June Minutes

MEETING MINUTES— 06-08-17

Lincoln, Nebraska – The Pizza Ranch -84th & Lexington | 11:30am-1:00pm
20 in attendance
Members: Barb Tyler, Capt Anthony Butler, Sydney Stanard, Carl Tesch, Betty Tesch, Tim Kirkpatrick, Bill Niemann, Sherri Recker, Diana Schilf, Dr. Tara Mohl, Fred Knight, Steve Maly, Robbie Nathan, Ben Peterson, Darlene Sabatka, Michaela Judd
Guests: Dr. Brian Adam, Sydney LaFreniere, Speakers: David Cary and Andrew Thierolf

Introductions

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Member Spotlights
New Member
Robbie Nathan- Bridge to Better Living- Senior transition consulting company

In 2010, the founder Maryanne Stallings had to find some senior living options for her family members. So she decided to start a company that can come to one company as one resource that is free to the clients. Meet with families to look at independent living, assistant living or even memory care. They get to know them socially, medically and financially to understand their situation so they can contact the community to ensure they have a great experience with a representative who focuses on the client and understands the facility. Although there are a large amount of options out there for senior living, the amenities vary from location to location. The community location reimburses Bridge to Better Living as a referral fee when they bring in a new client. This fee is consistent across all communities so there is no bias. They are also working in Omaha as well as the surrounding areas around Lincoln and Fremont.

Social Chair Update

Upcoming event!! Thursday June 22nd at 5:30pm
CKO Kickboxing with our very own member Michaela Judd who owns CKO!
Free! (With the exception of $6 for the glove rentals). One hour class, wear clothes that you can move in and then head on up to Sportscaster’s for some drinks!

Treasurer’s Report:

The Checking account now has $3,196.83 $3000 in CD’s

Other Discussion

Police/Fire Update: Captain Anthony Butler

Violent crimes up slightly on the northwest side of town. Lots of armed robberies. Burglaries are down significantly. Accidents are also down. Injury accidents are also down and fatalities so far are at zero this year! No homicides either so far this year. Last year there were approx 5 or 6 on Captain Butler’s team. Looking at reducing their teams from 5 to 4 teams, however they thing they will be a better service team with 5 teams.

Featured Speaker
David Cary-Director of the Lincoln/Lancaster County Planning Department

County and City Planning team. Planning process engages: Government officials, non-profits, developers, business leaders, real estate agents, citizens and land owners.
Their responsibilities include : Developing comprehensive planning, managing the MOP and the LRTP, preparing the CIP, maintaining zoning and subdivision codes, processing development applications for annexation, zoning, special permits, land subdivisions and maintaining land use demographics and development renewals

2040 Comprehensive Plan:

Planning for the next 24 years
Updated every 5 years- Minor update refreshes plan
Establishes growth assumptions
Community Facilities, environmental resources, mixed use, neighborhoods, parks, transportation, energy, business Combined City/County Plan

-106,000 more people in Lancaster County (1.2% annual growth rate) -370,000 people in Lincoln by 2040
-90% of the county population is in Lincoln
-40% of residential units will be multi family

-40,000 units needed -8,000 units of infill

Capital Improvement Program

-6 year budget planning
-First 2 years become City Budget
-Plan for significant improvements
-Complete CIP represents $1.2 billion
-Review of projects to determine conformity with Comprehensive Plan -16,252 units currently approved
-40,000 needed by 2040
Potential Units Needed
East: 9,208
South: 6,756
Southwest: 2,687
West: 2,778
North: 2,739
Infill (Within the city): 8000

They focus primarily on residential because you need a lot of land to build houses

Andrew Thierolf: Upcoming projects

City Centre
48th and Leighton: Existing Hy-Vee building is being demo’d. 230 units, row housing with 1st floor retail
48th and Holdrege: Mixed use development: 100 units with 1st floor retail
36th and Superior: Right next to the creek, Mix of commercial closer to 35th street, but they are called Laneway Cottages: smaller homes, campground nearby. They will not have their own yards so the green space will be shared. Expanding the use of solar in the city. Most people use them in their homes or on solar farms. Since there is nothing in the cities or in the communities that are large scale, they are working on this project now if it gets approved.