Point of View

Smile. Powerful, yet underrated. Majestic, yet overlooked. The mere mention of the word, smile, makes you want to...smile. 😄 You can literally feel someone's smile; whether it's in person, or on the phone, or via email. That is how powerful it is. Regardless of whether you smile with your mouth, eyes or even your whole body, please know that something (or someone) around you will feel it. Every time. The smile connects us all.

Monday, 6PM - City Council Meeting

Tuesday, 9AM - Community Foundation, 3PM Community Center, 4:30 PM Municipal Court

Wednesday, 10:30 - 12:30 Coffee with Cop @ Other Trails, 5PM Historic Preservation Commission, 6PM Clay County Commission

Thursday, 11AM - Urban Redevelopment Corporation

• February is ES Municipal Court's AMNESTY MONTH on active ES Municipal warrants. People with active ES warrants can resolve their charges without arrest. Failure to Appear charge(s) will be dismissed & ES warrant(s) will be withdrawn upon posting a $100 CASH ONLY bond. Your case will be reset on docket & your appearance required at a future court date to fully dispose of the charge(s).
• Submitted grant request to Economic Development Administration to re-open three mineral water wells in support of tourism activities

• Excelsior Springs Communities of Excellence effort is mentioned in Baldrige Foundation's Journal for Performance Excellence, presented to Congress. The Baldrige Program oversees the nation's only Presidential award for performance excellence, including the world-renowned Baldrige Excellence Framework.
  
• Colleen Rhodus received donation from Farmer's Grow America & is donating $2500 each to Community Center & Chamber of Commerce Farmer's Markets
• Patsy Braden, the transportation legend is retiring. We celebrate Patsy's contributions to transportation in Excelsior Springs this week.

City Council will hold public hearings & consider plans for 353 Redevelopment projects @ 106 Saratoga & 415 S. Thompson [415 is developed by Van Till Winery & includes HVAC, interior remodel, exterior replacement of transom windows, door, tiles, painting trim, seeking 13-year abatement for blight removal]

• Consider Special Use Permits @ 1012 Sunset Strip to establish a short-term vacation rental for 2-years & 107 N. Industrial Road to renew retail use for Blue Sparrow in perpetuity with screening of industrial uses.
• Consider purchase of Vacuum Truck [Funding: Sewer rates] [used for flushing sanitary sewers, storms drains, curb inlets & manholes; also used to vacuum excavate water leaks & assisting in water main repairs. The economic theory of vehicle & equipment replacement maintains that capital costs decline over time while operating costs continue to increase. The combination of these two trends informs when the optimal time is to replace high use vehicles. This strategy is also used for replacement of ambulances & police cars.]
• Consider Change Order with Lamp Rynearson [Funding: $25.3K, CIP] [expanded scope of work on Dunbar, Jesse James overlay].
• Consider agreement with Vireo + GBA to complete Fishing River Watershed Masterplan [Funding: $350K, ARPA] [provides for citizen engagement, partnership with Ray & Clay Counties, creation of implementation plan to lessen flooding in downtown]
• Consider 3-year Cemetery Mowing Services Agreement with Pope's Lawncare [Funding: $37K, Cemetery Lot Sales] [services include mowing, weed-eating between March 1 & November 1]
• Consider implementation of Compensation & Classification Study completed by McGrath Human Resources [Funding: Midwest Public Risk] [evaluated external market & recommended adjustments to offer competitive wages for all positions; new revenue approved by state legislature last session made it possible to compete in the current turbulent labor environment]

Community Center discussion on Phase II scope, schedule & budget, design of dome, storage, aquatic spray ground, & indoor feature updates. Next steps to issue permit drawings by Mid-March, out to bid Mid-April.

Loving Life as a Lifelong ES resident. The best way to describe it is SMALL TOWN FEEL, & I mean that in the most positive way imaginable. It is going to Wal-Mart, & I run into my first-grade teacher, who recognizes me still & wants to know how I'm doing. We go out to dinner & run into my great aunt & uncle. We go to a sporting event & run into everyone we know & love. Read it in DEP's Visitor's Guide.

Email: mmcgovern@excelsiorsprings.gov
Website: cityofesmo.com
Location: Hall of Waters, 201 E. Broadway, 64024
Phone: (816) 630-0752