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INCO adopts 2026 goals, schedules candidate forums and neighborhood chairs report cleanups and park projects
Summary
INCO approved four goals for 2026 — boost meeting participation, increase involvement through events and reactivations, create a living document tracking neighborhood status and update a best-practices handbook — and neighborhood chairs reported on cleanups, park improvements and upcoming candidate forums.
The Inter-Neighborhood Council Organization (INCO) read and affirmed four goals for 2026 on April 1 and heard neighborhood chairs report local events and projects.
Samantha, acting as executive secretary, read the four approved goals: increase meeting attendance to 25 participants, boost involvement through city events and neighborhood reactivations, create a living document listing neighborhood council statuses and the top three issues across neighborhoods, and produce a best-practices document to support neighborhood chairs.
Tom McNally (Channel Islands) announced a public works and transportation committee workshop on April 14 at 6:45 p.m. at the city council chambers to discuss use of remaining ARPA funds for water remediation and related projects and cited a working budget around $1 million. The executive board reported candidate forum planning with possible dates of May 6 and May 11; final scheduling will be announced after the executive board meeting.
Neighborhood chairs gave short reports and event notices: Blackstock South announced a bulky-item cleanup on April 4; Kamala reported a successful election meeting and an upcoming presentation by United Water Conservation; Rio Linda announced a park cleanup on May 2 and a bulky pickup on June 6; Via Marina reported strong turnout for park-improvement concept presentations and Quimby-fund planning; La Colonia raised concerns about a drug-use and encampment corridor and encouraged residents to use the Oxnard 311 app; Oxnard Dunes flagged a deteriorating harbor wall and announced a bulky-dump event on April 25.
Samantha reminded members that the city council will hold a special priority-setting meeting on April 30 and encouraged neighborhood chairs to circulate the city survey to capture resident input.
Larry Stein asked that INCO schedule discussion on the possible renewal of Measure O (a local sales-tax measure), arguing the citys survey is potentially biased and asking for neighborhood-level input before any ballot action is finalized.
The meeting concluded with an executive board update on candidate forums and without further objection adjourned.
