Amy Poelker St Ann Mayor 2023 - Present

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	Seen on this page are accomplishments that I have either initiated or help push through in my years of service to you. Many of these came from requests/suggestions from you the residents.  The cities infrastructure and technology was very Archaic, in 2011 when I 1st got in office. Many, many things have had to happen to bring the city into the 21st Century. Still a work in progress, our current Board members are innovative progress thinking leaders, so we have been able to work together to move this city forward.  PUSHED FOR PROP R IN 2016 TO SAVE THE SENIOR BUS + PROP R ALSO ESTABLISHED THE SILVER SNEAKER PROGRAM

Read Here the Wikipedia Story of Northwest Plaza, it's decline and bad choices to Our Success in 2012 in finding the Glarner's and rebuilding this once Great Mall into a Successful Business Center.

Took immediate Action on the Westlake Landfill, when a Pipeline was dug through our City.

Led the Fight against the City County Merger, when St Louis County came after our Police Department.

Led Citizen's Street Committee in an effort to attain a long term plan to maintain our city streets see info here...

Click here for Updates on Economic Development accomplished during my terms.

Swimming Pool Options Presentation 2021-07-26

	2011 Once Elected: 2011 Assisted in the Creation of our City Animal Adoption Program. i.e. - Myself and 2 other Alderman Sponsored and pushed the program through the Board of Alderman https://www.facebook.com/St.Animal.Pet.Adoptions   2011 – We voted to Eliminate an entire Ward of the city, so we went from 5 Wards to 4 Wards by 2013. These efforts were to save dollars and be able to re-establish a Quarterly Newsletter to better communicate with the residents again. 2011-Present - Analyze and Question the City’s Budget and Financials monthly. 2011-Present -Pushed to bring the cities Technology use up to date. Currently we accept credit at the Community Center, Pool, Cityhall, and Golf. 2011-Present - Work with neighboring cities 2011 pushed to return the CBD Grant back to the residents for use in repairing their homes. See my website @ www.amypoelker.com front page. Had to reinitiate this fight in April 2019 to keep the money in the residents use. 2011-Present I Actively Market Businesses & all Community Events on Email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Peach Jar, Nextdoor App, Email List… to get the word out as far as possible. 2011 Fought to get the street St Gregory Court properly named on the St Louis County mapping system, as residents had trouble receiving mail, packages and even pizza delivery. 2011 reopened the cities swimming pool, summer camp, St Ann Days and put the Easter Egg Hunt back in place after they had been stopped due to budget restraints in 2010, which were solved through fundraising efforts like Trivia, Mouse Races, and Glow Golf. (Thinking outside the Box) 2011 the BOA at the Mayor’s request established the Beautification Committee – its goals to assist those who have no one to help them maintain their homes. This committee also reviews housing March-September and awards per ward - 2 homes and a business based on exterior maintenance each season. 2011 Active member of the Economic Development Committee where in 2012 we successfully gained a Developer for Northwest Plaza now called “The Crossings at Northwest”. This project was always intended to be a mix of Business Offices and light Retail, the thought process being that the Business Offices would create a customer base for the retail businesses and help attract retail to the city again. Current new businesses are Menards, Rulers, Regions Bank, Raising Canes-still the busiest Canes in the St Louis Region, Generation 3 QT, Sprint, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Starbucks- still the busiest Starbucks in the St Louis Region, Charter Spectrum and their Training Center, Election Board, Work Force Mgmt., and a Satellite Assessor’s Office, Cricket, Cardinal Health Care, 3-4 other Call Centers in the 500 Building-plus many other offices, First Watch, Value City Furniture, American Family Insurance, Save A Lot Corporate Office, Fitness Edge and Jersey Mikes which completed St Ann's side of this complex and in other areas of St Ann, IE; Aarons Rent to Own, St Vincent Depaul, Family Dollar, Bus Loop Burger, Dollar Plus, SABA Pet Store, Brooks Bible College, Aldi’s, St. Louis Black Belt Academy, ATA Tae Kwando, Caterer, Vape Shop, Urgent Care, 3-4 Hair/Nail Salons, another Dance Studio, Dollar General, Rallies, Waffle House, We Rock the Spectrum-Kids Gym, Manhattan Auction Marketplace (MAM)-bought out by Heya, New Construction 10687 St Charles Rk Rd, new business to locate at 3191 Ashby, Market and Laundromat on June, a Senior Day Care, a Mobil on the Run and a Laundromat, Deli, Cultivation Center and 2 Dispensaries-Heya &______. St Animal Pet Adoptions Pushed through the creation of SAPA The Crossings at Northwest Rennovated and Filled by 2019 2012 Read Here the Wikipedia Story of Northwest Plaza, it's decline and bad choices to Our Success in 2012 in finding the Glarner's and rebuilding this once Great Mall into a Successful Business Center. 2012 Fought successfully to get St Louis County to add a 2nd Tornado Alarm Tower to the City of St Ann, as we could not hear the one alarm placed on the east side of St. Ann. http://fox2now.com/2012/03/01/demand-for-weather-radios-spike-after-recent-storms/ 2012 Created the St. Ann Business Association, and found a President for it.  https://www.facebook.com/St-Ann-Business-Association-202804379876362/ 2012 Aside from walking the business corridor to inform the businesses of the existence of the St Ann Business Association, I walk the Business Corridor to ensure they are informed on major events within the city. 2012 Fought to allow businesses to participate in St Ann Days. Parade attendees jumped from 30’s to as high as 52. St Ann Business Association Created SABA and found Rhonda for President 2013 2013 Assisted citizen Maurice Gayden in his fight to Save our St. Ann Quik Trip, at Wright/St Charles Rk Rd. though we lost this battle originally, I initiated a whisper campaign to not shop in nearby QT’s and wrote the CEO of QT and found a replacement business, in the end we won when our Quik Trip returned August 2014. 2013 Burn Ordinance 2857 2013 Pushed and improved communication between the city and its residents. By Re Establishing the St Ann Newsletter, Pushing information out to the residents through self-paid articles in the Localite Newspaper since 2011, which hits every household in St Ann, engaging in Facebook, Nextdoor App, Instagram & Twitter with the residents and maintaining an Email list where I send out to residents information who are not on Social Media, Post Cards to the 70+, pushed and continue to push for City Website improvements, pushed successfully to get the city to create or improve use of Facebook Pages to reach out to residents for better communication with them i.e. - St Ann Neighborhood Watch, St Ann Parks and Recreation, St Ann Golf Course. Pushed ro reignite the St Ann Newsletter We eliminated a WARD to afford it. 2014 When an Event becomes worthy of City involvement Thank you SABA for all your hard work for ST ANN 2014 Assisted my partner Aldermen, to push through the repairs of the Livingston & Wright Park Playground. 2014 Requested and Held a Public Forum on the Westlake Pipeline built thru our cities along St. Charles Rock Road. https://youtu.be/dXfiy7Fn6g4 and introduced my Airport Township Committeeman to the topic which in turn brought Senator Roy Blunts participation and a Bill before the Senate s2306 which passed. Also, informed Dawn Chapman that Maria Chappelle Nadal was one of Bridgeton’s Senators and would be a good source for bringing attention to the issues of the Westlake Landfill. These actions led to action by the EPA to remove the waste from Westlake Landfill, on March 6, 2018, I spoke before the EPA, to remove all the waste to ensure the safety of future ground waters as there were 2 Semi Trucks buried in the 70’s about 50’ down. I initiated the investigation in St Ann on this topic. The landfill in 2018 is under direct authority of the head of the EPA, currently there is a plan to Remove the waste up to 20’ and cap. The fight now lies in the Ground Water contamination issues.  https://youtu.be/-OfzM5eiHNc 2014 Assisted the St Ann Business Association in establishing their “Food Truck Events”. Most recently 2016, attained City Sponsorship for the Event. and here in 2017 the Parks Department has adopted the Event to combine it with their Party in the Park Events in Tiemeyer Park for a Grander event plus of course Combining it with their Halloween Event in October. https://www.facebook.com/events/474164286127957/ 2014 assisted a resident with a Christmas Caroling project, about 25 residents sang on 2 evenings. YEARLY - Very active member of our Neighborhood Watch Program. 2014 After forcing bids for trash service, I Negotiated a 2.5% SAVINGS for the City of St Ann SENIORS on their Trash bill above their 10% Senior Discount, for years 2015-2020. Westlake Landfill Hearing see video on link https://youtu.be/dXfiy7Fn6g4 Worked to pass Food Trucks in St Ann 2015/2016 Raised just over $3000 for this family Neighbor's helping Neighbors 2015/2016 Fought side by side with Municipal Mayors and Police Chiefs at the St Louis County Council Meetings to prevent Government Overreach by St Louis County Council…our own Councilman Sam Page voted to take away your Police Department.   Fought successfully to add a Hamm Radio system to our community Emergency response systems. Because as of 3/1/16 after 2 tornadoes we still had NONE. Assisted my partner Alderman in her fight for a Sidewalk along Wright Ave for public safety. Yet to be installed, but on the list for Federal Grant Streets. 2016 assisted in securing the future of our Parks Dept. thru Prop R the results of which may also be tracked through the Parks Board notes and the City Budgets. http://stannmo.org/130/Parks-Recreation 2016/2018 Christmas Lighting Contest, yearly 2011- present Christmas Light Thank you’ s passed out. 2016 Attained the Businesses Benefits through use of our Community Center, Golf Course and Swimming Pool as a Corporate Membership 2016 Result the Missouri Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional for St Louis County to enforce their standards over municipalities. 2016 As a result of SB5 & SB572 and especially the new court mandates set by the courts, a million-dollar loss in revenue to the city, made it clear that if we are to maintain our current level of policing, we would have to be willing to pay for it, just as then Senator Schmitt had intended when he wrote and passed SB5. The BOA voted to put that question to you the voters in April 2017. The result of that vote was 61% yes. Thank you for supporting our Police Dept. 2016 Assigned to the Mayors Golf Course Task Force, to determine its future and/or its needs. Result- Course operates at a deficit. Sept 10th of 2016 the First Dog Swim at our Pool took place, this satisfied 3 years of pushing. 2016 Moved to have the residents view the Entire Agenda Packet for our meetings so they could see expenses, revenues, and bids etc. just as the BOA sees them Parks Prop Tracking Began this trend in 2016 yardsigns and car magnets/stickers STARTED THIS TREND IN 2016. CHIEF TOOK OVER IN 2017 Established the Dog Swim Fox 2 News Showcase see link here 2017 2017 City received an A2 Moody Rating, praising the cities sound financial management. 2017 Resolution of the City of St Ann against a Statewide vote on a City/County Merger. In 2017 the residents decided NOT to do a City-wide TDD to solve all the Street, Sidewalk, Trees maintenance issues into the future. We must seek alternative methods to fix our roads. 2017 Suggested and BOA agreed to Create a Street Committee to review our Budget for areas to cut, to move towards street work. I was given Lead on this, requested 2 residents per ward. 8/28/17 On April 23rd, 2018, we had our 1st meeting. After 3 meetings the Committee established that there was not money in the Budget to repair and maintain streets and that no cuts, we could make would be enough to get the work done, so some sort of tax would be necessary. After speaking with residents in their prospective Wards the Committee determined a Property Tax would not pass but a quarter cent Sales Tax was preferred, through this method everyone who shops in St Ann would assist in a Dedicated Street Fund for the next 40 years. Outcome-see 2018/2019 Reduced unemployment in St Ann from 9.2% in 2012 to 6% in 2016 to 3.02% in 2017. 2017 Solved a Street Light issue on St Francis, through Ameren Rep. 2017 Reduction in Resident Rates at Tiemeyer Pool from $6A/$5C Seniors $3 to $4A/$3C and Seniors FREE, this resulted in an 15% increase in use from $86,000/yr. to $102,000 in 2018. 2017 Updates to the Animal Code esp. ADA. 2017Established - You Tube Meetings so those who could not attend our Alderman Meetings can still see them. 2017 Pushed for a price reduction at our pool to make it more affordable to the very residents that pay for it in a property taxes. In the 1st year it increased revenue from $97,000 to $115,000. Also achieved Senior IDs last purchase at 62, then they are permanent Pushed to reduce Pool Prices for residents&Seniors Got You Tube recordings of meetings passed so residents could watch later if desired 2018 Chicken Ordinance passed 8/6/18 click ics to read in full size 2018 an Animal Control Board was established 2018 Outsourcing of Grass Cutting of residential violations, which allows city to accomplish the cutting faster and at the Bid Price vs a $500 fine, so the residents win as well by paying the bid cost of cutting only. 2018 Trash receptacle responsibility converted to Owner of property vs resident of occupancy. 3120 2018 City use of Blip Advertising – Electric Billboards 2018 Lake Renovation and 2019 Fall Fishing Derby’s reinstated 2018 Solved a 10 Yr hole issue on St Francis. 2018- Present, Playground replacements through grants. Beginning with Tiemeyer by Pavillion 1,2,3 in Fall 2019. Fought for but lost the battle to allow residents to have chickens in the city-14/15. In 2018 assisted Alderman Murphy with a re-initiative on the Chicken Ordinance. On 8/6/18 the Chicken Ordinance passed with a 4-4 vote and the mayor saying yes. It was signed into law on 8/30/18. Adult Easter Egg Hunt Established 9/4/18 worked with residents to maintain our Private Property Rights- when the Chicken Ordinance suddenly took a turn that would have required your neighbors to decide if you could have chickens on your private property or not. Outcome- It was sent back to committee where it was decided to not bring it back for a vote. 2018 – Figured out American Water Co is responsible for painting Fire Hydrants and checking them, located contact person and began the process of getting our Hydrants painted in St Ann. November 2018 painting began. 70 done to date. 2018 November - With use of the media, successfully sped up the repair work of the Water Co. on Ashby, St Gregory & St. Richard/St. Williams long overdue from the water lateral repairs and sewer lateral damage on Ashby. November 2018 created a Budget Spending and Revenue Chart for the citizens to better be able to understand how their monies are spent. 2018, December – Employee Job Descriptions begun for creation. 2018 November – You Tube to be used in Planning and Zoning Meetings to protect the city from he said she said etc. 8/2018 When County Councilman Sam Page stopped our Sav A Lot Corporate Office from coming to St Ann, simply because he did not get a copy of their Private Lease with the Crossings Developer, our Board of Alderman stepped in to ensure we did not lose this Corporate Office. This project was begun by the Mo. Economic Dev Dept., and Mr Page thought it had begun by the St Louis County Econo Dev Dept. he played politics with 328 million Dollars of our Economic Development, for his own purposes. He believes that when he passed the County Election Board to come to St Ann that he was duped on the cost. To me this tells me two things: 1. He must not have read his paperwork. 2. As he did not have a concern till 2yrs later, this is simply a political move to remove Stenger during his election year. 2018 Achieved ground testing within the city. 2018 After a year of working with a Citizens Street Committee, achieved an 8-0 vote from the BOA on Dec. 3rd to attempt a Citywide TDD to end the cities infrastructure needs. Outcome to be determined by a Vote of the People in November 2019. Lake re invented + added waterfall Adult Easter Egg Hunt Established Helped pass Chicken Ord Got American Water to Paint 70 Fire Hydrants 2019 2019 - In January, Better Together announced their plan to place a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in November 2020 to create a new Metro City form of government which would in the end ELIMINATE municipal governments by merging St Louis City and St Louis County. As shown above I have been involved in this since 2012. When the MML voted to use the Freeholders Method in the current MO. Constitution I held Petition signings on Feb 9,19 March 19 as well as spoke at meeting in Overland on the Amendment and what it did, and Petitions signed there. I assisted Olivette, in their meetings by sharing my analysis with their residents at their request and i met with a University Councilwoman at the request of one of their residents, to provide my insight, as well as attend many other meetings on this subject. On 3/9/19 I attended Better Together's presentation at Des Peres, they didn't come out so good in this meeting and a few days later when Stenger was indicted they actually used my idea in their 3rd version of the plan. In total I turned in 22 pages of Petition signatures for the Freeholders Process. Which led to 2 public speaking events at Ritenour High Schools Auditorium on March 15 and April 1st for residents to learn about the amendment and sign petitions. Have met a ton of resources through this fight and most recently was invited to a Kirkwood Meeting to assist. Am running Statewide ads on Facebook and Blip board ads to work to reach outstate MO. with our message of DO NOT MERGE US. On May 6th Better Together withdrew their petition to Force a Merger of St Louis City and St Louis County. We WON...the battle, though I fear the War is still at hand. May 2019 - Had a Senior in crisis, located the information needed and got it to them in time. This may seem like a non-accomplishment to those reading this, however I am just sharing as when most of us run for these offices, a call from someone in crisis, isn't top of mind. Learn and know your resources, cause if you are doing this job right - people will e calling for all sorts of things.   May-Aug 6th, 2019 - was asked to run for St Louis County Council again. Unfortunately lost this race to Bryan Cave Lawyer (Better Together).   August 2019 - City maintains a A2 Bond Rating and Street TDD process begins   October 2019 - We refinanced the Community Center Bonds to save $300,000 and walked my Street memo.   November 2019 - The Citywide Street TDD passed by 66%, thus the process of getting ready for street, sidewalk and city tree repairs may now begin. Work on the new playground at Tiemeyer Park Began. Spoke to the Cub Scouts for my 2nd year in a row, what a privilege. City received a $420,000 Grant to replace and upgrade the Lighting in Tiemeyer Park, LED will be installed. The PD and Cityhall Parking lights will be upgraded as well, however this is not covered by the Park Grant. In 2019, I worked to successfully pass a Citywide TDD  which will fix and repair our city streets at a million dollars worth a year, for the next 40 years.      This tax was not put upon only the Home Owners like the 2010 Prop S was, this tax has our city streets repaired by every shopper that shops in our city, so the responsibility does not just fall upon the homeowners like in the 2010 Prop S.    The city never actually holds this money. Basically - the state collects the money, when the city is invoiced we send the invoices to the lawyers to check to make sure they fall within the guidelines of the tdd, the lawyers send to the state for reimbursement, then the state reimburses the city for the invoices. ADA Complete Rennovation Citywide TDD Passed - Funds Street Rennovations Assisted in design of New Playground 2020 Pandemic hit in March JANUARY 2020 - Worked to improve the Residential Parking Code. Assisted Alderman Dirck on his Sign Code improvements. Worked to add an additional Code Inspector to the payroll, to improve housing and proactively prevent many residential complaints. Then Covid hit and the city had to make employee cuts to survive. I am happy to say that here in Sept. 2021 we are finally able to reinstitute this with a part time person that hopefully will turn into a full-time position for 2022. Worked to improve our trash services for the residents by requesting on the new contract that St Ann Seniors get a 35% discount and that we allow our senior residents to choose on the size of their containers as the smaller containers can save residents who do not need a large containers money monthly. Worked to add Recycle Bins to our Food Truck events. TDD follow up - Tax begins 4/2020 thus 1st year of TDD repairs begins in 2021. Tracking on my Street Tab. And in August 2021 our 1st two streets Jane and June were reconstructed, and many sidewalks and trees were taken care of. While fighting for a Playground in St Ann Park, inquiries led me to a huge money saving deal for the city but requires some investment. Unfortunately, the area sits 95% in a flood zone. So I began to seek input from residents on what else they may be interested in for St Ann Park. Trash Bid Savings March 2020 - Trash/Recycling 35% Savings for Seniors 62+ Overall, for the entire city Trash Costs have been reduced by 1.1 million over the next 5 yrs. The reduction in price averages 25% over the next 5 years. March 17, 2020 - On this date the entire country was shut down for the Covid-19 Virus.   A series of events had to be put in place to ensure the city survived the Economic downfall that it was about to embark on.      All parttime employees were furloughed. 20 Full Time employees were furloughed. Leaving for the most part Just the Directors, Police - who also furloughed some, minimal street dept and minimal parks staff. The Golf Course became the cities only fee type revenue available as it was the only activity not banned in St Louis County.        Some of our Seniors would have no way to get groceries, so I told the Chief that somehow, we needed to help them. The Chief came up with a plan to pick up and deliver groceries for those who needed it. We spread the word, and many were assisted. Halloween and Christmas were coming along, and this 2020 Nightmare was still continuing. Event after event had been canceled. I wanted to somehow find a way to make Halloween and Christmas more fun for everyone. A resident suggested a light contest, so I spoke with the Chief to see how he had run the one a couple of years ago. In the Halloween Contest a group of staff and their families went and judged the 17 homes that entered the contest. For Christmas I wanted to include the residents and kids, so we had those who wanted to be judged sign up, I believe there were about 31 altogether. And the residents took the time with their families to enjoy judging the homes. Many participated and had fun…Thank you to all who participated on both ends. Got Pickle Ball lines added to the Tennis Courts in Tiemeyer Park! Pickle Ball Trash Bid Savings March 2020 - Trash/Recycling 35% Savings for Seniors 62+ Overall for the entire city Trash Costs have been reduced by 1.1 Million over the next 5 yrs. The reduction in price averages 25% over the next 5 years. I asked the Chief to help Seniors during Covid A Grocery Delivery Program was set up for them. 2021 Pandemic Recovery Re-opening Year 2021           Finally, in May the mask restrictions were lightened up. And we worked to put in place everything we could afford to get back in service. We reopened the Pavillion Rentals 1st Then the Outdoor Pool and Community Center Rentals I worked to get a Food Truck Event in July. I worked to get a Pool Party in which the residents would be free to attend, and Dan Murphy volunteered to cook BBQ for the event…while I spent time informing residents of a possible New Pool idea should they choose to vote for it in April. I worked for a Dumpster Day – in which a storm had hit the day before, so I worked for a 2nd Dumpster Day which the BOA allowed on Oct. 9th. We reestablished St Ann Days and Parade, the Car Show, Citywide Garage Sale and hope to have a Fishing Derby in May of 2022. Dan Murphy will host his Rock Road BBQ event again I pushed to get a Halloween Event back in play again. The BOA agreed the residents should be able to participate in a Trunk or Treat. Been pushing since about May/June for the advertising for the Golf course and Community Center on the Blip Boards – cheap and effective. And discovered that our Groupon Advertising for Golf had been allowed to lapse without letting us know. As of 10/23/2021 both Golf Groupons and Blip Board advertising were in effect. Halloween and Christmas Light Contests are again back in action for 2021. For most of this Pandemic we have not been able to have contact with residents, I look forward to the day when this is behind us. Had a great time in the Parade being able to see and talk with everyone along the route. 11 more Fire Hydrants Painted No Outlet sign on Douglass Ct Need a one way sign on North entrance to St Ann Park. Achieved getting the Board to authorize the Senior Bus to go to Bridgeton's Indoor Pool, so the seniors could still swim in the winter months. 11/1/2021 On 10/21/2021 we got notice that we would not receive a Park Grant for our Golf Course's Irrigation System thus we must pursue some Out of the Box Thinking again to afford this. Personally I would like to see Disc Golf added to the course so we could charge a fee and sell products for it to dedicate all Golf Revenues i.e. Glow Golf and other tournaments to the course itself for maintenance of the course.  On 11/5/2021 got the Basketball Courts back into service of the residents. SEE 1ST TDD STREETS DONE!!! JANE/JUNE IN WARD 1 POOL STUDY 2021 2021 More Fire Hydrants Painted Senior Bus to Bridgeton Indoor Pool CLICK ON STREET PICS TO ENLARGE 2022 BUDGET + WARD CHANGES CURRENT WARD 2 MOVING TO WARD 1 this moved me out of Ward 2 and into Ward 1 CURRENT WARD 3 MOVING TO WARD 2 2020 Census Results for St Ann, show no resident losses and the value of housing has improved 70% 2022 Frisbee Golf Opened in 2022 On our Golf Course like the Las Vegas One https://www.weather.gov/lsx/July262022Flooding The July Floods were the most devasting disaster to hit St Ann Residents during my 12 year term as Ward 2 Alderman. For my part I worked to ensure the residents had all the up to date information that was coming out on where and how to find help. Coordinated with Mary K on residential needs as residents informed me of them, Mary k and I worked to ensure the residents trash disposal needs of the floods were addressed and handled and had food delivered to the employees in every dept, as not only were they helping residents but also had to help put the city back together again as well. This remains on going still 8/15 As it turns out there were several things that residents pointed out, that needed to be attended in the creek after the floods. Behind Fairway ct there was a huge dam of trees and debris that needed to be removed, to ensure it did not add to future flooding. I contacted the MSD CEO and he got right on top of it. Then a resident on Wright Ave, complained of trees down in the creek and one of our employees drove me thru the Golf Course to point out a number of blockages and trees down there. What i learned from contacting msd is that the creek is really the responsibility of the Army Corp of Engineers. So I emailed them and requested they take a good look at the creek and determine the proper course. Another resident informed me about the box culvert that runs under the airport built with a gate that is supposed to open and redirect the waters elsewhere near 270/mo bottom rd. I found a document online from the city of st louis that indicated it had failed in the past and reviewed the land where the water was supposed to disburse. It did not leave me with the confidence that it had worked so I pushed to get the city admin to write a letter to the city of st louis to see if it was operating properly. Following up to ensure we do our part to make sure this does not happen again, is important I believe. Airway Girl Saved - Salvation Army will Renovate! PNZ 7/11/22 Click here for link to meeting where Salvation Army states they will renovate the Airway Girl Sign. Working to pass the Swimming Park Project and       a method to Fund the Parks Department into the Future.    Passed 57.78% 4/5/22 1st Fishing Derby since early 2000's scheduled May 7, 2022 COMPLETION of PROP R repairs requested by the Parks Board and voted for by you the residents in 2016. Please forward me your ideas for the city into the future..... Red lined have been totally completed.  See notes below.     Golf:   Fairway drainage – Golf course stormwater was dedicated to the MSD Coldwater Creek Subdistrict….. The authorization for the study will be on the next Committee Meeting. Irrigation -  we spent a big pile of $$ on the pump distribution system and replacing the main lateral to the pump house.  We applied for the Park Grant for the rest and were turned down… will apply again this year. Sand and Tee boxes -  we are doing those in house.  Tim Callahan who is an excellent carpenter now works full time at the golf course and will be talking these.     Park:   Playground surface – will do has soon as material is available… already approved by BOA. -held up waiting on install of drainage systems not previously put in place when playgrounds were 1st built. Backstops -  some were replaced/repaired inhouse Trees -  we are in process with the TRIM grant for golf course tree removal just bid out….. will be on next month’s Committee Agenda.  We will continue to apply for TRIM grants every year to offset the cost for the rest of the parks. I think some work was done inhouse on the St. Ann bridge.. not sure how much.   Equipment   When Tim gave admin his list for bond issue projects the two pickups were on it.  He failed to mention these were for the park rangers… there trucks are old but still run, not needed yet. SrPpt70-b williams 3/30/2022 Successfully Fought Ameren on their placement of utility poles on Cypress in the middle of the sidewalk making them no longer ADA useful. On 4/7/22 they agreed to correct. Renovation of the pool like many other projects in St Ann will require additional scope work to include finding out what caused the previous pool to leak/crack. It is suspected that possible underground springs from the pond or caverns may exist, so that we can properly build this one to last into the future. Thus it became necessary to keep it closed so that this and the design architects can accomplish their duties and get us open by 2024. St. Ann prepares to build $7 million new aquatic center; officials say finishing it on time will be a challenge (kmov.com) TDD Work- St Gregory from Rk Rd to Wright St Williams St Anthony St Richard Geraldine Bridge Federal Project Home values have increased year over year for the last 12 years. What was once an average of $69,400 home value has increased to an average of $114,900 typically a 19% increase every 2 years. Unfortunately, as investors were attempting to buy up homes and long time residents were taking advantage and leaving our great city. (can't blame em they were getting 3x what they paid for their homes.) This seems to be resulting in more rentals and home mortgages and rents are sky high at 1000-2000 per month. In an attempt to stay on top of our assessments of our stock, we outsourced Occupancy inspections to St Louis County, so that our director and his 2 employees can concentrate on outside code and businesses. A resident brought me this information in the links and I am following closely as it will affect St Ann should it pass. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/abandoned-properties-are-piling-up-in-st-louis-county-lawmaker-says-it-s-time-for/article_ae336d15-f6a6-50d3-a34f-461f3c0ed207.html?fbclid=IwAR3L4yvcP8gz6Cd47R53sZJuev_hzm7Dpexhn_T3w4LKYsb3BsXwgQVj148 The Bill is here https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills223/hlrbillspdf/5996H.03I.pdf 1st Derby since early 2000's Pool passed 57.78% Thus the work begins With the high inflation and the rising interest rates, we put a cap on the dollars that will be spent on the pool at 8 million, 1 million for the building and the rest to pay off the community center cops. So that we can keep our promises and not go over on costs, to ensure your tax dollars are spent on what you authorized in the vote. The engineers estimate 7.5 mil on the pool so we added an extra .5 mil just in case to cover it. The bond was for 12.8 mil Prop R Completion Prop R Completion Prop R Completion Prop R Completion Attained a method by which the community center, and golf course would have a financial sustaining source to assist with their maintenance. Indoor Pickle Ball at the Community Center began 2023   Candidate for Mayor 2023 Working on improved services and programming with the completion of modots rk rd development we will be installing a reader board for the community.                                       Use of Federal Grants to Renovate those streets that qualify: Industrial Drive - 2010 Ashby Rd Bridge - 2011 Breckenridge - 2012/13ish Adie-2015 Ashby 2019/20 Old St Charles Rock Road - 2019 Geraldine Bridge-2022  Federal Grants to apply for                                        Wright Ave and Pear Tree. These were all typically Million Dollar streets which the Federal Grant pays for 80% of, leaving the city to pay it's 200,000.00. unused St Louis County's Grant dollars by homeowner's we redirected for the renovation of St Leonard, No worries the 2018 dollars are still available for use by the homeowners, $92,700.00     Other - Fundraisers for citizens in need i.e.; 2014 Women whose wrist was broken in a robbery on Ashby, 2015 Christmas Eve Fire on St Ann Ln, 2015 Family run over on the sidewalk by the Heroin overdose driver, 2016 St Damian Fire, 2017 another Ward 3 Fire. 2018 a Tablet for the 9-yr. old bit by the Pit Bull. 2019- assisted with fundraising and items of need replacement for the Family Fire on St Christopher that totaled the home. 2012 to Present - Continue to Fight Against the City/County Merger push...They are pushing for One School District like Chicago's which is 70 million in the RED, One Police Dept., One Fire Department, One Parks Department, One Streets Dept., One Executive Office/Mayor. They expect us to believe this will be less expensive but have left out information that differs from their agenda as seen here. http://citiesstrong.com/studies/  where 589 million was left out of their study of Indianapolis versus St. Louis. Have you seen the condition of St Louis Cities infrastructure? Many of the muni’s have Services that St Louis County does not offer those would be lost. Your government is only as good as the people in place. Current leadership would suggest that costs are unlikely to reduce/remain reduced. When the city took over their police dept. from the State of Missouri, they claimed the citizens would see a 6 Million Dollar Savings…Current leadership is also NOT LISTENING to the people, as a matter of fact in one ST Louis County Council meeting they told a gentleman that speaking before the Council was only to be heard…NOT for them to answer his questions. Currently the fight is moving to eliminate the municipal police departments, eliminate zoning from municipal powers, eliminate the 1% city earnings tax, the B Sales Tax Pool and all sales taxes the munis collect. But leave the munis in place and combine the city and county unincorporated residents with all government offices to move to the city of st louis’ downtown region and a provisional government for 15 months while they set up a election to run what they establish during those 15 months. All signs look to include the SCHOOLS AND FIRE DISTRICTS in round 2 should they win round 1. This will be done by a statewide vote. https://nocofoshojrvbc.tripod.com/amypoelker/id75.html   Had a poll running on Facebook throughout St Louis City and St Louis County to determine whether the citizens of these two regions desire to merge or not. Poll result was 57% against. Even after Better Together and St Louis Strong asked their followers to vote in it SENIORS 2011 - 2023 https://www. nocofoshojrvbc.tripod.com/amypoelker/id56.html 2011 I knowingly suggested and pushed to eliminate a ward from 5 to 4, in an effort to be able to reestablish the city newsletter so that we could communicate with our seniors not on social media. Knowingly = that I knew it was likely my ward 2 that would be eliminated as it was in the middle of all the wards and could be most easily disbursed. 2011-Present I place articles in the Localite purposefully to ensure that our seniors not on social media can stay in the know. 2011 I suggested and fought to return the CBDG GRANT back to the resident's vs the city streets that previous boards had sent it to because I knew the seniors would need this money to help maintain their properties. 2012 when stl county replaced all the Tornado Alarms the only one established in st ann was at McDonald Park and could not be heard throughout the city. To protect seniors and all, I fought the county to get another one placed in st ann which is now located by city hall. Ch 2 did a news story on this. 2014 I pushed to get the board to go out for bids on Trash. During this process I pushed the lowest bidding co, Republic to get our seniors an additional 2.5% reduction in price. 2015 Through Prop R I fought to establish the funding to install and create our Senior Sneakers Program which saves Seniors money in our Community Programs that charge. 2016 Fought to secure the funding of the Parks Dept needs through Prop R. This prop was necessary to save the Senior Parks Bus as the 2 older ones were no longer safe to use. I literally did door to door, social media, localite and mailed postcards to voters to explain at my own cost. I also held and spoke at a public meeting. 2016 Mike appointed me in charge, of the Golf Task Force committee. A committee which met to establish the needs of the Golf Course and think outside the box on ways to repair it. Prop R also helped to repair the needs of the Golf Course. 2016 fought to ensure that all the details that we see in the city meeting agendas were posted in the pdf online, so that the residents could see everything we see in case they wanted to weigh in on them. 2017 fought for and achieved FREE SWIMMING FOR SENIORS and at 62 the residents can purchase their final COMMUNITY CENTER ID and no longer have to pay for them on a year-to-year basis. 2017 fought to establish You Tube videos of the meetings so that residents who cannot make the meetings, seniors, ada, busy parents can still see what went on, as people are more likely to watch a video than read notes. 2017 I requested to be allowed to hold a Street Committee with 2 citizens from each ward to discuss the financial situation of the city and how we would fix our streets. This board came to the conclusion also, that the city did not have the finances to fund the street program and that we would need to find a financial funding source i.e., the City Wide TDD. They also established that the residents needed the streets sidewalks and city trees done. Seniors were having to fix cars due to wheels out of alignment, tripping on sidewalks and getting injured... 2018/19 I went door to door, sat at events with information, held public meetings, sent out mailers to voters, put articles in the localite and on social media advertising at my own expense to push through the Citywide TDD which currently has repaired 6 streets, many sidewalks and curbing and trees from a sales tax and not a property tax so that everyone who uses our streets pays to fix them and not just the residents. 2020 when covid hit, I saw that our seniors esp. the ones that used the senior bus would not be able to go out to get their groceries and special needs. SO, I ASKED THE CHIEF TO FIND A WAY TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ANYONE TO HELP THEM, and he did. 2020 I fought for Pickle Ball on our Tennis courts for our Seniors. An up incoming sport. 2020 I again pushed for the board to go out to bid on Trash Services and when speaking with the representatives, told them that I expected our Seniors to get the same discounts I had eye witnessed, that other cities like Hazelwood had gotten huge discounts for their seniors. Result a 35% reduction in price from what all other residents were paying and overall, a 44% reduction from what they were paying with Republic. THEN I PERSONALLY PAID TO SEND POSTCARDS TO ALL SENIOR VOTERS TO ENSURE THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DISCOUNT AND HOW TO GET IT. 2021 I achieved a favorable vote from the alderman board to allow the senior bus to take those seniors who needed it to the Bridgeton Community Center for their swimming needs with the closing of our indoor pool being evident. 2022 though it had been in the works since the renovation of our lake, finally in 2022 we could have the Fishing Derby returned to St Ann, this had been a long-term process that I ran on in 2010/11 to reestablish all the events that the previous boards had terminated due to lost funding and poor judgement. 2022 Began fight with Ameren to ensure Cypress Sidewalks are ADA compliant as they were under new construction which means they must update to ADA standards. This is still in the works and the Ameren Engineer assures me that it will be done, they have 4 more houses to get to give them easement. Our State Rep Doug Clemens is assisting me in ensuring they do not neglect this project.

Created the letter below to attract businesses.

In the background I have been working with various state reps/senators to get a bill passed to limit and or freeze senior property taxes in an effort to help them stay in their homes. This process I began in 2016 when I ran for County Council.

2022 Mo SJR 41 BILL TO LIMIT SENIOR PPT AFTER AGE 65