Kansas City City Councilman Ed Ford
Come and check out the monthly meeting at Northland Neighborhood, Inc (3015 NE Vivion Rd Kansas City, MO 64119) with an open forum where you can sit and talk with KCMO Councilpeople.
This month the meeting will be held on September 28th from 6-7pm.
KCMO Parks and Recreation staff will be conducting public hearings regarding potential locations for Off-Leash Dog Parks in Kansas City, MO.
For a list of all dog parks public hearings click here
Northland Neighborhood Inc creates a list of communities that are having neighborhood garage sales. Coming up:
September 12
New Mark (First Pool) & surrounding subdivisions
New Mark Drive & N Oak
8:00a.m.
Saturday Only
September 18 & 19
Maple Woods Estates Neighborhood & Maple Park Place
78th & North Park
8:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
Friday & Saturday
October 10
South Oakwood Neighborhood
55th & N Oak
8:00a.m.
Saturday Only
October 17
Grace Baptist Church Craft/Vender Sale
3101 NE Vivion Road
9:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
Saturday Only
If your community is planning a garage sale and you would like it mass emailed to the community or posted on NNI’s website please contact: Janet Shaffer at 454-2000 or jshaffer@nni.org
Or if you’d like to hear more about garage sales go to http://www.nni.org/
Come meet your councilperson Ed Ford
on August 24th from 6-7pm at
(3015 NE Vivion Rd Kansas City, MO 64119).
Trails KC got a boost Thursday with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to complete the remaining segment of the Indian Creek Greenway Trail.
The Trails KC Plan builds upon previous regional and city planning initiatives to develop a much-needed comprehensive citywide bike trails plan.
The Sales Tax Holiday will be available Friday, August 7, through Sunday, August 9, in select cities and counties across Missouri. Certain back-to-school purchases, such as clothing, school supplies, computers, and other items are exempt from sales tax for this time period only.
Click on the links below for a list of cities and counties that have chosen not to participate in this year’s program.
The sales tax exemption is limited to:
“Clothing” – any article of wearing apparel, including footwear, intended to be worn on or about the human body. The term shall include but not be limited to cloth and other material used to make school uniforms or other school clothing. Items normally sold in pairs shall not be separated to qualify for the exemption. The term shall not include watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, or belt buckles.
“School supplies” – any item normally used by students in a standard classroom for educational purposes, including but not limited to, textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, handheld calculators, chalk, maps, and globes. The term shall not include watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable or desktop telephones, copiers or other office equipment, furniture, or fixtures. School supplies shall also include computer software having a taxable value of three hundred fifty dollars or less.
“Personal computers” – a laptop, desktop, or tower computer system which consists of a central processing unit, random access memory, a storage drive, a display monitor, and a keyboard and devices designed for use in conjunction with a personal computer, such as a disk drive, memory module, compact disk drive, daughter board, digitalizer, microphone, modem, motherboard, mouse, multimedia speaker, printer, scanner, single-user hardware, single-user operating system, soundcard, or video card.
(Above info from Convention and Visitors website)
It has been pretty hot the last few days, and its important for everyone in Kansas City to stay cool and safe! Here is a list of cooling centers by county, feel free to stop on by!
Clay County
Kansas City:
Salvation Army Northland (816) 452-5663
4300 NE Parvin Road, Kansas City, MO 64117
M-SU 8am-5pm Cold drinks and snacks available.
Jackson County
Independence:
Salvation Army Independence (816) 252-3200
14700 E. Truman Road, Independence, MO 64050
M-SU 8am-5pm Cold drinks and snacks available.
Lee’s Summit:
The Lee’s Summit VFW Post 5789 Phone: (816) 816-525-5789
329 SE Douglas, LS,MO 64063
M-Su 11am – 9pm
Have restrooms and kitchen, will be serving lunch
Kansas City:
Hillcrest Community Center Phone: (816) 784-7000
10401 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, MO 64134
M-TH 7am-9pm; FR 7am-6pm; SA 9am-6pm
HAVE SHOWERS, ICE MACHINE, AND COMPUTERS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE
Salvation Army Bellefontaine (816) 483-8484
3013 E. 9th Street, Kansas City, MO 64124
M-SU 8am-5pm Cold drinks and snacks available.
Salvation Army Westport (816) 753-6040
500 W. 39th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
M-SU 8am-5pm Cold drinks and snacks available.
Platte County
Kansas City:
Line Creek Community Center (816) 513-0760
5940 N.W. Waukomis Drive, Kansas City, MO 64151
M-F 7am-10pm; SA 7am-6pm; SU 12:30pm-9:30pm
To download the entire list of cooling centers in the Kansas City area, click here -COOLING CENTERS
Councilman Ed Ford joined the discussion on Up to Date on KCUR about the effort to recall Mayor Mark Funkouser.
Click here to have a listen- Up to Date – KC Mayor Mark Funkhouser Recall
On Thursday the City Council passed a resolution (090357) accepting and approving a three year $2,998,508.00 grant award and agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide funding to evaluate and reduce the exposure of lead-based hazards in the homes of low income families and young children in the City of Kansas City.
Read the entire resolution 090357
-Julia The Intern
Councilman Ed Ford introduced a measure, later passed by the City Council, amending the current volunteer ordinance. The ordinance bars family members from frequently volunteering in the offices of elected officials. Mayor Funkhouser filed a lawsuit against the ordinance, and his attorney’s raised criticisms of the measure because the term “frequent volunteer” was not defined. The amendment introduced on Thursday during the legislative session defines several volunteer terms including “infrequent volunteer”, “periodic volunteer”, and “regular service volunteer”.
Read the amendment
Several ordinances other interesting ordinances were passed this week dealing with home repairs. 090317, 090318, 090319 detail grants to local utilities for weatherizing low income homes in the area. Missouri Gas Energy, Aquila-Missouri, and Kansas City Power and Light Company will weatherize 260 houses by installation of CFLs, high efficiency furnaces and the installation of attic, wall and floor insulation. By weatherizing the homes, the city homes to lower utility bills for low-income Kansas Citians and create more sustainable energy usage.
