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From YouTube: The Weekly Report - October 11, 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.
This
is
the
weekly
report,
a
look
at
news
about
the
programs
and
services
provided
by
the
department's
of
the
city
of
Kansas.
City
Missouri
you'll,
now
see
a
new
look
to
represent
the
city
and
its
brand.
The
updates
include
a
new
logo.
New
graphics
package
and
new
programming
right
here
on
channel
to
the
city's
new
logo
is
not
only
timeless
and
simple.
It's
also
easily
recognized
as
belonging
to
Kansas
City.
That's
because
the
new
logo
is
a
classic
Casey.
A
The
new
logo
will
join
a
new
graphics
package
that
will
be
used
on
the
city's
website,
television
station
and
publications,
including
the
biannual
KC,
more
magazine,
which
is
on
the
way
to
homes.
Now
the
city's
television
station
Channel
2
is
transitioning
from
standard
to
high-definition,
and
this
comes
with
fresh
programming
as
well,
starting
with
Kansas
City
Stories,
which
features
independently
produce
stories,
highlighting
Kansas,
City
artists,
entrepreneurs,
nonprofits
and
more.
The
improvements
aren't
over
yet
january.
First
2014,
the
city
launches
a
new
and
improved
website
as
well.
A
It's
all
part
of
an
effort
to
improve
communications
and
engagement
between
you
and
your
city.
Public
works.
Crews
have
completed
the
first
major
construction
project
on
North
West
seventy-second
Street
near
I
29,
since
it
was
first
paved
in
the
1970s.
The
improved
roadway
includes
a
three
lane
street
with
curbs
a
new
sidewalk
street
lights.
Bicycle
accommodations
improves,
storm
drainage
and
roadway
leveling.
Now,
let's
check
in
with
some
of
our
city's
departments.
B
Hi
I'm
Heidi
downer,
with
Kansas
City,
Parks
and
Recreation
October
in
the
city,
is
filled
with
activities.
Here's
a
sampling
of
fun
things
to
do.
The
public
is
invited
to
view
a
gallery
of
juried
paintings
of
the
brush
creek
walkway
at
the
bruce
r
watkins
cultural
heritage
center
3,700
blue
parkway.
The
display
is
open
tuesday
through
saturday
from
10
am-6
p.m.
through
october.
B
24Th
paintings
will
be
for
sale
for
more
information,
see
brush
creek
art,
walk
org,
bring
the
entire
family
for
a
walk
on
the
wild
side
at
lakeside,
Nature
Center
in
Swope,
Park,
walk
the
nature
trail
and
listen
to
costume
animal
characters.
Tell
their
stories.
This
magic
woods
program
is
offered
from
six
to
nine
p.m.
on
friday
october,
eleventh
and
from
five
to
nine
p.m.
on
saturday
october
12.
The
cost
is
five
dollars
a
person
with
children
under
3
admitted
free.
B
Are
you
yearning
for
a
simpler
time
visit
the
shoal
creek
Living
History
Museum
in
Hajj
park
for
an
old
fashioned
County
Fair
on
Saturday
October
12
from
10
a-m
to
430
p.m.
the
town
comes
to
life
with
19th
century
reenactors
performing
skits
skirmishes
and
demonstrations
explore
log
cabins,
take
a
horse-drawn
wagon
ride
and
enjoy
magic
and
puppet
shows
live
music
apple
butter
making
and
more.
B
The
cost
is
five
dollars
a
person
with
children,
five
and
under
admitted
free
water
fire
Kansas
City
has
become
one
of
the
most
anticipated
events
in
the
community
visit
Brush
Creek
on
the
Country
Club
Plaza
on
Saturday
October
12
for
free
performances
by
quixotic,
the
theater
League
and
dozens
of
other
actors
and
musicians
amidst
a
backdrop
of
floating
fire
filled.
Braziers
events
are
scheduled
from
desk
to
11pm,
and
food
and
beverage
will
be
sold
on
site
visit
water,
fire,
Casey,
calm
for
more
details.
B
A
new
dog
park
is
being
built
in
the
city
of
North
Kansas
City
at
northeast
32nd,
street
and
Swift.
The
public
is
invited
to
a
groundbreaking
ceremony
at
two
p.m.
on
wednesday,
October
sixteenth
for
this
project
that
is
jointly
sponsored
by
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
for
more
information
about
these
and
other
events,
see
the
Parks
and
Recreation
website
at
KC
parks
org
or
give
us
a
call
at
eight
1651,
375
00.
C
In
addition
to
solving
the
crime,
KCPD
has
always
taken
an
active
role
in
linking
the
families
of
homicide
victims
to
services
available
to
help
them
through
an
extremely
difficult
time
at
the
direction
of
chief
Forte.
This
victim-centered
approach
has
now
been
expanded
to
reach
families
that
are
impacted
by
any
violent
crime
with
the
creation
of
the
victims
assistant
unit
director,
Doug
wisher
explains
the.
D
Staff
is
consists
of
sworn
officers
at
this
point
and
there's
four
of
them
and
what
they
do
is.
They
are
assigned
currently
aggravated
assaults
to
contact
victims
by
phone
predominantly,
and
they
basically
provide
assistance
in
in
three
ways.
If
there's
crisis
intervention,
that's
required,
they'll
help
with
that
they're
trained
to
do
that
other
than
that
they're
going
to
give
the
victim
rights
information
and
compensation
information
that
is
required
by
state
statute
of
our
police
department
to
provide
victims
if
a
victim
of
an
aggravated
saw,
for
example,
has
been
shot.
D
The
detective
in
the
case
will
try
to
find
the
suspect
and
work
the
case
try
to
get
it
to
court
for
trial,
but
in
the
meantime
the
victim
has
medical
bills
from
the
wound
may
have
need
for
trauma.
Counseling
all
these
kind
of
things
that
our
result
of
the
crime
that
occurred
make
her
Mei
Mei
resound
into
a
cascade
of
services
that
they
need,
and
what
we
do
is
we
try
to
hook
them
up
with
services
that
our
community
already
provides.
D
Who
can
provide
everything
from
basic
needs,
shelter,
food,
clothing,
childcare,
transportation,
and
then
we
have
a
lot
of
partners
that
are
helping
us
with
with
mental
health
counseling
for
trauma,
counseling
grief,
counseling,
spiritual
counseling,
that
kind
of
thing
we've
had
we've
had
a
victim
advocate
and
Jennifer.
Miller
who's
done
this
for
many
many
years,
so
she's
been
doing
it
over
20
years
and
her
focus
has
been
predominantly
with
homicide,
victim's
family
survivors
of
homicides
and
it's
been
very
effective
and
we've
we've
understood
and
I
think
chief
understood
how
effective
that
is.
D
But
we
really
need
to
expand
beyond
just
homicide,
victims,
families
and
having
a
staff
to
be
able
to
do
what
Jennifer
does
with
additional
victims
like
aggravated
assault,
robberies,
sex
crimes
and
and
all
the
violent
crimes
are
out.
There
will
really
help
us
be
able
to
touch
a
lot
more
people,
these
victim
assistance
specialist
they
are.
Although
there
are
police
officers
and
detectives,
they
are
really
trained
to
become
in
a
very
real
sense,
an
entirely
different
element,
but
we've
had
our
Police
Department.
D
If
you
look
at
Jennifer
Miller
and
see
what
she
does
they're
going
to
mirror
what
she
does,
community
relations
is
a
huge
piece
of
this.
The
whole
point
of
the
chief
with
one
of
his
strategic
plan
objectives
was
to
expand
community
policing
to
the
entire
department.
So
by
doing
this
in
the
investigations
Bureau,
it's
a
it's
a
piece
that
hasn't
been
there,
expanded
to
the
extent
that
we
we
now
can
do
it
and
we
know
it
works.
It
worked
with
Jennifer.
Miller
will
continue
to
work
with
her,
so
we're
giving
her
some
additional
help.
The.
C
A
Looking
ahead
need
something
to
do
next
weekend,
you're
bound
to
find
something
for
the
whole
family
to
enjoy
in
downtown
Kansas
City
check
out
the
Grammy
and
Tony
award-winning
broadway
musical
Wicked
at
the
Music
Hall
through
October
27th,
or
get
an
early
jump
on
holiday
shopping
at
the
annual
Kansas
City
holiday
mark
from
October
17th
through
the
20th
at
Bartle
Hall
for
more
downtown
Kansas
City
events
visit
kc
convention
calm,
the
city
will
host
to
curbside
leaf
in
brush
collections.
This
fall
collection
for
residents
in
the
South
Zone
takes
place.
A
The
weeks
of
October,
21st
and
November
eighteenth
on
the
regular
trash
day,
residents
may
leave
up
to
20
bags
or
bundles
of
leaves
and
brush
on
the
curb
collection
for
central
zone
residents
is
the
weeks
of
october.
Twenty
eighth
and
december
ninth
and
North
Zone
pick
up
is
the
weeks
of
November,
fourth
and
December
second,
to
find
out
when
your
pickup
day
is
visit,
kc
mode,
org,
slash
trash
and
click
on
leaf
and
brush
collection
for
more
information
about
this
or
any
of
today's
stories.