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San Elijo JPA Opens Water Campus Project

The new Water Campus Improvement Project for San Elijo Joint Powers Authority opened on October 19, 2021. Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who is a SEJPA Board Member, and Encinitas City Council Member Kellie Shay Hinze, who serves as the SEJPA Board Vice Chair, participated in the ribbon cutting. Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz and Council Members Joe Mosca and Joy Lyndes were also in attendance.

The new facility includes administrative offi ces, a 90,000-gallon capture and storage tank for stormwater runoff that will send stormwater back into the wastewater recycling system, classrooms and research spaces, public parking spots to serve the San Elijo Lagoon and Nature Center, a small public park, and a bike path running from Manchester Avenue to Birmingham Drive. The plant, which serves Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and parts of Rancho Santa Fe, has the ability to treat 5.25 million gallons of water every day and produce more than 500 million gallons of recycled water every year.

Photo, left to right: David Zito, Councilmember Solana Beach, District 1 (SEJPA Board Member), Tasha Boerner Horvath, Assemblymember, 76th Assembly District, Kristi Becker, Deputy Mayor Solana Beach (SEJPA Board Chair), Catherine Blakespear, Mayor Encinitas (SEJPA Board Member), Kellie Hinze, Councilmember Encinitas, District 2 (SEJPA Board Vice Chair), Michael Thornton, General Manager, San Elijo Joint Powers Authority

MOBILITY ELEMENT UPDATE IS UNDERWAY!

Join us throughout the process to develop goals and policies for a citywide mobility plan. The Mobility Element is a section of the City’s General Plan that identifi es a multimodal transportation network to serve the community’s needs. For more information and opportunities for involvement, visit: EncinitasCA.Gov/MobilityElement

Join The Encinitas Lifeguards!

The City of Encinitas Marine Safety Division annually seeks hard-working, ocean-minded, customer service-oriented applicants to help keep our beaches safe. Don’t miss out on this year’s opportunity for a fun and rewarding position with the City.

The next recruitment will begin soon for the positions of: Paid Assistant & Entry Level Lifeguard. Fill out a job interest card online today to be notifi ed of all openings at www.governmentjobs.com/careers/encinitasca/jobInterestCards/categories (or scan QR code). Make sure to check the following boxes: Fire & EMS, Public Safety, and Safety! Safety!

Following every federal decennial census, local governments are required to commence a formal redistricting process as prescribed by the California Elections Code. This process, called redistricting, is important in ensuring that each city councilmember represents about the same number of constituents. In Encinitas, the City Council is responsible for drawing council districts. The City Council has held two public workshops and will hold a total of four public hearings throughout the process to seek input on communities of interest and how district boundaries should be drawn to best represent your community.

Join us in-person for our upcoming Public Hearings:

City Council Public Hearing #3 – Wed, Jan 19, 6:30pm, City Council Chambers City Council Public Hearing #4 – Wed, Mar 9, 6:30pm, City Council Chambers

For more information or to create a map of your own, visit EncinitasCA.Gov/Redistricting

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Construction is moving along well on Phase 1 of Leucadia Streetscape on North Coast Highway 101 between Marcheta Street and Basil Street!

The old medians along the 101 have been replaced with raised concrete medians. The new medians contain irrigation and dozens of new trees. Smaller plants will be added early next year when the new irrigation system is energized.

You’ll see new pavement on the northbound lanes and some new pavement on the southbound lanes adjacent to the median. Additional paving and striping with bike lanes will be added between Encinitas Boulevard and Marcheta Street once the storm drain work is completed toward the end of November.

On the west side of the 101, crews removed old curb, gutter and pavement between Marcheta Street and El Portal. The contractor has installed underground utilities and graded the area. Once new curb and gutter is in place on the west side, more new pavement will be placed on the southbound lanes. Toward the end of the month and into December, work will begin to replace the rest of the remaining sidewalk.

After work is complete between Marcheta Street and El Portal, construction will begin between El Portal and Basil Street to remove and replace curb, gutter and sidewalk, plant new trees and add new street furniture. The fi nal stage of work will be the El Portal roundabout and tying into the El Portal undercrossing to provide a connection to Vulcan Avenue. The Leucadia Streetscape and El Portal Undercrossing projects will be completed in late Spring 2022.

The Leucadia Streetscape team continues to engage local businesses to provide information about upcoming work and help address their concerns.

For more Leucadia Streetscape project information, visit EncinitasCA.Gov/Streetscape