• 

  City wants to buy weather radios for those without

  Phil Jones had been working on a construction project outside his house all day on May 22 and was unaware that a tornado watch had been issued. Once he was inside, though, his weather radio went off, and he learned that a warning had been issued.

Joplin Metro

Search Results

Close Previous Now showing: of Next

Previous Next Close

Discussion

November 15, 2009

Joplin council to hold hearing on McClelland Park trail plan

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Sun Nov 15, 2009, 08:22 PM CST

By Debby Woodin

dwoodin@joplinglobe.com

A walking trail in McClelland Park will be the focus of a public hearing set for tonight’s Joplin City Council meeting.

The council decided at its preceding meeting to hold a public hearing after approving a proposal on Oct. 12 to build a circular walking trail in the park at a cost of about $56,655.

Park issues are in the forefront of city business because the council soon will have to decide whether to ask voters to renew a quarter-cent sales tax for parks and stormwater projects. The tax sunsets April 1, 2012, according to Joplin’s finance director, Leslie Jones.

A trail in McClelland Park and one in Schifferdecker Park were listed among the projects promised residents for use of the tax money when it was approved by voters in 2001. Since then, the city has obtained grant money that has funded the bulk of construction of seven larger trails in other locations, and council members have debated whether the trails in those two parks are needed at this time.

Some residents have said a trail in McClelland Park is important to those who live in the southwest part of the city because it is accessible to the neighborhoods there.

But Bobby Landis, a former city councilman who lives near McClelland Park and is involved in local sports programs, said he has thought about going to the hearing because he doesn’t see the need to spend the money on a circular trail.

“My concern is the people using the park now are not necessarily walkers,” he said. “They’re playing disc golf. Is it going to coincide with the disc golf course, or is it something we’re going to build that is going to interfere with that?”

Additionally, he said, he does not believe the city is obligated to build a lot of amenities in McClelland Park for residents because the park is on the southern edge of the city and residents on three sides of the park aren’t within the city limits.

Another local resident who is active in promoting fitness, Tom MacQueeney, a teacher at Joplin High School, said he believes there is a need for a trail in the McClelland Park area, but he favors a long, connected trail rather than the short circular one the council has been considering.

“I think that there should be a connection between Grand Falls, the McIndoe Park and the Audubon trails at Wildcat Park,” he said. Longer trails for biking as well as walking are needed in the city, he said, as well as a free place to play soccer. He said there is no suitable place to strike up a free game of soccer though it is a popular sport. He said most people don’t want to pay the fees at the new fields at the Joplin Athletic Complex to play recreational games of soccer.

Council member Bill Scearce has advocated building four softball fields at the Joplin Athletic Complex, and not building trails in Schifferdecker and McClelland parks at this time. Scearce said earlier this month he favors building a trail in Schifferdecker Park once a master plan for the park is decided.

There is no master plan in place for the athletic complex.

Doug Joyce, parks director, said there is an existing master plan for the parks and for the projects promised in connection with the sales tax, and that will discussed at tonight’s meeting.





Meeting details



The Joplin City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today on the fifth floor of City Hall, 602 S. Main St.

Text Only

Joplin Metro

• Longtime Democrat dies at 81

  Sapp, 81, died Thursday. Funeral services were Monday at the First Presbyterian Church of Joplin. A longtime Jasper County Democratic committeewoman and volunteer, Sapp for years was secretary to the county’s central committee.

  August 9, 2010 1 Photo

• Motivational speaker offers free marriage course

  Presented by Mark Gungor, the course is being offered free to the community. The event is being held to aid in tornado relief. 

  January 12, 2012

• District sends faculty, administrators on site visits

  With the design phase of several buildings in Joplin Schools ending in May, the district has sent 66 administration, faculty, parents and community members on site visits to 22 schools and two technology company headquarters across the country.

  January 11, 2012

• Mural depicting Joplin High School dedicated

  A four-paneled mural depicting the recent history of Joplin High School was dedicated at the Memorial 9th- and 10th-grade Center Tuesday morning. The mural will be moved to the new high school when it is completed in 2014.

  January 10, 2012 4 Photos

• Carl Junction chamber creating new committees

  The Carl Junction Chamber of Commerce is kicking off three new committees this week with meetings scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday.

  January 9, 2012

• Body of missing Joplin man found

  The body of a missing Joplin man was discovered this afternoon inside his home in the Royal Heights neighborhood of Joplin.

  January 3, 2012

• Wildcat Glades nature center receives $50,000 grant

  The Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center has received a $50,000 TogetherGreen Innovation Grant, which is being provided through an alliance between the National Audubon Society and Toyota.

  October 21, 2011

• Joplin shooting victim’s name released

  The Joplin Police Department today released the name of a woman fatally shot in her home early Thursday and acknowledged that the shooting was reported as a suicide attempt.

  October 21, 2011

• Barry Manilow to deliver donated instruments

  Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow will visit Joplin next week to donate more than $300,000 in musical instruments to replace those lost during the May 22 tornado.

  October 21, 2011

• Extreme Makeover releases names of families

  "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" has released more details about the build in the 2400 block of Connor Avenue, including the names of the seven families. They are:

  October 19, 2011

• More Joplin Metro Headlines

© 2012 Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. · CNHI Classified Advertising Network · CNHI News Service
Associated Press content © 2012. All rights reserved. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Our site is powered by Zope. Some parts of our site may require you to download the Flash Player Plugin.
Privacy Policy | AP News Registry privacy policy
Terms and Conditions
Advertiser Index

Events by eviesays.com

The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO 117 E. Fourth Street Joplin, Missouri 64801