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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.
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A
The
water
services
call
center
lobby
billing
center
and
online
payment
portals
will
all
be
closed
august
fourteenth
through
the
17th
customers
will
still
be
able
to
contact
water
services
dispatch
center
during
this
time
to
report
service
problems
or
water
outages,
now
keep
in
mind
that
late
fees
or
penalties
will
not
be
applied
to
accounts
whose
payment
due
date
falls
on
one
of
those
days
that
customer
service
is
closed
for
additional
information
and
updates
on
this
process.
Visit
KC
water
services
org
slash
improvements.
A
Five
blighted
houses
were
demolished
this
week,
thanks
to
cruise
from
Kissick
construction,
the
demolition
reduced,
the
normal
cost
of
removing
these
homes
to
the
city
by
nearly
eighty
percent.
The
donation
of
equipment,
time
and
supplies
to
tear
down
these
dangerous
buildings
helps
the
marble
neighborhood
by
maximizing
city
funding
to
remove
additional
buildings
within
targeted
neighborhoods.
A
The
city's
investment
in
this
area
also
includes
the
nationally
recognized
green
infrastructure
program
to
reduce
stormwater
runoff
citywide
pi
akerians
begin
august
fourteenth
and
continue
through
August
twentieth
be
sure
to
check
our
website
at
KCMO,
gov,
/
pike
for
more
information
or
watch
the
hearings
on
channel
2
on
time
warner,
cable
or
channel
142
on
Google
Fiber.
The
deadline
date
to
submit
a
request
for
pi
ack
is
august.
31St
piatt,
request
forms
are
available
at
the
hearings
online
at
KCMO
gov,
or
call
the
capital
improvements
program
at
8,
16
5,
13
2826.
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A
C
A
D
E
F
B
A
Are
people
who
would
not
come
to
a
city
hall
meeting
or
a
budget
hearing,
but
now
they're
in
an
art
gallery
and
then
suddenly
they're
staring
at
this
art
on
the
wall
and
they're
engaging
with
the
city
and
talking
about
data
and
City
statistics
in
a
way
that
they
never
would
have?
Otherwise,
that's
what
you
want
with
community
engagement
is
that
you
get
people
involved
who
haven't
been
involved.
I'm.
G
H
This
exhibit
is
focused
on
data,
which
is
extremely
important
to
us,
because
we
use
data
every
single
day
to
make
decisions
and
to
set
policy
in
this
city.
Anyone
can
see
and
use
our
debt.
All
you
have
to
do
is
go
to
our
open
data.
Catalog
on
the
city's
website.
It's
open
to
everybody
is
transparent.
We
encourage
the
public
to
use
the
data.
Secreta
is
the
company
that
created
the
software
and
empower
our
open
data
catalog.
What.
A
I
B
B
H
H
We
can't
simply
throw
kids
out
of
places.
We
have
to
give
them
a
place
to
go,
and
that's
why
we
got
started
with
our
summer
programming
with
club
Casey
with
the
night
kicks
night
hoops,
nite
nite
nets,
and
what
let
me
tell
you
what
happens
during
the
summer
months
as
a
direct
result
of
those
programs
that
we
have
in
the
first
year
that
we
started
right
after
the
shooting
incident,
on
the
plaza
in
that
first
year,
juvenile
crime,
both
victims
and
perpetrators,
went
down
sixteen
percent
okay.
H
During
those
times
in
the
second
year
it
went
down
eighteen
percent.
That
tells
me
something
occupied
minds
and
kids
and
bodies
will
do
something
more
productive
than
get
into
trouble.
If
they're
not
occupied,
then
you're
going
to
find
a
bunch
they
get
into
trouble
so
give
them
something
to
do
the
next
thing
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
we
really
really
really
need
jobs?
H
H
H
J
H
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning
to
help
us
kick
off
what
I
believe
will
be
another
successful
summer
of
Mayors
Knights
programs.
The
goal
at
the
very
beginning
has
always
been
to
give
our
young
people
a
safe
place
to
go
safe
place
to
have
fun
some
place
where
it
was
appropriate
for
them
to
be.
When
we
are
seeing
the
12-week
attendance
number
hitting
12,000
mark,
we
know
that
what
we
provide
it
was
needed
hand
wanted
those
numbers
tell
us.
H
This
is
the
pair
of
black,
the
black
and
it's
getting
bigger
and
better
every
year,
and
the
reason
is
getting
bigger
and
better.
Every
year
is
because
we
have
some
great
partners,
but
before
I
talk
about
them,
I
want
to
talk
about
you
and
I
want
to
talk
about
the
kids
in
this
city
over
10,000,
kids
that
are
participated
in
basketball,
volleyball
soccer
club,
Casey
arts
tech
go
into
movies
at
the
library
this
summer.
Every
one
of
them
had
a
good
time.
H
They
have
a
safe
place
to
go
and
a
safe
place
to
be,
and
they
got
to
hang
out
with
their
friends,
which
is
what
every
young
person
wants
to
do.
I
did
when
I
was
growing
up.
You
did
when
you
were
growing
up.
That's
what
we
want
to
do.
They
get
to
do
it
too,
because,
even
though
there
are
places
that
they
that
are
not
necessarily
always
wanted
to
be,
they
want
it
to
be
in
our
stuff,
every
single
life
here
in
the
summer
on
Fridays
and
Saturdays.
H
A
The
American
jazz
museum
features
exciting
interactive
experiences
and
celebrates
the
historical
roots
of
Kansas
City
jazz
right,
where
it
all
took
place
on
the
corner
of
18th
and
vine.
A
priceless
saxophone
once
played
by
the
yardbird
himself,
Charlie
Parker
is
there
as
well
and
speaking
of
Parker.
The
second
annual
Charlie
Parker
celebration
will
take
place,
August
twentieth
through
the
29th.
A
It
honors
kansas
city's
favorite
son,
with
performances
at
venues
all
across
kc
for
more
information
visit,
American,
jazz
museum
org
to
view
this
program
again
or
other
channel
2
videos
go
to
KCMO,
gov
and
search
for
channel
to
that
page
has
a
link
to
our
youtube
channel,
as
well
as
a
channel
to
program
guide.
That
does
it
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
chris
hernandez
have
a
great
week.