MSD Project Clear invites its community partners to help educate voters
Prop W and Prop S will be on the April 2024 ballot
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD Project Clear or MSDPC) is turning to voters to decide two important issues on April 2, 2024: How WASTEWATER services will be funded over the next four years, and the creation of the first regional STORMWATER improvement program in St. Louis and St. Louis County.
These free tools and resources are designed to empower our partners to help educate our community about the two propositions so voters can be informed on election day.
The following graphics, articles, videos, and other tools are available to use, paraphrase, or repurpose to share with your audiences.
Articles
Use ideas:
- Share in a digital newsletter with the videos below.
- Share in a print newsletter.
- Include in a blog post.
- Post on your webpage with the videos below.
Flyers
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- Share in a digital newsletter with the article below.
- Share in a print newsletter with the article above.
- Include in a blog post.
- Post on your webpage with the article above.
- Share with a group or organization you are part of.
Videos
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- Share on your social media channels with the copy provided above.
- Post on your webpage along with the copy provided above.
- Share in a digital/e-newsletter with the copy above.
- Post on your public-facing digital signage.
We’d love you to share these from our YouTube page so we can track views, but you can upload them yourself if that works better for you.
Proposition S Stormwater Improvement Projects
Graphics
Use ideas:
- Share on your social media channels with the copy provided above.
- Post on your webpage along with the copy provided above.
- Share in a digital/e-newsletter with the copy above.
- Post on your public-facing digital signage.
Ballot Language
PROPOSITION W
To comply with federal and state clean water requirements, shall The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) issue its sewer revenue bonds in the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000) for the purpose of designing, constructing, improving, renovating, repairing, replacing and equipping new and existing MSD sewer and drainage facilities and systems, including sewage treatment and disposal plants, sanitary sewers, and acquisition of easements and real property related thereto, the cost of operation and maintenance of said facilities and systems and the principal of and interest on said revenue bonds to be payable solely from the revenues derived by MSD from the operation of its wastewater sewer system, including all future extensions and improvements thereto?
PROPOSITION S
Shall The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD), for the purpose of providing revenue to fund capital improvements for flooding and erosion control, impose (i) a property tax upon all residential taxable tangible property within the District at a rate of not more than Seven and 45/100 Cents ($0.0745) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation and (ii) a charge upon all non-residential customers, whether public or private, within the District based on the amount of impervious area (IA) on each such customer’s real property at a rate of $1.05 per month per 1,000 square feet of IA?