City Administrator’s Report for 8/24/2012

City Administrator’s Report
FROM: Mahesh Sharma, City Administrator

Community Development

The construction permit for the fuel pump canopy and underground fuel tanks for the Hy-Vee Convenience Store was issued this week by the Building Department. The building and site improvement permits have not been issued as of yet.

EMS

There is a Community Center Blood Drive scheduled for next Friday, August 31st, from 3:00 to 6:00pm at the Willard H. Ross Emergency Medical Services Building. Appointments can be scheduled online at www.esavealifenow.org or by calling 737-6030. Those who attempt to donate blood will receive a certificate for a FREE Papa Murphy’s pizza.

Information Technology

All network performance, server operations, Government Channel system related AV recording and playback data systems, security door locks, and city website are operational and have not experienced any downtime this week.

Parks & Recreation

The Raytown Artists’ Association will sponsor their 6th Annual Art Show at St Paul’s Church of the Nazarene (8500 E 80th Terrace) from 9:30am to 5:30pm on August 24th thru 26th. The Artists’ Reception and Awards will follow today’s showing at 6:30pm. Attendees can shop for prints and gift cards of artist’s original works and participate in the silent auction of donated works, proceeds to benefit the 2013 Raytown High School Art Scholarship; admission is free.

Public Works

The Light Weight Aggregate Seal Coat project bid was held this past Tuesday, with only one bid received from Vance Brothers. The bid was slightly below budgeted amounts and will be present to the Board at the September 4th meeting.

Crews placed 28.5 tons of asphalt patch in preparation for the Light Weight Aggregate Seal Coat project, with two streets remaining on the list, painted pavement markings at 3 locations, cleaned 19,648 feet of sewer lines, and spent the majority of today inspecting storm inlets and drainage channels for debris. The focus was in response to the forecasted storms the weekend; 1 to 3 inches of rain has been predicted for the Raytown area.

The concrete curb, sidewalk, and pavement replacement project is progressing ahead of schedule in fact the contractor is anticipated to complete all concrete work sometime next week.

Board, Committee and Commission Meetings, and Events

August 28 – Fire Board Meeting; Station 1, 9:00am
August 31 – Community Blood Drive; EMS Building, 3:00 – 6:00pm