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Staff recommend one-year, $3.36 million Mercy House contract to run Oxnard Navigation Center
Summary
City staff asked the Oxnard City Council to approve a one-year operating agreement with Mercy House to run the 110-bed Oxnard Navigation Center for fiscal year 2025–26, with a not-to-exceed cost of $3,355,407.75 and cost sharing from Ventura County.
City staff recommended that the Oxnard City Council approve a one-year operating agreement with the nonprofit Mercy House to run the Oxnard Navigation Center in fiscal year 2025–26 at a not-to-exceed cost of $3,355,407.75.
Michael Skinner, homeless programs administrator with the Housing Department, told the council that the agreement would fund the 110‑bed, 24‑hour navigation center at the former National Guard Armory site at 351 South K Street until a permanent facility opens. The recommendation was delivered as a presentation to the council and included funding and contingency details; the council was scheduled to consider the item on June 17, 2025.
The proposed total represents a reduction from last year’s not‑to‑exceed budget of $4,066,990 for fiscal year 2024–25, city staff said. Under the proposed FY2025–26 budget, Ventura County’s cost…
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