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Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable
Meeting Summary: March 2007

 
County/City Building, 555 South 10TH Street, Mayor's Conference Room (Second Floor)
A G E N D A
March 8, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.

  1. Welcome and Introductions

  2. Open Forum with Mayor Coleen J. Seng

  3. Announcements

  4. Adjourn

Next Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable:
April 12, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.

To submit suggestions for future Agenda Items, contact Ann Harrell, Mayor's Office, at 441-7511.

Summary of March 8, 2007 Roundtable Meeting

Mayor Coleen J. Seng called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007, in the Mayor's Conference Room at the County/City Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. Twenty-four participants were in attendance.

Tracy Lines, 40th and A Neigh. Assoc. Gary Irvin, South Salt Creek Com. Org
Jeff Schwebke, Arnold Heights Neigh. Assoc. Gail Anderson, University Place Com. Org.
Patte Newman, City Council Wynn Hjermstad, Urban Development Dept.
Gloria Eddins, Clinton Neigh. Assoc. Bill Vocasek, West A Neigh. Assoc.
Rick Noyes, Downtown Neigh. Assoc. Fred Freytag, Witherbee Neigh. Assoc.
Cherie Krueger, East Campus Com.Org. Steve Schwab, Witherbee Neigh. Assoc.
Mike Reinmiller, Eastridge Neigh. Assoc. Diane Gonzolas, CIC/Mayor's Office
Shawn Ryba, Free to Grow Harlan Layton
Doug Kerns, Havelock Neigh. Assoc. Pat Anderson-Sifuentez, Everett Neigh. Assoc.
Jane Mehrens, Hawley Area Neigh.Assoc. Jan Jensen, S. 48th St. Neigh. Assoc.
Ann Harrell, Mayor's Office Sandra Johnson, Woods Park Neigh. Assoc.
Lin Quenzer, Mayor's Office Nancy Engel, Urban Development Dept.

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Mayor Coleen J. Seng thanked everyone for coming and opened the meeting. A sign-in sheet was provided and participants were asked to review their contact information for accuracy and check in.

MAYOR'S COMMENTS
Mayor Seng announced that the ground breaking for the MoPac trail at 30th Street took place today. The Mayor is certain that neighborhood clean ups are at least in the planning stages. StarTran is having an open house for the public on March 28, 2007 to review the new, proposed transit plan. A flyer was distributed.

Wynn Hjermstad from Urban Development asked for volunteers to review the nominations for the Community Development Week Award during the week of March 23, 2007 and meet on March 26, 2007. The volunteers are Mike Reinmiller, Rick Noyes and Gloria Eddins.

ROUNDTABLE CHAIR ELECTION - NOMINATIONS AND VOTE
An election for the chairperson of the Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable was held. Nominations were requested from the floor. Tracy Lines was nominated for the position. Hearing no other nominations they were closed. Rick Noyes moved to have an unanimous vote for Tracy. Tracy Lines was elected to be the chair of the Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable.

PROBLEM RESOLUTION TEAM
A Power Point presentation was presented by Captain Joy Citta of the Lincoln Police Department. The Problem Resolution team consists of Lincoln Police Department, Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department, Urban Development Department, Building and Safety Department, the City Ombudsman, Lincoln Area Agency on Aging, City Council, City Attorney's Office, Lincoln Housing Authority, and the Mayor's Office.

This team works cooperatively to solve problems in Lincoln concerning property complaints, especially properties that have multiple agency complaints and have been long term problems. A discussion followed on various topics: landlords that don't take care of their property, absentee landlords, neighborhoods that could use help with enforcement issues, the number of cases the team has solved and closed, and what kind of cases the team considers, who takes care of them and declares they are not a nuisance any longer.

SET APRIL AGENDA
The next meeting of the Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable is scheduled for April 12, 2007, 5:30 p.m. in the Mayor's Conference Room, 555 S. 10th Street, 2nd floor. The agenda will include a presentation and discussion about the Neighborhood Watch program.

ADJOURN
There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

Submitted by: Nancy Engel as requested by Lin Quenzer and Wynn Hjermstad
Urban Development Community Development Division Mayor's Neighborhood Roundtable