Saturday, March 23, 2013
One of the April 2 ballot items about funding for parks, trails, St. Louis Arch grounds and wildlife habitat is being supported by Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther and city council members. It would increase sales tax by 3/16th of 1 cent.
Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther recently led city council members in discussions about endorsing a St. Louis public parks initiative that will be decided on next month. He said he believes Wildwood may benefit from additional funds that would be available to St. Louis County for maintenance and improvement of its park properties in and around Wildwood. On April 2, voters of St. Louis County and the city will vote on Proposition P, a ballot initiative to increase sales tax and funding available to improve parks and trails and the Gateway Arch grounds. The initiative also includes elements to protect natural areas and wildlife habitat throughout St. Louis. The initiative is officially referred to as the Safe and Accessible Arch and Public Parks …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A new "overlay" governmental district to oversee long-term Manchester Road improvements is a new goal for Wildwood, Ballwin and Ellisville city representatives.
With Manchester Road being targeted as part of the St. Louis Great Streets Initiative, this major thoroughfare needs a major transformation that will take years to complete. To be able to work together for an extended period of time, city staffers, council members and board of aldermen of Wildwood, Ellisville and Ballwin municipalities hope to form a "special purpose" taxing district with the sole purpose of executing improvements to the Manchester Road corridor. Wildwood city council members approved a resolution at Monday evening's council meeting to pursue this long-range collaboration with neighboring municipalities. Wildwood City Administrator Dan Dubruiel said Ellisville and Ballwin city officials already had approved their …
Sunday, February 17, 2013
A regional transportation plan that regulates safer and more complete mobility and access plans for walkers, joggers, bicyclists, equestrians and motorists is being reviewed. But the topic comes with questions about bicyclists-motorists conflicts.
A public hearing regarding Wildwood's involvement with a regional Gateway Bike Plan was conducted last Monday evening at the Wildwood City Hall. The Gateway Bike Plan is a collaboration of three Missouri counties and nearly 100 cities across the St. Louis metropolitan area. The plan was spearheaded by Great Rivers Greenway in 2009. Public entities involved with formulating the plan were East-West Gateway Council of Governments, Missouri Department of Transportation, Metro, St. Louis city representatives, St. Louis County representatives, St. Charles County representatives, numerous municipalities' representatives and Trailnet. Additionally, citizen advisory committee members weighed in. The project manager of this bike plan happens to be …
Marc Perez
8:34 am on Sunday, March 24, 2013
This was Resolution #2013-05. Tax, tax, tax... Enough! Why should "we" vote for a tax to give money to the Federal Government to make chnages to the Arch grounds? This is what we pay Federal taxes to the Federal Government for. We can see how well they manage our money now, and give them more? I don't think so. The ability of Government to manage the peoples money is very obvious, they do it … more ›