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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments. Show notes are posted at kcmo.gov/weeklyreport.
A
Hello,
everyone
I'm
Chris
Hernandez,
and
this
is
the
weekly
report.
Your
look
at
news
from
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
the
mayor's
annual
state
of
the
city
address
takes
place.
Tuesday
March
29th
at
11am
at
the
Uptown
Theater.
This
event
is
free
and
open
to
the
public.
However,
we
do
ask
that
you
RSVP,
if
you'd
like
to
attend,
you
can
RSVP
online
at
kc,
MO
gov,
and
if
you
are
unable
to
join
us
in
person,
the
speech
will
be
broadcast
on
kk
f.
A
I
FM
90.1
radio
and
live
stream
on
our
website
at
KCMO
govt.
You
can
also
follow
the
activity
on
twitter
using
hashtag,
sotc
kc
surfing
the
net
is
getting
a
lot
easier
downtown
as
the
city
and
sprint
install
kc,
free
public
Wi-Fi,
it's
already
installed
in
the
Power
and
Light
District,
and
will
soon
expand
south
through
the
crossroads
and
then
north
into
the
city
market.
This
free
Wi-Fi
project
will
be
complete
by
May
sixth
and
is
part
of
the
many
smart
city
improvements
the
city
is
implementing
along
with
the
new
streetcar
every
five
years.
A
Kcmo
residents
must
vote
on
the
city's
eat
acts.
This
year's
election
will
be
held
on
tuesday
april
fifth,
if
you
would
like
more
information
about
the
earnings
tax
or
you'd
like
to
know
where
your
polling
place
is
located,
visit
our
website
at
KCMO,
gov
and
search
eat,
ax
facts.
Now,
let's
check
in
with
some
of
our
city's
departments.
B
Hi
I'm
Heidi
downer,
with
Kansas
City,
Missouri
parks
and
recreation
join
us
as
we
celebrate
springtime
and
warm
weather
with
a
variety
of
spring
related
programs
and
events.
The
annual
Project
Blue
River
rescue
takes
place
saturday,
April
second
from
eight
a.m.
to
noon.
At
lakeside,
Nature
Center
in
Swope,
Park,
volunteers
of
all
ages
and
abilities
are
needed
to
help
clean
up
the
Blue
River
t-shirts
work,
gloves,
tools
and
trash
bags
will
be
provided.
Visit,
lakeside
nature
center
org
for
more
information.
B
A
holiday,
unique
to
Kansas
City
fountain
day
will
be
celebrated
on
Tuesday
April
twelfth
at
11am.
On
this
day,
all
of
kansas
city's
public
fountains
will
turn
on
for
the
season.
This
year's
fountain
Day
festivities
will
take
place
at
the
newly
renovated
Volker
fountain
in
tights
park
join
kc
parks
as
we
admire
the
return
of
the
brush,
creek
waterfall,
fountain,
refurbished
sculptures
and
honor
our
city
of
fountains
supporters.
B
Following
the
ceremony
stick
around
for
lunch
as
a
number
of
food
trucks
will
be
on-site
to
kick
off
a
new
fundraiser
for
our
fountains.
The
feast
of
fountains
check
out
our
kc
parks
community
centers
for
free
during
discover
day
on
Saturday
April
23rd
from
ten
a.m.
to
two
pm-3
of
kc
parks,
10,
community,
centers,
Greg,
Kleiss,
southeast
and
line
Creek
will
offer
free
admission
and
activities
for
all.
B
2015
was
a
championship
year
for
our
city
and
for
Kansas,
City,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
you
can
read
all
about
it
by
downloading
the
Year
in
Review,
which
is
now
available
online
at
KC
parks,
org.
To
learn
more
about
these
or
other
events.
Kansas
City,
Missouri,
Parks
and
Recreation
has
to
offer
visit
KC
parks
org
or
give
us
a
call
at
eight
1651,
375
00.
B
A
A
What's
interesting
about
the
content
that
will
be
on
these
kiosks
is
that
it
will
be
hyper
local,
meaning
that
if
you
walk
up
to
this
one,
you
might
see
ads
for
a
lunch
special
at
a
restaurant.
That's
within
a
block
of
here.
You
can
also
dig
into
a
Kansas
City
history.
You
can
also
find
out
how
to
contact
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
so
that
we
can
help
you
with
basic
city
services,
Bay.
D
D
We
have
a
wonderful
program
built
around
the
small
business
community,
where
we're
going
to
allow
each
and
every
one
of
the
small
businesses
to
get
on
this
network
easily
accessible,
easily
affordable,
where
they
can
push
out
their
messages
in
real
time.
And
it's
just
it's
a
dynamic
channel.
That's
going
to
help
people
depending
upon
where
they
are
in
the
city,
get
information,
that's
relevant
to
them.
Even
if
it's
finding
out
where
the
streetcar
is
there
going
to
be
able
to
track
where
that
streetcar
is
at
any
given
moment
depending
upon
where
they
are
throughout.
A
E
What's
in
your
garage,
under
your
sink
or
at
the
back
of
a
closet
in
many
homes,
that's
where
you'll
find
motor
oil,
old
paint,
cleaners
burnt
out
light
bulbs
or
fertilizer
when
you're
ready
to
get
rid
of
these
materials,
don't
pour
them
down
the
drain
or
put
them
in
the
trash
instead
take
them
here,
Kansas
City's
household
hazardous
waste
center.
We.
E
E
E
Was
a
long
list
of
hazardous
items
that
can
be
dropped
off
at
the
facility
free
of
charge?
It
includes
automotive
products,
batteries,
paint,
antifreeze,
light
bulbs,
fuels
pesticides,
solvents
and
used
oils.
This
isn't
just
a
drop
off,
there's
also
a
swap
shop
inside
partially
used
or
even
sometimes
brand
new
products
are
available
for
free
in
the
summertime.
These
shelves
are
loaded
with
paint.
We.
F
E
G
Hi
I'm
Consuelo
cruise
with
culture
and
creative
services,
with
information
on
upcoming
arts
and
cultural
events
that
are
brought
to
you
with
support
of
the
neighborhood
Tourist
Development,
Fund
and
I'm
here
at
the
American
jazz
museum
and
the
historic
18th
and
vine
jazz
district
with
the
new
executive
director
chap
toca
Seaton
Buckner,
who
just
started
on
March.
Third,
congratulations:
chapped!
Oh
thank.
H
G
You
and
what
a
way
to
start
out
Women's
History
Month,
you
started
on
March
third,
and
you
also
have
this
great
new
exhibit
that
is
50
women,
a
celebration
of
women's
contributions
to
ceramic
arts,
and
we
have
so
many
ceramic
artists
that
are
represented
here,
and
this
is
only
one
of
the
programs
that
is
happening
at
the
American
jazz
museum
and
the
and
the
exhibit
opens
on
March
16th,
which
coincides
with
the
National
Conference,
the
National
Council,
on
Education
for
the
ceramic
parts
conference.
It
is
here
this
week.
H
Can't
probably
address
the
walks
in
the
exhibit,
but
I
can
tell
you
that
our
partnership
with
UMKC
was
a
way
that
we
were
able
to
acquire.
This
exhibit
I
think
also
the
Jazz
museum
are
changing.
Gallery
is
a
very
appropriate
place
to
be
able
to
exhibit
this.
A
this.
This
particular
exhibit
and
beginning
to
showcase
at
east
of
Troost
is
very
important
as
well.
Also.
G
This
is
only
one
program
that
you
have
that
is
going
on
at
this
time.
If
you
go
to
your
website,
the
ww
American
jazz
museum
org.
There
is
something
happening
every
day
at
not
just
this
location,
but
you
have
different
areas
that
represent
the
American
jazz
museum.
Can
you
give
us
some
information
about
what
might
be
happening
currently
and
then
give
us
a
sneak
peek
to
what
to
expect
for
the
summer
and
maybe
even
into
the
fall?
Oh.
H
Yes,
definitely
I
mean
yes,
chrysalis
is
right
a
lot.
A
lot
is
happening.
We
have
performance
at
the
Blue
Room
four
nights
a
week.
We
have
a
performance
at
the
gym,
maybe
twice
a
month,
but
also
we
have
corporates
and
community
events
that
are
going
on
at
the
gym
as
well,
and
we
continue
other
than
this
exhibit
for
the
change
in
gallery
that
we
will
always
every
three
months
we
are
able
to
change
over
and
bring
in
a
new
exhibit
and
there's
an
exhibit
coming
this
summer,
I'm
not
allowed
to
say
the
details
of
it.
H
H
Of
this
I
mean
one
there's
no
of
no,
not
right
now.
I
would
just
say
go
to
our
website
for
some
of
that
information.
We
are
not
ready
to
announce
some
of
the
details
for
some
upcoming
events
because
we're
still
walking
on
them,
but
please
continue
to
check
our
website
for
upcoming
events,
and
we
will
post
them
on
the
website
or
contact
the
American
jazz
museum
for
74
vine
and.
H
A
The
city
has
won
a
fifty-thousand-dollar
learning
City
challenge
grant
to
launch
a
new
program
which
will
focus
on
the
stem
areas
of
research.
Stem
stands
for
science,
technology
engineering
and
math.
This
program
will
build
upon
a
collaboration
between
the
KC
stem
Alliance,
the
Kansas
City
Public
Library
and
the
mayor's
office
to
prevent
summer
learning
loss.
It
encourages
workforce
development
through
partnerships
with
summer
jobs,
programs
like
the
upcoming
higher
KC
youth
job,
fair.
Speaking
of
that,
is
your
business
looking
to
hire
a
summer
intern,
or
would
you
like
to
sponsor
an
internship
at
a
local
nonprofit?
A
Then
you
should
sign
up
for
the
mayor's
hire
kc
youth
job,
fair,
it's
one
of
the
city's
largest
job
fairs
and
it
will
be
held
April
sixteenth
at
the
Kauffman
Center
companies
and
young
people
aged
14
to
24
can
register
at
KCMO,
gov
and
search
higher
KC
youth.
To
view
this
program
again
or
any
other
channel
to
videos
go
to
KCMO,
gov
and
search
channel
to
that
page
has
a
link
to
our
YouTube
channel
and
all
of
our
great
programs
for
viewing
on
demand.
That
does
it.
For
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.