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Goldstein, who previously served on the Boarcof Aldermen, inherited a city lookint for ways to grow its tax revenuse -- particularly from which contribute 41 percent of propertg taxes, compared with 48 percent from Claytob homeowners. Goldstein and other Clayton officials had counted on tippinyg the financial balance back toward businesses with projects such as the one plannedsto build, a $210 million headquarters at Hanleg Road and Forsyth Boulevard -- untilk a ruling June 12 blocked use of eminent domain for the project, bringing it to a Now Goldstein and other city officials are watching several other potential major real estate developments in the city -- all of them in theidr early stages.
As part-timr mayor, Goldstein, 54, collects $250 per Boare of Aldermen meeting. She also is general managedr of one of the largestr carpet businesses inthe region, CI Select. Now that the Missourii Supreme Court has ruled againstCentene Corp.'s poweer to use eminent domaihn as a tool to acquire property it wanted for its headquarters expansion, do you expect the company could still work out a deal with the propertty owners? I had been in contact with some of the property ownersd before the ruling, and I do still have hope that everyond can come to the table.
The property ownersx wanted to prove a and theycertainly did, and I respect But I do think that now that the ruling is behindx us, we can negotiate withouy eminent domain being part of the package. I thinl this could have a huge impactf on businessgoing forward, and I'dd like to see this project be an exampl of how private owners can work with a corporatiobn and do what's rightr for the community. There's talk that the city of St. Louiss and other municipalities are now trying to attrac Centene with their own incentive What areyou hearing? I have heards other areas here in the St. Louis regio n are wooing Centene as well asother nationally.
What can the city of Claytob do to keepCentene here? We might considet alternate economic incentives. I'm not goint to rule that out, but I don't know what that wouldc be right now. The original tax abatement (passedd by the Clayton Board of Aldermennin 2005) required We haven't had a conversation with Centene (sincs the Supreme Court ruled the Clayton propertyh is not blighted), but we won' rule out other incentives if it's Clayton is dotted with two- and three-story buildings in commercial areas -- buildings as old as some of the low-rises commercial buildings Centene tried to Clayton has got to be thinking about redevelopment of some of those other We have a lot of thinge going on.
The Business Journal covered Montgomery Bank's plan to build on Forsythg andCentral Avenue. We have a proposal for a hotel, residential and parking from (of Clayton) in the planninb stages. It would be on the southwest corner of Marylanrd andCentral avenues, across from the St. Louia County Library. Mark Mehlman, who is developinvg the Crescent condos, is talking about a retail villagse east of that site near where Carondeley Avenue andForsyth intersect. Further east on Forsyth, we have (of building Trianon, a condo development with offices near theMetroLink Clayton's sales tax revenue has slipped. Is that a concern ?
We have the former Schnucks store (at Claytojn and Hanley roads) now vacantt and some galleries that are nolonger here. We also certainly have a lot ofthrivinv businesses. We are dependent on the property tax for our and there's been a shift in the balancd of commercial versus residential property taxes. Now our tax burdem is primarilyon residential. The good news is everybody'ws home has increased in value, and we have many more residential units, a lot of beautiful new That's a mixed blessing for As their homes go upin value, so does the property tax bill.
The (Clayton) tax rate has actually stayed When I came on the Board of Aldermen a fewyearx ago, we were reducing the propertyh tax rate, but that doesn'tt mean my individual bill has gone What's your view of the Clayton-Richmond Heights merger talks?
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