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Session 1149, tlinutes Page 7 December 20, 1976 ST. LOUIS COUIUY - REHABILITATION WAIT PROGRAM: Councilman Lieberman observed that. oa December 8, 1976, an article appeared in the newspapers concerning the St. Louis County government assisting municipali- ties in rehabilitation loan programs. He pointed out that the City of Univer- sity City is very interested in this type of a program, and its own program is working out successfully; in fact, University City leads the County in that matter. He said he specifically asked the administrative forces to check with the County to find out how St. Louis County will assist municipalities. He said if he understands correctly, their offer is to offer administrative advice or assistance to those communities who have budgeted their own Community Development Funds for rehabilitation loans, and it does not mean that the County will make loan funds available to municipalities or to make County loans to homeowners within those municipalities. He said he understands that the County has completed five loans to homeowners as of November 30th. He said the City of University City has made 47 loans, but the point he is trying to make is that again this is an example of St. Louis County using municipalities within St. Louis County for their own ends and not benefiting this community. He asked whether those loans are to homes in unincorporated areas, and said that if so, how can they possibly exclude the homes within municipalities which are eligible for those rehabilitation loans because the source of their funding is based on a formula which is based on the total population of St. Louis County, and obviously University City is part of that population. He added that this would include Florissant, Webster Groves, Kirkwood, and the rest of the municipalities in St. Louis County who would have the same right to those rehabilitation loans of that program that people :'.n the unincorporated areas have. Councilman Lieberman requested that the administration pursue this further be- cause University City has applications, filed by residents who can qualify for those kinds of rehabilitation loans and they are being; presented to the City Hall of University City for use of University City Community Development Funds, when they can just as well be transferred to St. Louis County because they are making use of their loan funds in that manner, too. Mayor Kaufman said he thinks the policy of St. Louis County would be to make loans only in unincorporated areas, but he thinks the point Councilman Lieber- man is making is that perhaps they can establish some funds to allocate to municipalities so that the municipalities can take the money and then implement it. The Mayor added that he thinks it would be important to determine out of all of the Revenue Sharing Funds how much is allocated to the unincorporated areas and what portion they do allocate to the incorporated areas. lie said he knows that a substantial part of it is used for Police Services in the unincorporated areas. 50% FOOD REQUIRMHENT - TAVERNS: Councilman Glickert called attention to a memo from the administrative forces regarding bars and taverns which are up for renewal of licenses. She said she had specifically requested some information concerning the 50% food require- ment and the communique does not specifically specify that this requirement has been met by all of the establishments. The City Manager explained that following Councilman Glickert's request, an auditor was sent out to examine those establishments which did not have a grandfather clause protection in treat respect and it was found that one of