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Council approves rezones, multiple BID assessments and a parks director search contract
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Summary
The Omaha City Council approved zoning changes for several properties, levied special assessments in multiple Business Improvement Districts, and authorized a contract with the Patero Group to lead the search for a new parks and recreation director.
The Omaha City Council approved a series of land-use and finance items, including rezones for properties at 5073 Kansas Avenue and the 72nd & Dodge corridor, the rescission of an overlay district, and ordinances levying special taxes and assessments across several Business Improvement Districts.
Planning staff recommended approval for the rezones and the council voted to adopt the ordinances. Items 15–17, linked to the 72nd and Dodge properties and the associated overlay rescission, were considered together and approved after a staff recommendation. Multiple Business Improvement District tax and assessment ordinances (Benson, Blackstone, Dundee, Elkhorn, Little Bohemia, North 24th Street, North Saddle Creek, South Omaha) were presented as amendments of the whole at the request of the Parks Department and approved in roll-call votes, with most passing unanimously.
The council also approved (Item 48) an agreement with the Patero Group to perform the national search for a new parks and recreation director. Human Resources Director Deb Sander described Patero as a boutique executive-search firm with national experience and relevant public-sector clients; she told councilors the firm regularly performs executive searches for parks and public-lands clients.
These measures were presented as part of the meeting's consent and non-action items streamlining routine land-use approvals and administrative contracts. Votes were recorded by roll call and several items were approved 7–0; one item (North 24th BID vote) recorded an abstention by Council member Goodwin.
Action summary: Council passed the rezones, BID assessments and approved a parks director search contract; items 50–67 were noted as non-action matters to be scheduled for future public hearings.
