The temporary equipment at Lynch Park could be installed within a month or so, Stothert said at a press conference in her office. The exact timeline will depend on what equipment the skaters want and whether the city has to complete any additional work at the site. City costs would be minimal, Parks and Recreation Director Brook Bench said.

The city also will evaluate sites in South Omaha for a permanent skate park, which may or may not end up in Lynch Park. The timeline on that will depend in part on where the park is built.

Brenton Gomez, a member of the Nebraska Skate Parks Council who met with the city, said he’s happy that the mayor saw the need for a skate park in South Omaha. On Tuesday afternoon, he hadn’t yet spoken with many of the teenagers who frequent the park, but he knew what he’d say to them.

“When I see the kids, I’ll tell them, ‘We did it, baby! We did it,’ ” said Gomez, 32.

The city removed the original ramps because the skateboarders, a group of teenagers and adults, had installed them on tennis courts at Lynch Park without city approval. Officials have said the ramps were dangerous, did not meet city standards and would have posed a liability had someone gotten hurt on them. The group had drilled some of them into the tennis courts.