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A
Hi
I'm
Chris
Carroll,
with
Kansas
City
Missouri
office
of
emergency
management.
Speaking
to
you
from
the
Emergency
Operations
Center,
where
we
monitor
things
like
severe
weather
or
like
the
recent
st.
Patty's
Day
Parade,
do
you
know
what
to
do
in
severe
weather
we're
currently,
hopefully
have
winter
behind
us
and
we're
heading
into
severe
tornadoes
and
severe
thunderstorms?
One
of
ways
you
can
prepare
yourself
for
these
events
is
to
practice
drills
at
home
or
at
work.
So
you
know
where
to
go
during
severe
weather.
You
should
take
your
personal
tour.
The.
B
A
Kansas
City
yearly
holds
tornado
drills
so
that
our
employees
know
where
to
go
during
a
real
tornado.
We
also
test
our
sirens
monthly
weather,
permitting
on
the
first
Wednesday
of
the
month.
Some
people
have
said
that
they
do
not
hear
the
sirens
when
they're
indoors,
in
their
houses
or
in
their
businesses.
The
sirens
are
not
designed
to
be
heard
indoors.
If
you're
outdoors
and
you
hear
the
siren,
you
should
seek
shelter
and
then
find
out
more
information,
such
as.
Where
is
the
tornado?
What
direction
is
the
tornado.
B
A
Another
way
to
receive
alerts
is
to
sign
up
for
alert,
KC
the
city's
text
notification
system
to
receive
alerts,
just
text,
your
zip
code
to
888
777.
You
can
also
sign
up
at
Nixle
comm
and
choose
what
type
of
alerts
you
want
to
receive,
as
well
as
put
in
multiple
locations
seek
receive
alerts
for
your
work
home
or
school.
A
These
days,
almost
everybody
has
a
cell
phone,
and
you
can
download
weather
apps
to
keep
you
and
your
family
informed
during
severe
weather
when
you're
not
able
to
get
to
your
no
weather,
radio
or
television
or
radio
to
find
out
the
information
there
to
be
ready
for
severe
weather
or
any
other
type
of
emergency.
You
should
have
a
kit
at
home
for
yourself
and
your
family.
You
can
start
your
kit
by
downloading
our
checklists
from
our
website.
The
kit
should
contain
the
items
that
you
need
for
at
least
72
hours.
A
Some
items
that
you
should
have
in
your
kit
include
water,
food,
flashlights,
first-aid
supplies,
and
you
can
find
other
items
through
your
kit
on
our
website.
Remember
make
your
kit
usable
for
yourself
and
your
family,
including
your
pets
from
weather.
We
move
on
to
another
topic,
important
to
the
residents
of
Kansas
City.
The
City
Council
recently
passed
a
plan
to
phase
out
contracted
trash
collection.
A
Last
year,
more
than
78
percent
of
the
complaints
regarding
trash
and
recycling
were
about
contractors.
This
plan
will
reduce
the
number
of
complaints
and
save
taxpayer
dollars
check
out
this
video
about
the
new
trash
proposal,
followed
by
other
videos
regarding
important
topics
in
Kansas,
City,
I'm,
Chris
Carroll,
with
the
office
of
emergency
management.
Thank
you
for
watching
the
weekly
report.
C
The
Kansas
City
Council
has
voted
to
phase
out
contracted
trash
collection.
Moving
trash
operations
in-house
is
expected
to
save
nearly
20
million
dollars
over
the
next
10
years.
The
city
recognizes
that
resident
satisfaction
with
trash
services
have
declined
over
the
last
few
years.
This
new
plan
will
improve
service,
reduce
complaints
and
save
taxpayer
dollars.
The
solid
waste
division
is
finalizing
the
plan
and
time
schedule
to
transfer
trash
services
in-house.
The
plan
will
be
presented
to
the
City
Council
for
final
approval.
Our.
D
Citizens
are
not
happy
with
the
level
of
service
being
provided,
so
we
looked
at
improving
bulk
item
collection.
So
one
of
the
things
that
you
see
is
an
improvement
in
bulk
item
collection
to
add
more
appointments
to
bulk
out
of
collections.
So
we
can
get
back
to
monthly
collection,
citywide
additional.
C
Proposed
plan
allows
solid
waste
to
expand
bulky
item
and
leaf
and
brush
pickups.
It
will
also
help
enhance
neighborhood,
cleanup
programs
under
the
plan.
The
solid
waste
division
will
hire
nearly
80
new
workers
and
add
nearly
two
dozen
new
trash
trucks.
A
citywide
in-house
trash
collection
program
could
begin
as
early
as
2020
recycling
collection
is
under
contract
until
2024
and
is
unaffected
by
the
new
trash
collection
plan.
E
The
Kansas
City
artists
coalition
has
been
around
for
over
40
years
and
who
all
much
has
changed
in
the
arts
and
cultural
landscape
of
the
city.
What
has
remained
consistent
is
the
focus
of
the
artists,
coalition's
mission,
which
is
on
local
and
regional
visual
artists
here,
to
tell
us
more
about
the
organization.
Is
new
executive
director
Marissa,
stark
Marissa?
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here.
Thank.
E
F
So
1976
a
handful
of
artists
actually
gathered
just
up
the
street
on
Delaware
in
the
studio's
of
philomene
Bennett
and
Lane
Merrick,
to
discuss
this
concept
of
how
to
bring
local
awareness
and
local
voice
and
representation
to
local
artists.
At
that
point,
there
was
no
crossroads.
There
weren't
a
whole
lot
of
galleries.
F
So
it's
kind
of
a
two-part
approach
that
we
have.
We
provide
solo
exhibitions
like
the
one
we're
standing
in
currently
in
for
gallery
spaces.
We
also
do
group
exhibitions
and
those
are
educational
in
and
of
themselves.
We
really
work
with
emerging
artists
and
artists
mid-career
to
help
them
learn
how
to
properly
install
a
show
how
to
promote
themselves
and
how
to
just
be
good
voices
for
their
own
art
and
business.
F
On
the
other
side
of
the
educational
component,
we
are
looking
at
workshops
that
teach
kind
of
the
business
of
art
so
talking
about
legal
advice,
accounting
services
in
the
community
for
artists.
Specifically,
we
also
talk
about
social
media
marketing
strategies
and
a
variety
of
other
generals
of
how
to
be
a
good
artist
and
be
a
good
business
person
at
the
same
time.
So
we're
kind
of
tackling
it
from
two
different
sides.
F
You're
all
getting
for
your
own
space.
Absolutely
yes!
So
the
organization
has
been
graciously
hosted
in
the
current
spaces
for
the
past
33
years
and
as
you
mentioned,
with
the
changes
in
cityscape
and
landscape,
we
also
are
looking
to
maybe
change
it
up
a
little
bit.
The
building
was
sold
in
October
of
this
last
year
and
so
now
we're
looking
at
maybe
changing
our
current
venue.
F
E
F
G
The
Kansas
City
Missouri
Police
Department,
has
many
specialized
units,
but
the
job
of
a
hostage
negotiator
is
one
that
doesn't
get
as
much
attention
until
there's
a
crisis
sometimes
known
as
an
operation
100
depending
on
the
incident,
whether
it
be
a
suicidal
barricaded,
gunman,
hostage
situation
or
a
jumper.
The
team
leader
on
the
scene
of
the
incident
will
request
the
hostage
negotiation
team
respond
to
the
command
post,
Officer
Rita
Olson
still
wiki
has
been
a
hostage
negotiator
for
kCPT
for
more
than
10
years.
G
H
G
H
To
have
empathy,
because
whenever
you
get
called
do
these
types
of
calls
a
lot
of
times,
people
are
in
crisis
and
you've
got
to
deal
with
that
crisis
you're
on
a
rollercoaster
with
them,
whenever
you're
on
the
phone,
with
them,
you're
up
and
down
with
them
and
and
you
gotta
have
empathy
for
them
and
you've
got
to
talk
them
basically
off
that
ledge
and
and
bring
them
down,
bring
them
to
kind
of
what
I
call
reality.
Okay,
you
know,
are
you
willing
to
talk
now
because
a
lot
of
times
the
negotiations
start
where?
H
H
Talking
to
somebody
whenever
the
moving
the
negotiator
came
out
with
samuel
l.jackson,
I
would
be
talking
to
people
on
the
phone
and
they
would
go
well.
That's
not
how
samuel
will
do
it
and
I
would
go
well.
First
off,
I'm
not
samuel
l.jackson.
Okay,
number,
two!
That's
a
movie!
Now,
let's
talk
about
reality
and
the
bottom
line
is
you're
not
getting
the
helicopter
you're,
not
getting
the
million
dollars.
You
know,
but
we
want
a
peaceful
resolution
where
you
walk
out
that
front
door
and
nobody
gets
hurt
that
that
is
my
goal
on
every
negotiation.
The.
G
H
H
Tell
the
negotiator,
you
know
stuff,
that's
going
to
help
them
like.
What's
the
most
important
thing
in
that
person's
life,
if
their
jumper
on
the
bridge,
we
want
to
bring
them
back.
They
are
at
crisis
they're
there
they're
up
here,
and
we
want
them
here
back
down
here.
What
is
the
most
important
thing
in
that
person's
life
that
hey,
if
you
jump
off
this
bridge
who's
gonna,
raise
your
children
ole.