SLO 10294 - Weeds Group 2021-06 SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. I 1)2q4
AN ORDINANCE levying a special tax assessment for cutting and clearing weeds, grass
and worthless vegetation in accordance with Sections 18-21 through 18-30 of the
Omaha Municipal Code on certain lots in the City of Omaha.
WHEREAS, it having been and being hereby adjudged, determined and established that
several lots and pieces of real estate, hereafter referred to, have each been
specially benefited to the full amount herein levied and assessed against each of
said lots and pieces of real estate respectively, by reason of cutting and clearing
weeds, grass and worthless vegetation thereon, by the City of Omaha.
THEREFORE, for the purpose of paying the incurred cost of weed, grass and worthless
vegetation cutting work.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA:
Section 1. That said cost of weeds, grass and worthless vegetation cutting work by
the City of Omaha during the interim date, January 1, 2020 through February 02, 2021, on
Group No. 2021-06, said cost being the sum of one thousand sixty four dollars($1,064.00),
be and the same hereby is levied and assessed in proportion and according to incurred
costs and special benefits by reason of said improvement upon the following described lots
and real estate within the City of Omaha, as shown by the generally recognized maps,
plats and records on file in the office of the City Engineer of the City, said cost being so
levied on said lots and real estate, respectively, as set forth as follows:
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Section 2. That said special taxes levied aforesaid on said lots, respectively, shall
become delinquent per the "Monetary Table for Assessing" as follows:
MONETARY TABLE FOR ASSESSING
Amount of Assessment No. of Years Principal Payment Each Year
$ 1.00 to $ 499.99 Total to be paid within 50 days
$ 500.00 to $ 999.99 2 1/2
$1,000.00 to $1,499.99 3
1/3
$1,500.00 to $1,999.99 4 1/4
$2,000.00 to $2,499.99 5 1/5
$2,500.00 to $2,999.99 6 1/6
$3,000.00 to $3,499.99 7 1/7
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$3,500.00 to $3,999.99 8 1/8
$4,000.00 to $4,499.99 9 1/9
$4,500.00 and above 10 1/10
Each of said installments, except the first, shall draw interest at the rate of 5% per annum
from the time of the levy aforesaid until the same shall become delinquent. Where the
individual assessment is Four Hundred Ninety Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($499.99) or less
the total amount shall become delinquent fifty (50) days from and after the passage and
approval of this Ordinance. Interest at the rate of fourteen percent per annum, as provided
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by State law, payable in advance shall be paid on each delinquent installment or on each
delinquent assessment of Four Hundred Ninety Nine and 99/100 Dollars($499.99) or less.
Section 3. That the entire amount of tax so levied and assessed on any of said lots
or pieces of real estate may be paid by the owners thereof or by any person within fifty(50)
days from said levy and thereupon said lots or parts of lots shall be exempt from lien or
charge thereto.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and take effect fifteen (15)days from
and after its passage.
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Start Date: 01/01/2020
Finish Date: 02/02/2021
WEED PLAN OF ASSESSMENT GROUP 2021-06
AMOUNT PROPOSED AS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO COVER THE CHARGES FOR CUTTING AND
CLEARING WEEDS, GRASS AND WORTHLESS VEGETATION ON CERTAIN LOTS AND PARCELS OF REAL
ESTATE IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, DOUGLAS COUNTY,NEBRASKA, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18-21
THROUGH 18-30 OF THE OMAHA MUNICIPAL CODE. THE LOTS AND PARCELS OF REAL ESTATE
SPECIALLY COVERED BY SAID CHARGES FOR WEED CUTTING AND THE NAMES OF THE RESPECTIVE
OWNERS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Item#1 605699 Weeds-Structure PIN:1104500000 $191.00
Lot:2
BERG EDWARD L Block:83
7781 MAIN ST Addition Name:FLORENCE
RALSTON, NE,68127 Legal Description:
66 X 132
Property Address:3021 SHEFFIELD ST
Item#2 604756 Weeds-Structure PIN:1144740000 $416.00
Lot:1
FASTHORSE ANTHONY C Block:1
7824 N 36 ST Addition Name:GLENDALE ADD
OMAHA,NE,68112 Legal Description:
S 16.25 FT KING ST VAC&
56.25 X 146.25
Property Address:7824 N 36 ST
Item#3 606706 Weeds-Structure PIN:2326342194 $191.00
Lot:31
TAN JIANGUANG Block:21
C/O PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Addition Name:TOMAHAWK HILLS 7TH ADD
P 0 BOX 551 Legal Description:
BOYS TOWN,NE,68010 60 X 143
Property Address:9612 LARIMORE AV
Item#4 608588 Weeds-Structure PIN:2544016024 $266.00
Lot:312
SMEJKAL VICKI R Block:0
16055 GOLD PLZ Addition Name:WOODHAVEN REPLAT II
OMAHA,NE,68130 Legal Description:
IRREG
Property Address:16055 GOLD PA
$1,064.00
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Notice of the Sitting of the City Council as a Board of Equalization on
February 2, 2021 was published in the Daily Record and posted on the public Bulletin Boards in
the Omaha/Douglas Civic Center on January 11, 2021; January 18, 2021; and, January 25,
2021, as required by law; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Omaha has been sitting as a Board of
Equalization from 1:00 P.M. to 1:05 P.M., February 2, 2021 for the purpose of equalizing the
proposed levies of special taxes to cover the cost of the several improvements specified in the
published notice of such meeting as follows:
AMOUNTS PROPOSED AS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO COVER THE CHARGES
FOR CUTTING AND CLEARING WEEDS, GRASS AND WORTHLESS VEGETATION ON
CERTAIN LOTS AND PARCELS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, DOUGLAS
COUNTY, NEBRASKA, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18 21 THROUGH 18 30 OF THE OMAHA
MUNICIPAL CODE —GROUP NO. 2021-06 WEEDS $1,064.00
AMOUNTS PROPOSED AS SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO COVER THE CHARGES
FOR REMOVING LITTER ON CERTAIN LOTS AND PARCELS OF REAL ESTATE IN THE
CITY OF OMAHA, DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 18 21
THROUGH 18 30 OF THE OMAHA MUNICIPAL CODE — GROUP NO. 2021-07
LITTER $9,043.00
WHEREAS, the members of the City Council, sitting as a Board of Equalization
and comprising a majority of all members of the City Council have received, heard and
considered all complaints and objections to the proposed levies and equalized the same, and
have considered the special benefits conferred by reason of the respective improvements on
the various lots and land included within the proposed plans of assessment, and being
possessed of knowledge of the nature and kind of the various improvements and the benefits
thereby conferred;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Equalization find and
determine and it does find and determine that the special benefits to the several lots, land and
real estate described in the posted notice and shown in the plans of assessment now pending,
to cover the cost of the described improvements are equal respectively to the amounts shown
upon said plans of assessments, which may be determined from said plans, as against the
respective lots, land and real estate;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is hereby finally determined by the Board of
Equalization, that the several lots, land and real estate described in the proposed plans of
assessment now before the Board, have been, and each are, severally benefited by reason of
the respective improvements to the extent of the full amount as shown in the plans of
assessment and that such plans of assessment now show the respective amounts as finally
equalized by this Board. That it be and is hereby finally determined by this Board that levies of
special taxes to cover the cost of the several improvements referred to, to the extent of special
benefits accruing to the various pieces of property as shown upon the said plans of assessment,
be and the same hereby are ordered to be made in accordance with the approved plans of
assessment against the several lots, land and real estate as shown in said plans and in the
amounts therein shown and against the several descriptions therein contained respectively.
RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board of Equalization report this action to the City
Council at its next session as the final determination of the Board of Equalization.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE B YARES OF EQUALIZATION
Vinny Palermo
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JOURNAL RECORD
CITY OF OMAHA
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MEETING
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 @ 1:00 P.M.
LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS
1819 FARNAM STREET
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
OMAHA CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
Pete Festersen District 1
Ben Gray District 2
Chris Jerram District 3
Vinny Palermo District 4
Colleen Brennan District 5
Brinker Harding District 6
Aimee Melton District 7
THE SITTING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OMAHA AS A BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION, met in open session on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 1:00 P.M. in the
Legislative Chambers, Omaha/Douglas Civic Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
CALL TO ORDER
City Clerk Elizabeth Butler took the Roll Call: Present were Councilmembers Palermo,
Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton.
MOTION FOR CHAIRPERSON
MOTION by Jerram, SECOND by Harding, that Councilmember Vinny Palermo be made
Chairman of the meeting.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
CERTIFICATION OF PUBLICATION— NOTIFICATION OF OPEN MEETING ACT
City Clerk certifies publication in the Daily Record, the Official Newspaper of the City of Omaha,
on January 11, 2021; January 18, 2021; and, January 25, 2021, regarding the Notice of the
Sitting of the City Council as a Board of Equalization on February 2, 2021.
Weeds Group 2021-06—see attached.
Litter Group 2021-07— see attached.
Ms. Butler stated that a current copy of the Open Meeting Act is posted in a white binder on the
east wall of the Legislative Chambers.
4. WEEDS GROUP 2021-06:
A. Protests from the audience for Weeds Group 2021-06.
B. Recommendations from the Parks Department—see attached.
MOTION BY Gray, SECOND by Melton to approve the recommendations.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0 .
5. LITTER GROUP 2021-07:
A. Protest from Lori Kaufman — 2801 Charles Street - $279.00 assessment — see
attached.
The following person(s) appeared and spoke:
OPPONENT:
Lori Kaufman, 4310 Miami Street
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MOTION by Jerram, SECOND by Gray, to deny the appeal and sustain the assessment.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
B. Protest from Pastor Joseph Shannon (Greater St. Paul Church) — 2620 N 20th
Street ($354.00 assessment) and 2618 N 20th Street ($279.00 assessment) —
see attached.
MOTION by Jerram, SECOND by Gray, to deny the appeal and sustain the assessment.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
C. Protests from the audience for Litter Group 2021-07.
D. Recommendations from the Parks Department—see attached.
PowerPoint presentation from the Parks Department—see attached.
MOTION BY Gray, SECOND by Harding to approve the recommendations.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
6. RESOLUTION
MOTION by Gray, SECOND by Harding, to approve the Resolution.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Harding, SECOND by Gray, that the Meeting be adjourned.
ROLL CALL VOTE:
Yeas: Palermo, Brennan, Festersen, Gray, Harding, Jerram, Melton
Nays: None
MOTION APPROVED 7-0
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MEETING ADJOURNED AT: 1:05 P.M.
I, ELIZABETH BUTLER, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OMAHA, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board of
Equalization held on February 2, 2021.
WITNESS: CITY CLERK:
S/Kimberly Hoesinq s/Elizabeth Butler
Kimberly Hoesing, Deputy City Clerk Elizabeth Butler
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