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A
A
Surplus
buildings
are
often
sold
as
commercial
property
and
that
can
help
revitalize
neighborhoods
recently
sold
off
city
buildings
include
the
former
crime
lab
6633
Troost
Avenue,
the
former
KCPD
South
Patrol,
building
on
Hickman
Mills
drive
and
a
beautiful
stone
building
at
twentieth
and
vine
that
dates
back
to
1867.
We.
B
Are
so
excited
to
sell
these
properties
and
can
impact
the
market
to
new
owners
who
can
put
a
new
use
to
the
property
and
give
it
a
new
life
because
of
this
team
that
we've
assembled
of
stakeholders
from
City
Hall
that
range
from
council
members,
the
city,
manager's
office,
public
work,
the
law
departments,
General
Services
because
of
that
team
and
their
hard
work
were
able
to
do
something
for
the
future
or
the
city
and
for
the
taxpayers.
If
you.
A
Would
like
more
information
about
available
commercial
properties,
go
to
KCMO,
gov
and
search
real
estate?
The
proposed
city
budget
has
been
announced
and
residents
are
invited
to
participate
in
the
annual
budget
hearings.
During
these
hearings,
City
Council
members
and
staff
will
present
information
and
listen
to
public
input.
One
hearing
has
already
taken
place.
Two
more
budget
hearings
will
take
place.
One
is
Saturday
februari
25th
at
Widnes
library,
8900,
flintlock,
road
and
another
is
marched
for
that.
The
Southeast
Community
Center
4201
East
63rd
Street.
Both
hearings
take
place
from
ten
a.m.
to
noon.
A
The
nearly
1.6
billion
dollar
submitted
budget
proposes
increasing
public
safety
expenditures
by
19
million
or
four
point
six
percent.
Over
the
current
year,
public
safety
accounts
for
seventy-six
percent
of
the
general
fund
operating
budget
valentine's
day
may
be
over,
but
it's
not
too
late
to
get
a
sweetheart
of
a
deal
on
a
new
house.
C
E
D
C
F
Today
we
are
at
the
Kauffman
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts,
where
the
Kansas
City
jazz
orchestra
performs,
throughout
the
year
here
to
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
their
history.
The
programs
and
the
current
season
of
the
Kansas
City
jazz
orchestra
is
artistic
director.
Clinch
ash
flock
clinch.
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
us
here
today
and
for
taking
time
to
talk
to
us
about
the
orchestra,
throwing.
G
G
G
Hall
and
Jim
mayor
were
the
two
founding
people
and
there's
a
long
history
of
jazz
in
Kansas
City
and
having
an
organization's.
It's
representative
of
what
the
history
of
the
town
is
the
history
of
jazz
and
the
brilliance
of
what
jazz
currently
is
and
where
it's
going
I
think
is
really
important
to
them
and
they
established
this
and
it's
been
going
on
for
a
while.
Now
when.
F
You
talk
about
the
history
and
where
it's
going,
you
all
cover
such
an
array
of
music
musical
styles
from
Latin
jazz
to
the
British
Invasion,
and
you
pay
tribute
to
a
lot
of
musicians
from
anywhere
from
Mel
Torme
de
nat,
king
cole,
to
Frank
Sinatra.
So
how?
What
goes
into
the
planning
for
the
season
and
what
you
ultimately
decide
to
share
with
the
public?
A
lot.
G
We
have
a
board
of
directors
and
from
that
board
of
directors
we
have
concert
planning
crew
and
we
get
together
year
or
two
years
in
advance
to
think
about
what
we're
going
to
do.
What
our
ticket
buying
base
is
interested
in
what
might
stretch
their
ears
a
little
bit.
What
might
engage
new
listeners
all
while
representing
you
know
what
jazz
music
is
the
creativity
of
it,
the
positional
commercialism
of
it,
and
just
that
it's
a
fun
and
engaging
music.
G
So
we
try
and
find
a
balance
with
everything
that
we
do,
and
sometimes
it's
very
traditional
music,
and
sometimes
it's
something
outside
of
the
box,
like
the
British
Invasion
concert,
which
not
only
was
music.
That
is
not
traditionally
jazz,
but
we
brought
in
some
artists
that
maybe
our
traditional
jazz
musicians
to
to
really
deliver
a
different
kind
of
energy
and
it's
an
exciting
organization.
We're
trying
to
do
a
lot
with
it
and
and
a
huge
part
of
that
is
what
we
are
doing
with
the
concert
planning
well.
G
One
of
the
benefits
of
living
in
the
city
like
this
is
that
it's
a
hub
for
people
to
either
from
here
or
they
move
here
and
when
Jim
and
Jean
started
the
band.
You
know
in
2003
they
already
had
a
bunch
of
those
types
of
musicians
to
pick
from,
and
so
some
of
the
original
members
of
the
band
Steve
Malloy
and
you
know
they
were-
they
were
brought
in
and
suggested.
Well,
let's
put
a
band
together.
G
F
G
One
on
the
third
is
the
music
of
the
1970s
sort
of
horn,
driven
bands
like
Chicago
and
Earth
Wind
and
Fire
and
tower
power,
and
that's
really
exciting.
We've
had
numerous
suggestions
over
the
years
for
us
to
do
a
concert
of
Chicago's
music
or
of
Earth
when
the
fires
music
and
we're
finally
doing
it.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
one.
G
What
are
the
premises?
Is
we
take
the
songs
that
those
bands
made
famous
and
myself
or
some
of
the
other
musicians
in
the
and
we'll
arrange
those
songs?
So
we
have
brand-new,
never
before
heard
arrangements
for
people
to
hear
that
still
pay
tribute.
You
know
in
an
homage
to
what
those
bands
were
about,
so
it
should
be
exciting
and
energetic
and
pretty
rockin
on
that
one
and
then
on
a
different
level.
Our
April
concert
is
celebrating
the
music
of
miles
davis
and
john
coltrane
to
the
you
know
the
most
luminary
figures
in
jazz
history.
G
So
what
the
vision
for
that
concert
is
is
to
have
a
couple
guest
artists,
playing
the
role
of
miles
and
train
Herman,
mehari
and
Matt.
Auto
are
going
to
be
our
trumpet
in
tenor.
Saxophone
solos
and
taking
basically
creating
a
suite
of
music
that
they
made
famous
round
midnight
Stella
by
starlight
the
whole
kind
of
blue,
album
and
intertwining.
Those
sounds
with
a
big
band.
A
lot
like,
hopefully
like
Gil
Evans,
did
with
the
miles
davis
recordings
back
in
the
50s,
and
so
pretty
excited
about
that.
One
too
excited
about
all
of
them.
F
About
education,
I
know
it's
an
important
part
of
your
mission.
So
not
only
do
you
perform
here
at
the
Kauffman
and
health
berg
hall,
but
it's
you
also
have
programs,
and
you
have
scholarship
for
the
next
generation
that
you're
also
trying
to
nurture
and
support.
Can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
that?
We're.
G
F
I
Ever
wonder
how
the
city
of
Kansas
City
Missouri,
puts
together
its
budget
each
year
or
how
you
can
get
involved
in
the
process
before
the
budgeting
process
even
begins.
City
Council
members
collaborate
at
an
annual
meeting
to
re-examine
and
amend
the
city's
goals
and
priorities
which
are
outlined
in
case
he
mows
citywide
business
plan.
The
city
relies
upon
this
five-year
business
plan
to
provide
the
big
picture
needed
to
help
guide
decisions
made
each
year
during
the
budget
process,
a
process
that
has
four
steps.
First,.
I
Of
public
meetings
called
resident
work
sessions
are
held
throughout
the
city
and
mid-september
to
early
October.
The
city's
budget
office
uses
these
meetings
to
not
only
educate
those
interested
in
the
budgeting
process,
but
also
to
give
residents
an
opportunity
to
tell
their
elected
officials
what
city
services
are
most
important
to
them.
Next
city
departments
create
and
submit
their
own
desired
budgets,
the
city
management
and
the
finance
staff
over
the
next
several
weeks.
I
These
administrative
offices
discuss
Department
proposals
and
make
decisions
on
what
to
include
keeping
in
mind
the
need
to
maintain
a
balanced
budget,
which
is
a
legal
requirement
set
forth
from
the
city's
charter.
After
a
balanced
budget
proposal
is
created,
it
is
presented
to
the
City
Council
for
review
and,
at
the
same
time
made
public
on
the
city's
website.
Kcmo
gov
for
all
to
see
here
is
another
chance
for
residents
like
you
to
get
involved
as
the
city
hosts
several
public
hearings,
where
you
can
share
your
thoughts
on
the
city's
proposed
budget.
I
The
budget
hearings
will
take
place
on
Saturday
februari
18th
at
the
mo
heart
multi-purpose
centre.
3200
Wayne
Avenue
Saturday,
februari,
25th,
atwood,
nice
library,
8900,
flintlock,
road
and
saturday
march
forth
at
Southeast,
Community
Centre,
4201,
East,
63rd
Street.
All
three
hearings
will
be
held
from
ten
a.m.
to
noon.
The
final
step
in
the
budgeting
process
occurs
when
the
budget
gets
approved
at
a
city
council
meeting
and
goes
into
effect
on
may.
First,
this
approved
budget
remains
in
effect
until
April
31st
of
the
coming
year.
J
You
turn
on
the
tab
in
its
air
water,
for
wash
eating
growing
and
drinking
and
at
KC
water.
We
are
committed
to
making
sure
that
water
is
some
of
the
cleanest
best-tasting
drinking
water
in
the
world.
The
Missouri
River
carries
water
to
us
from
as
far
as
the
Rocky
Mountain.
That's
the
easy.
The
hard
part
is
delivering
to
a
vast
metropolitan
area
and
here's
how
it's
done.
First,
the
intake
pumps
raw
water
from
the
river
to
the
treatment
plan,
which
has
a
capacity
to
treat
240
million
gallons
of
drinking
water
a
day.
J
Next
it
goes
to
the
sedimentation
process
or
debris
and
other
impurities
are
allowed
to
settle
and
are
removed.
Chlorine
is
added
for
disinfection,
then
live
padded
for
softening
and
improving
taste.
This
is
where
raw
water
begins
its
transformation
into
high
quality
drinking
water,
finest.
It
stays
lies
to
the
proper
pH
before
being
filtered
to
27
inches
of
fine
sand
which
catches
and
removes
any
remaining
impurities.
We
call
this
stage
polishing
the
Diamonds.
J
The
drinking
water
is
now
finished
for
delivery
throughout
a
city
that
demands
an
average
of
one
hundred
million
gallons
of
water
each
day,
large,
powerful
pumps
and
high
quality
save
great-tasting
tap
water
to
2,800
miles
of
pipe
to
the
tabs
of
customers
across
Kansas
City.
The
process
from
River
to
tap
takes
an
average
of
18
hours
and
it
happens
24
hours
a
day
365
days
a
year.
This
is
an
impressive
feat
of
Engineering,
but
at
KC
wat
we
just
think
of
it
as
I.
Just.
M
K
K
A
The
nice
weather
may
inspire
you
to
ride
your
bike.
Thanks
to
our
public
works
department
about
100
new
kc
branded
bike
racks
are
being
installed
around
the
city.
The
federally-funded
racks
are
being
installed
in
several
business
district
citywide
new
racks
are
ready
for
you
to
use
at
18th
and
buying
martini
corner
along
31st
street
at
ninth
and
walnut,
and
at
11th
and
grand
as
well
as
a
few
other
places
track.
The
latest
installation
progress
and
see
photos
of
the
racks
at
KCMO,
gov
/
bite,
Casey
Casey.
A
Do
you
have
talent,
the
Kauffman
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts
is
seeking
young
performers
for
its
fourth
annual
future
stages,
festival,
choirs
bands,
dance
groups,
actors
and
spoken
word.
Artists
are
encouraged
to
apply.
The
application
deadline
is
March
twentieth.
Details
can
be
found
at
kauffman
center,
org,
slash
future
stages.
This
is
a
free
festival
and
it
features
more
than
600
youth
performers
in
27
acts
on
Sunday
jun
25th
from
11am
to
4pm.