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Resident criticizes permitting delays; city manager calls remarks "outrageous and untrue"
Summary
A caller urged faster permitting and described Oxnard as "blighted" during public comment to the Public Works and Transportation Committee; City Manager Nijhoff responded that the caller's characterization was "outrageous and particularly untrue."
A member of the public criticized perceived permitting delays and described conditions in Oxnard as "blighted" during the public-comment period of the April 8 Public Works and Transportation Committee meeting, drawing a direct response from City Manager Nijhoff.
Grant Kennedy, who identified himself as a community member and resident, told the committee he and his client had been trying for more than a year to obtain a permit for a piece of commercial property. "This has just gone on too long," Kennedy said, urging staff to expedite the permit because, he…
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