Jason Benites

The Streamlined Annual PHA Plan for the Housing Authority of the City of Oxnard outlines its operations, programs, and services, and informs stakeholders of its mission, goals, and objectives for serving low-income families. The plan focuses on five key goals: supporting underserved communities, increasing access to affordable housing, promoting homeownership, furthering fair housing goals, and strengthening internal capacity. Key initiatives include repositioning public housing through the RAD/Section 18 program, pursuing Choice Neighborhoods Grants, and utilizing Project Based Vouchers to expand affordable housing options.

The PHA Plan for the Housing Authority of the City of Oxnard outlines the agency's mission to promote adequate and affordable housing, economic opportunity, and a suitable living environment free from discrimination. Key goals include supporting underserved communities, increasing access to affordable housing, promoting homeownership, furthering fair housing goals, and strengthening internal capacity. Strategies involve applying for special purpose vouchers, collaborating with local organizations to address homelessness, expanding assisted housing options, increasing project-based voucher initiatives, and improving operational efficiencies.

The 2021-2025 Strategic Plan for the City of Oxnard Fire Department focuses on several key areas: maintaining a skilled and diverse workforce, improving service delivery to the Oxnard community, modernizing facilities and technology, enhancing disaster preparedness, increasing public engagement in fire safety, and strengthening administrative functions. The plan includes specific goals such as developing a wellness culture, improving internal culture, promoting diversity, investing in staff training, ensuring preparedness for fire and hazardous incidents, enhancing emergency medical services, maintaining special operations capabilities, reducing catastrophic losses through fire prevention, and incrementally implementing a lifeguard program. It aims to guide decision-making and budgeting priorities to meet current and future challenges, with the ultimate goal of achieving an ISO Class 1 rating and accreditation through the Commission on Fire Accreditation.

The City Council's 5-year priorities for 2021-2025 focus on enhancing the quality of life through youth and senior programs, addressing homelessness, and building community facilities. Economic development efforts include business retention and attraction, workforce training, and revitalization of key corridors. Public safety priorities involve maintaining emergency response times, fire protection, neighborhood policing, and disaster preparedness. Infrastructure and natural resources will be improved through street paving, parkway maintenance, water supply assurance, and alley and seawall repairs. Organizational effectiveness will be achieved through financial sustainability, reserve replenishment, appropriate staffing, cybersecurity, and staff training.

The City Council of the City of Oxnard will conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution confirming diagrams and assessments for Fiscal Year 2025-26 in connection with the city's Landscape Maintenance Districts. The assessment districts fund landscape improvements, including hardscape, ornamental improvements, benches, lighting and other appurtenances. The assessments in connection with most of the Assessment Districts will be higher than in FY 2024-25.