Forty-Second Street Community Redevelopment Area

At a glance

• What: RES. 2026-0749 would declare the 42nd and Center Street area a substandard blighted area and designate it a Community Redevelopment Area under the Nebraska Community Development Law. Boundaries: Center Street on the north, the Field Club Recreational Trail on the east, Gold, Arbor, Grover, Spring and Francis Streets on the south, and South 44th Street, South 46th Avenue and South 47th Street on the west.
• Where it stands: On September 29, 2026 Council voted 5-2 to postpone the public hearing and vote to the December 15, 2026 meeting. Communications in opposition were attached.
• Next: December 15, 2026.

Postponement vote (September 29, 2026)

At the pre-council meeting Jack Suter of McGrath North spoke on this item. In the regular meeting Kuhse (City Attorney) was called to speak, and Festersen moved, seconded by Goodwin, to postpone the hearing and vote to December 15. Yeas: Hug, Melton, Festersen, Goodwin, Begley. Nays: Rowe and Harding. Approved 5-2. The record does not give the reasons.

Sources

• Council journal, September 29, 2026: https://clerk.omaha.gov/wp-content/uploads/images/2026-09-29j.pdf

Log

2026-09-29 - City Council

Postponed to December 15, 2026 by a 5-2 vote.