South Omaha BID Board Meeting Minutes - February 11, 2026

Location: Pesek Law LLC 4826 South 24^th St.

Date:      December 10^th, 2025

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Present: Ross Pesek (Board Chair), Marcos Mora (Board Member), Jennifer Rodriguez (City of Omaha).

Others Present: Karen Pesek (Pesek Law), Roxana Corral (Pesek Law), Lucia Pedroza-Estrada (Pesek Law) 

Meeting Minutes 

• Ross Pesek, Chairman – Welcome  

  • Note- there was no quorum for this meeting, no votes were made.  

    
    

• December Meeting Minutes were voted on in last board meeting (December) and they were shared as a reminder for board members. Calendar invites have also been sent.  

  • 2026 BID Board Meeting Schedule 

    • February 11  

    • March 4- Public BID Meeting 1 

    • April 15 

    • May 13 

    • June 24- Public BID Meeting 2 

    • July 15 

    • August 12 

    • September 9- Public BID Meeting 3 

    • October 14 

    • November 11 

    • December 9- Public BID Meeting 4

• Board Member Requirements/Updates 

  • There is a requirement for all BIDs to have a minimum of 5 board members. With the departure of Erik Washkuhn and Integrative Care out of South Omaha, we are in need of an additional board member.  

  • There was a discussion on keeping the board more manageable with 5 board members. The ideal future board member has to be representative of the diversity of South Omaha, with a good pulse on what is going on and community oriented. The search for the new board member has to be finalized within a month.  

  • Some recommendations mentioned were Ricardo Castro, who owns property in the BID, someone from Comunidad Maya Pixam-Ixim, and someone from Heartland Workers Center.  It was decided to start with Heartland Workers Center to inquire about someone from their team to join the BID board.  

• Grant Updates 

  • Lighting Grant- no update.  

  • OCF Neighborhood Application- Roxana is working on the application with the support from the master gardeners. The application will center planting day and educational activities for all ages throughout.  

• South 24th Street Issues & Updates 

  • Community Engagement Coordinator Report- Lucia  

  • All items from the agenda were discussed.  

  • There was discussion around future process for approval and vote for the meeting minutes. They will be sent and voted on via email prior to being posted on the website.  

  • Community issues discussed included people sleeping outside of storefronts, trash cans and dumpsters being moved around creating an unsafe environment. Ross reported commuication from Councilman Ron Hug regarding the new Supermercado Nuestra Familia on 24^th and L street. They will not be selling sample-sized liquor bottles.  

• Other  

  • We will follow up with Itzel Lopez for updates on the new parking lot replacing Plaza de La Raza and other Adelante project updates.  

  • Businesses are being impacted by current political climate.  

• Planting Day 2026 

  • Marcos reported having a connection to someone who wants to donate and get involved with Planting Day.  

  • Pesek Law volunteers will coordinate planting day.  

• Budget Overview 

  • New item added- BID Website costs donated by Marcos Mora.  

  • Payment review performed in December 

  • Approval of ongoing payments for 2026 did not take place due to lack of quorum.  

• Next Steps and Priorities 

  • Continue with foundational work of BID- Cleaning, planting day, safety. 

  • Identifying and recruiting new board members. 

  • Next Public BID meeting- March 4, 10AM at Pesek Law.  

  • Next internal Board meeting- April 15, 10AM at Pesek Law or virtual.