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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments. For more information, visit kcmo.gov/weeklyreport.
A
B
I'm
Diana
Johnson
a
stormwater
engineer
with
KC
water
and
you've
tuned
in
to
the
weekly
report
I'm
here
at
the
household
hazardous
waste
facility
at
Shoto
and
Deramus,
due
to
the
recent
floods
that
you've
probably
seen
in
the
news,
Ken
city
has
experienced
lots
of
flooding,
take
Indian
Creek.
For
example.
Last
year
there
was
severe
flooding
in
the
Indian
Creek
area.
Several
businesses
were
damaged
or
destroyed,
and,
as
a
result
of
that,
the
city
has
approved
funding
to
go
in
and
do
some
storm
water
measures
that
will
help
improve
the
area.
B
B
We
have
a
detention
facility
located
at
Gardner
and
Shoto
that
captures
a
lot
of
the
water
that
would
ordinarily
be
flowing
in
the
streets
and
keeps
the
area
dry.
We
also
have
catch
basins
that
we've
installed
all
throughout
the
city
and
a
program
that's
been
in
place
for
many
many
years.
So,
as
you
can
see,
the
wire
department
is
doing
numerous
things
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
the
storm
water
off
the
streets
off
the
sidewalks
and
into
the
system
and
away
from
your
homes.
B
B
Instead,
bag
them
up
and
put
them
on
the
curb
and
curbside
will
come
and
pick
them
up,
and
we
reuse
and
repurpose
those
as
well.
We
turn
them
into
mulch.
They
can
be
used
for
gardening
and
for
lawn
care.
Curbside
leaf
and
brush
collection
starts
in
the
centrosome
the
week
of
October
22nd,
followed
by
north
collection.
The
week
of
October
29th
South
Zone
pickup
takes
place
the
week
of
November
5th.
Remember
you
may
leave
up
to
20
bags
or
bundles
of
leaves
and
brush
on
your
curb
on
your
regular
trash
pick-up
day.
B
The
city's
leaf
and
brush
drop-off
sites
are
also
now
open.
The
sites
are
located
at
1,
1,
six60,
North,
Main
1815,
north
Chouteau
Trafficway
and
1
0
3
0,
1,
Raytown
Road
for
more
information
about
leaf
and
brush
visit,
KC
mo
gov
and
search
leaf
and
brush
for
you
in
the
Northland.
You
may
have
noticed
that
the
Metro
North
mall
is
being
redeveloped
and
the
recycling
center
that
was
located.
There
has
been
closed.
B
The
city's
website
is
about
to
turn
five
years
old
and
we
need
your
input
to
make
it
better.
The
website
is
a
top
source
of
information
for
residents.
According
to
our
citizens,
satisfaction
surveys
just
go
to
our
website
at
KCMO,
gov
and
click.
The
survey
link
and
tell
us
what
you
think
the
website
is
scheduled
to
launch
in
2019.
B
C
City's
office
of
innovation
for
the
last
six
years
has
run
an
innovation,
Partnership
Program,
where
startups
and
other
smaller
companies
have
an
opportunity
to
bring
their
technologies
to
bring
their
business
models
into
the
city
and
to
partner
with
us.
Today
we
have
six
companies
that
are
a
part
of
our
innovation,
Partnership
Program,
one
of
which
is
dog
spot
dog.
D
Spot
makes
any
place
a
dog
friendly
destination,
so
grocery
stores,
food
halls.
Restaurants,
unfortunately
can't
allow
dogs
inside
because
of
health
regulations
and
sometimes
you'll
see
dogs
tied
up
or
left
in
the
car
dog
spots,
a
safe
alternative
to
tying
your
dog
up
or
leaving
them
in
the
car,
and
that
way
they
can
also
come
with
you
on
your
errands
and
enjoy
time
out
in
the
city
and
time
with
you.
D
E
I'm,
deputy
chief
Jimmy
Walker
with
the
Kansas
Missouri
Fire
Department,
its
Fire
Prevention
Week,
and
we're
in
the
public
every
day
this
week
to
remind
everybody
to
practice
exit
drills
in
the
home
with
your
family
as
well
as
to
know
that,
if
you
need
free
smoke
detectors,
you
can
contact
KC,
Missouri,
Fire
Department,
we're
here
to
educate.
We
reach
over
300,000
people
in
the
city
every
year
and
if
you
would
like
any
more
information
on
fire
prevention,
please
visit
us
at
KC.
B
F
F
F
B
G
Name
is
Courtney
wakil
and
I
was
appointed
to
be
the
judge
of
the
Kansas
City
Municipal
Court
domestic-violence
docket
in
January
of
2015
in
October
of
2017,
the
Kansas
City
domestic-violence
docket
received
a
mentor
Court
grant
from
the
US
Department
of
Justice.
This
grant
was
awarded
to
us
because
of
our
use
of
best
practices
with
regards
to
high-risk
and
domestic
violence,
offenders
and
holding
them
accountable
and
keeping
victims
safe.
G
The
grant
comes
with
$48,000
approximately
to
be
used
for
training
both
for
us
to
be
trained
further
into
best
practices
and
also
to
Train
courts
around
the
nation
and
what
we're
doing
here
in
Kansas
City.
This
is
a
huge
honor
for
our
court.
The
complaints
docket
has
only
been
up
and
running
for
approximately
two
years
since
my
appointment,
so
we
strive
always
to
implement
best
practices,
and
this
is
acknowledgment
that
we
are
succeeding
and
we
continue
to
learn
and
grow
and
improve
in
order
to
keep
victims
safe
in
the
city
of
Kansas,
City.
H
Commanders
of
the
Kansas
City
Missouri
Police
Department,
are
adding
a
new
accessory
to
their
uniform.
If
you
look
closely
you'll
notice,
their
badges
are
different,
but
now
similar
to
those
worn
by
officers
and
sergeants
all
captain's
majors
deputy
chiefs
and
the
chief
have
traded
in
their
smaller,
rounded
gold,
badges
for
a
two-toned,
platinum
and
gold.
Colored
badge
shaped
like
those
worn
by
line
personnel.
Captain
Christie
Coley,
who
is
also
interim
president
of
the
KCPD
Historical
Society,
explains
why
the
change
occurred.
I
I
So
this
year
it
was
approved
and
all
the
commanders
now
look
like
we're
on
the
same
team.
We
all
have
the
same
design
for
the
badge
the
same
shape.
The
colors
are
different
and
just
like
they're
different
for
sergeant
or
different
for
master
patrol
officer,
but
the
design
is
the
same,
so
we're
all
part
of
that
same
team.
It's
at
a
glance
you
can
show
anywhere
in
the
country.
We
show
up.
You
know
at
the
KCPD
officer,
because
nobody
else
in
that
picture
or
in
that
group
will
have
a
design
like.
H
I
I
H
I
The
non
sworn
employees
would
get
a
badge
that
they
would
be
won
again.
Most
of
it
was
for
lapels,
because
most
non-sworn
did
not
have
a
uniform,
so
they
were
smaller
and
they
would
go
on
the
lapel.
But
there
were
those
by
detention
officers
that
you
see
today
they
had
a
uniform,
so
they
would
actually
have
a
smaller
badge,
but
it
would
still
be
for
the
uniform.
This
one
is
unique
because
it
his
police
matron
during
the
50s
and
60s
the
civil
defense
era,
the
Cold
War
we
had
badges
made
in
case.
I
We
had
to
activate
auxiliary
reserves
for
civil
defense
purposes,
for
bomb
drills
and
things
like
that,
and
we
still
have
reserve
officers
that
back
then
they
were
called
auxiliaries,
so
the
auxiliary
officers
and
sergeants
would
get
a
badge
and
that
would
look
very
different
from
what
the
officers
the
actual
officers
were
wearing
today.
Our
reserves
were
the
same
exact
badge
that
the
active
officers
do.
So
you
can't
tell
the
difference,
but
back
as
far
this
I
believe
this
are
from
the
60s.
They
were
very
different.
Badges
there's.
H
I
1922
that
time
frame
this
was
a
badge
that
was
given
to
the
police.
Commissioners,
again,
we
were
still
under
state
control,
so
we
did
have
a
board
of
police
commissioner's.
Then
they
had
a
badge
and
it
was
you
can
see
from
the
size.
It
was
very
small
was
meant
to
be
a
lapel
badge.
It's
unique
for
us
not
only
are
so
few
of
them
around,
but
they
treated
commissioners
and
chiefs
at
that
time
very
well.
These
badges
are
solid
gold,
while.
H
All
Casey
bde,
badges
will
now
be
shaped.
The
same.
The
colors
will
distinguish
the
ranks
silver
for
officers,
gold
for
sergeants
and
platinum
and
gold
together
for
commanders.
The
colors
are
just
that
colors,
the
badges
are
not
made
of
any
precious
metals.
Detectives
will
continue
to
wear
the
smaller,
rounded
silver
badges,
I'm,
Sergeant
Matt
Fisher
have
a
safe
week.
J
K
Poisoning
is
the
number
one
environmental,
illness
and
children
being
exposed
to
lead
as
a
child
can
have
lifelong
effects
on
a
person's
health.
Live
poisoning
can
affect
child's
brain
development
and
the
development
of
their
nerves
in
their
hands
and
food.
It
can
cause
kidney
damage,
hearing,
loss,
vision,
damage
and
problems,
learning
it
sometimes
linked
to
hyperactivity
and
attention
deficit
as
well.
K
Well
recently,
that
one
of
the
things
we've
added
to
our
lead
poisoning
prevention
program
is
that,
in
addition
to
a
lead,
inspection
and
and
look
at
other
hazards
in
the
house
that
can
affect
a
person's
health.
Okay,
whose
initiative,
where
we
address
other
issues
in
the
home
that
can
affect
the
person's
health.
K
Such
as
trip
and
fall
hazards,
carbon
monoxide,
fire
hazards,
gas
leaks
and
those
kinds
of
things
that
can
cause
asthma
and
other
types
of
illness.
On
this
house,
we
provided
free
window
replacement
because
they
were
lead
paint
hazards
in
the
windows.
We
also
painted
the
door
and
the
trim
and
the
red
paint
on
the
eaves
behind
the
house.
We
replace
the
garage
doors
because
the
old
garage
doors
posed
an
entryway
for
pests
like
mice
and
rats
and
other
kinds
of
bugs
water,
as
well
as
a
security
risk.