U City Council Scrutinizes Olive/I-170 Agreement
The agreement would create a joint redevelopment commission with neighboring Olivette.
University City officials on Wednesday went over a draft agreement with the City of Olivette with a fine toothed comb. The city council reviewed the intergovernmental agreement for the I-170/Olive Boulevard redevelopment area with James Mello of Armstrong Teasdale and Paul Martin, the city's attorney. The agreement is a draft that still needs the approval of both city councils. Olivette passed an ordinance on the mixed use overlay district on Oct. 9. With the approval of the agreement, the cities would create a Joint Development Commission (JDC). The JDC will: The 353 Corporation would act as U City and Olivette's agent within the redevelopment area once both cities approve the mirroring zoning codes. "As long as the proposed development …
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Marc Jacob
12:05 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Hi Mr. Thornton, Your passion and concern for the residents north of Olive is great, and I definitely want more of them to get involved with this process as well. I think the point I was trying to get across in my last post was that the map of the area you are referring to as "map 2 or plan B" does NOT give the new proposed joint body the power to blight or of eminent domain. The … more ›