Municipal Issues
GENERAL ELECTION
CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Final Official Results
720 of 720 Precincts Reporting. (100%)

Proposition U
Shall the City of St. Louis repeal the local use tax imposed by Ordinance 65121 and impose a new local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax, currently at a rate of 2.725 per cent which includes the capital improvements sales tax and the transportation tax, for the purposes of providing public health care services, development and preservation of affordable and accessible housing, demolition of derelict buildings, public safety and neighborhood preservation, provided that if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
Yes (For the Issue)   177	47,408
	59.94%
No (Against the Issue)   178	31,690
	40.06%

Proposition S
Proposed by Initiative Petition An ordinance establishing procedures and conditions for the provision of financial assistance to the development of a professional sports facility, including requirements of a fiscal note, a public hearing and approval by a vote of the people, and also containing definitions, a severability clause and an emergency clause. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AS FOLLOWS: Section One: For purposes of this ordinance the following definitions shall be used: "Professional sports facility" means any construction, building or improvement to real estate intended to accommodate regularly scheduled games of a professional sports team, provided that the term shall not include any such facility which is in existence and accommodating such games on the the date of enactment of this ordinance. "Site preparation" means any work of any kind at or related to the site of a professional sports facility, including without limitation infrastructure such as roads, streets, parking, sewer lines, water lines and electric and gas facilities. "Financial assistance" means any City assistance of value, direct or indirect, whether or not channeled through an intermediary entity, including but not limited to tax reduction, exemption, credit, or guarantee against or deferral of increase; dedication of tax or other revenues; tax increment financing; issuance, authorization, or guarantee of bonds; purchase or procurement of land or site preparation; loans or loan guarantees; sale or donation or loan of any City resource or service; deferral, payment, assumption or guarantee of obligations, and all other forms of assistance of value. "Development" means any aspect of development, including without limitation design, construction, operation, maintenance, financing, and site preparation. "City" means the City of St. Louis and every department, agency, commission, entity or corporation of, belonging to, created by, authorized by, or affiliated with the City of St. Louis. For example, "City" includes the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Community Development Agency, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority, and the Convention and Tourism Bureau. "Governing body" means the entity which, or official who, proposes to take action to provide financial assistance to the development of a professional sports facility. For example, "governing body" includes the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Director of the Community Development Agency, and the Board of Commissioners of the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority. Section Two: Before the City can act, by ordinance or otherwise, to provide financial assistance to the development of a professional sports facility, the following procedures must be fully implemented:   a) A fiscal note must be prepared by the Comptroller, received by the governing body, and made available to the public at least 20 days prior to final action. The fiscal note shall state the total estimated financial cost, together with a detailed estimated cost, to the City, including the value of any services, of the proposed action, and shall be supported with an affidavit by the Comptroller that the Comptroller believes the estimate is reasonably accurate.   b) A public hearing must be held by the governing body allowing reasonable opportunity for both proponents and opponents to be heard. Notice of the hearing shall be published three consecutive times in two newspapers of general circulation, not less than ten days before the hearing. Section Three: No financial assistance may be provided by or on behalf of the City to the development of a professional sports facility without the approval of a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting thereon. Such voter approval shall be a condition precedent to the provision of such financial assistance. Section Four: If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance should be held invalid, in whole or in part, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
Yes (For the Issue)   206	42,872
	55.37%
No (Against the Issue)   207	34,552
	44.63%

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