The Omaha City Council is scheduled to meet Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in the Legislative Chambers at 1819 Farnam Street to hear Mayor John Ewing Jr.’s budget message and presentation of the recommended 2027 city budget, according to the published agenda. A separate public hearing on the Budget and Capital Improvement Program is scheduled for August 11, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.
The agenda states the council will consider multiple land use and rezoning items, including the Walvoord Subdivision southeast of 234th Street and West Center Road, State and Highway 133 Addition northwest of State Street and Blair High Road, and the Lake Street Grocery Store Addition southwest of Lake Street and 25th Street. Several related subdivision agreements, plats, and rezoning ordinances, with case numbers including C12-24-104, C10-24-104, C10-21-209, C12-21-210, C10-26-075, C12-26-076 and C3-26-090, are scheduled for public hearings and votes.
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Councilmembers are set to take final action on a series of planning ordinances that would adjust zoning and overlay districts at locations including 4801 Q Street, 2715 and 2723 Q Street, 6024 P Street, 5228 Ames Avenue, and 5073 Kansas Avenue, among others. Several of these items involve amendments to the Future Land Use Element of the city’s Master Plan and changes to MCC-Major Commercial Corridor and ACI-Area of Civic Importance overlay districts, the agenda shows.
The agenda lists two Tax Increment Financing (TIF) redevelopment project plans for consideration: the 7630 Pacific Apartments TIF Redevelopment Project Plan at 7630 Pacific Street, with proposed allocation of up to $1,513,578.00 in TIF, and the 1053 Park Avenue TIF Redevelopment Project Plan at 1059 Park Avenue, with proposed allocation of up to $660,785.00 in TIF. Both project plans are described as including demolition or new construction and use of excess ad valorem taxes to offset eligible redevelopment costs.
On the consent agenda, the council is scheduled to vote on contracts and agreements previously heard on July 14, 2026, including a contract with Gilson Software Solutions, LLC for an After-Hours Answering Service for Public Works, a TIF Redevelopment Agreement with Novella, LLC for a senior living project at 4809 Redman Avenue, and a bid from Abe’s Trash Service, Inc. for rubbish container service in city parks. Additional consent resolutions include purchase and real estate agreements such as the sale of city-owned property at 3819 North 24th Street for $1.00 and three parcels at 2723 and 2725 North 28th Avenue and 2851 Maple Street for $3.00, as well as a purchase of property at 1818 Leavenworth Street for $2,298,771.60.
The council is also scheduled to consider a resolution approving purchase and installation of forty-eight Acorn Streetlight Poles by Omaha Public Power District at a cost of $451,131.28, and an ordinance to accept a $60,000.00 grant award from the Nebraska Crime Commission for the Omaha Police Department’s SFY 2027 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Criminal Justice Internship Program. Numerous non-action items are listed for future hearings, including rezonings for The Hill and McArdle Ridge subdivisions, adjustments to ASIP and Interceptor Sewer fee schedules, and several grants and agreements related to urban forestry, public art in downtown parking garages, employment testing services, and a Youth Climate Action Fund grant.
The agenda further outlines first readings of major finance ordinances related to lease-purchase agreements and lease revenue bonds for a modern streetcar system, with a not-to-exceed aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000.00, and for parking garages at the Crossroads Redevelopment Site and the Mutual Tower Redevelopment Site, with a not-to-exceed aggregate principal amount of $110,000,000.00. The meeting is scheduled to conclude with a possible executive session to discuss labor negotiations, personnel matters, and litigation, the agenda states.
The council will hold a pre-council meeting at 10:30 a.m. the same day in the Jesse Lowe Conference Room to discuss agenda items, hear department updates as requested, and allow members of the public one minute to speak on items being considered at the 2:00 p.m. meeting, according to the pre-council agenda. Both agendas note that current copies of the Open Meeting Act will be available in the meeting rooms, and provide contact information for requesting accommodations for disabilities.
This brief was generated from a public document. Source: https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2026-07-21a.pdf
