Neighbors who live on HWS Cleveland Boulevard across from Flanagan Lake tell us they they paid for their homes primarily for the lakeside views. Those views are now at risk, as Omaha’s Boulevard Master Plan requires trees to be planted in front of their homes.
- Terri Tobin and Molly Anderson argue their section of H.W.S Cleveland Boulevard isn’t a boulevard at all, rather a street that shares the name of the boulevard.
- “It’s a beautiful masterplan, it’s great, but like anything else it’s strictly guidelines. Trying to impose a standard that doesn’t really apply in an area in which it was never meant to be seems inappropriate.”
- It dates back to an agreement between the city and developers of Pier 15 at HWS Cleveland Boulevard in 2017.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:Check out this view here. Taking a look at Flanagan Lake in northwest Omaha. An absolutely stunning view you can take in from the front deck. It’s why Terri Tobin bought this house. But now, this view is in jeopardy.
“That was our dream — to be able to retire here, sit here on our front porch, and just enjoy the beautiful view we have here,” Tobin said.
Tobin and her husband even paid extra to put in this window, along with the bonus suite upstairs, to take in the view indoors…