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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] RESOLUTION NO. 240529
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Sponsor: Councilperson Melissa Robinson
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION - Directing the City Manager to develop a strategic sustainability plan and adopt an administrative regulation to guide City's support to the community through its established Community Action Network ("CAN") Centers and to report to the Council on such plan within 120 days, and on such administrative regulation within 30 days; and to present a corresponding, five-year funding plan to the Council before or at the same time as the presentation of the annual budget.
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WHEREAS, Community Action Network ("CAN") Centers were founded from the need for increased responsiveness to neighborhood problems and the need to coordinate code enforcement and law enforcement efforts via a targeted approach; and
WHEREAS, Community Action Network ("CAN") Centers house a community engagement officer or specialist from the City's Neighborhood Preservation Division, provide a space for Kansas City Police Department officers to collaborate, take reports or conduct other business in a community setting, and allow City and Kansas City Police Department representatives a forum to partner with residents and neighborhood leaders to decrease crime, promote civic engagement and improve the livability of neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, Community Action Network ("CAN") Centers have been established in various Kansas City Police Department patrol divisions throughout the City, including: the Westside CAN Center and Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council in Central Patrol Division, the Vineyard CAN Center and Blue Valley CAN Center in East Patrol Division, the Blue Hills CAN Center and Marlborough Community Coalition in Metro Patrol Division, Northland Neighborhoods, Inc. in Shoal Creek/North Patrol Division and South Kansas City Alliance and Community Assistance Council in South Patrol Division; and
WHEREAS, on November 30...
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