FALL + WINTER 2018 KCMO.GOV

CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT MAGAZINE

MORE INNOVATION. MORE TECHNOLOGY. MORE ARTS. MORE CULTURE. MORE DATA. MORE TRANSPARENCY. MORE GREEN. MORE ENGAGEMENT. GREETINGS FROM Mayor James

After another long, hot midwestern summer, it’s a relief to feel the cooler weather, see the leaves changing, and enjoy one of my personal favorites – football season. But as we all know, this time of year in Kansas City has far more to offer than tailgating and cheering for the Chiefs.

While we still have the weather on our side before winter sets in, I hope you’ll make time to enjoy some of the exhibits and performances featured in in the final weeks of Open Spaces, which closes at the end of October. This pioneering arts festival turned our City into an expansive art and performance space, featuring the work of acclaimed artists from around the country on display at sites throughout the City. The festival’s “hub” is Swope Park, featuring weekends filled with more exhibits from local artists, as well as food and music.

Open Spaces celebrates art in all its forms, including a weekend – Oct. 12 through 14 – of high profile concerts at the Starlight Theatre from The Roots, hometown favorite Janelle Monáe, and Vijay Iyer Sextet. I hope you’re able to get out and take advantage of at least an exhibit or performance from this amazing festival celebrating our City’s love and appreciation for the arts.

Of course, this time of year isn’t just about enjoying the outdoors or celebrating your favorite team. It’s also time to get back to work, back to the classroom, and this year, back to the voting booth.

It’s important you make your voice heard, regardless of whether it’s a midterm, general or municipal election. Many issues critical to the future of our community will be decided by who shows up on Election Day: education, immigration, infrastructure, tax policy, health care, public safety – you name it. If you care about even one of these issues, be sure to learn who and what will be on your ballot, and make a plan to vote. Elections really do matter.

While voters go the polls to help shape tomorrow’s laws and initiatives, Kansas City’s next several decades will depend on the children currently in classrooms, daycares and playgrounds throughout the City. These children are our future workforce, next civic leaders and professionals who will be responsible for building upon the momentum and progress we’ve worked so hard to achieve.

For Kansas City to continue moving forward for decades to come, it’s imperative we have an adaptable, skilled, and inclusive workforce. The only way we can ensure that future is to make sure all children living in Kansas City have access to a quality education, starting the year before kindergarten. Countless studies have shown that children who attend quality pre-K programs are far more prepared for kindergarten, and continue to out-perform their peers, leading to higher rates of high school and college graduation, lower incidents of crime, and higher earnings potential.

Currently, only 35 percent of our city’s four-year-olds attend a quality pre-K program. This means nearly two-thirds of Kansas City’s students will start kindergarten already steps behind due to a combination of lack of access and/or affordability of quality programs. This is not the way to build a skilled workforce ready for the future, and it’s definitely not how we make sure Kansas City continues to innovate and thrive. If we want safer neighborhoods, a stronger regional economy, and a vibrant community, we must make sure ALL our children get a fair start in their education.

Making sure our kids have access to a quality pre-K education is simply the best, most important investment we can make in Kansas City’s future. In April, we’ll have the chance to decide whether or not we will commit to making sure our bright future becomes reality.

Thank you for being an active citizen in our community, and I wish you the best as autumn turns into the holiday season.

MAYOR SYLVESTER “SLY” JAMES To view this and past issues of Table of Contents KCMOre online, visit KCMO.GOV/KCMORE

HIRE KC COOKINGHAM-NOLL NEW KCFD NEW ASSISTANT INTERNS FELLOWS CHIEF CITY MANAGER Page 05 Page 09 Page 10 Page 13

CONNECTING GO KC TRANSFORMING DOMESTIC WITH KCMO YEAR TWO WASTEWATER VIOLENCE COURT Page 14 Page 17 Page 18 Page 21

CAPITAL PROJECTS AWARD-WINNING RACE & DANGEROUS UPDATE ROSE GARDEN EQUITY BUILDINGS Page 22 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26

HELPFUL ABOUT THE COVER: Construction workers laying RESOURCES concrete for new, ADA compliant sidewalks at Starlight Page 27 Theatre, one of the many ongoing Year Two projects that are part of the GO KC bond Program.

THROUGHOUT THIS PUBLICATION, you will see the following color-coded dots accompanying each article. They represent which City goal the article addresses. Learn more about the City goals within the Citywide Business Plan at kcmo.gov/finance/citywide-business-plan.

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STAFF Chris Hernandez, City Communications Director A PUBLICATION of the Rod Richardson, City Editor Karen Lim, Graphic Designer + Photographer City Communications Office Jose Gonzalez, Graphic Designer + Photographer City of Kansas City, Missouri

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L-R: Mayor Sly James, Eleanor Nash, L-R: Natalie Dameron, Nancy Le Chris Palmer Langston Gray 05 Hire KC interns preparing today WRITTEN BY: Langston Gray to lead tomorrow + Eleanor Nash, Hire KC Interns

If you ask Harmoni Moore to we want a lot of good citizens in effort. With that in mind, interns are describe a typical day-in-the-life of Kansas City, so we wanted [young steered toward companies, non- a Hire KC intern, her initial answer people] working at the earliest profits, or municipal government may sound a bit vague. Nothing opportunity,” Mayor James said. departments that match their about her response is deceptive, strengths and interests. In 2018, but the truth is her days are rarely there were more than 80 part- typical. time summer interns assigned to 12 City departments. City interns “My day to day is not really the same, get to experience many different because we do different things,” Everybody“ here skills on the job, working on Harmoni said. “I think that’s one of assignments ranging from airport the reasons why I like this internship ... plays a part in policing at the Aviation Department, so much.” video production in the City something that’s Communications office to fire Harmoni, a student at Howard much bigger than rescue in the Fire Department. University in Washington, D.C., spent the summer as a marketing intern at them and just to see Applying is easy enough for the Aim4Peace in the Kansas City Health students familiar with the program Department. Some days, Harmoni their passion for or those who have career advisers worked in the office on the iRise what they do - those on campus to guide them along. social media campaign, and other Others have to be more industrious days she embraced the opportunity are connections that in order to toss their hats into the Harmoni Moore to attend community events so I’ll take with me. ring and reach the point where they, she could talk with people about too, can apply through Hire KC violence prevention. Youth online job board.

Each year, high school and college The path for Nancy Le, Event students like Harmoni come to Coordination Intern at the Office of HARMONI MOORE work at City Hall and various other HireKC Intern Culture and Creative Services, was city departments to gain real- traditional. “Anyone who attends world experience and workplace UMKC got an email, like, ‘Hey, confidence. The program typifies the there’s like a career fair, go check it commitment for youth development Nick Dorn is the Director of out, it’s free!” From there, students that has been a hallmark of Mayor Education/Learning at KC Social can attend the Hire KC Youth job Sly James’ two terms in office. The Innovation, which runs Hire KC fair, held in March or April, and Hire KC Youth program connects Youth. Dorn says the purpose of speak directly to employers from the young people with professional the program is “to outfit young public and private sector. opportunities and mentors – both people ages 16 to 24 with workplace of whom view this program as learning opportunities.” “I met my current supervisor [at successful and essential. the job fair] and she kind of sold Placing the interns with the right this idea of this internship to me,” “Jobs build a lot of character traits divisions is not an exact science, but recounts Chris Palmer, who interned that you want citizens to have, and the positive results are worth the in the Mayor’s Office. 06

The program also has enough Luan’s supervisor understands the veteran of sorts, having interned at built-in flexibility to keep the door values of internships. Juan Ramiro the City for three summers. Most open so that some non-traditional Sarmiento is Mayor James’ Special recently, she interned in Councilman applicants can enter. Just ask Assistant for Strategic Initiatives and Lee Barnes’ office. Her tasks University of Illinois at Chicago Public Policy. He supervises Luan included desk duty and sitting in on student Taylor Holmes, another and two other interns. lots of meetings. “When you go into Mayor’s Office intern last summer. the internship, city employees have “I tried to make the job fair, but my Sarmiento appreciates the high expectations for you already,” flight was delayed coming home contributions his interns made she said. “You have the confidence from school,” she said. “So I was to jumpstart this project. The to speak out during meetings or ask happy to receive an email interview interns were on the frontline of a a question.” from Juan [Taylor’s supervisor].” project that had no paid staff but needed substantial help getting In between posting on Instagram As an intern in the Mayor’s office, off the ground. In the past, Juan and attending community events, Luan Luu got a deep look into was an intern for two members Harmoni found inspiration in the racial equity. As a result, Luu will of Congress: “working for those passion her coworkers have for their forever be able to share stories people, one, inspired me, but work. “Everybody here at Aim4Peace about the time he helped spark two, that they even gave me the plays a part in something that’s a conversation on the long-term opportunity to get into the door did much bigger than them and just to effects of racial discrimination. a lot for my career and where I am see their passion for what they do - “Today, so far, I have compiled a here today, as a 24-year-old policy those are connections that I’ll take list of articles about racial equity to advisor for Mayor James.” with me.” post on the community alliance race and equity initiative,” said Luan, a Although only a freshman at senior majoring in business at Park Pittsburg State University, University. Tone ‘Nae Bradley-Toomer is a

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L-R: Brandon Kowalke, Alyssa Dinberg, Ruanda McFerren 09 Cookingham-Noll Management WRITTEN BY: Alyssa Dinberg Fellow mentors new colleagues PHOTO BY: Karen Lim

A little over a year ago I stepped designing brochures, teaching attend and participate in several foot inside City Hall on my first residents in CEU (Community meetings each week with the City day as a Cookingham-Noll Engagement University), or Manager and other City leadership Management Fellow eager to facilitating community discussions throughout their time as a fellow. learn, grow and serve Kansas City. there is always something going on. This 24-month term is full-time and Today, I am a second-year fellow Having worked closely with 311 and paid. serving as a mentor and friend to the OPM (Office of Performance our newest and brightest. Each Management) team up to this point year, the City conducts a national I’ve gotten a good feeling for the search for fellows and receives issues facing our residents as well as more than 175 applications from how we’re collaborating internally “ Regardless of what prospective candidates representing to tackle those issues. It’s been busy, universities across the country. The informative, and exciting all in one.” department I might Cookingham-Noll Management Fellowship is one of the nation’s RUANDA MCFERREN is a native ultimately work in, most established municipal of Fort Smith, Ark., and studied having this deep fellowships. Created 70 years ago by American Studies and Sociology at City Manager L.P Cookingham, the Hendrix College. After taking time knowledge of City program routinely produces local off to work in admissions at her government professionals who go alma mater, she went on to receive functions will be on to promising careers in the public Masters Degrees in both Urban and and private sector. We are thrilled Regional Planning and Public Affairs exceedingly to welcome Ruanda McFerren and from the University of Wisconsin. Brandon Kowalke as the newest Ruanda chose the Cookingham-Noll beneficial. public servants eager to learn the ins Fellowship because “it really is the and outs of local government. ideal way to learn the organization and functions of the City, top BRANDON KOWALKE is to bottom. Regardless of what RUANDA MCFERREN originally from Beach Park, Ill., a department I might ultimately work Cookingham-Noll Fellow suburb of Chicago. He received an in, having this deep knowledge of undergraduate degree in Political City functions will be exceedingly Science and Psychology from North beneficial.” In addition, Ruanda One of the longest running Eastern Illinois University and a intentionally sought out jobs in the fellowships in the country, Masters of Public Administration Kansas City area because it’s closer it’s provided a great learning from Northern Illinois University. to family and is clearly a city on the opportunity to more than 100 city Before moving to Kansas City, rise. Brandon worked for the City of management fellows to date. Our alumni have gone on to rewarding Wheaton, Ill. Brandon describes The Cookingham-Noll Management jobs within municipal, state, and his KCMO experience so far as Fellowship is a two-year experience federal government, as well as not “very welcoming. Everyone has that offers recent graduates of for profit organizations. been supportive when it comes to Public Administration (or related) including the fellows and bringing Master’s programs a chance to take For more information about the us up to speed. It’s been great a “360-degree tour of the city.” Cookingham-Noll Management to dive head first into projects This includes rotations in the City Fellowship, please visit: and get a feel for what is going Manager’s Office, the Office of on in the City. There’s been a lot Management and Budget, and other COOKINGHAMNOLL.WIXSITE. of variety, be it drafting memos, departments of their choice. Fellows COM/COOKINGHAMNOLL. 10 New KCFD Chief happy WRITTEN BY: Colleen Doctorian he got to swing the right ax PHOTO BY: Karen Lim

Many little kids say they want to be changing moment for Reese. He medical related. a firefighter when they grow up. applied for the academy. He then You can go ahead and count Kansas received not one, but two rejection “Many of those medical calls are City Fire Chief Gary Reese among letters. Discouraged? Maybe, but also frequent users of our medical this group. But unlike his boyhood Reese was nowhere near finished. services,” Reese said. “To address peers, Reese not only wanted to be For him, the third time proved to this increase in medical calls, we are a firefighter he also wanted to be in be the charm. He was accepted to working to develop a community the Army - and that is exactly what a third class of recruits that year paramedic program to assist these he did. and that alone was an unusual frequent callers.” occurrence because most years Chief Reese has served KCFD for only have one or occasionally two The Chief is also working to train 23 years and has no intention of classes of recruits. more personnel as paramedics. The slowing down anytime soon. That, Department merged with MAST in of course, is great news for Kansas Reese embraced the opportunity to 2010. City residents who have come to get paid to swing an ax - a skill he expect dedicated leadership from acquired while living in the Pacific “Cross training of our firefighting those who have guided one of the Northwest and supplementing his staff is essential to providing the nation’s top firefighting departments income with a job chopping logs best service to residents. I recognize for 150 years. to sell as firewood. Now he was that a large percentage of the City given the chance to do it as part budget is allocated to public safety,” City Manager Troy Schulte of fighting fires. But an injury that Reese said. “We must use our announced Reese’s appointment Reese sustained made him unsure resources in the most efficient way in March, saying that Reece if his career as a firefighter would possible. We continue to review how distinguished himself during a be long-lasting. So he decided to we currently assign ambulances to competitive process that included pursue his MBA at UMKC just in case stand-by duty at stations or to be several capable candidates able to the fire thing didn’t work out. out in the public.” succeed former Chief Paul Berardi, who retired Nov. 11, 2017, after a 32 Four months after his injury, Reese Increasing the number of minorities year career. was fortunate to be back fighting and women and providing fires and doing what he enjoyed the opportunities for civilians, especially “Chief Reese brings fresh and most - serving the public. students, to join the department innovative ideas to this top are also high on the chief’s priority leadership spot,” Schulte said. “His As KCFD Chief, public service is list. The Department is working with business approach, combined with a top priority for Reese and his Manual Tech High School and the his experience coming up through objectives for the Department reflect Full Employment Council to provide the department, will help us tackle that. Efficiency, meeting the needs more opportunities to employment the deployment and overtime issues of KCMO residents and improving with the Department. while continuing to excel at public diversity within the Department are safety and firefighting.” just some of the goals the Chief is “Even though I wasn’t born here, KC pursuing. is now my home. I have now lived After his time at Fort Leonard Wood, here longer than I lived anywhere Reese was living in the KC area The types of calls that come into else,” Reese said. “I hope to keep when one of his wife’s co-workers fire departments nationwide have serving my hometown for many mentioned he may want to apply shifted from primarily fire to medical years to come.” for the KCFD Fire Academy. That over the last 20 years. Nearly suggestion turned into a life- 90 percent of calls for KCFD are 11

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Donna Maize, Assistant City Manager for Public Safety 13 A former firefighter’s WRITTEN BY: Rod Richardson “a-Maize-ing” journey to City Hall PHOTO BY: Karen Lim

DONNA MAIZE is a strong, self-sacrifice, many mentors who “Plus I saw it as a chance to intelligent leader with a passion for provided valuable lessons along the use my Master’s Degree (Public public service. If you doubt it, just way, co-workers who entrusted Administration, University of Kansas) ask some of the folks who worked me with their safety, and specific in this new role.” with her during her 26 years with chief officers who believed in me the Kansas City Fire Department. and let me fly; I wouldn’t be where I Maize is likely to bring the same am today. I’ve grown most through sense of thoughtful urgency to her But her impressive record at KCFD failures and facing adversity. But, I new job as she did at KCFD, where is relegated to memory now that am forever humbled by and grateful she earned accolades for her ability she has replaced her uniform with to those great men and women to share leadership opportunities business attire appropriate for a who served KCFD before me.” with others. high-ranking administrator for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Although she already had a “She demonstrates a willingness As Assistant City Manager for bachelor’s of science degree from to listen to perspectives of other Public Safety, Maize leads critical the University of Central Missouri, agencies and she lives public projects to help ensure the safety of Maize still started her KCFD career service values in her stewardship thousands of people. in 1992 at the bottom of the ladder. of resources,” said Erin Lynch, She ultimately became Assistant Emergency Services and Homeland But don’t let her lofty new title lull Fire Chief in 2014, managing a Security Program Director for you into thinking she is anything $166.6 million budget among other Mid-America Regional Council. “I less than insightful, introspective duties. appreciate her expertise, value her and interesting. passion and sense of humor. I am Along the way Maize earned a proud to work with her and call her Maize didn’t set out to secure an reputation for having an innate my friend.” office on the 29th floor of City ability to work collaboratively with Hall. No, even as a little girl she colleagues inside and outside Pride also factors into Maize’s knew she’d follow in her father’s KCMO city government. civilian life. A single mother of footsteps and pursue a career with two daughters, ages 22 and 21, KCFD. “Donna’s experience, knowledge and a 9-year-old son, she’s ever and leadership have been conscious of the example she sets During that span, Maize racked demonstrated throughout her for her children. up a list of exceptional career career with the City and I’m sure accomplishments: that same level of excellence “My ultimate gauge of success is on will continue in the future,” said those occasions when I know my • Developed and implemented Gene Shepherd, former KCMO three kids – Erica, Kylie and Evan – $35 million suppression fleet Emergency Manager. are proud of me,” Maize said. replacement project So, what do you do after you’ve Although she doesn’t see herself • Developed and implemented mastered one career but you as a role model for young women $2.6 million ambulance remain willing to step out of your interested in pursuing careers in remount initiative, saving the comfort zone? Well, in Maize’s male-dominated professions, Maize City about $4 million case, you accept City Manager Troy still has a unique perspective when Schulte’s offer to exchange your asked to offer career advice. • Prioritized for the department personalized office at the KCFD upgrading three facilities to Communications Center for a more “I would tell them to be true to gender-neutral standards modest space at 414 East 12th St. themselves,” Maize said. “I believe it’s just a matter of how you “I was fortunate to be born into “There’s always a little fear of the conduct yourself. For me, it all and grow up with my KCFD family,” unknown when you’re starting comes down to work ethic. Just be Maize said. “Without my father, who something new, but I like having yourself.” instilled the values of service and that challenge,” Maize said. 14 Resources for improving your WRITTEN BY: Chris Hernandez computer skills and knowledge DESIGN BY: Jose Gonzalez

It may sound trip to City Hall. The City is helping communities slightly meet technology needs by donating suggestive to The number one source of city surplus electronic equipment to ask someone information on the internet is The Surplus Exchange. It’s called if they need an kcmo.gov, where you can check “digital upcycling,” rather than just online hookup. But if the question your trash day, report potholes, find “recycling.” The Surplus Exchange refers to getting low-cost internet a court date, pay a parking ticket, refurbishes the computers, or computers, it’s an important buy a pet license, and request which are then donated or made question that can change lives. services. Keep up with what’s available at low-cost purchase by happening by watching City-created non-profit organizations to low The City’s agreement with Google videos and programs, viewing the income individuals. It also keeps Fiber brought high-speed internet directory of social media, reading electronic waste out of landfills. For to 300 community centers, libraries news releases or subscribing to information about buying, donating schools and other public facilities over 24 subscription lists. Links to or repairing computer equipment, across the City. Our Smart City other City resources, such as the contact The Surplus Exchange at program has created free public City Clerk’s office (for agendas and 816-472-8105 or surplusexchange. Wi-Fi in the downtown business dockets), and the Parks and Water org district, which will soon expand to departments also help residents find the eastside, and then citywide. what they’re looking for. Kcmo.gov Knowing how to do more online is is like having part of City Hall open how you can increase your digital These projects help create better 24/7. literacy. And improving your digital access to the internet. But many literacy is a skill that will improve people still need help learning how If you don’t want to wait on hold your life. to use technology to make their while calling the 311 Center, lives easier and better. download the 311 app to your These are all important parts of the smartphone, or submit a request City’s Digital Equity Strategic plan. KC Parks offers computer classes using the online form at kcmo. That plan is the City’s commitment to help people improve their skills. gov/311. You can even tweet to making the internet more Call 816-513-7500 to ask about the @kcmo311! accessible to all residents. current location and for information on how to sign up. Facts matter and numbers don’t lie. While City staff has accomplished The City embraces transparency many objectives to create a higher There are also several community with our open data catalog. Want standard of digital equity, and won organizations that work to provide to know where illegal dumping awards for its status as a “Digital low-cost equipment, and computer complaints are clustered? How City,” we realize there is more skills classes. Please see the chart about stray animal reports? Which work to do to connect residents on the next page for contact neighborhoods are experiencing to services. And we are committed information. the most trash misses? Once you to continuing to help our residents set up a customized view you can learn how to do more online. Once you are online, the City tries send a hyperlink or download the to make it easier to do business data to create your own charts and Other resources are available by by making many services available graphs. Simply go to data.kcmo.org going to digitalinclusion.org, or by through our website. The goal is to and open a world of relevant stats to calling the KC Library’s Tech Access save you time, and to save you a ponder. Hotline at 816-701-3606.

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Year Two of the ambitious 20- parking lots, concession areas and in spring 2019. The estimated cost year plan to invest $800 million to restrooms. These improvements are for the project is about $7 million. improve the City’s aging streets, largely completed. sidewalks, bridges and buildings is Paseo Gateway is another major moving right along at an impressive The $5 million upgrades at Starlight undertaking slated for significant and productive pace. If all goes as will continue into 2019, leaving work in Year Two. This $14 million planned, more than $62 million will behind a beautiful and iconic public project is scheduled to get a $4 be spent to continue our multi- stadium that’s far easier for disabled million GO KC cash infusion so million makeover. customers to navigate. that right-of-way acquisition can be completed along with utility The second year of the GO KC One of the major selling points relocation by late fall. Roadway program focuses on major road for residents was the promise to construction should begin in 2019. repairs, bridges and sidewalks, with create a city-funded sidewalk repair some $42 million dedicated to program that would eliminate But it’s not just roads and bridges such projects. These long-deferred homeowner assessments. To that grabbing headlines in GO KC’s projects will be easy to recognize end, some $150 million is being second year. Public buildings will see around town because they will carry dedicated to sidewalks. about $12 million in improvements, the GO KC brand. with $4 million set aside for the This completely changes the Kansas City Museum. Demolition Kansas City voters approved $800 way the City repairs sidewalks. began on the basement about a million in bonds in April 2017 to fund The bonds create the revenue year ago and renovation has moved a capital improvements program needed to allow the City to pay for to the first, second and third floors for streets, sidewalks, flood control residential sidewalk repairs, rather with installation of lighting, security, and other infrastructure needs than charging homeowners. This fire alarms, data and audio visual over the next 20 years. Capital program will systematically evaluate, systems. Construction is scheduled improvement projects may include repair and replace sidewalks with to be completed in spring 2019 with new construction or renovation the goal being to make it through exhibition fabrication and installation of city buildings, reconstruction of two citywide cycles over 20 years. In starting a few weeks later. streets, repairing or constructing Year Two, $5 million is budgeted for sidewalks as well as making public sidewalks. The decision to build a $32 million areas compliant with the American state-of-the-art animal shelter was Disabilities Act (ADA). Of course, street improvements will another popular element in this again garner plenty of attention. bond package. This public-private Starlight Theatre has long been an Revamping Maplewoods Parkway partnership is underway with about outstanding venue for memorable from NE 96th Street to Shoal Creek $3.5 million budgeted for Year and entertaining events. However, Parkway is at the top of the Year Two Two. Grading work has started and patrons with disabilities have found agenda. Appraisals are complete finalized drawings and plans are it difficult to fully enjoy the facility and offer letters have been sent to being reviewed by City Planning & because of upgrades needed all affected property owners. Once Development. to make it ADA compliant. So the utilities have been relocated, work started in January 2018 to roadway construction can begin. For more information, visit KCMO. construct accessible routes from the The plan calls for this work to start GOV/GOKC. 18 Transforming wastewater into something useful WRITTEN BY: Michael Grimaldi

KC Water’s Blue River Wastewater to get it away from people as quickly biogas and biosolids. KC Water Treatment Plant is poised to move as possible. Clearly, that wasn’t good uses anaerobic digestion to from aging infrastructure based on for the environment. Population treat a portion of solids, but the 19th-century technology to 21st- growth and better scientific digesters are not large enough century technology with plans to understanding proved that the old to treat all solids. implement an evolutionary new ways were not appropriate. process. Communities and businesses The present approach calls for nationwide use biogas to produce The treatment plant uses 1960s-era removing solid waste from the mechanical power, fuel boilers incinerators to dispose of material wastewater stream. The separated and furnaces, run alternative- collected from wastewater. Design water is treated before returning it fuel vehicles, or heat homes or work is underway to enable KC cleanly to the river. The separated businesses. Water to transform waste into solids are incinerated. fertilizer clean enough to be used in A variety of steps are necessary for farm fields and gardens; and into gas It’s an imperfect system. The THP, including sludge screening, that can be used as fuel for industrial incinerator ash needs to be disposed sludge degritting, pre- and final heating equipment or even to heat of, and there is only so much space dewatering, intermediate sludge homes and businesses or to run in landfills. Incineration requires storage, and heat exchangers. The vehicles. complicated air-quality control process will produce more ammonia equipment that utilizes chemicals that will be removed in a sidestream By replacing decades-old and large amounts of clean water to treatment process to maintain infrastructure with new technology, minimize air pollution. Missouri River water quality. KC Water also can help keep the air cleaner and reduce odors in the Technological evolution | THP Managing for efficiency | Another area. changes everything. The Blue factor that led KC Water to THP is River Wastewater Treatment Plant a lack of expansion space at the “Actual final uses for the byproducts will evolve primarily from a waste Blue River Wastewater Treatment of the new process will be disposal facility to a resource Plant site. With THP in the mix, the determined in the future,” said Terry recovery facility. plant’s anaerobic digester capacity Leeds, KC Water Director. “The real will double without constructing breakthrough today is that instead THP is a two-step process: additional anaerobic digesters at of throwing away incinerated the site. This increase will allow wastewater solids, we will be making • Solids separated from outdated incinerators to be shut useful products.” wastewater in settling tanks are down and demolished. pressure-cooked to about 165 From raw sewage to productive degrees Celsius, sterilizing the THP gives KC Water the ability to reuse | Thermal hydrolysis process biosolids. recover phosphorus in the future. (THP) represents a major evolution The project will better prepare in the way the City will handle • The resulting product is mixed KC Water for any future rules and wastewater from homes and with bacteria in a process regulations necessary to protect businesses. known as anaerobic digestion. human health and the environment. Essentially, bugs “eat” the stuff In times long past, raw sewage was from the first step and create Solids from other wastewater simply drained to rivers and streams two clean, usable products: treatment plants also are processed 19

at the Blue River plant and will be project on KC Water customer bills. Bottoms will be upgraded in a treated by THP in the future. project getting underway this fall. In the long run, we all win. THP is a Plans are to double the capacity of Following the recommendations better way to handle wastewater for existing digesters and shut down of a 2017 Cost of Service Task KC Water workers, customers, and antiquated incinerators. New Force, KC Water is pursuing state the environment. thermal hydrolysis process (THP) and federal funding through the equipment, similar to that installed Water Infrastructure Finance and by DC Water in Washington, D.C., Innovation Act. These outside Above: The Biosolids handling will increase treatment plant funding sources typically offer (outlined in red) at the Blue River capacity and enable KC Water to put favorable borrowing rates and Wastewater Treatment Plant near solids removed from wastewater to minimize the impact of the THP I-435 and Front Street in the East productive use. 20

Courtney Wachal, Domestic Violence Judge 21 Kansas City’s Domestic Violence Court only municipal court in nation to be named a mentor

WRITTEN BY: Benita Jones court by the U.S. Department of Justice PHOTO BY: Karen Lim

The Kansas City Municipal Domestic violence court program. Since harassment, stalking, order of Violence Court has earned the 2015, the most serious offenders, protection violations, child abuse, distinction of being named a either based on prior history or the neglect and endangerment and Domestic Violence Mentor Court nature of charges, are placed on domestic violence related stealing, by the U.S. Department of Justice the Domestic Violence Compliance property destruction and trespassing Violence Against Women Initiative. Docket. These offenders appear cases. The City’s Law Department This designation also comes with a regularly before Domestic Violence also employs two full-time and $48,090 grant. Judge Courtney Wachal and two part-time domestic violence report regularly to an Offender prosecutors and three victim Courts from around the country Accountability Officer, both of which advocates. will visit the Kansas City Domestic monitor their progress on probation. Violence Court to observe its Failure to follow conditions of “The City and Court have worked best practices when it comes probation results in sanctions. very hard to strengthen the Domestic to increasing accountability for Sanctions are pre-determined by a Violence team,” said Municipal Court domestic abusers. uniform sanctioning grid, applied to Administrator Megan Pfannenstiel. all offenders equally. “The unit includes a dedicated offender accountability officer and “This is a great honor for the judge working side by side with We continue to strive Municipal Court and for the City the City Prosecutor’s Office Victim “ as a whole,” said Judge Wachal. Assistance Program to ensure to learn the most “We believe our current model is the safety of its victims and while one that is viable for many courts holding the defendants accountable. effective methods of to implement; regardless of the We are also very fortunate in keeping victims safe population that specific jurisdiction the relationships between the serves. We continue to strive to domestic violence team and various and holding offenders learn the most effective methods community partners.” of keeping victims safe and holding accountable. offenders accountable.” Each day there are two domestic violence shelter advocates available The City of Kansas City has long been to speak to the City’s victims to dedicated to efforts to stem domestic ensure that they are receiving COURTNEY WACHAL violence. In 1989, the Mayor’s Task any assistance needed, legal or Domestic Violence Judge Force Against Domestic Violence otherwise. The domestic violence created the Domestic Violence team also works with Healthy The Kansas City Municipal Court Victim Assistance Program. Those Boundaries to provide low cost serves the largest jurisdiction in efforts led to the establishment of a batterer’s intervention evaluation Missouri and, as a result, handles dedicated domestic violence court and classes. This has allowed the highest number of domestic docket and, in 1995, the creation for increased attendance and violence and child abuses cases of of a permanent full-time domestic participation. any court in the State. During the violence judge position. Currently past two years many improvements the domestic violence court handles Visit KCMO.GOV/COURT for more have been made to the domestic a variety of cases including assault, information. 22 Capital Projects Update

PUBLIC WORKS improvement project that has The final phase of the project transformed 22nd and 23rd continues improvements on The Kansas City Public Works streets into a major collector 135th Street from Wornall Road department continues its mission and route to Interstate 70. This to Missouri Highway 150. The to provide safe, efficient access for phase will realign and repave final phase continues includes pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists the roadway, adding curbs, include a new three-lane with the advent of a variety of capital sidewalks, gutters and storm and roadway, wider sidewalks, new improvement projects this fall and sanitary sewers on the roadway streetlights and more. winter. between Brooklyn and Chestnut avenues. KC WATER • North Oak Trafficway will see major improvements this fall, • Another GO KC project Investments by KC Water customers from NE Indianola Drive to underway on the city’s east side are resulting in new water mains, the city limits of North Kansas is the Beacon Hill Southwest sewer rehabilitation and stormwater City. Upgrades include road Quadrant improvements. management improvements reconstruction and new bike Upgrades to Forest Avenue throughout Kansas City. facilities connecting to a bike and East 26th Street in the corridor in North Kansas City. Beacon Hill neighborhood will Two projects of particular Bus stop upgrades and new wrap up in December 2018, importance include a Northland sidewalks are among other offering new street pavement, pump station to be completed this multimodal enhancements. streetlights, sidewalks, waterline fall and a wastewater treatment plant The North Oak Trafficway replacement, storm sewer project just getting started. improvements will be completed upgrades and more. by late summer 2019. The Shoal Creek Pump Station near • Wornall Road is getting a Northeast Barry Road and Shoal • Another roadway much-needed makeover from Creek Parkway will have three pumps reconstruction project in the 85th to 89th Streets in the Waldo and room for a fourth. Each pump Northland includes a new neighborhood. This GO KC will have the capacity to push 4,300 bridge over Interstate 29. reconstruction project brings gallons of water per minute, creating The Old Tiffany Springs Road improved pedestrian access and capacity to deliver more than 15 reconstruction project started new street pavement to this well- million gallons a day. in the spring and will include traveled north/south corridor on improvements from N Congress the city’s south side. This project The project includes electrical work, Avenue to NW Skyview Road. started in spring 2018 and will pipes, valves, design features to Roadway upgrades include new wrap up before spring in 2019. blend in with the neighborhood, a four-lane thoroughfare with a new trees and landscaping and sidewalk and trail that brings a • The final phase of a three- two bio-retention basins to capture key crossing at I-29 for the Route phase project on 135th Street rain runoff. The facility is designed 152 Trail. through Martin City will wrap according to Envision sustainability up soon. This GO KC project design standards. • Construction on the GO KC has revamped a once rural 22nd/23rd Street connector road, offering better multimodal The Shoal Creek Pump Station, along project wraps up in 2018. This access for the Martin City with the Waukomis, KCI, Arrowhead project on the city’s east side is shopping and entertainment and Englewood pump stations, the third phase of a major road district on the city’s south side. combine to serve the Northland. 23 Meanwhile, design work is underway pavement and underlying base properly coordinated with air traffic on significant wet-weather treatment and subbase courses of Taxiway control, pilots add another layer of expansion and improvements to B. Additional improvements safety to their flight preparations. the Westside Wastewater Treatment include replacement of taxiway Plant, a major wastewater treatment in-pavement and edge lighting Charles B. Wheeler Downtown facility in the West Bottoms. fixtures and associated lighting Airport - Relief Well System cables, replacement of airfield Rehabilitation Project The plant, which was built in the directional signs, pavement shoulder 1950s and expanded to include rehabilitation and pavement The Kansas City Aviation Department secondary treatment about 40 markings. maintains nearly 50 relief wells at the years ago, is being expanded to downtown airport. These relief wells fulfill Kansas City’s commitment to Kansas City International Airport - are part of the levee system that reduce overflows from combined Post Gate 28 Redesign protects the airport from flooding. sewer systems and prevent overflows The relief well system rehabilitation from separate sewer systems. The Secure airfield vehicle entry points has been an ongoing project for commitment is required to meet at airports are called Post Gates. the last three years. During this elements of a Federal Consent Deficiencies that occur now at Post time, multiple relief wells have Decree. This effort is known as the Gate 28 are due to the lack of space been inspected, tested, cleaned, Smart Sewer Program. necessary for proper “stacking” of refurbished, and several new relief vehicles. There will be new additions wells have been installed. Several Upgrades include new chemical such as a new guard building (sized of the relief wells requiring work treatment equipment; rehabilitation appropriately and to proper code are located in the runway obstacle of hydraulic systems; new and standards), a checkpoint canopy free zones and the aircraft arrival/ clarification basin and equipment, to protect the area from weather departure corridors. Therefore, and additional disinfection capacity. for improved scanning of vehicles, Runway 1-19 will be closed. In order adequate pavement lanes and new to minimize runway closures, the As an outcome of these rejection lanes. These additions relief well work in these critical improvements, the plant will be able will allow the new checkpoint to areas is coordinated with the Re- to process up to 70 million gallons of be more efficient, while having a Seal Runway 1-19 Project and wastewater per day, vs. the current dedicated entry and exit facility for accomplished during the weekend 40 million gallons a day of wet Aviation staff. runway closures. weather flows. Charles B. Wheeler Downtown For a complete rundown of capital This and other improvements to Airport - Removal of Taxiway Delta projects, visit KCMO.GOV/KCMORE. Kansas City’s sewer systems creates a cleaner, healthier environment for This project will mitigate hot spots the community and improve the (locations on an airport movement quality of the water that is returned area with a history of risk for to area waterways. collisions) on the airfield and improve safety by removing taxiway Delta AVIATION and re-grading the area. The holding position markings on taxiway D for Kansas City International Airport - Runways 1-19 and 3-21 are within Taxiway B Rehabilitation each respective runway safety areas. By identifying hot spots, it is easier Taxiway B is one of two parallel for users of an airport to plan the taxiways serving Runway 1L-19R. safest possible path of movement in This construction phase removes and around that airport. By ensuring and replaces the concrete surface that aircraft surface movements are 24

Our Award-winning Rose Garden WRITTEN BY: Heidi Markle

rose gardens around the world that began in 1931 by a group of that achieve excellence not only women, led by Laura Conyers in visual beauty, but that possess Smith, when they established significance from historical, the Kansas City Rose Society and educational and horticultural created the public rose garden perspectives. in Loose Park. The first garden contained 120 rose plants. There Highlighted in the nomination are now about 3,000 roses of about were the many important roles 150 varieties in the 1.5-acre garden. the garden plays for Kansas City In 1965, the garden was officially residents. Not only does the garden named the Laura Conyers Smith serve as an iconic public space that Municipal Rose Garden. The garden is open to all, it is a gathering place is maintained through a partnership where people come to celebrate between the Rose Society and KC and enjoy nature and the arts and Parks. It was an award-winning summer a place for learning, enriching the for the Laura Conyers Smith eyes and minds of those who visit. For more information on Kansas Municipal Rose Garden in Loose City parks, nature centers and Park. In July, the Kansas City Rose The Rose Garden also received gardens, visit KCPARKS.ORG. Society announced that the garden the 2018 Club Horticultural was one of several to receive the Commendation from The Garden World Federation of Roses Societies Club of America via the Westport Award of Garden Excellence. Garden Club.

Established in 1995, the Award Kansas City’s Municipal Rose of Garden Excellence recognizes Garden is the realization of a dream

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Kansas City Race & Equity Initiative WRITTEN BY: Mayor Sly James

A note from Mayor Sly James: advancing change in racial equity: the biases that exist in their own Kansas City is stronger and more 1 ) Normalize Conversations, 2) networks. vibrant than ever. Yet, while we’ve Organize, 3) Operationalize. accomplished so much, we’re still At City Hall, we’re forming the Race recognized as one of the most In the months I have left in office, and Equity Action Team (REAT) that segregated cities in the country. it’s my goal to begin to normalize will be tasked with formulating and As a community, we must address conversations about racial equity implementing a Race and Equity the history and systems which have through a series of community Action Plan for city government resulted in perpetual inequities conversations with local experts that will begin the process of among races and cultures in our and educators to help our operationalizing. community. community develop a common framework and language. We’re working toward positive, These racial inequities are a result measurable change in our of systems and institutions that We hosted our first event to a community – starting with a have enabled some to get ahead packed theater at the Kauffman conversation that is part of a broad and others to be left behind. Foundation in late August, initiative designed to continue well These inequities will continue to appropriately called “Starting the past my time in office. This process persist unless we as a community Conversation.” Speakers presented won’t be easy – far from it – but are willing to talk about how a definition of racism and data on it’s essential to moving our city race impacts every aspect of an racial disparities in life expectancies forward. We’ll be continuing the individual’s life. in our city. conversation at our next event, Socialization & Bias, taking place That’s why the Mayor’s Office, In addition to supporting these Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. at the City Manager’s Office and the larger public events, CARE is taking Mohart Center. I hope you’ll join us. Community Alliance for Racial an active role in organizing in the Equity (CARE) are working to community, providing education Find out more about how to get implement the Government Alliance and resources for individuals and involved at KCMAYOR.ORG/ on Race and Equity’s guidelines for organizations to begin addressing RACEANDEQUITY.

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hundreds of dangerous buildings WRITTEN BY: John Baccala

It began as what City Manager Troy home, now beautifully rehabbed, When the program began in June Schulte called a “hair-brained idea was the backdrop for the occasion. 2016, nearly 820 buildings and we cooked up one afternoon.” Schwab bought the home during homes were on the list, but the Two years later, that hair-brained the Land Bank’s $1 home sale number swelled to 895 because of idea has taken a bite out of blight and transformed it into the emergency demolitions due to fires across Kansas City and led to the showpiece of the South Blue Valley and collapses. Teardowns typically elimination of nearly 900 homes Neighborhood. It was one of many cost between $8,000 and $10,000 and commercial structures from the strategies the city manager and the per structure, but firms like Kissick city’s dangerous buildings list. city’s Neighborhoods and Housing Construction and Industrial Salvage Services Department (NHSD) used & Wrecking generously demolished Mayor Sly James, Schulte and to address the dangerous buildings more than 60 buildings free of other city and neighborhood issue. charge. leaders recently gathered outside a refurbished east side home to “Troy Schulte deserves a ton of Unfortunately, the dangerous celebrate the success of the city’s credit for his thinking, his processes buildings issue never completely two-year, $10 million demolition and the way he attacks these kinds goes away. By late summer 2018, initiative. In 2016, the City began of issues,” James said. However, the new list totaled nearly 400. an ambitious program to either Schulte was even quicker to credit Still, Schulte vows to continue the rehabilitate or demolish a backlog NHSD and dangerous buildings staff city’s ‘fight on blight,’ but for just of buildings. Bringing even some for their hard work. a fleeting moment, he wanted to of these dilapidated, distressed enjoy the accomplishment and the properties back to life was well “They are changing the face difference it has made in Kansas worth the effort, Mayor James said. of this City,” Schulte said, “and City. making neighborhoods worthy Smiling throughout the mayor’s of reinvestment. We’re saving “This is a great day,” Schulte remarks was Laurie Schwab. Her neighborhoods and bringing people exclaimed. once-blighted KCMO Land Bank back to the urban core of the City.”

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