entitled Red Brick Blue Tarp and my friends and I this is a someone that you knew that was doing the film or is it somebody that you met while she was doing the film? Uh I've met her uh recently. She is a city resident. Um, I've definitely observed her a lot more since she started. I was honestly I was unaware that she was filming, but she is actually a nationally recognized filmmaker. Um, but I became familiar with her through her work tied to tornado recovery. And have you seen the film yet?

The film displays tomorrow. It's not been premiered. The premiere is tomorrow at the Lary. So, I haven't seen it, but there is a great trailer that is out about it. And I have been at many of the community events that will be featured in the I'm sorry. I have not seen the film because it's not been premiered yet. There's just a trailer out. The premiere is tomorrow at 6 o'clock. And so part of my purpose in this is just to help make sure folks know about that and to highlight her work leading up to the premiere tomorrow. Did you see the trailer? Yes. Okay. And is it online for those of us who would like to see it to see it? Yes. And I can happily send you the link, Alderwoman.

Thank you. Okay. And um what did in speaking to this person what is her what is her reason for doing this film? Uh well the film is really covering the journey of tornado recovery. One of many residents in our city who when tornado happened rose into action. Um she

sorry I'm just going to take this off. Um she is one of the many residents within the city who rose up when the recovery happened and participated in various efforts. She actually held a meeting within the seventh ward um on Cherokee Street at the Golden Record on the south side to encourage southsiders to get involved in the conversation around tornado recovery and the needed efforts. She even brought in um the Cornery Foundation actually to the city of St. Louis a couple of weeks ago to talk about some of the federal dollars and foundational elements that may be missing within recovery. Um, so she's done a number of things um that I have found really impressive and deeply respect both as a filmmaker and I think just resident who's interested in our city becoming whole and recovered. So, uh, her perspective was only among the black neighborhoods of North St. Louis because, uh, one of the things that I think that people miss out miss is that the tornado really was devastating in the central quarter and other parts of the west end of city of St. Louis too. I actually witnessed the tornado uh uh turn off of Kings Highway as I came through Delmare and hit Kings Highway and go up to Union. And if you drive on Union and all the private streets up there and all the way up to Clayton, there's a devastation um in other parts of the city that I don't want um people to forget. Even though I represent the neighborhoods that she uh is uh doing the film about. And do you know was that it just to do North St. Louis and why the other neighborhoods weren't included?

I I wouldn't say that her documentary just again I said tornado recovery impacted neighborhoods. I didn't specify which portion of the city. Um her her documentary is overall about tornado recovery. Um I have not seen the film but I know that she's had a number of meetings. Like I said she had a meeting on the south side in the seventh ward and uh only the very very southern parts might have been impacted at all by the tornado and she had it there. So, I would not say that she's limited her work to any specific neighborhood, but again, the resolution is about uh celebrating the work that she and her organization and her documentary have done overall um tied to tornado recovery, which is not tied to just any neighborhood because, as I mentioned, she's done things like bring a Corner Foundation have conversations about federal funding opportunities and a number of things. So, I wouldn't say she's limited her work to any neighborhood, but the purpose of the resolution is to give a holistic view of the work that she and her organization have done overall. Okay. So, when I read her the second uh paragraph of the resolution, it says, "Where the whereas the tornado inflicted its deepest wounds upon the predominantly black neighborhoods of North St. Louis communities already shaped by generations of redlinining disinvestment and systemic neglect, compounding existing vulnerabilities and threatening to accelerate the displacement of residents, families, and the multigenerational homes that have long been anchored uh anchors in th long anchored those neighborhoods. And so um that's why I asked was it u just only on North St. Louis or was it about the recovery from all across the city?

Now that's my writing. Yes, ma'am. That's my writing. No problem. I'm going to support the resolution. I'm supportive of artists. Um so I'll support that. I just wanted to see it and be able to read it and understand it. Thank you. You're welcome. Any further discussion? Seeing none, uh, Madame Clerk, please call the role. Hi, Alderwoman Schwitzer. Hi, Alderman Odenberg. Hi, Acting President Con.

Hi, Alderman Noran. Hi, Alderman Devote. Alderwoman Velasquez, Alderwoman Sonier, I Alderwoman Katanu, Hi, Alderman Browning, Alderwoman Clark Hubard, I alderwoman Keys, Alderwoman Tyus, I Alderwoman Boyd. Hi, Alderman Aldrich. Hi, President Green. Alderman Devote. Hi.

Alderwoman Velasquez. Alderwoman Keys. 12 I votes. By your vote, you have sustained the motion of the alderwoman from the 7th. Miscellaneous and unfinished business. We have none. Announcements.

Monday, May 18th, 2026, budget and public employees. 9:30 a.m. in the Kennedy room. Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, budget and public employees, 9:30 a.m. in the Kennedy room. Wednesday, May 20th, 2026, budget and public employees, 6 p.m. International Institute, located at 3401 Arsenal Street. Thursday, May 21st, 2026, full board meeting, 10:00 a.m. in the chambers. Any further announcements? Alderman from the 14th.

Thank you, Mr. uh acting president, members of the board. I'm stepping in the gap for the alderman of the elevated award has now an event coming up um tomorrow May 16th. Uh it's called Rise Up St. Louis. It'll be a fairground park from uh 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. It will be a Christian hiphop concert. There'll be free barbecue, cash giveaway, and family fun. And before that, there will be an event also at Fairground Park with All Hands on Deck and Rise Up St. Louis and Oldwoman Keys doing a community share and support fair which will start at 1000 a.m. and it will be going from 6:00 p.m. They will be giving away free groceries, free barbecue, hot dogs, live music, um

parking ticket uh ticket amnesty. Uh there'll be a kid arena. Uh this is supported by a lot of folks as we approaching the one year. Um and again this will be hosted by all hands on deck rise up St. Lewis and Alderwoman uh Laura Keys. And I know we missed it, but just as my announcement, I would like to have as a uh special guest, Mr. David Jackson, who is in the gallery. He is a former uh SLPS school board member as well as a former TIFF commissioner and currently a special adviser to the mayor. Uh and I just would like him to feel welcome. Thank you guys.

Alderwoman from the seventh. Thank you, acting president, members of the board. Um, I just wanted to take this time to do uh my special guest announcement with actually uh Sabrina Underwood. She's absolutely going to hate this, but she will be graduating with her bachelor's in social work from UMSL very soon in the next few weeks here and has been a practicum student with my office. She has done amazing work in researching. Um, I really have gotten involved with the continuum of care a lot deeper. She helped lead that work. She helped coordinate the joint town hall that I had, which was the first one with the older woman from the ETH. Um, she was in Problem Properties her previous semester, and did a lot of work there. She's help volunteers at the crisis nursery. Um, and so I just wanted to make sure that I thank her for all of her work within our her our office, all of the research that she's done, all of the help with the talking points. Um, really encourage her. she's going to go on to a graduate program and is looking at public health and urban uh public health and urban and regional planning as well for a mast's program. So, I'm wishing her all the luck in her future endeavors and thanking her for her service to our city and her time within my office. Thank you so much, Sabrina. And I'm wishing you the very best

13woman from the 13th. Uh thank you uh Mr. Acting President. I just wanted to remind everybody that Sunday, May 17th at 10:00 a.m. downtown St. Louis, the Mayday Festival. And so everyone is invited. And I think this weekend is going to be a very busy weekend. A lot of organizations are focusing on people that were impacted by the tornado. And so it's free to the public. everybody is uh invited and we ask that you join the celebration. And I also want to uh p publicly thank Miss Kelly McGawan for her presentation she did on uh the other day in regards to at Deaconist Foundation in regards to her walk in regards to her community, but it was before the tornado. And so it brought us into conversation more about after the tornado. So congratulation, Miss McGau.

Alderwoman from the ETH. Thank you, Mr. Vice President. I would like to also echo uh the Alderwoman from the 13th invitation to everyone downtown uh and celebrate the Andy Malone Mayday Festival. Great event taking place this Sunday. Um, I know there's also a lot of events happening this weekend, but one addition that I want to share with everyone is also the 150th anniversary of Annheiser Bush and Budweiser here in the city of St. Louis. So, there will be a great celebration uh taking place down in Sulard at the brewery where people can come out, take tours, visit and sample. So, I encourage everyone to also celebrate 150 this great organization that uh is such an icon for our city.

Any further announcements? Alderman from the 14th. Oh, any further announcements? Seeing none, alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to excuse. Thank you, Mr. uh acting president, members of the board. I make a motion that we excuse the alderwoman from the sixth and president of the board of alderwoman board of alderman. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th and seconded by the alderwoman from the seventh that we excuse the alderman from the sixth and the president of the board of alderman for necessary absence. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. All oppose. I. Motion carries. Alderman from the 14th, you're recognized on the motion to adjurnn.

Thank you, Mr. President, members of the acting president, members of the board. I move that the board of alderman adjourn until Tuesday, Thursday, May 21st, 2026 in the board of alderman chambers. It's been moved by the alderman from the 14th, seconded by the alderwoman from the 7th that we adjourn until Thursday, May 21st, 2026, and the board of alderman. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Motion carries. We stand ajourn.