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From YouTube: The Weekly Report - March 23, 2021
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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments.
This week's host, Chris Hernandez from the City Communications Office, talks about the new reflections on a year of COVID-19 ceremony and display at Union Station. Also, the City launched a new 311 app and the Neighborhoods and Tourist Development fund is now accepting applications for events beginning in August.
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Hi
everyone
I'm
chris
hernandez
with
the
city
communications
office,
and
this
is
the
weekly
report.
Here-
are
the
top
three
things
you
need
to
know
in
kansas
city.
This
week
the
city
has
a
new
app.
The
region
comes
together
to
remember
one
full
year
of
covid
response,
and
a
new
round
of
funding
is
now
open
for
neighborhood
events.
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C
Kansas
city-
I'm
rob
loya
with
the
neighborhood
tourist
development
fund
here
today
at
grove
park
in
front
of
one
of
the
many
murals
that's
been
supported
by
the
neighborhood
tourist
development
fund.
Ntdf
is
a
program
with
kansas
city
missouri
that
supports
all
activities
throughout
all
the
districts
in
kansas
city,
while
at
the
same
time
promoting
kansas
city
as
a
tourist
destination.
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If
you
are
a
non-profit
organization
here,
are
the
qualifications
be
a
not-for-profit
neighborhood
organization,
incorporated
in
the
state
of
missouri
and
located
within
city
limits,
be
in
good
standing
with
the
state
of
missouri
and
city
of
kansas
city
missouri,
maintain
a
physical
address
within
the
city
limits
of
kansas
city
missouri,
maintain
a
registered
agent
address
within
the
state
of
missouri
and
demonstrate
encouragement
of
a
broad-based
citizen
input
and
participation
in
your
activities.
Eligible
projects
must
be
open
to
all
kansas
city
missouri
residents,
while
also
attracting
visitors
from
outside
the
city
limits.
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Hi,
I'm
kcfd
assistant,
fire
chief,
jimmy
walker,
and
I
want
you
and
your
family
to
have
an
emergency
plan
for
severe
weather.
Tornadoes
can
occur
anywhere
at
any
time
of
the
year
in
the
midwest
peak
tornado
season
is
mid-march
through
late
june.
The
time
to
prepare
is
now
before
tornado
or
severe
thunderstorms
happen.
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First,
have
a
plan
make
sure
everyone
knows
what
to
do
during
a
severe
storm
or
tornado
make
sure
everyone
knows
where
the
safest
place
to
go
in
the
house,
the
lowest
floor
and
the
most
central
room.
This
may
be
the
basement
if
you
have
one
or
an
interior
hallway
under
a
sturdy
piece
of
furniture
and
away
from
windows,
review
your
plan
at
least
once
per
year
and
practice
what
to
do
with
your
family
and
if
your
family
has
had
any
changes
that
need
to
be
addressed.
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It
should
include
your
weather,
radio,
a
flashlight
and
batteries,
a
cell
phone
and
charger
and
backup
battery
and
a
first
aid
kit.
Personal
items
for
each
family,
member,
like
toiletries
and
clothes,
should
also
be
in
your
kit,
be
sure
to
have
medications
and
other
specialty
items
your
family
may
need.
If
you
can't
purchase
everything
for
your
kid
all
at
once,
make
a
list
and
keep
adding
to
it
until
it
is
complete,
also
be
sure
to
check
your
kit
for
any
expired
items,
and
if
your
family
has
had
any
changes
that
need
to
be
addressed.
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For
example,
boom
third
stay
informed,
staying
in
form
means
before
the
storm
hits
as
well
as
during
and
after
the
first
thing
you
should
get
for
your
kit
is
an
all
hazards,
weather
radio,
so
you
can
stay
informed
about
severe
weather.
There
are
also
a
number
of
apps
for
your
phone
that
can
keep
you
informed,
such
as
alert
kc
and
weather
apps,
to
learn
more
about
how
you
can
be
prepared
for
severe
weather
and
other
emergencies
go
to
repairmetrokc.org.
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Hi
I'm
steven
vander.
I
am
the
environmental
manager
at
kansas
city
parks
and
rec,
we're
out
here
today
at
blue
valley
park,
and
we
have
some
volunteers
putting
down
some
native
grass
seed
and
wildflower
seed
on
an
area
that
we're
converting
from
turf
grass
to
basically
a
reconstructed
prairie.
You
can
see
behind
me
there.
The
volunteers
are
going
out
and
they're
pacing
themselves
as
they
spread
the
seed
by
hand.
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One
of
the
reasons
why
we
spread
seed
by
hand
is
because
the
native
grass
seed
is
very
fluffy
and
won't
work
in
a
normal
seeding
of
cedars.
So
we
do
a
lot
of
it
by
hand
and
it's
a
fun
thing
for
people
to
do.
We
like
to
convert
turf
grass
to
native
grasses
wildflowers
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
One
of
them
is
reduces
our
mowing.
People
don't
recreate
here,
so
there's
no
really
purpose
to
having
this
being
mowed
turf.
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We
can
have
it
be
beautiful,
wildflowers
and
grasses,
so
we
don't
have
to
mow
as
much
that
reduces
our
pollution.
We
create.
It
saves
us
some
money.
Additionally,
this
provides
a
lot
of
habitat
for
our
native
birds
and
butterflies
and
other
beneficial
insects.
Our
insects
and
birds
are
all
adapted
to
live
with
our
native
plants,
so
we
like
to
use
native
plants
plants
that
have
been
here
since
the
last
ice
age,
they're
adapted
to
our
climate
or
wildlife,
are
adapted
to
living
with
those
plants.
So
that's
another
reason.
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Another
thing
that
does
is
have
they
have
very
deep
roots
once
established.
This
will
act
like
a
big
sponge,
so
it
helps
absorb
rain
water
that
keeps
it
from
flowing
into
our
streams
too
quickly.
So
it
helps
manage
storm
water.
Also,
those
deep
roots
will
sequester
a
lot
of
carbon.
They
grow
each
season
and
die
back
a
little
bit
and
grow
again,
and
all
that
material
is
a
way
to
capture
carbon.
E
We'll
manage
this
eventually
by
burning
it
and
and
that
does
release
some
air
air
pollution
and
carbon
at
the
time,
but
it's
much
less
than
it
does
for
mowing.
Each
gallon
of
gas
burned
in
the
mower
is
far
more
polluting
than
a
get
on
a
gas
and
car,
so
we'll
burn
also
on
the
season
where
air
quality
is
much
less
of
an
issue.
We
burn
during
the
winter
time
when
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
our
quality.