CITY OF OMAHA

Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Omaha met on August 30, 2022 and passed and approved the following ordinances:

ORDINANCE NO. 43066

AN ORDINANCE proposing amendment to Section 2.07 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha, 1956, as amended, to change the process for determining if a Mayor is disabled and unable to perform the Mayor’s duties from one which requires the appointment of a medical committee to a process that is similar to the process outlined in the United States Constitution where the ultimate determination is made by a two-thirds majority of the City Council; to provide for the submission of the proposed amendment to the qualified electors of the City of Omaha for their approval or rejection at the General Election to be held on November 8, 2022; to repeal Section 2.07 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Omaha as heretofore existing; and to provide the effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 2, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 16, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 23, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43071

AN ORDINANCE to amend the boundaries of the MCC-Major Commercial Corridor Overlay District, to incorporate into that district the property located at 4837 North 90th Street; and to provide for an effective date.

Summary: In accordance with Sections 55-681 through 55-688 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: LOT 7 - EX PT FOR 90 ST & N 100.61 FT- IRREG, Irvington Industrial, a Subdivision as surveyed, platted and recorded in Douglas County, Nebraska is hereby rezoned to be included in and incorporated into the MCC-Major Commercial Corridor Overlay District; provided, that the base zoning district for such property shall not be changed by this ordinance.

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading August 23, 2022; Third Reading, Public Hearing and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43072

AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity of acquiring, for use by the City of Omaha, the necessary private property for the purpose of the 5B Street Project, South 38th Street from Hascall Street to Grover Street, identified as OPW 53976; providing that the City negotiate with the property owners for land acquisitions, permanent easements and temporary construction easements; providing that as to each specified parcel which cannot be obtained by negotiation, condemnation proceedings be undertaken and completed; and, providing for the effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43073

AN ORDINANCE declaring the necessity of acquiring, for use by the City of Omaha, the necessary private property for the purpose of the 145th and Grover Sanitary Sewer Relocation, project identified as OPW 53880; providing that the City negotiate with the property owners for land acquisitions, permanent easements and temporary construction easements; providing that as to each specified parcel which cannot be obtained by negotiation, condemnation proceedings be undertaken and completed; and, providing for the effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43075

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of a purchase order to Solenis, LLC in the estimated annual amount of $807,937.50, for the purchase of sludge dewatering liquid polymer to be utilized by the Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility, to be effective for a term of one (1) year and is extendable for two (2) one-year terms at the sole option of the City; to provide for payments from appropriations of more than one year in accordance with Section 5.17 of the Home Rule Charter of 1956, as amended; to provide for payments from a specific account; and to provide an effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43074

AN ORDINANCE to approve a Streetscape Maintenance Agreement between the City of Omaha and Royce Candlewood, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, concerning the allowable streetscape and landscape improvements in the right-of-way and the private maintenance and liability obligations thereof for the Little King restaurant site at 8602 West Dodge Road; to authorize the execution of said Agreement; and to provide an effective date thereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43076

AN ORDINANCE approving a Professional Services Agreement with WSP USA Inc. for professional engineering and public involvement services to assist the City in the creation of the Vision Zero Action Plan, at a cost of $345,896.68; to provide for payments involving appropriations of more than one year in accordance with Section 5 .17 of the Home Rule Charter, as amended; to provide for payments from a specific account; and to provide an effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43077

AN ORDINANCE rescinding Ordinance No. 41242, passed on September 12, 2017 approving a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Agreement with Alchemy Development, LLC, a Nebraska limited liability company, and subsequent amendments, to implement the Zone 6 Apartments at Aksarben Village Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Project Plan for the redevelopment site located at 6460 Frances Street and 6465 Shirley Street which proposed the new construction of two, five-story multi-family structures containing a total of 108 market-rate units, later amended to 124 market-rate units, with a total of 136 parking stalls available to the residential tenants, and providing for an effective date.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43078

AN ORDINANCE rescinding Ordinance No. 41465, passed on May 1, 2018 approving a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Agreement with Howard Street Landmark, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and subsequent administrative amendments, to implement the Scott Tent and Awning Company Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Project Plan for the redevelopment site located at 1501 Howard Street, which proposed a comprehensive rehabilitation of the 26,136 square foot building constructed in 1893, and providing for an effective date.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43083

AN ORDINANCE rescinding Ordinance No. 42670, passed by the Omaha City Council on September 16, 2021 approving a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Loan Agreement with O’Keefe Lofts, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company to implement O’Keefe Lofts Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Project Plan for a redevelopment project site located at 1402 Jones Street which proposed the rehabilitation and expansion of an office building with historic character in the Central Business District of Omaha, and providing for an effective date.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43079

AN ORDINANCE to approve the acceptance of and authorize disbursement over more than one fiscal year Grant Agreement #197-2022-DA3003 from the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Nebraska Crime Commission) in the amount of forty-nine thousand, one hundred ninety-three dollars ($49,193), during the project period extending from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 to fund the Omaha Police Department overtime related to hot spot crime prevention, enforcement, and suppression operations; 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 August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43080

AN ORDINANCE to approve the acceptance of and authorize disbursement over more than one fiscal year from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Grants Program, Award #15PBJA-22-GG-00178-BRND, in the amount of five hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars ($527,000), during the project period extending from March 15, 2022 to September 30, 2024; to implement Encompass Omaha: A Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program; 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 August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43081

AN ORDINANCE to establish, pursuant to Section 40-251 of the Omaha Municipal Code, a Class “B” Flammable Liquids Storage District to be known as District No. B-213 at 4002 S 149th Circle, as requested by Verizon Wireless; and to provide the effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 7-0

City of Omaha

Jean Stothert, Mayor

Elizabeth Butler, City Clerk

ORDINANCE NO. 43082

AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 10-62 requiring the City Comptroller to prepare and make available on the Finance Department’s website an annual report on the status of all bonds that the City of Omaha has issued; and to provide an effective date hereof.

Summary: Same

First Reading August 16, 2022; Second Reading and Public Hearing August 23, 2022; Third Reading and Vote August 30, 2022

PASSED: August 30, 2022: 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 Metropolitan Utilities District for an operating permit renewal for the potable water treatment facility at 2710 Grebe Street, Omaha. The potential emissions, in tons, for this facility are: TSP 41.8, PM10 41.7, PM2.5 41.7, SOx 0.2, NOx 80.0, VOC 12.4, CO 13.8, Acrolein 0.1, Formaldehyde 0.7, MTBE 1.4, Toluene 2.4, Xylene 1.5 and CO2 equivalent 3,822.

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 September 7, 2022 to October 7, 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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