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How to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your dog - Attend a dog friendly Fiesta. Dine on a dog-friendly Mexican Restaurant Patio. Take your Perro on a get-away to Mexico. Cook up some dog friendly tacos. Make bark-aritas. Give your pup a toy to taco 'bout. Fill a Pinata with treats for your pup. Dress up Fido for the Fiesta.

Monday, 6PM - City Council

Tuesday, Westside CID Election Watch Party

Wednesday, 1PM - Dry Fork Greenway Project Kick-off

Thursday, 7AM - Mayor's Prayer Breakfast, 9AM - Joint Thrive Task Force; 11:30 SAFE

Friday, cinco de mayo

Westside ES Carnival (Thursday - Saturday)

City Council presents Proclamations for Older American Month, Building Safety Month, Local Government Week, & Historic Preservation Month. ES Hospital gives Annual Report.

• Mayor appoints Les O'Dell to Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee
• Public hearing & consideration of 353 tax abatement for 436 E. Broadway
• Planning/Zoning recommends approval of Special Use Permits for Tattoo Services @ 1097 Italian Way & short-term rental @ 220 W. Excelsior Street
• Police Chief presents ordinance regulating camping on public property
• Fire Chief requests removal of various ambulance fees from Schedule of Fees
• Consider amendment to 5311 Transportation agreement

Dry Fork Greenway Project Kick-Off - meeting with GBA to discuss scope development for the project @ Main/Kennedy Streets

• Celebrating Work Anniversaries this week - Charles Lee, PT Water Maintenance Worker - 30 Years; John Potter, Assistant Fire Chief, Training Officer - 29 Years; Christopher Blanchard, Firefighter/Paramedic - 5 Years; Raven Walters, Water Maintenance Worker & Joshua Cummins, Lifeguard - 2 Years; Ella Siebert, Lifeguard & Jacob Ulmer, Construction Services Maintenance Worker - 1 Year.
• Volunteers showed up to clean up our community in celebration of Earth Day.
• Highlighting community leaders serving on Hospital Board of Trustees - Mike Anderson, Martha Buckman, Jesse Hall, Tim Pence, Kathy Roberts, Dr. Bob Shemwell & Jeanine Stubbs. Thank you for your leadership & attention to maintaining programs that improve our Community Health. We are proud of our heritage for health & wellness.
• Susan Blaser accepted the Missouri Historic Preservation Award last week honoring her work on Casa di Vite & in preserving the historic buildings of our community.
• Thrive Excelsior is a grassroots effort to improve the performance of our community & the people who lead & live here. Thrive operates within a framework to guide how we identify & address our weaknesses & celebrate our strengths. Please take the Citizen's Survey!

• Dry Fork Greenway & RAISE projects are in contract development. GBA selected to design the Dry Fork project. Transystems was selected as Owner Rep for RAISE projects.
• Corrected a glitch that will now enable Business License renewals to be sent by email rather than mail, working on correction that will enable license fees to be paid on-line.
• Community Center Board toured the outdoor pool site, the concrete deck is nearing completing, will begin focus on the parking lot extension, creating forebay near Wornall to collect sediment & as soon as plaster begins, the pool will be filled with water.
• Police & Fire have each filled all but 2 vacancies, great headway has been made to fill all shifts; some staff shortages still exist with officers in the academy, or on medical leave.
• Building Plans for Lewis Elementary & Quik Trip have been submitted for review.

Visit this iconic town, walk the Fishing River & scale Siloam Mountain. The Downtown ES Trail System winds through the city. The trails gives you a diverse experience combining Main Street USA, a riverside walk & a steep, forested ascent of Siloam Mountain. Arguably Siloam Mountain is the highlight. Read it on KansasCityHiker.com

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