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Public Meetings & Outreach

Seeking input from the public is an important element in the development of the City's plan to reduce overflows and improve area rivers and streams. During the initial development of the Long Term Control Plan, advisory groups representing stakeholders were established, comprised of over 125 volunteers including residents, community leaders and 10 Basin Advisory panels. Once the CSO Program began implementing projects, the focus transitioned to specific project public outreach. The City and Program Management Team continue to meet with impacted residents, attend neighborhood and local business meetings and provide public input opportunities designed to inform, exchange ideas and receive feedback at key project milestones. Each CSO project includes public outreach as part of preliminary design, final design and prior to the start of construction.

The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges for public outreach as people stayed home, children became remote learners, and face-to-face communications halted. To provide necessary project and Program information, the CSO Program adapted by utilizing videos, social media, the public website, reaching out by phone, and staying in contact with neighborhoods through virtual public meetings and email.

PUBLIC MEETINGS

The City and Program Management Team actively meet with area residents, attend neighborhood and local business meetings and hold meetings specifically designed to exchange ideas and receive feedback at various times during the design process of each CSO project. Each project will have meetings as part of Preliminary Design, Final Design, and prior to the start of construction.

Schedule

  •  
    CSO 212 Sewer Separation Project – 60% Design Virtual Public Meeting
    – March 2022
  • 2021 Long Term Control Plan Update Virtual Public Meeting – March 2022
  • Cole Creek CSO 202 Sewer Separation, Phase 2 – Final Design Virtual Public Meeting
    – Feb. 24, 2022

Check back often for updated meeting information.

CSO IN THE NEWS

  • Geologist Joeckel explores 'new world' beneath Omaha as part of bedrock tunnel project – UNL Newsroom, May 6, 2020
  • Runoff Restoration: A local park was restored in Nebraska to aid in reducing the overflow of raw sewage – Storm Water Solutions, Feb. 2020

e-learning icon E-Learning

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The City of Omaha’s Clean Solutions for Omaha Program (CSO) has consolidated youth outreach materials for use by teachers, parents and students wanting to learn more about our efforts to improve water quality in our river and streams. These educational materials about stormwater and its impact on communities will help students better understand the need for conservation and keeping harmful materials out of our sewers. 

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OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS
 

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annual-report.png  2020 Annual Report

Project Team Public Outreach Guidelines Public Outreach Guidelines

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brochure icon Program Overview Brochure

brochure icon Un Programa de Mejoramiento de la Calidad del Agua

CONTACT Information

For additional information regarding the CSO Program, please use the contacts listed below.

Brian Kaminski
Emspace+Lovgren
brian@emspacegroup.com
(402) 964-0213

Jim Theiler
City of Omaha Public Works
Assistant Director
James.Theiler@CityofOmaha.org
(402) 444-5225

CSO Program Information Line
(402) 341-0235
Info@OmahaCSO.com

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The CSO! Program is a City of Omaha Public Works Initiative. To learn more, visit PublicWorks.CityofOmaha.org

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The City of Omaha Stormwater Program provides information on improving water quality. To learn more, visit OmahaStormwater.org

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The City of Omaha Keep it Current initiative works to ensure the City’s water and environmental infrastructure is maintained. To learn more, visit KeepItCurrentOmaha.com

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