Oxnard-- The Community Services Public Safety Housing & Economic Development Committee, Tuesday, February 22, reviewed a firm-fixed-price construction contract with MJ Management for the Palm Vista Senior Housing Project on C Street.
THE contract is for $379,560 and will use funds previously appropriated from the 2019 Capital Funds Grant.
The improvements will make the location compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 504.
Housing Director Emilio Ramirez presented the item to the committee, and he said the improvements would occur throughout Oxnard.
“Because there was a demolition of a substantial number of units in the Colonia Village over the past 10 years, we need to amend the number of units that are complying with section 504 throughout the system because we lost the Section 504 compliance at Colonia Village,” he said. “We are proposing to undertake the improvement of 44 units system-wide over the course of a variety of projects. Right now, what we’re looking for is the ability to provide for five of the units to be available at Palm Vista.”
He said the location is owned and operated by the Oxnard Housing Authority. Units 105 through 109 will be improved.
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