Recommendation SI.8
Recommendation Status: Existing
Convene a Citizens for a Healthy Community Committee to assist in locally monitoring the environmental challenges for improved air and water quality, and land clean-up throughout the county, but particularly in the areas bearing disproportionate impacts from negative environmental impacts.
This recommendation helps achieve the following
Sustainable Infrastructure
Key Issues Addressed
Related Planning Topic Areas
Applicable Geographic Scales
Countywide
Municipalities
Sub-geographies
Equity Considerations
Addresses the areas of significant long-term pollution.
Sustainability Considerations
Clean air and water quality is essential for a high quality-of-life.
Implementation
Lead Partner(s)
Missouri Coalition for the Environment
St. Louis County Department of Public Health
Supporting Partner(s)
Cost
Low
(Less than $1 mil)
Medium
($1-10mil)
High
($10+ mil)
Project, Partnership, or Policy
Project
Partnership
Policy
Timeline
Just Moms STL
ACLU
STL Toxic Waste Alliance
EPA
DOE
US Army Corp of Engineers
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
EWGCOG
Environmental Advocacy organizations.
Medium-term
(5-10 Years)
Ongoing
Near-term
(Within 5 Years)
Long-term
(10+ Years)
Potential Funding Sources
St. Louis County general operations
EPA Brownfields Grant Funding
NPS Land and Water Conservation Fund
USFWS
MO_DNR
MO_MDC
NFWF
National Audubon Society
Nature Conservancy
Environmental Defense Fund
EPA Urban Waters Small Grants
EPA Watershed Funding
USDA Urban and Community Forestry Program
Tracking Implementation
Tracking Success
LEED CC Quality of Life
If overperforming, what should we do?
Ad-hoc committee to become a formal sub-committee of Planning Commission. Create a publicly available dash-board to ensure community-wide monitoring.
If underperforming, what should we do?
Keep going and publish the success.