Is Crestwood Swim Club on City's property?

If it is true that 20 feet of the Crestwood Swim Club in on City's property, then is this a city pool for the general public?

I want to thanks the Kohl's shoppers in Crestwood for paying an additional 1% sales tax to fund and support a "safe"private pool named Crestwood Swim Pool.

It is great to have two pools in Crestwood. One for private for public officials. One for the public.

Is it true that Mayor Roy Robinson's wife helped build this safe pool as a subcontractor to Brinkmann with her Perma Jack business?

It is best to keep the money close in hand!

Where is the $1.00 check for 50 Crestwood Swim Club parking spaces?

Where is the $1.00 check for 50 Crestwood Parking Spaces?

RE: $1.00 check payable to Rosebrook Real Estate Company aka Crestwood Swim Club for 50 parking spaces

How can you receive $295,000 reimbursement with the Crestwood Point TDD without the $1.00 check for the Missouri Real Estate Transaction?

I have no documents related to any payment from the City of Crestwood to Rosebrook Real Estate.

Thanks,

Robert Klahr Armstrong Teasdale LLP One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 (314) 552-6683 (314) 612-2330 (facsimile) rklahr@armstrongteasdale.com

Montee Finds TDDs Continue Taxing Missourians without their knowledge

For Immediate Release, Thursday July 19, 2007

Contact: Samantha Brewer, Public Affairs Coordinator, (573) 751-5313

E-mail: Samantha.Brewer@auditor.mo.gov

“In their current form, Missouri's TDDs are about as close as you can get to taxation without representation,” State Auditor Susan Montee said। "The General Assembly needs to take action or Missourians will continue to pay these higher taxes with little or no input into what they are paying or how their money is spent।"

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Today, Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee released an audit of Transportation Development Districts (TDDs)। As of December 31, 2005, 98 TDDs had been established in Missouri, including 29 established in 2005। An additional 22 were established in 2006। While previous audit of TDDs (SAO Report No। 2006-12, issued March 2006) reported various issues in the areas of public awareness/involvement, accountability, and compliance, the 2007 General Assembly made only one change to the TDD statutes addressing issues reported in the prior audit.

TDDs are established for the construction of transportation-related projects, and governed by a board of directors with the authority to impose sales taxes within that district to pay those costs। In 95 percent of the districts the property owner/developer petitioned for its creation. All of the districts have additional sales tax on retail items sold within the districts' boundaries imposed by the property owner/developer. This results in higher sales tax than the retail establishments outside the district's boundaries. The TDDs are created without public input and sales tax is increased without a public vote.

Officials or representatives of 97 of the TDDs reported total estimated transportation project costs of over $923 million, while 87 of those TDDs reported total estimated revenues of over $1 billion would be collected over the lives of the TDDs।

The current audit found issues in the areas of construction contracts and project management, professional services, budgetary matters, and financial reporting। Competitive bids were either not solicited or appropriate bidding procedures could not be determined. Written contracts related to the construction or construction management services were not always prepared or approved in a timely manner. Requests for proposals for various professional services were either not properly solicited or documentation was not available to provide assurance that such proposals were solicited.

Various matters were noted related to transportation projects costs claimed for reimbursement by developers. For example, it appeared the costs claimed by a developer for reimbursement were included twice, overstating reimbursement requests by approximately $123,800. In addition, in one district, customers of the major retailer in the district were incorrectly charged sales tax at a rate higher than that approved by the district for an 8-month period, resulting in an overpayment of sales taxes by the retailer to the district of approximately $60,000 for this time period.

THF Realty TIF Crestwood Point Development, LLC for Kohl's

TIF Costs to Date of 12/8/2003 2:15 PM from Armstrong Teasdale Law Firm

THF Crestwood Point Development, LLC
Vendor Name THF Budget Category Total Invoice Amount
Arnold Heuvelman Building Lease Buyout 1,500.00
Bank of America Buyout 398,147.13
Casey Communications Office Overhead 128.00
Charles Web Building Lease Buyout 1,500.00
City of Crestwood City's Portion of TIF 150,000.00
Consolacion Millangue, MD Building Lease Buyout 1,500
Creative Advertising Building Lease Buyout 1,500.00
Crestwood Continental Hairstyling Building Lease Buyout 1,500.00
Crestwood Shoe Repair Building Lease Buyout 1,500.00
Crestwood Shoe Repair Building Lease Buyout ,
D.G. Purdy & Associates, Dan Vogel Agency, Denlow & Henry, Don Landers & Co.,
Dr. Arthur Von Rump, Dr. Kevin Schuler, Dr. William Ehrett, DRG,
Economic Development Resources, Ecosafe, Inc., Eternal Family Network, Future Society, Inc.,
Gil Hagan, Heyden & Assoicatesd, Joseph Freund, Kevin McCann, Kinko's, Konrad Sprik, DMDLachman Abichandani, MD, Larry Eshelman Insurance, LaSalle Bank,
Major Investment & Realty,
Marvin, Mishkin, Harvey Cantor, Sue Ann Jones Purchase Price $1,575,483,79
Midwest Testing Soils Engineer
Midwest Testing Engineer
Midwest Testing Compact Testing
Neels Pharmacy Building Lease Buyout
Noel Leicht Building Lease Buyout
O.T. Hodge Chile Parlor Building Lease Buyout
Precision Analysis
R. G. Brinkmann Contruction Company Demolition $ 2,051.15
R. G. Brinkmann Construction Company Construction Manager $ 24,052.00
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal legal fees
Specialty Medical Sales, Inc.
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 124,667.55
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 124,667.55
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 182,440.85
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 40,848.35
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 40,848.35
Spirtas Company Demolition $ 40,848.35
Spirtas Company Environmental Remediation $ 10,000.25
THF Aviatioin Office Overhead $ 429.68
THF Legal Legal Fees $
THF Legal Environmental Remediation
THF Legal TIF Costs
THF Legal Building Lease Buyout $ 629.00
THF Legal Office Overhead
TKGBL Office Overhead $ 9.39
Unites, Inc., Building Lease Buyout $ 13,407.49
VIP Studio Graphics Offfice Overhead $ 80.00
White Collar Crime Investigations, Inc. Build Lease Buyout $ 1,500.00
Ian Silberman - THF Realty
THF Aviation Office Overhead $429.68
THF Legal,
Environmental Remediation,
TIF Costs,
THF Legal Building Lease Buyout $629.00

9/8/07 City of Creve Couer voted on 2nd West Oak TDD

Saturday, 9/8/07 City of Creve Couer Council Meeting
It has come to my attention that the second TDD is being created to cover a shortfall with a third TDD on a horizon.
Is this a common occurrence throughout our State of Missouri?
What is the root cause of the $2,067,141 shortfall of Olive Blvd TDD on page 3 of The Memorandum dated 9/4/2007 from Attorney Robert D. Klahr on the Plan of Finance?
7/19/07 Montee Finds Transportation Development Districts continue Taxing Missourians without their knowledge Contact: Samantha Brewer, Public Affairs Coordinator (573) 751-5313 E-mail: Samantha.Brewer@auditor.mo.gov

http://www.auditor.mo.gov/news/20070719tdd.htm “In their current form, Missouri's TDDs are about as close as you can get to taxation without representation,” State Auditor Susan Montee said. "The General Assembly needs to take action or Missourians will continue to pay these higher taxes with little or no input into what they are paying or how their money is spent."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation "No taxation without representation" was a slogan in the period 1763-1775 that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen colonies. The colonists complained that taxes were imposed by Parliament without the consent of the colonists, which violated the traditional rights of Englishmen dating back from the Magna Carta. The point was that the colonies had no representation in Parliament; the British responded that they were "virtually" represented.
Are the Citizens of Missouri Virtual?

CID Crestwood Point for Kohl's

TH614F Crestwood Point Development, LLC
CID Costs to Date of 9/28/2004 10:27 AM from Armstrong Teasdale

Sanitary Sewers and Storm Sewers $115,000
Curbs/Gutters/Sidwwalks $ 75,000
Water Lines $105,500
Miscellaneous $194,500
CID Costs $ 25,000

Total $515,900

TDD Crestwood Point Expenses for Kohl's

Clerk of the Circuit Court Watson Plaza Easement $500,000
Rosebrook Real Estate Company Swim Club Buyout $850,565.59
Stock & Associates $ 3,976.54
Gerstner Electric, Inc. , Midwest Testint
R.G. Brinkmann Company, Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Co., Inc.
Baxter Farms & Nursuries, Merlo Plumbing Co., Inc.
Crawford, Bunte, Brammeier $ 82,048.85
Armstrongt Teasdale
Casey Communications, Denlow & Henry, Don Landers & Co., Kinko's, LaSalle Bank
TKGBL, US Title Guaranty Company, VIP Graphics Studio

THF Aviation Office Overhead $ 324.00
THF Legal Office Overhead
THF Realty Office Overhead, Overhead,
Ian Silberman

Grand Total either $2 million or $3 million or blank check for 40 years!