RESOLUTION NUMBER 269

WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the United States Department of Energy at the America’s Center on January 20, 2000 to consider the possibility of moving nuclear waste by means of ground transportation through the St. Louis metropolitan area; and

WHEREAS, the St. Louis Board of Alderman considers the threat inherent in transporting such potentially dangerous materials through heavily populated areas so overwhelming as to merit complete rejection of the idea; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Alderman, whose duty is to act to maintain the safety and welfare of the residents of the City of St. Louis, cannot stand by and remain silent in the face of such high-risk activity;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Alderman of the City of St. Louis as follows:

• We strongly urge the Department of Energy to forgo entirely the concept of shipping deadly nuclear waste through our community;
• We strongly urge that, if such shipments are forced upon the City of St. Louis despite its adamant opposition, such shipments be delayed until reliable safeguards can be established to protect the citizens of this city;
• We direct the Clerk of this Board to provide copies of this resolution to the Department of Energy and all members of the United States Congress who represent the interests of the citizens of the City of St. Louis.

Introduced on the 4 th day of February, 2000 by:

Honorable Alfred Wessels, Alderman 13 th Ward
Honorable Francis G. Slay, President of the Board of Alderman
Parrie L. May, Alderwoman 1 st Ward
Dionne Flowers, Alderwoman 2 nd Ward
Freeman Bosley, Sr., Alderman 3 rd Ward
Mike Mitchell, Alderman 4 th Ward
April Ford Griffin, Alderwoman 5 th Ward
Lewis E. Reed, Alderman 6 th Ward
Phyllis Young, Alderwoman 7 th Ward
Stephen J. Conway, Alderman 8 th Ward
Kenneth Ortmann, Alderman 9 th Ward
Craig Schmid, Alderman 10 th Ward
Matthew Villa, Alderman 11 th Ward
Fred Heitert, Alderman 12 th Ward
Stephen Gregali, Alderman 14 th Ward
Margaret Vining, Alderwoman 15 th Ward
James F. Shrewsbury, Alderman 16 th Ward
Joseph Roddy, Alderman 17 th Ward
Terry Kennedy, Alderman 18 th Ward
Michael McMillan, Alderman 19 th Ward
Sharon Tyus, Alderwoman 20 th Ward
Bennice Jones King, Alderwoman 21 st Ward
Kenneth Jones, Alderman 22 nd Ward
James Sondermann, Alderman 23 rd Ward
Tom Bauer, Alderman 24 th Ward
Daniel Kirner, Alderman 25 th Ward
Irving C. Clay, Jr., Alderman 26 th Ward
Gregory J. Carter, Alderman 27 th Ward
Lyda Krewson, Alderwoman 28 th Ward

Adopted this 4 th day of February, 2000 as attested by:

Fred F. Steffen
Clerk, Board of Alderman

Francis G. Slay
President, Board of Alderman