Council to consider tourism grant program
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council will meet in regular session at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at City Hall.
Agenda items before the five-member governing board include a resolution authorizing a tourism grant program proposed by the Maryville Tourism Committee, which is responsible for allocating revenues collected through the city’s $4-per-night transient guest tax paid by hotel patrons.
The proposed grant program would provide funding to eligible organizations seeking to promote tourism in the Maryville area by marketing special events and the use of local facilities to potential visitors.
According to a municipal staff report, eligible grant applicants include, but are not limited to, government agencies, non-profit groups and, in some cases, for-profit businesses.
Awards would be limited to $1,000 each “unless an unusual or unforeseen tourism opportunity presents itself.”
All funded events would take place in Nodaway County with preference given to activities in or near Maryville.
The report stated that applications will be evaluated by the committee during public meetings. A total of $5,000 for the program was included in this year’s city budget.
Of the estimated $215,000 in anticipated annual transient guest tax revenue, $150,000 goes to Northwest Missouri State University in support of the newly constructed Hughes Fieldhouse athletics and special events venue. The remaining $65,000 is earmarked for tourism and marketing initiatives.
The nine-member committee comprises three at-large members in addition to representatives from the City of Maryville, Northwest Missouri State, the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Maryville, Nodaway County Economic Development and Maryville Parks & Recreation.
In other business Monday, the council is to consider a proposed ordinance updating a municipal storm water management plan in order to achieve compliance with state regulations.
According to a staff report, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources conducted an audit of municipal storm water regulations and noted several violations in a Letter of Warning issued this fall.
City Manager Greg McDanel and Public Works Director C.E. Goodall said the violations were “noted in a constructive manner” to ensure compliance under the city’s Missouri State Operating Permit and existing clean-water legislation.
Currently, according the state Department of Natural Resources, Maryville is in violation of a permit regulation requiring the city to implement a program to reduce pollutants in storm water runoff created by construction activity resulting in land disturbance embracing more than one acre. The current municipal standard for such a plan is three acres.
McDanel said the revision carries no financial impact, and that municipal staff will be required to review and permit additional development projects to ensure proper storm water management under the change.
Additional items before the council Monday include:
• An ordinance acknowledging a petition to annex about two acres of property at 950 S. Depot St. into the city limits. The petition was submitted by Brad Hilsabeck, who wants to connect a single-family residence on the parcel to city utilitie
Staff has recommended the ordinance for approval.
• An ordinance authorizing the abandonment of an alley running north to south between the 100 block of North Laura Street and North Alvin Street. The abandonment, requested by Bernard Zimmerman, has been recommended for approval by municipal staff.
• An ordinance leasing 1,200 square feet of hangar space at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport to Tommy and Bridget Kenny at an annual rate of $276.
• An ordinance executing a contract with Joe Machen’s Ford Lincoln, Columbia, for the purchase of a 2019 Ford F350 four-by-four maintenance truck for use at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.
The truck would replace two aging vehicles currently part of the park’s fleet and be used for snow removal and to haul heavy trailers.
At $26,512, Machens submitted the lowest of two truck bids. Earlier this year, the council budgeted $30,000 for the purchase from the Mozingo Recreation Fund.
The other bid, for $30,408, came from the Tri-State Auto Family of Maryville, an offer that exceeded the city’s 2-percent local preference standard.
• An ordinance zoning three acres of recently annexed land owned by Steven Shea at 1644 N. Dewey St. to R-2 single family.
• An ordinance zoning just under an acre of recently annexed land owned by Peter and Teresa Walter at 1315 W. Sixteenth St. to R-4 multifamily.
• An ordinance executing a contract with J.D. Bishop Construction for concrete repairs associated with water/sewer infrastructure repairs at a budgeted not-to-exceed cost of $22,740.
• The proposed appointment of Mackenzie Adamson to a three-year term on the Mozingo Advisory Board. Adamson’s term will expire in Sept. 2021.
