[Omaha.pm] Sectioning up the Omaha City Council Journal.. - Google Groups

[Jay Hannah]

Hi Jack,

Great! Thanks for sending the github link. I'll poke around tonight at our OMG!Code meeting and see if people can help.   :)

j






> On Jun 16, 2015, at 2:32 PM, Jack Dunn <office at prineb.org> wrote:
> Jay,
> 
>    Here's the Github reference:
> 
>    https://github.com/modi1231/ParseCityCouncilToDB
> 
>    I also found this on Google Groups:
> 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/opennebraska/uIa2amlnpks
> 
> -- 
> Jack Dunn




> From: Jack Dunn <office at prineb.org>
> Subject: Tax Increment Finance report update
> Date: June 12, 2015 at 12:07:33 PM CDT
> To: jhannah at mutationgrid.com, Sandi Barr <sandi.k.barr at gmail.com>, Naomi See <naom.see at seenaomi.net>
> 
> Jay, Sandi and Naomi,
> 
>     You indicated you might want to help update the two TIF (Tax Increment Financing) reports done by PRI (2008 - 20011).  If you are still interested, I will send out a Doodle poll to find out when we can all meet.  Let me know if there are periods (days/weeks) that are not good by replying to this email.
>     And you may know that one of the Omaha Hackathons produced code for creating a database from the Omaha City Journals (meeting minutes).
>     In addition to updating the TIF reports, I would like to consider tracking the connections of City Council and Planning Board members to real estate and construction firms.
>     Recent legislation allows the State Auditor to review TIF proposals, although it does not mandate such.  Public support for an audit might tip the balance.
>     I'm guessing we will need a couple of meetings to plan the project.
>     Let me know your availability and your thoughts.
> 
>     Thanks.
> -- 
> Jack Dunn
> Co-Executive Director
> Policy Research & Innovation
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