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Oxnard staff propose $900,000 CDBG reallocation to La Colonia street project to meet HUD timeliness
Summary
Housing Department grants manager Lorraine Mendez told the Oxnard City Council that staff seeks a second substantial amendment to the FY 2025–26 Annual Action Plan to reallocate $900,000 in CDBG funds from the Cal Geisler project to the La Colonia Neighborhood Street Resurfacing and ADA Improvement Project to satisfy HUD timeliness rules and close a funding gap.
At a Feb. 2026 Oxnard City Council public hearing, Lorraine Mendez, Grants and Compliance Services Manager in the Housing Department, proposed a second substantial amendment to the fiscal year 2025–26 Annual Action Plan to reallocate $900,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Cal Geisler neighborhood resurfacing project to the La Colonia Neighborhood Street Resurfacing and ADA Improvement Project.
Mendez said the change is intended to address a HUD timeliness requirement. "HUD regulations allow for changes to be made to the AAP," she said, and noted that a grantee's undisbursed CDBG balance must not exceed 1.5 times its most recent annual grant allocation. For Oxnard in 2026 that 1.5x limit is $3,112,171.50; as of February 2026 the…
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