Keep our Streams and Stormwater Basins Healthy
Please remember as you cut your lawn and tend to your garden this season, we need your help to allow “Only Rain Down the Storm Drain.” Storm drains are designed to allow stormwater to enter and drain to nearby streams.
Here are some “DOs and DON’Ts” to keep our streams and stormwater basins healthy and avoid flash flooding in your neighborhood:
- DON’T sweep leaves or blow grass clippings into the street. The debris can block storm drains and cause flooding. Plus, yard waste can make it through the drain and promote the growth of algae in streams and lakes due to an increase in nutrients.
- DO cut your lawn high and let lawn clippings lie. Higher lawns crowd out weeds. Grass clippings make great fertilizer.
- DON’T dump dog waste into storm drains. Pet waste contributes to significant bacteria levels when it drains into our creeks.
- DO pick up all pet waste in appropriate bags and place the bags in your trash cart.
- DON’T place anything onto or into a storm inlet drain, including pipes, fencing, screening, leaves, yard waste, pet waste, rock, soil, mulch, chemicals, concrete waste or any other solid waste. Drainage pipes placed directly into the throat of a stormwater inlet opening reduces the available opening that can receive stormwater.
- DO keep objects off and away from stormwater inlets if you have inlets on or around your property. This will help stormwater flow into the drain, instead of backing up and potentially flooding your property.
- DO sweep fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides off of all hard surfaces back into your lawn and only use appropriate amounts to protect water quality.
Adult Egg Hunt Sponsors
Thank you to our Sponsors of the Adult Egg Hunt!
Bronze Level Sponsors:
Culver’s Arnold
Smokee Mo’s
New Systems
Nottleman’s
Christian Brothers Automotive
Royal Papers
Silver Level Sponsors:
Club Car Wash
Detour Grill and Bar
Gnome Detailing
Spire Consulting
Rich Konold
C.I. Flooring
Texas Roadhouse
Wesley Rodgers Steak and Buffet
Gold Level Sponsors:
Fireworks City
Republic Services
Lowe’s of Arnold
Tech Electronics
Sapaugh GM Country
Mid-America Electric
Corporate Sponsor:
Warren Sign
Community Partner:
Arsenal Credit Union
Lonedell Road Project
The City of Arnold has been awarded a grant to resurface, add curb, shoulders and sidewalks to Lonedell Road between Pomme Rd and Missouri State Rd. We were delayed in hosting our public meeting last fall, until we obtained our environmental clearances. We have completed the required environmental report and have finalized the preliminary design plans. We do expect easements or right of way will be needed from most of the properties fronting Lonedell Rd.
We will be hosting a public meeting on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 6:00 pm at City Hall, located at 2101 Jeffco Blvd. There will be a 10-minute presentation followed by question and answer session. We look forward to discussing the details of the project with you.
If you have any questions or comments please call the public works office at 636-282-2386.
MoDot to Host Public Meeting on U.S. Route 61/67 Improvements in Arnold January 18
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will host an open house-style public meeting from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 to share preliminary plans for improving safety on U.S. Route 61/67 at the intersections of St. Johns Church Road and Miller Road East in Arnold.
The meeting will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 3517 Jeffco Blvd., in Arnold. In the event of inclement weather, the alternate meeting date is Jan. 25.
During the meeting, engineers and planners will be available to discuss the proposed designs for the intersections of Route 61/67 and St. Johns Church Road, and Route 61/67 and Miller Road East. Improvements include adding traffic signals and turn lanes.
There will be no formal presentation, and participants can attend anytime between 4 and 6 p.m. For those who cannot attend the open house, information is available online at www.modot.org/route-6167-
Construction on the estimated $1.5 million project is planned to begin June 2024 and be completed in summer 2025.
Republic Service® Labor Day Hours
Anniversary Water Tower Palooza
The City of Arnold is celebrating our 50th Anniversary Year with the rollout of a Water Tower Photo Contest that begins this week, May 1 – 7!
To participate, entrants will find a series of “mini” water towers that have been placed around the City of Arnold. Clues will be posted periodically to the Arnold Parks and Recreation Facebook page and on the City’s website. Post a picture of yourself with each tower in the comments section of it’s clues post. Two towers and their clues will be posted each week for the next 5 weeks. If you don’t have a facebook account, participants may also send pictures by email.
Winners of the Contest will be announced by random selection at the Arnold Days Celebration on September 16 – 18. One photo entry per “mini” tower. Submissions will be accepted until, September 15. Prizes are sponsored by Republic Services.
Prizes:
1st = $1,000
2nd = $750
3rd = $500
Each person is allowed one entry per tower. There will be 10 towers in total.(enter 10 pictures, one for each tower and have 10 chances to win) Participants may enter pictures until, September 15, 11:59 pm. You do not need to live in Arnold to participate. Enter on our event page at bit.ly/ArnoldWaterTowerPalooza (in the comment section).
Clue #1
Clue #2
Clue #3
Lookie Lookie
Where is tower #3
It’s got to be where all can see
The faces of Mount Mayor de Arnold you will surely recognize
Where these guys worked
They were very wise guys
Clue #4
When you want to have fun
bring your whole family,
there’s fun for everyone!
Clue #5
Clue #6
Clue #7
Clue #8
Clue #9
Clue #10
MoDOT NEWS – Route 61/67 in Arnold to Close Nightly, May 4-6 for Pipe Replacement
JEFFERSON COUNTY, MO – Motorists travelling US Route 61/67 in Arnold, MO can expect nightly delays Wednesday thru Friday, May 4-6. Crews will be shutting down southbound Route 61/67 just north of Route 231 (Telegraph Rd.) for pipe replacement starting at 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4. Both northbound and southbound traffic will be shifted to the northbound lanes of Route 61/67 during the work.
On Thursday, May 5, crews will shut down northbound Route 61/67 at the same location and during the same times and shift both northbound and southbound traffic to the southbound lanes. Crews will use Friday, May 6 to complete any work that wasn’t completed on the prior two nights. All work is dependent on weather conditions.
Final ADA Transition Plan
This ADA Transition Plan has been prepared pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires a transition plan to be completed by all public agencies with more than fifty (50) employees. The purpose of the ADA Transition Plan is to document the Public Works Department’s evaluation of its pedestrian facilities on public rights-of-way and develop long- range plans for making those facilities accessible for all people, including those with disabilities. This Plan focuses on administrative documents prepared and maintained by the Department of Public Works and pedestrian facilities within the public rights-of-way owned and maintained by the City of Arnold or within public parks. The City Clerk has been designated as the city’s ADA Coordinator and will serve as the primary clearing house and record keeper for all issues relating to ADA accessibility.
View the full ADA Transition Plan here.
50th Anniversary Photos
2022 is the 50th Anniversary of the City of Arnold! As part of the celebration, we want to share photos and stories from the last 50 years that show places, people, and events that have happened in the City of Arnold. These photos will appear throughout 2022 on the City’s website and social media platforms with proper credit always given to the person(s) supplying and owning the image(s).
We need your help – it’s easy! Just pull out your old photo albums and scan any pictures you find taken since 1972 that tell the story of Arnold over the last 50 years. Then upload pictures or email them to us!