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Council declines to move forward with Fletcher Avenue special-assessment water district after public hearing
Summary
After extended public testimony, the Lincoln City Council voted 4–1 on April 28 not to advance the process to create a special assessment district for water main construction on Fletcher Avenue between N. 7th and N. 14th Streets.
The Lincoln City Council on April 28 voted not to proceed with creating a special assessment district to install a public water main on Fletcher Avenue between North 7th and North 14th streets, a decision that ends the petition process for now after extended testimony from property owners, city engineers and public-works staff.
The issue was an appeal of a Special Assessment Revolving (SAR) Committee decision not to forward the proposed water district for formal creation. The appeal would have sent the proposal back into the formal assessment-district process (design, bidding, public hearing and a subsequent council decision on levying assessments). After presentations from Lincoln Transportation and Utilities staff and testimony from multiple neighbors, councilors voted against moving the proposal forward by a 4–1 roll call.
Why it mattered: Petitioners asked the council to allow the district process to start so property owners could obtain city water (including the ability to connect to hydrants and avoid repeated well problems). Applicants and supporters said time and increasingly visible…
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