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Council approves Douglas County mental health facility amendment after neighborhood questions about lighting, traffic
Summary
The council approved a major amendment to a special use permit allowing Douglas County to rebuild its mental health facility; residents asked about lighting, traffic and neighborhood impacts and staff said site lighting must be downlit to prevent overspill.
The Omaha City Council voted 7-0 to approve a major amendment to a large-project special use permit that allows Douglas County to demolish an existing building and construct a new mental-health facility on the hospital campus near 40th and Pacific Streets.
Trevor Veskrena, the project engineer, said the county needed the amendment because the project is a major revision to the existing large-site plan. Theresa Casaday, a nearby resident, said she had received only mailed notice and was concerned about traffic,…
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