Greetings,

·         Earlier this week, Community Development staff met with a field representative from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) for an evaluation. This evaluation is done every four years to grade the effectiveness of building code enforcement. The result is a numeric classification that is used in underwriting for property insurance in NKC. While it will be several weeks before we receive our score, the field representative indicated that we should see our score for code enforcement improve quite a bit over our score from four years ago.

·         City staff submitted an application last week to MARC’s Planning Sustainable Places grant program to help fund a new NKC Bike Master Plan. MARC has opened up a public comment period for all the grant applications, and a strong show of supportive comments is very helpful in the evaluation process. Residents and businesses can go online to our project summary at http://www.marc2.org/tr_psp/projectdetails.aspx?PID=769 and leave a short comment in the form at the bottom on the page. The deadline for comments is July 6.

·         Fourth of July Holiday Information

o   Jim’s Disposal will collect Yard Waste and Bulky Trash on Wednesday, July 4. 

o   City offices and the North Kansas City Library will be closed on Wednesday, July 4.

o   A special reminder as we celebrate Independence Day – it is unlawful for any person to keep, sell or use fireworks in North Kansas City.  To report illegal fireworks, please call the police non-emergency line at 816-274-6013.

·         The City Council and staff will participate in a Strategic Planning Session all day on Friday, June 29 and half day on Saturday, June 30.  The session will be held at the Parks & Recreation Center.

Upcoming Meetings and Events:  

·         Strategic Planning Meeting – Friday, June 29 & Saturday, June 30

·         City Council Work Session – Tuesday, July 3, 6 p.m.

·         City Council Regular Meeting – Tuesday, July 3, 7 p.m.

·         Independence Day – City Offices Closed – Wednesday, July 4

·         Friday in the Park – Friday, July 6, 11:30 a.m.

·         Friday in the Park – Friday, July 13, 11:30 a.m.

·         City Council Work Session – Tuesday, July 17, 6 p.m.

·         City Council Regular Meeting – Tuesday, July 17, 7 p.m.

·         Friday in the Park – Friday, July 20, 11:30 a.m.

·         Friday in the Park – Friday, July 27, 11:30 a.m.

·         Movie in the Park – Friday, July 27, dusk