Hanscom Park Neighborhood Association

This spring we received funding for improving and replacing signs in Hanscom Park that were damaged due to vandalism.  Then came floods, Dog Parks, fruit trees and more.  We are a little behind the schedule but are now ready to accept bids for  concrete work for this project.

Contractors must be able to work on City of Omaha projects because this project will be in Hanscom Park.  The contract will be with the Hanscom Park Neighborhood Association and all work must meet city requirements for quality and warranty.

Please provide pricing and details for each of the projects detailed below.  One award will be given for entire project.

1.   Remove Lagoon sign from location and patch concrete accordingly.  Holes are approximately 12″ in diameter.   The following pictures are of the sign as it is placed.

2. Remove Blvd. sign from location and patch concrete accordingly.  Holes are approximately 18″ in diameter.   The following pictures are of the sign as it is placed.

3. Repair damaged Picnic Table footing.  See the attached photos for a picnic table that needs a new footing.  Approximately 18″ in diameter.

4.  Pour  two (2) new 3′x5′ concrete pads and insert sign posts in new location. Prepare site appropriately.  Create similar work to existing footings for replacement of Lagoon and Blvd. signs in new location.  Photo of location below to give idea of work environment.  Signs are new stands exactly as pictured above.  Set in concrete footings like above.

All bids and bid questions can be directed to Mike Battershell mike@bergmanincentives.com.  Bids must be emailed and received no later than October 20, 2011 at 5pm.  Bid will be awarded by October 22, 2011.  Any questions received will be emailed and posted below.  Thanks for your interest in our project and we look forward to improving our park space.

Phase Two of City of Omaha Graffiti Survey.

Volunteers needed to complete Omaha’s Graffiti Survey:

Location:  Hefflinger Park parking lot

                   110 & Maple Street  (look for OCCP Trailer)

Date:  September 24, 2011 Saturday

Time: 9am to 2:30pm (night game for Nebraska football so plenty of time to shower, shave and cool your favorite beverage)

Sorry for the short window of time but we just got confirmation of Hefflinger and what areas need to be completed.  If you can help any time during that day will be greatly appreciated.

We invite everyone to learn and take part in this important Council that listens to neighbor feedback and takes action.

PAC Agenda 10-11-11

PAC Minutes 9-6-11

ELEBRATE MIDTOWN

Presented by Midtown Neighborhood Alliance, Midtown Business Association and Indian Creek Nursery

Masquerade Ball at Joslyn Castle

3902 Davenport Street

Saturday, Oct 22, 2011

6-10PM

Funds go toward our Re-tree Midtown program and other MNA projects

Live Entertainment

Heavy hors d’oerves from Midtown Restaurants including Ingredient, Blanc Burgers+Bottles, Casablanca Moroccan Café, Patricia Catering and more

Cash Bar with specialty drink invented by Side Door Bar

Win prizes in the costume contest for 3 categorizes judged by local celebrities

Dave Jenkins Photo Booth

Tarot Card Reader

Docen Tours of Castle

Silent Auction baskets filled with great items from Midtown

21 and over only

$15 tickets available through your neighborhood association, the following 4 Hy-Vee locations: 50^th & Center, 79^th & Cass (Peony Park), Mall of the Bluffs and 2323 W Broadway in Council Bluffs or at the door

Buy your tickets today!

Support the event by promoting, View the Poster

Alcohol Outlet Beverage Sales Ordinance:  Safe for families. Safe for neighborhoods. Good for business.

Supporters of the LOCAL Campaign continue efforts to make Omaha a safer and healthier place by working to get an ordinance adopted that addresses negative consequences associated with alcohol outlets.

The Campaign is in the final stages now. A draft of the proposed ordinance has been submitted to the City’s Planning Department. In its current form, the drafted proposal will provide guidelines outlining where new alcohol outlets may be placed. It also establishes public nuisance abatement standards for both new and existing alcohol outlets to address quality of life issues, crime and violence.

Since the Campaign kickoff in October 2010, supporters have heard from individuals who live, work and shop near alcohol outlets question their safety, expressing concern to walk in their own neighborhoods or visit parts of the city where crime is more prominent. 

The adoption of an ordinance that addresses problems associated with alcohol outlets has been gaining momentum, winning support from critical leadership throughout the City. Recently, the City’s Legal Department gave its nod to move forward with the concept the proposed ordinance hopes to achieve. Deputy City Attorney Tom Mumgaard wrote in a legal opinion, “I recommend that this proposed ordinance be considered; it has good qualities. It can achieve more local control over liquor sales.”

Well before this point, however, the idea of controlling the growth of alcohol outlets and their associated harms was put forward by Environment Omaha’s recommendations adopted by the Omaha City Council on a 7-0 vote in 2010 and included in the City’s Master Plan.

We thank those individuals, neighborhood associations and organizations that have lead in this effort by signing the resolution of support. If your neighborhood association or organization has not yet signed the resolution, we encourage you to contact the LOCAL Campaign for a copy and to receive real-time updates. To contact the LOCAL Campaign, e-mail thelocalcampaign@gmail.com or join our Facebook page at “The LOCAL Campaign” to receive important updates.

We can’t achieve a safer and better place for families and children without your leadership and backing. Thank you for your support.

August 4th  Green Projects Fair
Neighborhood Center, 115 S. 49th Avenue, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Free pizza and beverages provided by the GNC.
The Green Projects Fair will give neighborhood associations and other community groups an opportunity to share ideas for green projects in their neighborhoods and to learn what others are doing. The projects, so far, include: Sponsoring an Electronics Waste Recycling Day, Adopt-a-Park, Adopt-A-Stream, Adopt-a-Trail, A Storm Drain Awareness & Groundwater Conservation Event, A Household Hazardous Waste Education and Collection Day, Collecting and Donating Fresh Foods from Backyard and Community Gardens to Local Food Banks, Volunteer Opportunities in Community Gardens, A Neighborhood Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Scavenger Hunt, and more. Please plan to attend and share your green project in whatever ways you choose: with photographs, a brief video, a one or two-page description, etc.
For more information, contact Helen Deffenbacher: hdeffenbacher@cox.

Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance invites you to attend:

An evening with Leann Howell, President, AlphaLead

Monday July 25^th 2011    5-6 pm    UNO Collaborating Center 

115 S. 49^th Ave

As a community leader, policy maker, education and health advocate, we would like to invite you a special event to hear Leann’s presentation:

Living with Lead: One Family’s Poisonous Nightmare

In a fourteen year review from her son’s initial diagnosis with lead poisoning, Leann Howell addresses the problems a middle-class family faced throughout the entire ordeal.  Beginning with the purchase of an older home, Leann and her husband started renovations, removing old paint with a hot air gun and sander while their son slept in another room; his level was almost 4 ½ times what the CDC considers “lead poisoned.”  This presentation also brings the disease of lead poisoning into the school system, and addresses the stereotypes that hinder awareness of educating a child with brain damage due to lead.

Drinks and appetizers will be served.

Please RSVP to Dicee@omahahealthykids.org or 402-934-9700

Every month the police hold a meeting to share the happenings in our precinct.  They are open to the public and you are more than welcome to attend on behalf of your block, neighborhood or city.  Your feedback does make these meetings a success and provides you with a chance to interact with the Omaha Police Department. 

PAC Minutes July 2011

PACAgenda 080911

The Hanscom Bark Park, which will be Omaha’s second leash free dog park, is closer to becoming a reality thanks to two grants from Mutual of Omaha’s Neighborhood Grant Program. The Ford Birthsite and Hanscom Park Neighborhood Associations have collaborated with Omaha Dog Park Advocates and the City of Omaha Parks and Recreation Department to create the dog park within Hanscom Park. The Bark Park will provide two separate, fenced and gated areas – one for small dogs and another for all dogs – to provide a safe environment for dogs to socialize and run free.

Mutual of Omaha has provided $2,500 to each of the neighborhood associations, as part of its Neighborhood Grant Program, which aims to improve the quality of life in Omaha’s neighborhoods. This year, the company awarded a total of $29,807. These two grants are among 12 awarded this year.

“The Hanscom Bark Park stood out to us because of the collaboration among four entities working towards a common goal,” said Christine Johnson, President of the Mutual of Omaha Foundation. “We congratulate our 12 grant recipients for their creative and diverse programs that will help build stronger communities.”

The other 10 neighborhood organizations and programs that received grants include:

Organization:                                              Program:                                               Grant:

Benson Neighborhood Association               Benson Downtown Beautification                      $2,500
Clairmont Heights Neighborhood Association Clairmont Heights Welcome Sign                    $2,331

Fairacres Homeowners’ Association             Fairacres Gateway Project                                   $2,500

Fountain Hills/Pacific Meadows                   Pacific Meadows Park Renovation                     $2,500

Homeowners’ Association

Gifford Park Neighborhood Association      Keep Gifford Park Clean                                    $2,476

Loveland Neighborhood Association            LNA Project 2011                                   $2,500

Memorial Park Little League                         North Omaha Baseball Initiative             $2,500

Midtown Neighborhood Alliance                  ReTree Midtown 2011                            $2,500

North Downtown Alliance                            Re-Greening the Streets of North                        $2,500

                                                                     Downtown – Phase 3                                         

NorthStar Foundation/Fontenelle View         48^th & Sahler Community Garden                      $2,500

Neighborhood Association                                                                                                           

The Mutual of Omaha neighborhood grant committee reviewed the grant proposals based on the project, neighborhood participation, neighborhood geographic location and the organization’s financial need.

For more information on Mutual of Omaha’s Neighborhood Grant Program, visit http://www.mutualofomaha.com/about/corporate_support.

Mutual of Omaha is a full-service, multi-line provider of insurance and financial products for individuals, businesses and groups throughout the United States.