Bellevue and Dodge park ramps are now open. Just a FYI

Several questions I have received this week. I hope these answers help.

1. When is there going to be water? Probably not this year unless something would actually go our way. Same goes for electric. City has shut down power but we are working on trying to get the parking lot lights at least to be turned on.
2. Are the 2010 fees refundable? No. There is no money for it.
3. Are there discounts for next year? We are not in a position to say yes or no until we find out what the landlords plans are.
4. What are the general plans for the Marina? Make the best of it and try like hell to get a new marina set up for next year.
5. When is someone going to mow? The land is too soft right now.

This year has been hard on everyone; I understand the frustrations of every member because I have some of my own. My goal is to make sure we can have something here next year and making sure I exhaust every avenue to ensure we will be boating in 2011. Thanks Kyron

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Release

To make it clear – I pay rent to a landlord. That landlord pays the City Of OMAHA. My lease states that any damage over 50% the landlord is responsible for the premises. So…the landlord is going over his lease and most likely the city is responsible for repair and maintenance. Our landlord has assured me he is taking action and we right behind in any support he needs. We have taken two different bids on docks and are passing them onto our landlord. Due to the severity of the river flooding and wind storms this year has been a mess, I do understand your frustration and feel the same way, we are all taking it the you know what!!I am somewhat hopeful that maybe all this damage and having one bad year we can get new docks and updated utilities. Once I hear, you will hear- unless you hear it from my mouth or on this website don’t believe what you hear.

River stage for the next 15 days
OMAF 28.1 27.9 27.3 26.7 26.2 25.9 25.6 25.4 25.3 25.8 26.9 25.2 24.7 24.5 24.4

Last week we were visited by FEMA and NEMA. It went real well, they surveyed all the damage and we told them what we needed. They did ask for a few items, one being our lease with the Hazard Corp who has the long term lease with the City of Omaha. In our lease with the Hazard Corp it states that if there is more than 50% damage done (flood, wind storm, ect.) to the premises the Hazard Corp is liable to fix said damage. FEMA wouldn’t take our application for funds and we had to put the application in Hazard Corp name due to the stipulation in the lease. I have told Hazard Corp this and they are now getting their ducks in a row. My guess they will have to see what their lease with Omaha says about such occurrences. Now the City might be forcing someone to make a decision with cutting the power not realizing this could all end up on their plate. We are currently working very friendly with the Hazard Corp to see what needs to be done on their behalf to make things move a little quicker and get the ball rolling, if they run into a log jam with FEMA or the City we are all going to have to work as one to get our Marina back. Since there are so many players involved here I can tell you it’s not going to happen overnight. I have a better feeling in my gut than I did two weeks ago; we have the attention of several senators and the Governor. The Marina’s Managements hands are tied at the moment because it’s not presently clear what the course of action will be, we will still be pulling out lifts and personal items when the flood water recede. I wish I had one solid answer but this is all I have. Kyron

THE CITY ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS RECEIVED A COMPLIANT AND ARE NOW SHUTTING THE POWER OFF TO THE ENTIRE MARINA. ITS IN THERE INFINITE WISDOM THAT THE WATER IS GOING UP TWO MORE FEET. I AM SOMEWHAT CONFUSED WHY IT IS NOW WE ARE GETTING THERE ATTENTION, ITS ONLY BEEN FLOODED FOR TWO MONTHS AND JUST NOW THEY THINK ITS TIME TO CUT POWER. IF YOU HAVE A BOAT THAT NEEDS POWER I WOULD TAKE IT OUT. I HAVE OUR ATTORNEY WORKING ON THIS.

Guess what? More rain up north which means the water will be at 28.5 by Sunday Morning. Here we go again. I really wish I had better news. Kyron

The Govenor sent the Fema reps to the Marina this morning and we gave them the damage and what it would cost to repair. They send that off to the qualifiying office and then to a loan office. Our landlord might have to file on our behalf since we dont own the land. The Fema rep said for now he would file on both our behalves to speed things up. The phone calls have worked , we made enough noise they were sent here just to look at the Marina. Fema has to look at both my lease and our landlords lease with the City to see who is best served handling the issue, very promising morning. No more rain would be a great encore . The boys are getting the marina ready for the weekend and hope the water goes down so we have some fuel for those who need it. Thanks for all the support. Kyron

Water is still high but is decreasing at the rate it was before, the boys will make sure all piers that are left get tended too. They are starting with 1 and 2 and moving south. I have still heard nothing from our insurance agency, partialy due to 2 different claims and somehow different adjusters. Nema has an open file and has been very attentive to us this week, I believe that comes from all the calls placed by boaters to either Sen Norquist office or perhaps Lee Terry’s office. IT is the first promising sign since this Summer has started. Keep it up