By Chris Frost
Tri County Sentry
Oxnard--The City Council debated strict timelines to take advantage of the ARPA (American Rescue Plan) funding before the February 7 deadline.
The City has many needs, and balancing the projects to get all the money spent based on the economy makes the choices difficult.
"We need to have a discussion about why we need to shift gears to have the correct pace," City Manager Alex Nguyen said. "We also need to discuss modifying the American Rescue Plan."
Mayor Pro Tem Bryan MacDonald noted they approved Sports Park with a direct approach to soccer and baseball fields.
"Previous to that, we approved an Aquatic Center, and it started out with a 50-meter pool, and now it's down to a 30-meter pool," he said. "Looking at this list, in there are projects involving parks. Here we are, having approved an Aquatic Center and Sports Park as recreation facilities, and we're going to turn around and not fund six parks that are already existing parks. Because we can't get bonds right now because of the lawsuit, that means we won't have an Aquatic Center in the near future, and we won't have Sports Park in the…
