ALL WAS CALM AND PEACEFUL UNTIL 9:15 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
At 9:15 Sunday morning at 60th Terrace and Hunter a black sedan was seen cutting donuts in the middle of the intersection. Raytown Police responded within minutes of the 911 call reporting the incident. When the officer arrived all that was left were the tire marks from the spin out done by the driver.
Eyewitnesses say the police officer told them this was not an isolated incident. That it was “happening everywhere”.
These high speed antics are dangerous. It is only a matter of time before a vehicle goes out of control and does real damage to property, or even worse, to people who live in the neighborhoods.
This particular intersection is near Colman Park. Local residents can frequently be seen walking to the park to make use of the walking trails. Approximately five miles of residential streets surround the park are a favorite of local bicyclists.
Dangerous use by ATV Drivers a Concern
Saturday night was one of comfortable weather. Both shelter houses were full of families and friends enjoying the evening. There were children in the park as well.
Between 6:30 and 9:00 in the envening, an irresponsible ATV operator was reported to the Raytown Police Department for speeding through the park.
This type of activity is illegal. Reckless driving is a serious offense.
It can also be deadly. A former member of the Raytown Board of Aldermen lost her son and her daughter-in-law to an ATV accident. She attributes the disaster to high speed in a confined area.
ATVs can be unstable and hard to control, particularly at high speeds. Rollovers and collisions happen often, and some of these are fatal. Injuries from riding ATVs are common as well and can mean an emergency-room visit.
These motorized four wheel vehicles are not made for driving on public streets, and especially not to be used in a crowded city park.
Every year nationwide approximately 135,000 individuals are injured in ATV-related accidents. There are between 300-400 people killed annually in these accidents with one-third of them children under the age of 16.
If you see this type of activity on any of the streets in Raytown you are urged to report the activity to the police by calling 911. All calls to the Raytown Police are held in the strictest confidence.
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Private homeowners along the west side of the park had asked for the increased security in the wake of a murder behind the Parks Maintenance Garage earlier this year. The installation of the security gates at the maintenance garage is also expected to help stop illegal dumping of trash at the park dumpsters located in the parking lot.
Other improvements by the Parks Department, increased and improved lighting, private security patrols during curfew hours at night, and improved response by police on noise complaints and other park violations are credited with making the difference in security at the Colman Park.
Board of Aldermen Report BY PAUL LIVIUS
Board recommends lowering license fees for 2 and 3 year animal license fees.
At the June 2nd
meeting of the Raytown Board of Aldermen city staff presented a plan to allow
pet owners to purchase license fees for two and three year periods at a time.
Current city ordinances require a one year license along with proof of a rabies
vaccination for warm blooded pets in Raytown.
The plan would be to allow pet owners to purchase a two or three license instead of a one year license. Community Development Director Ray Hardaripoor said the proposed change would free up staff for other duties within the department. Hardaripoor told Board members the city would offer free identification chips for those owners who opt for the three year license.
In an editorial in the Raytown Report a week earlier Walters had suggested lowering the cost of the second and third year fee for pet owners. In his editorial Walters wrote the lowered savings would help persuade pet owners to license their pets.
Ward 4 Alderman Bill VanBuskirk concurred with creating the lowered license fees as an incentive to save taxpayers money while increasing participation licensing of pets in Raytown.
VanBuskirk then made a motion to direct city staff to come back to the Board with suggestions for the lowering of license fees for second and third year licenses.
Motion was seconded by Walters.
HOW THEY VOTED:
VOTING YES: Bill
VanBuskirk, Greg Walters, Derek Ward, Mary Jane VanBuskirk, Ian Scott, Loretha
Hayden, Jim Aziere
VOTING NO: Ryan Myers,
Bonnaye Mims, Janet Emerson
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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
We’re offering
COVID-19 vaccine appointments Monday-Friday of every week at various locations
throughout the community. We're accepting walk-ins (no appointment required) at
all of our COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Pfizer is available at all of these clinics.
Johnson & Johnson is available upon request. Here are this week’s COVID-19 vaccine
clinics:
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Tuesday, June 15 (Pfizer; 2nd doses of Moderna; Johnson &
Johnson)
o Raytown Mid-Continent Public Library - 6131
Raytown Rd Raytown, MO 64133
§ 12 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., no appointment needed
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Wednesday, June 16
o St. Ann’s Catholic Church - 10109 E Lexington
Ave Independence, MO 64053
§ 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., walk-ins until
3:30 p.m.
o Food Distribution Center – ICNA Relief - 5310
Blue Ridge Cutoff Raytown, MO 64133
§ 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., walk-ins until 3:30
p.m.
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Thursday, June 17
o The View Community Center - 13500 Byars Rd
Grandview, MO 64030
§ 8:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., walk-ins until 3:30
p.m.
o CJCFPD Steven P. Westermann Fire and EMS
Education Center - 4715 SW US 40 Hwy Blue Springs, MO 64015
§ 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., walk-ins until 3:30
p.m.
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Friday, June 18 (Pfizer; 2nd doses of Moderna; Johnson &
Johnson)
o Raytown Mid-Continent Public Library - 6131
Raytown Rd Raytown, MO 64133
§ 12 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., no appointment needed
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Sunday, June 20
o Crane Brewing Co. - 6515 Railroad St Raytown,
MO 64133
§ 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., walk-ins until 3:30
p.m.
§ BOGO pours if you show your vaccination card
You can also find
clinic hours and schedule an appointment at jacohd.org/events.
Anyone who is 12 and older can attend our vaccine clinics. At this time, the Pfizer vaccine is authorized for individuals 12 and older. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is authorized for individuals 18 and older. Anyone younger than 18 will need to have a parent or legal guardian sign their consent form.
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@Andy Whiteman the way it would is like this- If you get the 1 year vaccine the license is good for one year, if you get a 3 year the license is good for 3 years, if you have 2 years left on the vaccine the license expires when the vaccine does. You can't license a dog if the vaccine is expired. Also, just because the rabies is good for 3 years doesn't mean that you can't bring you pet in for an annual exam as they do need other vaccines like distemper and heart worm tests and preventatives. My pets all get 3 year vaccines, and I have to renew their license every year which is easy to forget as the city doesn't have resources to send out renewal notices for licenses every year. The only thing this change does is make it easier on pet owners to get a license that's valid up to 3 years if their pet has a 3 year rabies vaccine. Save citizens trips to city hall and save city hall with paperwork, for people that chose to do 3 years, and if someone only wants one year they can. This is like the least controversial thing ever.
Do you call the police when you hear the gunshots? You are worried about them so I think you would. If you do not, perhaps you should start. As for speed humps, they make as much sense. If your neighborhood has people using the street as a speedway those speed humps you disdain so much would solve the problem. Speed humps are designed to slow vehicles down to 15 miles per hour. Go faster than that and you run the risk of damaging your vehicle. Guess that is why they have installed them in Brookside, 18th and Vine, and many shopping centers as well. They put them in because they are effective and work in making neighborhoods safer!
9:36 AM, In view of recent violent activities in Raytown as well as other cities involving the use of guns, I think gunshots should be reported. When I first moved to Raytown in 1999, I reported gunshots and was told that gunshots were "common in that area." I pointed out that discharging a firearm in the city is illegal and the dispatcher reluctantly said that he would dispatch an officer. As for speedbumps why is traffic slowed to 15MPH when the speed limit is 25? I used to deliver Special Delivery Mail and I had to come close to a stop at each one and go over it very slowly AT AN ANGLE. I feel they are a safety hazard.
Andy Whiteman (still not a robot)
Andy, the reason it is important to slow the traffic some areas is because wreckless drivers to not drive at 25 miles per hour. They go as fast as their tires will burn rubber on some streets. The burnt rubber marks show this very clearly. I do not know how things are out west but in the KC area that has been a large uptick of people gathering to watch drivers burn donuts on what are normally street intersections. Read the following report from KCTV 5.
Downtown street racing incident ends with shots fired near kids, bricks thrown at officers
A wild street-racing event in downtown Kansas City on Tuesday night ended with dozens of vehicles fleeing the area, shots fired near young baseball players and bricks thrown at officers.
The City Council in KC has passed an ordinance with very stiff fine and, in somce cases, prison terms, for those who organize and even attend such events. As you are very well aware of, Raytown is surrounded by Kansas City.
A large parking lot like the one at Raytowh High School, or Raytown South High School, a street the width of a four lane roadway like Lane Street at Coleman Park, are just a couple of examples where this dangerous activity can take place near where families with children gather.
That is why Kansas City has (wisely) placed speed humps at the 18th and Vine Entertainment District. It is why they are used on a seven block stretch of Main Street in Brookside. The intent is to keep the streets safe. They work. There are no speeders at 18th and Vine. The streets in Brookside are so safe from speeding traffic that children play in them without fear.
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Fellow Raytowners,
For years I have suffered through the obnoxious behavior of two neighbors who explode very large, house shaking, bombs (for lack of a better word) leading up to and on the 4th. These things go way past what the run of the mill legal stuff sounds like.
Maybe after the tragic events of the past days, there won't be as many of the huge explosions around the city this year.
I hope the crowd that thinks these types of celebrations are cool will start to realize that a man has lost his life over their need to be outrageous with explosives.
Anyway, have a happy and safe holiday. And dang it, get your vaccination you hillbilly!
Rant off.
RN
Raytown Newbie - you're not so new around here any more. You should know by now that they don't care. They know they can do what ever they want. Until the people of Raytown pass a tax initiative to fully fund the police, it won't get any better.
Raytown has already passed a Public Safety Sales Tax. ALL of those tax dollars now go to fund the police department.
I've had better results with city issues by contacting the city itself. Posting on internet blogs has never seemed to be effective.
EDITORS NOTE: The complaint regarding weeds, etc. on 350 Highway has been forwarded to the Raytown City Administrator's office. The person that sent in the complaint obviously wished to remain anonymous.
Anyone who doesn't think those a city hall do not read this blog need to think again.
This is one of the most widely read online sites about Raytown that no one claims to read, but always know what is posted on it.
The maintenance and mowing of 350 highway is the responsibility of MoDOT. The city administrator can't do anything. You should be calling Jefferson City if you want something done.
Why do people sit at their computers and complain? You've been told to call Jeff City to get the grass cut. But noooooooo! You want to pass the buck to the CA. Pick up the damn phone.
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