CITY OF OMAHA

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Omaha met on December 21, 2021 and passed and approved the following ordinances:

ORDINANCE NO. 42797

AN ORDINANCE to amend the boundaries of the NCE-Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District, to incorporate into that district the property located northwest of 12th and Izard Streets; to approve an amendment to the Urban Design Element of the Master Plan for the City of Omaha to incorporate the Millwork Commons NCE District Plan into the Master Plan, and to provide for an effective date.       

Summary: In accordance with Sections 55-601 through 55-608.1 and 55-886 of the Omaha Municipal Code, the official zoning map adopted by Section 55-65 of the Omaha Municipal Code be, and the same hereby is, changed and amended so that: Lots 8 and 9, Millwork Commons, a subdivision as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska, are hereby rezoned to be included in and incorporated into the NCE district of the Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District; provided, that the base zoning district for such property shall not be changed by this ordinance.

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading December 14, 2021; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

 ORDINANCE NO. 42798

AN ORDINANCE to repeal the ACI-1-Areas of Civic Importance Overlay District, for property located northwest of 12th and Izard Streets, and to provide for an effective date.       

Summary: In accordance with Sections 55-671 through 55-680 of the Omaha Municipal Code, the ACI-1-Areas of Civic Importance Overlay District is hereby rescinded, for the following described land in Douglas County, Nebraska: Lots 8 and 9, Millwork Commons, a subdivision as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska.

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading December 14, 2021; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42796

AN ORDINANCE to approve a PUR-Planned Unit Redevelopment Overlay District in a R7-Medium-Density Multiple-Family Residential District located northheast of 18th and Ohio Streets, to approve the Development Plan, and to provide for an effective date.       

Summary: In accordance with Sections 55-595 through 55-600 of the Omaha Municipal Code, a PUR-Planned Unit Redevelopment Overlay District and the Development Plan, attached hereto and made a part hereof, are hereby approved, for the following described land in Douglas County, Nebraska: Lot 1, East Side Bungalows North, a subdivision as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska.

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading December 14, 2021; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42799

AN ORDINANCE to create Street Improvement District No. 2021-01, in the City of Omaha, for the purpose of improving Ridgewood Avenue, from Poppleton Avenue to Pacific Street and Poppleton Avenue, from Ridgewood Avenue to Loveland Drive, by grading, curbing, storm sewer service, and paving in portland cement concrete; to fix and define the boundaries of said district; to provide for the determination and assessment of damages, if any, occasioned by reason of change of grade; to authorize the Public Works Department, barring protest to the contrary in accordance with OMC 26-65, to complete the associated improvement project; and to provide for an effective date hereof.        

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading December 14, 2021; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42801

AN ORDINANCE re-authorizing the Olde Town Elkhorn Business Improvement District (BID No. 6878) under the authority of the Business Improvement District Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19- 4015, et seq. for the purpose of providing specified activities, work and improvements in the Olde Town Elkhorn area generally defined as Elkhorn Drive to the west, Glenn Street to the north, North 204th Street to the east, and Park Road to the south; to re-authorize the Olde Town Elkhorn Business Improvement District within the same parameters as Ordinance No. 40993 adopted December 13, 2016 including the boundaries of the District, the identification of the same properties benefited by the streetscape improvements, with the same special assessment adjusted by four percent (4%) annually to the amount of $14,600 in 2022 to be imposed with such District based upon the benefits conferred; to provide the same method of assessment to be assessed upon properties specially benefited by the District; to remove the termination (sunset) provision in the original ordinance that was adopted by the City Council; and to provide the effective date hereof.         

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading December 14, 2021; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42800

AN ORDINANCE approving Amendment No. 2, to the Agreement with Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas, S. A., now registered as FCC Environmental Services Nebraska, LLC (FCC) for OPW 53407, being the Omaha Solid Waste Collections Contract 2021-2030 Project, involving the payment of money from appropriations of more than one year in accordance with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of 1956, as amended; to authorize the increase of payments in the amount of $7.21 per month, per special collection customer, as outlined in the amendment; to provide for payments from to a specific account; and to provide an effective date hereof.         

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42802

AN ORDINANCE to amend Omaha Municipal Code Chapter 34, Article V, Private Use of Public Property, Division 1, Generally, and Division 2, Lease Procedures; adding a notice requirement as a new section in Division 2; and providing for the effective date hereof.        

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42804

AN ORDINANCE to approve the acceptance of and authorize disbursement over more than one fiscal year from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and allocated to the Nebraska Library Commission, Nebraska eReads grant, federal fund grant source LS-250223-OLS-21, in the amount of $139,351.00, a single payment made as a result of the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), during the project period of September 20, 2021 to May 30, 2022; to provide for the purchase of downloadable eBooks and digital audiobooks to be purchased from OverDrive, Inc. in the amount of $139,351.00; involving appropriations of more than one year in conformity with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956; and, providing for the effective date hereof.           

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42805

AN ORDINANCE to approve the acceptance of and authorize disbursement over more than one fiscal year from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and allocated to the Nebraska Library Commission, American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Formula Grants, in the amount of $156,263.00, during the project period of March 15, 2021 through May 31, 2022; to provide for the purchase of items to enhance services as outlined in the attached “2021 American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Formula Grants” document entitled Attachment A; involving appropriations of more than one year in conformity with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956; and, providing for the effective date hereof.          

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42806

AN ORDINANCE to approve a professional services agreement between the City of Omaha and Swanson Russell, Inc. for advertising and marketing services for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, with the option to extend for an additional two (2) 12- month terms; in an amount not to exceed six million dollars through the term of the agreement, to authorize the payments specified therein; and to provide an effective date.           

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42807

AN ORDINANCE to approve a professional services agreement between the City of Omaha and Clark Creative Group for advertising and marketing services for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, with an option to extend for an additional two (2) 12- month terms; in an amount not to exceed six million dollars through the term of the agreement, to authorize the payments specified therein; and to provide an effective date.            

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42808

AN ORDINANCE to approve an Agreement between the City of Omaha and Omaha Public Schools for the City to provide, through its assignment, up to eleven Associate School Resource Officers and marked police cruisers, subject to the availability of such cruisers and the School District’s needs, to specifically designated locations, involving appropriations of more than one fiscal year in conformity with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter, to perform police work within the District with each Associate School Resource Officer working no more than 28 hours per week while school is in session during the regular school year, from the first day of the semester of August, 2021 and ending on July 31, 2022; reimbursement from the Omaha Public Schools to the City will be in the amount of $35.00 per hour for each officer for the 2021-2022 school year; and to provide an effective date hereof.           

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42794

AN ORDINANCE to approve an Agreement between the City of Omaha and Digitech Computer L.L.C. to provide medic unit billing and collection services for a period of five (5) years from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 at a rate of 4.25 percent of net monthly receipts; to provide for the option of two (2) one-year extensions; to approve payment of money from appropriations of more than one year as provided in Sections 5.16 and 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended; to provide funds from the General Fund No. 11111, Organization No. 119014; and to provide an effective date.              

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42811

AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 10-200.2 of the Omaha Municipal Code to modify language concerning reauthorization of small business and emerging small businesses to make it less cumbersome on the affected businesses; to amend Sections 10-200.3, 10-200.4, 10-200.5, and 10-200.7 to substitute human rights and relations department for public works department thereby making the human rights and relations department responsible for enforcing the Small and Emerging Small Business Program; and to provide the effective date hereof.             

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42803

AN ORDINANCE to authorize the acceptance of a grant award for the City of Omaha Human Rights and Relations Department in the amount of $122,239.00 from the City of Omaha Police Foundation, Inc., a Nebraska non-profit corporation, during the project period of October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023, to provide the funding for a full-time Administrative Assistant position, training and certification for two additional course facilitators, attendance at the annual National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference, program materials, and program evaluation; and to provide an effective date hereof.              

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42791

An ordinance to amend the boundaries of an Enhanced Employment Area generally located southwest of 102nd and Nicholas and includes the Top Golf facility. The property has been replatted and the parcel boundaries have been modified, and therefore this amendment to the Enhanced Employment Area will maintain the original intent and consistent boundaries of the designation.                

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42812

AN ORDINANCE (1) to approve an agreement between the City of Omaha and The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska at Omaha in the amount of sixteen thousand, two hundred and six dollars ($16,206); and (2) to authorize funding for such agreement from the City of Omaha’s FY 2020 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Grant, Award #2020-MH-WX-K006, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services; to provide funding for assistance with the Omaha Police Department’s Supervisor Training program development; to authorize payment from such grant funding and involving appropriations of more than one year in conformity with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter; and, providing for the effective date hereof.                  

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42809

AN ORDINANCE to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 between the City of Omaha and the Functional Employees Group to be codified in Chapter 22 and Chapter 23 of the Omaha Municipal Code; to provide that current separate Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Omaha and the Functional Employees Group will no longer be in effect after the end of the 2021 payroll year; to eliminate obsolete job classifications; to provide for placement of employees in the new pay plan; to amend Sections 23-177, 23-178, 23-342, 23-362, 23-363, 23-365, 23-369, 23-371, 23-402, 23-403, 23-404, 23-417, 22-26, 22-30, and 23-431 to 23-456 of the Omaha Municipal Code; to provide authorization for the Mayor to execute and the City Clerk to attest her signature; and to provide the effective date hereof.                  

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 42813

AN ORDINANCE to change City Council District boundaries, pursuant to Nebraska Revised Statute Sections 14-201.03 (Reissue 2012) and 32-553 (Reissue 2008); to repeal the City Council District boundaries as heretofore existing; and to provide the effective date thereof.                  

Summary: Same

First Reading December 7, 2021; Second Reading and Public Hearing December 14, 2021; Third Reading and Vote December 21, 2021

PASSED: December 21, 2021: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor                                   

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

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CITY OF OMAHA

AIR QUALITY CONTROL

Notice is given to the public according to Chapter 41 of the Omaha Municipal Code of the application of Methodist Hospital to obtain a minor air emission construction permit for their hospital at 8303 Dodge St, Omaha. The potential emissions, in tons, for this project will be: PM 0.3, PM10 0.3, PM2.5 0.3, SOx 0.6, NOx 8.8, VOC 0.0, CO 4.8 and CO2 equivalent 981.

No significant impact on air quality is expected from the operation of this facility. Douglas County is in attainment with air quality standards for the listed pollutants. Approval is recommended with the condition that any pollution control equipment that may be necessary for compliance with the City of Omaha or Nebraska Air Pollution Control Rules and Regulations will be installed within 180 days after notification by the City of noncompliance.

All information submitted by the applicant and the proposed approval by Air Quality Control are available for inspection by the public at the office of Omaha Air Quality Control from December 29, 2021 to January 29, 2022. Comments received during that period will be considered. During that period the applicant, or any interested person or group of persons, may request or petition the Control Officer for a public hearing, and state the nature of the issues to be raised and all arguments and factual grounds supporting their position.  The Control Officer may hold a public hearing if the comments, requests, or petitions raise legal, policy or discretionary questions and significant public interest exists with respect to the application.  Comments should be mailed to:

John Finlan Mayne

Public Works

Air Quality Control

5600 S. 10th Street

Omaha, NE 68107

402-444-3915

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