Is this a case of environmental injustice ?

1. Is this a case of environmental injustice? Please push your ENTER key to advance thru this slide show!

2. What is environmental justice? … does that affect my loved ones? . These are excellent questions! Let’s deal with them one at a time. 2 2

3. What is environmental injustice? . Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – it includes equitable access to a healthy environment such as healthy air, clean water and protected land. 3

4. What is environmental justice? . Environmental justice means each person, regardless of situation or circumstance, has equal opportunity for a safe and clean environment, free from burden or bias We are all entitled to cleaner air, healthier water and better protected land – for us, our children and future generations. 4 4

5. What is environmental injustice? . KCP&L and Hyde Park understand not bringing harm to neighborhood health & values. They halted siting a substation in Hyde Park. 5

6. What is environmental injustice? . Environmental justice it means all people, have equitable access to a healthy environment, free of excessive stress that harms health and well-being. We are all entitled to cleaner air, healthier water and better protected land – for us, our children and future generations. 6

7. What is environmental injustice? . Studies have proven that minority and low-income communities are far more likely to have inequitable access to a healthy environment. 7

8. What is environmental injustice? . The phrase environmental injusticewas developed to recognize those minority and low-income communities that are bearing a heavy load of pollution and industry. 8

9. What is environmental injustice? . As we have shown in other presentations (both Stressor and the Toxics & Children's Health slide shows), the Westside is carrying a disproportionate environmental burden in Kansas City. 9

10. What is environmental injustice? . This is a matter of environmental injustice. We cannot add yet another burden with the many environmental and other stresses brought with another electrical substation. 10

11. For our children: Say NO! to another Westside substation . Substations threaten our health & safety. Substations blight our neighborhood with ugliness. Substations hurt our property values.

12. For our children: . Say NO! to another Westside substation

13. Who needs to hear YOU say “NOSubstation on the Westside” Councilman Terry Riley Chairperson (816) 513-1629 gets email at schylon_clayton@kcmo.org CouncilwomanCindy Circo Co-Chair(816) 513-1633 gets email at gina_boucher@kcmo.org Councilwoman Beth Gottstein(816) 513-1616 gets email at jim_giles@kcmo.org Councilman Ed Ford(816) 513-1601 gets email at lisa_minardi@kcmo.org Councilman John Sharp (816) 513-1615 gets email at araceli_gallegos@kcmo.org KCMO Plans & Zoning Cmte 13

14. Who needs to hear YOU say “NOSubstation on the Westside” Michael Chesser Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Great Plains Energy & KCP&L P.O. Box 418679 Kansas City, MO 64141-9679 14

15. Who needs to hear YOU say “NOSubstation on the Westside” Michael Merriman Chairman & President Financial Holding Company 300 W 11th St Kansas City, MO 64105-1618 Thomas A. McDonnell Chief Executive Officer & President DST Systems Vince Dasta President DST Realty 333 W. 11th Street Kansas City, MO 64106 15

16. For our children: . Say NO! to another Westside substation 16