Council may scale back Mozingo paving

During its regular session this evening at City Hall, the Maryville City Council is expected to consider a staff recommendation to scale back planned asphalt overlays at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.

According to a written report submitted by Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland, inspections of the two main thoroughfares inside the park, Ridge Road and O’Riley Road, showed that both have sustained significant structural deterioration and will require additional repairs prior to milling and overlay.

Heiland said the added cost means “alternate” bids by Keller Construction Co. to pave graveled lanes serving the reserve recreational vehicle camping area and a driveway and parking lot near cabins Nos. 6 and 7 need to be placed on hold.

Estimates show that repairing Ridge Road and O’Riley Road alone will cost $152,560, or $2,560 more than was set aside in the fiscal 2015 Mozingo Fund overlay budget. Heiland said the fund contains sufficient reserves to cover the overage.

Though the RV lanes and cabin parking lot/driveway would remain unpaved under the revised proposal, Heiland is recommending that milling waste from Ridge Road and O’Riley Road be used to treat the existing gravel paths.

Covering the gravel with milling waste, Heiland said, should improve the driving surface and reduce the amount of gravel dust.

In other Mozingo business Monday, the council will be asked to approve a pair of contracts with Orr Wyatt Streetscapes for construction of trail extensions at the city-owned recreation area. Orr Wyatt is the same company that performed the recently completed West Fourth Street project.

A “phase IV” Mozingo trail will consist of a 950-foot paved addition to an existing 783-foot path to run along the north edge of the primitive camping area. Construction cost for both the completed and proposed segments is $136,734, seventy percent of which is being covered by a Department of Natural Resources grant. Cost of the proposed extension under the new contract with Orr Wyatt is $49,632.

The second trail proposal, 1,560-foot “phase V,” will extend an existing concrete path around “The Point,” a peninsula at the south end of the 1,000-acre lake that has become a popular picnic spot and special events venue.

Total cost of the project is $132,596, again with 70 percent of that amount to be covered by DNR. Cost of the proposed contract with Orr Wyatt is $82,315.

A third Mozingo item on Monday’s agenda is the appointment by the council of five members to serve either two- or three-year terms on the new Junior Golf Foundation Board, whose purpose will be to provide support with regard to youth programs at the newly constructed Watson 9 golf course.

All rules, regulations and policy decisions affecting the course and its use will still require review by the Mozingo Advisory Board and approval by the City Council. In addition, the new board will include a non-voting sixth member belonging to the Mozingo professional staff.

Nine people applied for membership on the board, and Heiland is recommending appointment of the following people: Bruce Twaddle (two years), Sean Sheil (two years), Troy Hayes (three years), Matt Symonds (three years) and Brenda Ricks (three years).

Other items on the council agenda this week include:

• Consideration of event requests by the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce to hold the Maryville Marathon & Chamber Country Classic and County Showdown talent contest on Saturday, June 13.

The marathon is set to begin at 6:30 a.m. and end about 1:30 p.m. The Country Showdown is scheduled from 4-7 that afternoon on the east side of the downtown square.

• Consideration of an event request for the Nodaway County Fair. Pending council approval, the downtown square will be closed to traffic during fair week from 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, until about 2 p.m. Sunday, July 19.

• Consideration of an event request for the annual Special Olympics Torch Run, set to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, on the west lawn of the Nodaway County Courthouse. Pending council approval, runners will proceed south down Main Street to the Kawasaki factory under escort provided by Maryville Public Safety. Special Olympics volunteers are also requesting that the city approve a Unified Torch Relay Across America event from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park.

• Consideration of a liquor license application for the new Casey’s General Store under construction at 1719 E. First Street.