The City of St. Louis is a diverse community with a proud heritage. In five years, the City will enter its third full century, ending a period in which much has been accomplished in the face of huge problems. In just the past few years, significant gains have occurred. In spite of a debilitating recession recently, citizens of St. Louis have retained hope for the future as evident in passage of recent electoral issues relating to capital improvements, schools and Metrolink.

Despite this progress, serious long term challenges remain. The Consolidated Plan describes these problems and suggests solutions, many of which have been recommended by citizens during the planning process. Additional creative solutions will be necessary. Those with further ideas are encouraged to bring them to the attention of the Community Development Agency staff and/or the Citizens Advisory Committee.

Citizen Participation

The Consolidated Plan builds on concerns expressed by St. Louis residents from all walks of life. Focus groups, workshops, and surveys have been used in order to better understand priority needs and ideas expressed by ordinary citizens, neighborhood leaders, and those who are homeless, disabled or have other special needs.

Action Plan

Local citizens participating in the process identified needs in the following areas that are widespread and serious:

• Neighborhoods that are safe, stable and enjoyable;
• Housing that is affordable and in good condition;
• Jobs that pay decently, are accessible, and for which training is available;
• Constructive activities for young people and the elderly;
• Access to information about current programs and activities; and
• Opportunities to define and shape a better life for one's self, family and neighborhood.

To further these goals, the City of St. Louis proposes over 80 projects concentrated in lower income areas within neighborhoods that have important physical and social resources upon which to build. Those projects are detailed in the Action Plan contained in this summary.

Conditions and Trends

The Citizens of St. Louis have much about which to be proud and grateful:

• The Convention Center Expansion, Kiel Center and Metrolink all represent major investments designed to maintain the City as the economic and symbolic center of the region.

• Overall unemployment rates are down as more people are employed (164,000) than has been the case in the last five years.

• Significant industrial, retail, and institutional investment continues to occur at places like the Union 70 Center, Pepsi Plant, University Hospital Complexes and more.

New sources of revenue, both local and national, hold out the promise of additional police and other services, and attention to long deferred capital improvements. Yet, despite examples of positive activity, many conditions remain serious concerns:

• St. Louis continues to lose population, reflecting a pattern that has been in effect for more than forty years.

• Despite improvements in the rate of unemployment, the Missouri Division of Employment Security (M.D.E.S.) still reports about 14,000 City residents who are looking for work.

• Many residents are extremely poor; 40 percent of the City's households have annual incomes below $15,000, which is less than half of the median income in the region.

• Aggravated assault and other violent crimes have increased, as they have in most American cities.

Strategies, Needs, and Objectives

In the face of these very difficult challenges, the City of St. Louis is committed to an aggressive set of Community Development strategies that will meet the most pressing concerns.

Housing

• Implementation of a Residential Redevelopment Strategy that improves stability by encouraging rehabilitation, new construction and homeowners assistance throughout the City.

• Continuation of housing support programs geared both to renters and homeowners who do not have sufficient income to find or maintain decent shelter.

• Major renovation and/or transformation for the public housing complexes which have not been satisfactory places to live in recent years.

• Improved assistance for the homeless, those with disabilities and those who are victims of AIDS.

• Renewed efforts to encourage people from throughout the metropolitan area to consider the City of St. Louis as a place to live.

Public Facilities

• On-going support for the 18 public recreation centers and outposts, the 104 public parks and the many non-profit centers that provide valuable opportunities for St. Louis citizens, especially young people and the elderly.

• Continuing oversight and support for child care facilities which currently include 182 home day care facilities, 113 licensed day care centers, and 3 group homes.

• Identification of churches, civic groups, and other organizations that may have meeting or recreational space that could be shared with groups needing space.

• Attention to the maintenance responsibilities associated with all publicly-owned parking lots and garages.

Infrastructure

• Active efforts to increase recycling, composting, separation of yard waste and other practices that will enable the City to meet State mandates for reduction in bulk refuse.

• Review of systems to deal with future floods based on the lessons learned during the flood of 1993.

• Adoption of equitable ways to implement sewer improvements which have been estimated to have a five-year cost for the City of more than 100 million.

• Construction of major water improvement projects over the next five years made possible by the voter-approved bond issue.

• Acquisition of funding for the 67 streets ($12 million) and the 21 bridges ($32 million) in the City that need to be repaired.

• Increases in the efficiency and cost reimbursement for regulating asbestos removal associated with building renovation and demolition.

Public Services

• Investigation of new ways of helping the elderly, especially the 21 percent of elderly households that live in poverty, recognizing that cumulative cutbacks since 1992 have amounted to $600,000.

• Emphasis on new programs for youth employment, leadership, entertainment, skills development, counseling, and the other services that are necessary to reduce alienation and violence among young people.

• Work with the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, Bi-State Development Authority and other organizations to improve transportation services, especially for those who are elderly, poor, homeless and/or disabled.

• Exploration of ways to improve job training and job placement services, including help for those who exceed the income and educational constraints imposed by the federal Job Training Partnership Act.

• Expanded programs that help with the prevention of crime, and help the victims of crime, using resources from the federal, state and local levels of government, and private and non-profit contributions.

• Consideration of initiatives that could improve Fair Housing Counseling, Tenant Landlord Counseling, Substance Abuse Control, Health Care and related social services.

Economic Development

• Continuing work with City Business Associations and private investors to increase the quality and variety of retail shopping opportunities.

• Definition of alternative solutions to current environmental clean-up requirements, working in consultation with business groups, and state and federal officials.

• Purchase, preparation and sale of commercial and industrial land when that is the best way to get these sites back into productive, job intensive use.

• Expanded business finance and technical assistance programs that are available to promote business development throughout the City.

Other Needs

• Implementation of the American Disabilities Act by creating a "Barrier Buster" program and related initiatives to be coordinated by the St. Louis Office of the Disabled.

• Search for resources that would allow an active Lead Based Paint testing and remediation program, working in concert with the Lead Poisoning Prevention Task Force.

• Consideration of new approaches for encouraging Energy Efficiency in all new construction and renovation projects, and for helping low income households to cope with utility costs.

• Support for cost effective historic preservation programs, and neighborhood oriented planning programs that help citizens find solutions that work.

Proposed Use of Funds - 1995

During 1995, funds received from the four entitlement programs will go towards almost 100 projects and activities throughout the City. These will be carried out by City Departments, non-profit organizations and for-profit developers under contract to the City.

Outlined on the attached Table and Map is a list of the specific projects by name, and proposed dollar amount. Note that many of the projects are not reflected on the map. In some instances the funds have not yet been allocated. For example, the Request for Proposals process is not yet complete for the 1995 Housing Production monies. In other cases, such as the Senior Home Security Program, a Citywide service is provided that cannot be easily portrayed on a Map.

PROPOSED 1995 PROGRAMS: TABLE 1

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds:

Amount		Project Title		Location
$118,000		FCHC-Adult Medicine		6827 S. Broadway 63111
90,000		St. Louis Transitional Hope House		1611 Hodiamont 63122
54,000		Early Child Care Development Corp. Day Care		4146 Garfield 63113
27,000		Monsanto YMCA Child Care		5555 Page 63112
36,000		Darst Infant, Pre-School & Dunn Basic Skill Achievement Center		1604 S. 14th St.
18,000		Elmer Hammond Day Care		1225 N. 18th Street 63106
20,000		McElroy Day Care		1521 Carr Street 63106
22,500		Malcolm X Day Care Center		818 Cass 63106
295,000		Elderly Services		Citywide
18,000		St. Elizabeth Adult Day Care Center		3401 Arsenal Street 63118
18,000		St. Elizabeth Adult Day Care Center		3227 South 9th Street
22,500		Refugee Relocation Program		South Grand & Utah
20,000		Daily Care - P.A.C.E. Adult Day Care Program		5615 Pershing
20,000		Daily Care - R.A.C.E. Adult Day Care Program		2220 Lemp
20,000		Gardenville Community Center		6651 Gravios
44,000		Hi-Pointe Center		6020 Southwest Ave.
112,500		Catholic Commission on Housing Home Ownership Program		Citywide
70,033		Bevo-Long Community Education Center		5028 Morganford
70,033		Carondelet Area (Blow) Community Education Center		516 Loughboro
70,033		Carver Community Education Center		3325 Bell
70,033		Columbia Community Education Center		3120 St. Louis Ave.
70,033		Fanning Community Education Center		3410 Giles
70,033		Ford Community Education Center		1383 Clara
70,033		Hamilton Community Education Center		5819 Westminster
70,033		Nottingham Community Education Center		4915 Donovan
70,033		Shaw Community Education Center		5329 Columbia
70,033		Sherman Community Education Center		3942 Flad
70,033		Sigel Community Education Center		2039 Russell
70,033		Stevens Community Education Center		1033 Whittier
70,033		Walbridge Community Education Center		5019 Alcott
70,033		Williams Community Education Center		3955 St. Ferninand
70,033		Yeatman Community Education Center		4265 Athlone
27,000		Redevelopment Opportunities for Women		Citywide
22,500		Case Management Project		Citywide
27,000		Aid For Victims of Crime		Citywide
13,500		Community Outreach for Risk Reduction -- Health Street		4624 Delmar
13,500		Community Outreach for Risk Reduction -- Health Street		3552 Gravois
30,000		Loft District Public Improvements		1100-1200 Washington Ave.
20,000		Windsor Community Center Improvements		4029 Robert
500,000		People's Clinic Expansion		5701 Delmar Blvd.
800,000		Neighborhood Assistance Program		Citywide
33,750		Forest Park Southeast Stabilization Program		Forest Park SE
53,000		DeSales Neighborhood DevelopmentTower Incentive Program		Grove East and Fox Park
2,150,000		St. Louis Development Corporation -- Economic Development Administration
100,000		Management Assistance and Repair Program		Tower Grove East Fox Park McKinley Fox Benton Park West and Tower Grove South Neighborhoods
68,000		Shaw Neighborhood Revitalization and Development Program		Shaw Neighborhood
36,000		Southwest Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		Southwest Garden Neighborhood
98,750		Carondelet Community Betterment Federation House Repair Program		Carondelet and Patch Neighborhoods
67,500		West End Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		West End Neighborhood
19,000		Skinker-DeBalivere Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		Skinker-DeBaliviere Neighborhood
33,000		Hyde Park Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		Hyde Park Neighborhood
70,000		Ville Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		Greater Ville Neighborhood
75,000		Union West Neighborhood Development		Hamilton Heights Neighborhood
14,000		O'Fallon Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		O'Fallon Neighborhood
95,000		Hamilton Heights Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		Wells-Goodfellow Neighborhood
36,000		McRee Town Neighborhood Development Incentive Program		McRee Town Neighborhood
185,000		Northside Preservation		5647 Delmar 63112
335,000		Senior Home Security		Citywide
54,000		Grand Oak Hill Home Repair Services Program		Tower Grove South Neighborhood
112,500		Salvation Army Family Haven		3744 Lindell 63108
476,000		Homeless Services		Citywide
625,000		NHS Code Enforcement Affordable Rehab Loan Program		Citywide
50,000		Cops on the Block Program		Citywide
300,000		St. Louis Reinvestment Very Low-Income Home Buyer's Program		Citywide
500,000		Operation Impact		Citywide
2,579,000		Operation Impact Housing Initiative		Citywide
150,000		Loft Residential Development		900-1800 Washington Ave.
267,500		Board and Secure Program		Citywide
30,000		Neighborhood Greening Program		Citywide
90,000		Operation Brightside		Citywide
180,000		Operation Brightside Graffiti Eradication		Citywide
1,000,000		LRA Building Demolition		Citywide
630,000		LRA Building Board-Up and Lot Maintenance		Citywide
360,000		Operation Safestreet		Citywide
27,000		Better Family Life		724 N. Union 63108
840,000		Expanded Recreation Program		Citywide
300,000		Neighborhood Commercial District Incentives Program		Citywide
1,500,000		Business Development Support Programs		Citywide
95,000		Contractors Assistance Program		Citywide
2,931,500		Community Development Agency Administration and Implementation
3,625,325		Section 108 Loan Repayment
100,000		CDBG Housing and Fair Housing Initiative
450,000		Comptroller's Administrative Support
68,500		Planning for Preservation
25,000		Walnut Park Senior Center
21,000		Mark Twain Neighborhood Development Incentive Program
45,000		Dutchtown Neighborhood Stabilization
CDBG & HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME) Funds:
$500,000		CDA HOME Administration		Citywide
Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds:
$300,000		Emergency Shelter Grant Essential Services		Citywide
350,000		Emergency Shelter Grant Operations		Citywide
300,000		Emergency Shelter Grant Homeless Prevention Services		Citywide
50,000		Emergency Shelter Grant Homeless		Citywide
Housing Opportunities for People With Aids (HOPWA) Funds:
$490,000		HOPWA Emergency Transitional Housing
200,000		HOPWA Rehabilitation/Conversion
60,000		HOPWA Resource Identification and Housing Coordination

Maps

MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.

MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.

MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.

MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects in addition: a table provides information about the project(s).

MAP 6 depicts neighborhood streets and proposed HUD funded projects, as described in the table under MAP 5.

MAP 7 depicts neighborhood streets and proposed HUD funded projects, as described in the table under MAP 5.

MAP 8 depicts neighborhood streets and proposed HUD funded projects, as described in the table under MAP 5.