Lancaster County
Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
AGENDA LANCASTER COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1997 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAMBERS FIRST FLOOR, COUNTY-CITY BUILDING 1:30 P.M. 1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Equalization meeting held on Tuesday, February 18, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County Clerk.) 2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS: Approval of 23 additions and deductions to the tax assessment rolls as per Exhibit "A" and "B". 3) MOTOR VEHICLE TAX EXEMPTIONS: Approval of the following motor vehicle tax exemptions: Bryan Memorial Hospital Calvary Cemetery Christ United Methodist Church Christian Retirement Homes, Inc. dba/Eastmont Towers Sacred Heart Church 4) 451 AND 451A EXEMPTION APPLICATIONS: Approval of 451 & 451A Tax Exemption Applications on Personal Property and Real Estate as per Exhibit "C" and "D". AGENDA LANCASTER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1997 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAMBERS FIRST FLOOR, COUNTY-CITY BUILDING 1:30 P.M. 1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting held on Tuesday, February 18, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County Clerk.) 2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday, February 25, 1997, with the exception that the vote of any Commissioner who might have a conflict of interest in the payment of any claim shall be deemed an abstention from approval for such claims alone. 3) ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: It is the policy of the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners to accommodate the public to the greatest extent possible. Therefore, this agenda has been prepared with items of greatest public interest at the beginning with more routine items toward the end as a courtesy to those who wish to speak with the County Board at this meeting. If you are here to participate on an item and need special consideration because of a schedule conflict or some other problem, would you please let us know now so we can try to meet your needs. * Presentation of the County-City Volunteer of the Month Award to Susan Janssen for her services with the Lancaster County Election Commissioner's Office. 4) PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. A public hearing regarding the 1997 Comprehensive Plan Annual Review, and the 22 separate Comprehensive Plan Amendments. 5) NEW BUSINESS: A. Resolution No. 5439, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #1A to continue the 90/10 population ratio between the City and County as the basis for all planning studies and activities. B. Resolution No. 5440, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #1B amending Chapter VIII, Plan Maintenance and Implementation, to accept two directional growth alternatives, for purposes of study only, for projected long term growth: 1) East 70% and North 30%; and 2) South 35% and North 30%. C. Resolution No. 5441, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #1C to commit to construction of the Salt Valley Relief Sewer. D. Resolution No. 5442, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #1D, to add language regarding a policy for acreage development in Lincoln's three-mile zoning limit. E. Resolution No. 5443, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #1E, to incorporate the County Comprehensive Plan Task Force findings and recommendations into the Comprehensive Plan. F. Resolution No. 5444, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #2, amending Chapter III, Future Needs and Land Use Plan, to incorporate the "Directional Growth Analysis" and Build-out scenario of the Land Use Plan. G. Resolution No. 5445, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #3, to amend Figure 65, "Anticipated 2015 Lincoln Service Limit and Phasing Plan", to include the Yankee Hill area, generally along South Folsom, from North of Prospector Court past Pioneers Blvd, in the future service limit. H. Resolution No. 5446, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #4, to amend the Land Use Plan and Phasing Plan to reflect past zoning, development and annexation actions of the City and County. I. Resolution No. 5447, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #5, requested by the Director of Public Works and Utilities, amending Chapter IV, Transportation, to include the recommendations and the report of the Congestion Management Task Force. J. Resolution No. 5448, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #6, to amend Chapter IV, Transportation, to incorporate recommended street improvements at the intersection of 56th and Pioneers Blvd. K. Resolution No. 5449, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #7, to amend Chapter IV, Transportation, to include a future interchange project at the intersection of the Capital Parkway West and Salt Valley Roadway. L. Resolution No. 5450, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #8, to amend Chapter IV, Transportation, to designate West Pleasant Hill Road and West Denton Road as potential paving projects. M. Resolution No. 5451, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #9, to amend Chapter IV, Transportation, to incorporate changes in the Trails Master Plan. N. Resolution No. 5452, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #10, to amend Chapter V, Public Utilities, to refine the Water Distribution Master Plan. O. Resolution No. 5453, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #11, to amend Chapter V, Public Utilities, to reflect changes as a result of actions affecting the Lincoln Wastewater Facility Plan. P. Resolution No. 5454, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #12, to amend Chapter V, Community Facilities, to update the Proposed Park Plan. Q. Resolution No. 5455, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #13, to revise the Lincoln Land Use Plan to change the designation of land between North 7th and 14th Streets, north of Morton Street to Interstate 80, from Low Density Residential to Urban Residential. R. Resolution No. 5456, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #14, to revise the Lincoln Land Use Plan to change a 20-acre area at the Southeast corner of 84th Street and Old Cheney Road from Residential to Commercial. S. Resolution No. 5457, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #15, to revise the Lincoln Land Use Plan to change an 18-acre area at the Southwest corner of 56th Street and Pine Lake Road from Residential to Commercial. T. Resolution No. 5458, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #16, to amend Chapter VIII, Plan Maintenance and Implementation, by amending the Phasing Plan to designate land in Subarea 32 as Phase III, generally south of Pine Lake Road and north of Rokeby Road between 14th and 33rd Streets. U. Resolution No. 5459, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #17, to amend the Lincoln Land Use Plan to designate land west of 14th and Pine Lake Road from Urban Residential, Parks, and Open Space to Industrial, and to designate the area as an "Employment Center" in Phase I of development. V. Resolution No. 5460, Comprehensive Plan Amendment #18, amending the Lincoln Land Use Plan to incorporate the Subarea Plan for the area along West A Street, between Coddington and Southwest 40th Street. W. Appointment of Dennis Banks to the position of Lancaster County Attention Center Director, at an annual salary of $46,000, effective February 25, 1997, with an annual salary review in six months. X. Keno grant contracts between the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County and the following: Agency Purpose Amount Bright Lights, For the "Scholarship $5,000 Inc. Program" for 70 low income youth Child Advocacy To conduct exams and $5,000 Center interviews Homestead Girl For the flexible $4,000 Scout Council delivery program for scouting after school Lincoln Lancaster For the student $3,500 Family Resource outreach program for Centers Inc. 350 youth Madonna To create a model $4,000 Rehabilitation protocol for older Center adults who voluntarily relocate to low income retirement settings Nebraska Human To work with 20 youth $2,500 Resources from Juvenile Court Research in a peer project with Foundation college students Rape/Spouse Abuse To work with rural $5,000 Crisis Center women, women of color and teenagers St. Elizabeth To provide support for $5,000 Foundation training of Community Builders leaders UNL Cooperative To train 30 leaders to $4,700 Extension present the "Character Counts" project to over 800 youth YWCA of Lincoln For general operating $5,000 support of the Parent Center as they serve 75 youth each year Y. A contract between the Lancaster County Engineer and Nebraska Sealing, to provide roadway crack sealing from February 24, 1997 through April 25, 1997, in the amount of $10,300, on the following roads: On South 84th Street from Pioneers Boulevard south 2.3 miles to Highway 2 On Saltillo Road from Highway 77 east 4.3 miles to South 70th Street On South 68th Street from Roca Road south 6.0 miles to Princeton Road Z. An interlocal agreement between the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County for housing and transport of inmates at the Lancaster County Corrections Department in the amount of $30,000 commencing on July 1, 1997. AA. A community-based vocational training site agreement between Lancaster County School District 001 and Lancaster County (Cooperating Business) to conduct community-based training programs for its students between January 22 and May 30, 1997. BB. A dental services agreement between Lancaster County Corrections Department and Clocktower Dental, Claire M. Haag, D.D.S., for dental services on individuals incarcerated in the jail facilities, from February 25, 1997 through February 25, 1999. 6) CONSENT ITEMS: These are items of business before the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners which have been previously supplied to each Commissioner in writing, which are relatively routine and which are expected to be adopted without dissent. Any individual items may be removed for special discussion and consideration by a Commissioner or by any member of the public without prior notice. Unless there is an exception, these items will be approved as one with a single vote of the Board of Commissioners. These items are consideration of: A. Monthly reports for January, 1997 for the following: Lincoln City Libraries Lancaster County Register of Deeds B. Setting of a public hearing for Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building, regarding an application for a Class E (Beer Off Sale Only) and a Class M (Bottle Club) liquor license for Todd Hoyer dba/The Kramer Bar (formerly known as the J & C Country Bar & Grill) located in Kramer, Lancaster County, Nebraska. C. Setting of a public hearing for Tuesday, March 18, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building regarding: 1. Change of Zone No. 170, from AG Agricultural to AGR Agricultural Residential, requested by Lawrence Conway, on property generally located approximately 1/4 mile west of U.S. Highway No. 77, on the north side of Panama Road. 2. Change of Zone No. 169, from "I" Industrial and "R" Residential to "B" Business, requested by Todd Wicken, on property generally located at the northeast corner of Highway 77 (South 12th) and Broad Street in Princeton. 3. Change of Zone No. 165, from AG Agricultural to AGR Agricultural Residential, requested by Harry Muhlbach, on property generally located west of North 56th (Hwy 77) between Mill Road and Raymond Road. 4. Change of Zone No. 147, from AG Agricultural to AGR Agricultural Residential, requested by Peter W. Katt on behalf of Steve Champoux, on property generally located at the northwest corner of 134th & "A" Streets. D. Setting of a public hearing for Tuesday, March 25, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building regarding: 1. County Special Permit No. 140, Osage Acres Community Unit Plan, requested by Design Associates for Stewart Farms, LTD., consisting of 9 single family lots and 2 outlots, on property generally located at the southwest corner of South 148th & Martell Road. 2. County Special Permit No. 144, Deerview Estates Community Unit Plan, requested by Mike Poe, consisting of 8 single family lots and 1 outlot, on property generally located at the southeast corner of South 134th & Martell Road. 3. County Preliminary Plat No. 96008, Osage Acres, requested by Design Associates for Stewart Farms, LTD., consisting of 9 single family lots and 2 outlots, on property generally located at the southwest corner of South 148th & Martell Road. 4. Setting of a public hearing for Tuesday, March 25, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building regarding County Preliminary Plat No. 96018, Deerview Estates, requested by Mike Poe, consisting of 8 single family lots and 1 outlot, on property generally located at the southeast corner of South 134th & Martell Road. E. An agreement between the Lancaster County Election Commissioner and Gateway Mall to do voter registration at Gateway Mall before the city election on April 15 and April 22, 1997 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. F. Contracts between the Lancaster County Engineering Department and the following: Landowner Location Amount Elinor J. and On Holdrege Street Land William Malone near 162nd Street Donation John L. McGill On No. 141st Street $10.00 Voldemar and On Yankee Hill Road $28.75 Anna R. Pool near So. 70th Street Lincoln Electric At So. 91st Street Replacement System and Pine Lake Road Easement Lincoln Electric On W. Pleasant Hill Replacement System Road, SW 12th to SW Easement 33rd 7) ANNOUNCEMENTS: A. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 4, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building, for a manager application for Henry D. Sader II, in connection with a liquor license for the Lincoln Izaak League in Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska. B. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building, for changes to the Lincoln/Lancaster County Air Pollution Control Program Regulations and Standards and to adopt recent federal standards, to correct errors and provide clarifying language. C. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting on Thursday, February 27, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. in the Fourth Floor Conference Room, County-City Building. D. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners meeting which is broadcast live at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday will be re-broadcast at 6:30 p.m. on Cablevision Channel 5. 8) EMERGENCY ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS: 9) ADJOURNMENT: This agenda, which is kept continually current, is available for inspection in the Office of the County Clerk in Lancaster County, Nebraska. NOTE: An interpreter for the hearing impaired will be available at the meeting upon request. Please contact the County Clerk's Office at 441-6336 and ask for Susan Starcher or Kandra Hahn at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if this accommodation is required.