Monday, March 18, 2013
A citywide contract will cover expenses for street and sidewalk replacements. Residents voice concerns about last year's workmanship and timeliness on the 2012 restoration project.
Wildwood city council members voted to authorize a contract of up to $1.125 million to replace streets and sidewalks at the March 11 council meeting. But discussion regarding concerns about last year's replacement work first had to be addressed. City Engineer and Director of Public Works Ryan Thomas said the contractor for the street and sidewalk replacement will be J.M. Marschuetz Construction Company. This is the same vendor currently handling the Manchester Road Streetscape project in Wildwood: $2.2M Manchester Road Streetscape Boundaries Expanded in Wildwood Ryan asked for $964,100 for the project, but is authorized to apply the full $1.125 million, if change orders or the scope of work is increased. He said the construction crew was …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wildwood officials update the municipality's ordinances, based on changes in Missouri laws regarding Sunday liquor sales.
Any eligible business in Wildwood now can apply for a liquor license on Sundays, said Wildwood City Attorney Rob Golterman. City council members approved an ordinance during Monday evening's meeting that amended the municipality's alcoholic beverages code. Golterman said it was necessary due to a change in Missouri legislation, House Bill 1498. Missouri's liquor control laws were amended, effective last August. Prior to the new state liquor-related law, only certain types of licensees, such as hotels and restaurants, could serve alcohol on Sundays, said Golterman. Now the state law does not make distinctions, he said, and Wildwood regulations needed to be changed to conform. Before the change, a person with a license to sell liquor in the …
Members of Wildwood's Board of Public Safety recommended unanimously to establish more speed cushions in another portion of the city, but not all residents are in agreement.
Speed cushions installed last year at Green Pines Drive in Wildwood were considered successful in reducing speeds and overall safety. City staffers recently received a request to install similar speed cushions on nearby Forest Leaf Parkway at Evergreen Forest Drive. Wildwood City Engineer and Director of Public Works Ryan Thomas said lanes at the targeted area recently were narrowed, but "speeding still remains a concern." "Speeds tend to pick up traveling down the long grade approaching this area from the south," he said. Members of Wildwood's Board of Public Safety unanimously approved installing these new speed cushions at the group's Feb. 7 meeting. Thomas said traffic calming funds from the city's budget were allocated for the project…
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 …
Wildwood city council members endorse an addendum to the city's mobility and access plan for walkers, joggers, bicyclists, equestrians and motorists.
Wildwood staff directors and city council members at Monday's city council meeting ratified a regional Gateway Bike Plan designed to create more "complete streets" and to increase overall safety. The stated vision of the plan was to "create a bicycle component to the regional transportation network that accommodates all users and promotes consistent design and development of bicycle facilities." Its mission is to "increase the number of people using bicycles for transportation while reducing the number of crashes involving bicycles." A public hearing about the topic was held in Wildwood earlier this month. See related coverage for complete details: Gateway Bike Plan Endorsed by Wildwood The project manager of this bike plan happens to be …
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 …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: The area's newest city hall building is officially open at 16860 Main Street. It's the place to go for city business, municipal court and Wildwood police services—all under one roof now.
The first Wildwood City Council meeting in the new, permanent city hall building was held on Monday evening. The room was packed at one point, and more chairs were brought in to accommodate attendees. Click here to ensure receiving local breaking news and the free morning newsletter about these types of Wildwood developments. St. Louis County Police Department-Wildwood (6th) Precinct officers also moved into the new city hall during Tuesday. Photos in this gallery show the new holding cells. To access the new parking lot nestled in back of city hall, drivers should enter at the dead-end intersection of Main Street and Market Avenue. Read previous Eureka-Wildwood Patch articles about the city hall in the making: Groundbreaking Held for New …
UPDATE, VIDEOS: Approval to purchase utility poles mandatory for initiating high-speed Internet infrastructure in rural parts of Wildwood gets green light after many residents' pleas and lengthy council debate Monday evening.
It all started with recent discussions and plans for Wildwood city officials to spend $90,000 to purchase up to 16 new utility poles so high-speed Internet access finally might be delivered to the most rugged portions of Wildwood, after more than a decade of searching for solutions. Owners of the vast majority of Wildwood's 3,000 households currently unserved or underserved bought property and woodlands to protect in Wildwood long before the Internet existed, so it is not as though they knew it was lacking ahead of time and now are crying foul after the fact. They've just been requesting assistance from the city to facilitate the infrastructure needed, much like other residents request assistance with lighting, trails, roads, sidewalks, …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Wildwood city leaders have applied for 80 percent of the costs for specified construction projects to be covered through state and federal entities, especially those available through SAFETEA-LU program.
Wildwood city council members recently approved legislation to proceed with trying to secure state and federal funding for 80 percent of the costs of three major projects: Total cost of these projects is estimated at $1,628,000. Wildwood city staff applied to the East-West Gateway Council of Governments, the Missouri Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration for the applicable funding under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Council members also recently approved a resolution to contract with BFA Consultants to prepare a project manual and bidding documents for the resurfacing of four major roadways: Fox Creek Road, Strecker Road, Valley Road …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
TAKE POLL: Feeding of wildlife, including migratory fowl and deer, may be prohibited in Wildwood in the future. But some city councilmembers fear the proposed ordinance will pit neighbors against neighbors.
Smack in the middle of all the green space in which Wildwood residents pride themselves, deer are multiplying again. More deer need more to eat. And some Wildwoodians disagree about whether the deer food source should include cracked corn, salt blocks and roughage provided by humans. Ryan Thomas, Wildwood director of public works, said the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) representative who met with the city's Public Safety and Adminstration/Public Works committee members earlier this year recommended having such a non-feeding law. He said MDC officials consider no-feeding rules as a secondary form of wildlife management. "Increased days of hunting didn't translate into more deer harvested," he said. Wildwood resident and city …
E. Schmidt
1:12 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Wildwoood officials and residents, On the topic of street and road improvements in general... I have it on reliable authority that Sansone has also had at least one discussion with a business located in Wildwood about moving to Ellisville RPA-2 when it is built. He has likely had other similar conversations as well. So, draw your own conclusions as to whether or not you care to fund the Great … more ›