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St. Louis leaders hope to ‘reverse historic wrongs’ through Rams funds
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ST. LOUIS – It remains to be seen how St. Louis city officials invest their share of the Rams relocation settlement long-term, but a new resolution approved Friday offers some insight on possible factors in the process.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has officially passed and adopted Resolution 171 over the settlement funds. The resolution is mostly procedural, giving city officials the green light to hold public input sessions with the St. Louis community and collect feedback on how to use the money.
Within the resolution, there are a few suggested topics of discussion over the funds. The resolution, reviewed by FOX 2 via a document, says “feedback should be sought on, but not be limited to, ways the settlement funds can be leveraged to reverse historic wrongs and invest in disinvested neighborhoods throughout North St. Louis and in pockets of South St. Louis.”
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The resolution proceeds to suggest discussions over topics like affordable housing, infrastructure improvements, economic development, workforce development and neighborhood revitalization.
“We formally passed the resolution to set up this public input process on leveraging the settlement funds and how we use them most impactfully in the city of St. Louis,” said Alderwoman Shameem Clark-Hubbard, sponsor of the resolution, in a phone call with FOX 2.
Currently, St. Louis has around $280 million saved into an interest-bearing account with the Missouri Securities Investment Program.
Clark-Hubbard says passing the resolution is part of the city’s effort to be transparent on how the settlement money could be invested. The city intends to collect feedback from residents on how the city could use settlement funds through in-person town halls, meetings with community stakeholders and digital or paper surveys.
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Following a series of efforts, the Board of Aldermen will meet with several city agencies to determine a plan of action.
“It’s going to be up to a collaborative process between the Board of Aldermen, the mayor’s office, the comptroller and most importantly the citizens of St. Louis,” said Clark-Hubbard.
The Rams relocation settlement, which yielded $790 million in December 2021, led to St. Louis City splitting a sum of those funds with St. Louis County and the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Authority. Around one-third of the settlement earnings went toward attorneys’ fees.
Per the settlement agreement, the city must spend at least $30 million of its sum by June 30, 2023 or risks losing that sum to the RSA. The city’s share of the Rams settlement funds otherwise faces no additional restrictions.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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