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From YouTube: The Weekly Report - August 2, 2013
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The Weekly Report provides news and insight about Kansas City, Mo. programs and services provided by City departments. Links to content presented in this episode are available on the Kansas City, Mo. Official Government Site at http://www.kcmo.org/CKCMO/Depts/CityManagersOffice/CityCommunications/Channel2/TheWeeklyReport/index.htm.
A
Hi
everyone
I'm
Chris
Hernandez
host
of
the
weekly
report.
Your
look
at
news
about
programs
and
services
provided
by
departments
of
the
city
of
Kansas,
City
Missouri.
The
city
is
once
again
expanding
its
open
data
catalog.
We
are
adding
open
housing
data
that
will
include
the
permit
inspection
and
violation,
history
of
all
properties
in
Kansas
City.
Some
raw,
open
housing
data
is
already
available
on
the
open
data.
Catalog
and
complete
housing
information
should
be
available.
This
fall
housing
website
such
as
trulia
and
padmapper,
have
committed
to
integrating
this
data
onto
their
web
pages.
A
This
will
allow
the
public
to
obtain
open
building
inspection
information
in
an
easy-to-understand
format.
The
city
is
adding
this
information,
thanks
to
a
partnership
with
Code
for
America
visit
the
city's
open
data
catalog
at
data
KCMO
org
for
more
information.
As
part
of
the
city's
commitment
to
safety,
the
city
is
evaluating
traffic
signals
focusing
on
traffic
safety,
pedestrian
and
neighborhood
needs
based
on
recent
community
feedback.
20
traffic
signals
will
return
to
full
service
17.
Others
will
continue
to
transition
to
stop
signs
at
those
17.
A
Intersections
crews
have
added
significant
pedestrian
improvements,
such
as
enhanced
crosswalk,
striping
and
new
signage.
The
city
has
appreciated
neighborhood
feedback
throughout
this
process.
We
listened
and
are
taking
action
to
respond
to
your
needs
for
more
information
on
this
process.
Please
visit
KCMO
org
slash
traffic.
Now,
let's
check
in
with
some
of
our
city's
departments.
B
Well,
I
tell
you
was
raining
today,
but
I
feel
the
Sun
was
shining
because
we
finally
are
at
the
point
of
knowing
the
all
these
stores
going
to
be
here.
We
have
been
working
on
this
since
2004
nine
long
years,
and
so
we're
really
excited
because
we're
no
longer
going
to
be
in
that
food
desert
classification
and
our
residents
are
going
to
have
access
to
fresh
food
and
fresh
meat.
My
grocery
store,
so
we're
happy.
C
We
talked
about
making
healthy
choices
about
food,
we
serve
our
children,
but
if
parents
don't
have
anywhere
to
buy
those
foods,
it's
just
all
talk.
What
today
is
an
exciting
day
for
the
3rd
district?
We
are
extremely
excited
about
what
this
project
means
for
this
community,
but
also
what
this
project
means
for
the
entire
city.
C
D
E
B
Going
to
do
customer
service
training,
we
think
that's
extremely
important,
because
we
want
people
to
chop
here
to
have
a
good
shopping
experience
and
probably
even
more
important.
Is
that
they're
going
to
hire
their
employees
from
the
community
and
we're
going
to
be
having
a
job
fair
at
our
office
on
thirty-seventh
and
woodland?
For
all
these?
To
do
that
and
finally,
the
people
that
lived
around
here,
who
had
to
give
up
their
homes,
we
insisted
that
they
be
treated
fairly
and
all
these
was
fair
in
purchasing
their
property.
It's.
E
B
F
Hi
I'm
Janet
O'hagan,
with
Kansas
City,
Convention
and
entertainment
facilities
and
exciting
and
nostalgic
evening
awaits
with
an
upcoming
concert
by
the
spinners
and
emotions
called
an
evening
of
classic
rd.
The
concert
begins
at
eight
p.m.
saturday
august
seventeenth
at
kemper
arena.
The
legendary
spinners
are
known
for
such
rmv
classics
as
mighty
love,
then
came
you
and
I'll
be
around
the
emotions.
An
all-female
soul
and
R&B
group
are
best
known
for
the
hit
single.
The
best
of
my
love
tickets
are
available
at
the
municipal
auditorium
box
office
or
through
ticketmaster
com.
F
Also,
during
August,
Casey
is
hosting
three
large
conventions
at
the
Kansas
City
Convention
Center,
the
American
Academy
of
Family
Physicians,
will
hold
its
national
meeting
here
august
1st
through
3rd.
This
three-day
event
is
designed
for
family
medicine
residents
and
medical
students
and
offers
many
educational
workshops.
Another
event.
The
central
veterinary
conference
draws
veterinarians
from
across
the
world
on
august,
twenty-first
through
the
26th.
The
conference
offers
lectures,
workshops,
hands-on
labs
and
team
training
for
vets
and
their
teams.
A
related
meeting
of
the
american
holistic
Veterinary
Medical
Association
overlaps,
the
previous
event
on
August
24
through
26.
F
This
conference
explores
and
supports
alternative
and
complementary
approaches
to
animal
wellness.
Please
be
sure
to
welcome
all
of
our
visitors
to
Kansas
City,
with
a
big
Casey
smile
to
learn
about
additional
events,
visit,
kc
convention,
calm
and
click
on
the
events,
calendar
I'll
call,
816,
5.3,
5000,.
H
To
thank
you
for
engaging
with
the
Kansas
Missouri
Police
Department
by
following
us
on
Twitter.
We
now
have
more
than
25,000
followers
and
are
the
fifth
most
followed
Municipal
Police
Department
of
the
United
States.
We
appreciate
you
partnering
with
us
through
social
media,
and
this
is
important
for
you
to
continue
to
engage
with
us
and
to
share
information
that
you
receive
on
Twitter.
Thank.
G
So
here
we
are
a
hundred
and
twenty
days
later
he's
spending
about
a
million
dollars
to
make
some
very
important
improvements
to
this
convenience
center,
and
you
may
have
seen
them
already
this
morning
and
if
not
go
back
and
look
at
it.
When
you
get
a
chance
to
get
inside
and
we're
here
today
to
acknowledge
those
nice
improvements
to
serve
the
Kansas
City
community.
C
It's
a
great
day
to
celebrate
a
great
day
as
we
celebrate
and
cut
a
ribbon
of
reopening
the
new
investments
from
all
new
workout
facility,
not
just
half
tect
workout
facility,
but
we
have
all
new
workout
facility.
We
have
a
brand
new
locker
room.
The
sauna
room
right
here
is
first
to
none
not
second
to
none
but
first
to
none,
because
nobody
can
compare
to
that.
The
the
steam
room
as
well.
Everything
this
place
is
rocking.
It
looks
good
and
I'm
excited
about
today.
C
So
with
that,
we
want
to
dedicate
this
to
cut
a
ribbon
here
pretty
soon.
But
I
am
delighted
to
introduce
my
colleague
on
the
City
Council,
who
I
served
with,
who
has
been
very
supportive
for
as
well
and
making
sure
that
this
happens.
She's
none
other
than
City
Councilwoman,
Mel,
Burke,
Earl's
third
district
at
large.
I
I
So
I'm
just
glad
that
that
we're
here
and
that
we
see
this
wonderful
day,
I'm
going
to
pay
my
membership
I'm,
not
gonna
swim
I'm,
going
to
kind
of
sit
there
and
let
the
water
come,
but
I'm
really
excited
about
the
day
and
tell
your
friends
and
I
want
everybody
to
join,
so
you
can
come
back
and
take
part
in
all
the
equipment
that
we
have
and
the
meeting
rooms
and
everything.
So
again,
thank
you
for
coming
we're
very
excited,
thanks
to
everyone.
A
Looking
ahead,
do
you
want
to
do
business
with
the
city
or
other
local
governments?
Perhaps
you
should
attend
the
7th
annual
kansas
city
government
contracting
and
procurement
forum,
it's
tuesday
august
sixth,
at
bartle
hall,
this
public
forum,
showcases
government,
contracting
and
procurement
opportunities
to
businesses
in
the
Kansas
City
metropolitan
area,
to
find
out
more
information
or
to
register
visit.
Kc
gcp
org.
The
city's
neighborhood
advisory
council
is
accepting
applications
for
its
15-member
council.
This
group
meets
monthly
to
discuss,
proposed
city
policies
and
make
recommendations
to
the
director
of
the
neighborhoods
and
Housing
Services
Department.
A
They
also
participate
in
public
hearings
and
forums.
Interested
candidates
must
apply
by
Monday
August
nineteenth
applications
are
available
at
KCMO,
org
KCNA
see
or
at
the
neighborhoods
and
Housing
Services
Department,
located
on
the
fourth
floor
of
City
Hall
youth
and
their
families
are
invited
to
celebrate
the
end
of
summer
and
another
successful
mayor's
night
summer
program.
It's
slides
rock
the
block
on
saturday
august,
seventeenth
at
Union
Station.
A
The
second
annual
party
will
include
family-friendly
attractions
and
entertainment
for
more
information
visit,
kc
mode,
org,
slash
mayor's
nights
for
more
information
about
this
or
any
of
today's
stories.
Please
log
on
to
KCMO,
org
and
scroll
to
the
bottom
right
hand
corner,
then
just
click
on
the
weekly
report
that
does
it
for
this
edition
of
the
weekly
report.
I'm
chris
hernandez
have
a
great
week.