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2014 BPU Officer Team

Members of the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU) elected new officers to the Board.  New officers include: Mary Gonzales, President; Robert L. Milan, Sr., Vice President; Tom Groneman, Secretary.

Before being elected Board President, Mary Gonzales served as Vice President. She has been on the BPU Board of Directors since 2001. 

Ms. Gonzales retired from teaching school in 2006 after a 33-year career.  For many of those years she was an eighth-grade language arts teacher at Piper Middle School. 

She served as president from 2005 to 2007.  She also served previously as vice president and secretary of the BPU Board. 

Ms. Gonzales has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama, and a Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Emporia State University.

Mary is married to John Mendez and has three sons and two step-daughters.

Other elected officers include Robert L. Milan, Vice President and Tom Groneman, Secretary. Milan has served on the Board since 1991. Groneman has served on the Board since 2013. Both Milan and Groneman will work closely with Gonzales in their new roles.

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Kansas City Regional Bikeway Plan

MARC is working with area partners to develop a Regional Bikeway Plan that will establish a vision for high-priority bikeway and trail investments across the metropolitan area. The plan will be completed by December 2014.

Scope of work

The scope of the Kansas City Regional Bikeway Plan covers four key areas:

1. Evaluating existing bikeway and trail plans, programs and policies.
2. Analyzing the bikeway network.
3. Identifying regional bikeway and trail network priorities.
4. Developing supportive tools and resources.

Some of the steering committee's initial goals for the plan are to:

• Expand the MetroGreen system where appropriate.
• Develop a new Regional Bikeway Network map that includes not only current bikeway systems but also greenways and planned expansions of the system.
• Develop a process for identifying high-priority regional bikeway and trail investments.

This planning effort will be coordinated with the current update of Transportation Outlook 2040 -the metropolitan area's long-range transportation plan - to help clarify regional priority investments and implementation strategies.

Upcoming public meetings

The team will host four public meetings to seek additional input into the plan.

Jackson/Cass Counties

Monday, May 12 * 5-7 p.m.

Belton Memorial Station

602 Maurer Parkway, Belton, MO 64012

Johnson/Miami Counties

Tuesday, May 13 * 5-7 p.m.

Spring Hill Community Center

613 South Race, Spring Hill, KS 66083

Clay/Platte Counties

Wednesday, May 14 * 5-7 p.m.

Gladstone Community Center*

6901 North Holmes, Gladstone, MO 64118

Wyandotte/Leavenworth Counties

Thursday, May 15 * 5-7 p.m.

Bonner Springs Community Center, Sunflower Rm.

200 E 3rd Street, Bonner Springs, KS 66012

Learn more at http://bit.ly/1jAS96i

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Hershey Track and Field Competition

Road Closures

Based on information provided by both the UG's Public Works Department and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), we are able to provide motorist living in Wyandotte County an update on road and highway projects.

No Closures to Report

I-635 at Gibbs Road Bridge Project

Daily Lane Closure

Remember, you can always go to the KDOT website for up to the minute road closures and traffic information.