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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments.
A
Hello:
everyone
I'm
Chris
Hernandez.
This
is
the
weekly
report,
a
look
at
news
about
programs
and
services
provided
by
the
department's
of
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
Kansas
City
is
participating
in
the
city
energy
project.
Ten
cities
are
combining
to
try
to
boost
energy
efficiency
in
city
buildings.
The
project
is
led
by
the
natural
resources
defense
council
and
the
Institute
for
market
transportation.
Over
the
next
three
years.
They
will
provide
expertise
to
help
Kansas
City
design
and
implement
innovative
energy
efficiency
ideas.
A
The
project's
goal
is
to
lower
annual
energy
bills
and
also
to
reduce
carbon
emissions
generated
by
an
average
of
twenty
nine
thousand
homes.
Other
cities
participating
include
Chicago,
Los,
Angeles,
Boston
and
Houston
for
more
information
visit,
City
energy
project
org.
Is
there
a
service
you
wish
the
city's
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
would
provide?
Do
you
have
any
compliments
comments
or
constructive
criticism
to
offer
them
now?
A
Is
your
chance,
Parks
and
Rec
wants
your
feedback
visit,
tinyurl
com,
KC
Park
survey
to
fill
out
a
short
evaluation
residents
of
Kansas
City's
641
30
and
64
1
32
zip
codes
may
receive
free
pet
licensing,
vaccinations
and
spay,
or
neuter
surgeries
for
their
unaltered
pit
bulls
and
pit
bull
mixes.
This
is
thanks
to
a
new
grant
from
petsmart
charities.
These
two
zip
codes
were
selected
because
they
have
an
estimated
1,400
unaltered
pitbulls
and
mixes
the
most
per
capita
in
the
city
to
participate
eligible
residents
must
visit
one
of
the
three
participating
vets.
A
B
Hi
I'm
Heidi
downer
with
the
Kansas
City
Missouri
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
this
winter.
We
have
many
activities
for
your
whole
family
plans
at
our
parks
and
facilities,
for
example,
check
out
breakfast
with
the
beasts
on
Saturday
februari,
eight
from
ten
a.m.
to
noon
at
lakeside,
Nature
Center
in
Swope
Park.
This
annual
event
lets
children
meet
some
of
the
beasts
living
in
their
own
backyards
and
learn
what
they
like
to
eat
for
breakfast.
Kids
can
enjoy
breakfast
with
their
favorite
beasts,
including
skunks,
Eagles,
raccoons
and
more
all
portrayed
by
volunteers.
B
Families
attending
can
also
enjoy
crafts.
Temporary
tattoos
and
a
face
painting,
learn
more
at
lakeside
nature
center
org
looking
to
do
something
different
to
celebrate.
Valentine's
Day
participate
in
an
old
European
tradition.
That's
made
its
way
to
Kansas
City
by
locking
your
love
to
the
old
red
bridge
in
minor
Park
couples
attach
a
padlock
bearing
their
names
to
a
bridge
fence,
gate
or
similar
structure
to
reclaim
their
unbreakable
and
everlasting
love.
Hey.
C
Kansas
City,
my
name
is
Ryan
Avery
and
this
is
chelsea
Avery.
We
are
professional
speakers
and
we're
in
town
because
we
wanted
to
come
and
check
out
this
bridge
that
we
found
out
on
this
website.
That's
called
Casey
parks.
Org.
We
checked
it
out.
We
like
to
do
all
the
different
local
things
in
town
and.
C
The
west
coast,
so
we
decided
to
add
our
block
here.
We
we
told
each
other
we'd
be
married
for
93
years,
so
in
93
years,
which
would
be
like
2100
come
and
check
this
lock
and
we'll
still
be
in
love,
Thank,
You,
kansas
city
parks,
for
putting
this
on.
We
think
it's
an
amazing
tradition
and
we're
excited
to
continue
to
come
back
here
in
sierra
lot
for
many
years
to
come.
Visit.
B
The
old
red
bridge
on
red
bridge,
road
east
of
homes
in
South,
Kansas,
City
on
Valentine's
Day
weekend
or
any
time
to
declare
your
love.
The
bridge
is
near
the
minor
part
golf
course
fans
the
little
blue
river.
You
can
also
visit
lock,
dash
it's
dot-com
to
purchase
a
custom
engraved
lock
with
a
portion
of
proceeds,
supporting
Casey
parks,
learn
more
by
visiting
Casey
parks,
org
and
searching
love
locks.
B
It's
time
to
think
spring.
All
gardeners
are
invited
to
come
out
to
the
2014
garden
symposium
on
Friday
februari
21st
from
ten
a.m.
to
noon
at
the
loose
park
gardening
center
and
on
Saturday
februari
22nd
from
eight
a.m.
to
three
pm
at
the
nelson-atkins
Museum
of
Art
participating,
gardening
lectures,
workshops
and
speakers
to
help
make
your
garden
its
best.
Ever
for
more
information
visit
garden,
symposium
org
want
to
reserve
a
Kansas
City
Park
picnic,
shelter
for
a
small
private
gathering.
Shelter
reservations
can
be
made
beginning
on
Monday
March.
B
Third
online
reservations
payable
by
credit
card
begin
at
midnight
and
walk
in
start
at
7am.
Shelters
are
available
for
rental
from
May
first
through
October
thirty-first
for
more
information
or
questions.
Please
visit
our
shelter
reservation
page
at
KC
parks
org.
Please
note
that
loose
park,
shelter,
house
and
rose
garden.
Reservations
can
be
made
at
the
loose
park
garden
center
only
to
make
reservations
visit
the
garden
center
at
fifty
first
Street
and
wornall
road
or
call
8,
1,
678,
453
00.
B
D
Where's,
a
cop
when
you
need
one
is
a
cliche
that
we
hear
about
as
often
as
donut
jokes,
but
when
it
comes
to
an
emergency,
it
is
no
joke
and
citizens
expect
to
see
one
of
us
immediately
on
the
scene.
Still
one
must
always
consider
the
big
picture.
Even
emergencies
are
divided
into
categories.
Dispatcher,
Larry
Henderson
explains
in.
E
Order
to
prioritize
the
calls
that
come
in
we
take
into
account
the
danger
to
human
life,
primarily,
so
we
have
five
different
priorities.
Priority
10
calls
involve
an
immediate
danger
to
human
life,
they're
sent
on
immediately
upon
receipt,
and
we
have
priority
20
calls
which
are
a
possible
danger
to
human
life,
they're
sent
on
within
two
minutes
of
receipt
and
priority
30
calls
or
calls
were
for
customer
service
reasons,
or
perhaps
evidence
at
the
scene.
E
We
don't
wish
to
delay
them,
but
we
can't
send
them
out
in
ahead
of
the
ones
that
have
possible
or
actual
danger
to
people
in
them,
and
we
have
priority
40
calls
which
we
can
hold
as
long
as
we
need
to,
and
finally,
priority
50
calls
where
we
warn
people
that
there
might
be
up
to
a
four-hour
delay.
It's
when
we've
got
several
calls
waiting.
We
send
out
the
higher
priority,
calls
first,
which
may
leave
the
priority
30
or
40
calls
on
the
screen
for
a
while,
for
instance,
or
residential
burglary,
is
a
priority.
E
30
call
we
want
to
send
on
it
as
soon
as
we
can,
mostly
for
customer
service
reasons.
People
been
traumatized
in
their
home,
but
if
we
have
say
seven
officers
available
for
calls-
and
we
have
three
priority-
10
or
20
calls
that
might
use
up
all
seven
officers
depending
on
the
severity
which
means.
While
we
would
like
to
send
out
that
burglary
within
five
minutes,
we
will
hold
it
until
we
have
officers
available
from
the
emergency
calls
we're
already
doing
about
20
or
25
percent
of
the
calls
we
handle.
We
call
them,
alternatively
handled
calls.
E
So
if,
for
instance,
somebody
has
a
non-injury
accident
in
the
car
is
driveable
and
both
parties
can
produce
proof
of
insurance
and
a
driver's
license
will
almost
always
ask
them
directly
to
make
a
report
later
at
their
convenience
at
the
station.
Every
call
we
take
should
end
with
the
dispatcher
call
taker,
telling
the
citizen
or
the
color
exactly
how
we're
going
to
handle
the
call.
Nobody
should
go
away
from
us
confused
about
whether
we're
coming
out
to
see
them
or
not.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
we
take
so
much
time
asking
questions.
E
If
we
can
get
your
name
and
your
callback
number,
almost
everyone
has
a
cell
phone
now.
You
know
they
can
call
us
and
we
can
contact
them
if
we're
having
trouble
finding
them.
So
if
somebody
is
waiting
and
they
feel
it's
been
too
long,
you
feel
free
to
call
911
again
and
asked
us
if
we
know
how
much
longer
will
be
we're
here
to
serve
the
public
and
hopefully,
unless
the
stress
gets
just
too
badly
will
do
so
politely.
E
D
Year,
the
911
call
center
received
almost
792
thousand
calls
and
we
responded
to
over
half
a
million
911
police
calls
spread
over
the
thousand
patrol
officers
split
between
three
shifts.
You
can
understand
how
difficult
it
becomes.
Please
make
sure
your
calls
to
911
are
emergencies
and
if
it
isn't
an
immediate
danger
to
human
life,
please
be
patient.
I'm
officer,
Shelley
gatos
have
a
safe
non
911
week.
A
The
proposed
2014
to
15
kansas
city
budget
has
been
submitted
and
it's
now
available
on
the
city's
open
data,
catalog
visit
data,
KCMO,
org
and
search
for
submitted
activity,
fy15
budget.
The
public
is
invited
to
comment
on
that
proposed
budget
at
three
upcoming
public
budget
hearings.
The
hearings
will
all
take
place
on
saturdays
from
ten
a.m.
to
noon.
A
The
first
is
saturday
februari
15th
at
the
KCPD
regional
police
academy
auditorium
then
on
saturday,
februari
22nd
at
the
robert
mo
heart
multipurpose
center
auditorium
and
finally,
on
march,
first
at
the
KCPD
south
patrol
division
auditorium
for
more
information
about
any
of
today's
stories.
Please
log
on
to
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does
it
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
Chris
Hernandez
have
a
great
week.