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Commission staff summarized the work‑plan items. Highlights included: the native plant policy draft ordinance (a public workshop was held March 24), the mobility element draft (staff expect the draft to be presented to City Council for briefing when all five council members are available), an updated five‑year Climate Action Plan (CAP) draft that the city will now seek a consultant‑conducted cost‑benefit analysis for before council adoption, and a proposed food service single‑use plastic ordinance that the commission’s subcommittee expects to forward for council consideration in June. Staff also reported the city will renew its Bee City USA membership and submit the annual Bee City report.

On the CAP, staff said additional cost‑benefit analysis is intended to show the estimated costs and benefits of measures before council adopts the plan; staff estimated that analysis will require roughly three to four months and will require a contract amendment to the consultant’s scope. Crystal (city staff) told commissioners the city manager and council briefings supported pursuing the analysis prior to CAP adoption.

Commissioners discussed aligning native plant policy with local weed‑abatement and fire‑safety enforcement to avoid unintended removal of native plants when property owners receive violation notices. Staff said they would follow up with the fire marshal. The commission also discussed outreach events (Cyclovia May 18; EcoFest June 1) and confirmed that the environmental awards would be presented at the April 23 City Council meeting.

The meeting included two formal motions: approval of the March 13 meeting minutes and approval of the work plan with three membership changes (adding Mark to the Bee City subcommittee, adding a commissioner to the native plant subcommittee, and the commissioner’s withdrawal from the environmental awards subcommittee). Both motions were adopted by voice vote with all commissioners present voting in favor.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Encinitas Environmental Commission Meeting 4/10/25","oneSentenceSummary","The commission approved its updated work plan with three staffing/subcommittee changes, received updates on the native plant policy, the mobility element, the Climate Action Plan (CAP) and a proposed food service plastic ordinance, and staff said it will recommend a cost‑benefit analysis be added to the CAP process before council adoption.","taxTitle","Encinitas, San Diego County, California","taxId",3828,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6598845,"Encinitas presents 2024 beach‑visitor counts: more than 3 million visitors and new automated counters",525,1657000,2182000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437&start=1657&end=2182","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437/thumbnail_1657000.jpg","/articles/6598845/Encinitas/San-Diego-County/California/Encinitas-presents-2024-beachvisitor-counts-more-than-3-million-visitors-and-new-automated-counters","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598845-2aea76b5d37e75044c8a3f9c4395e2fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771030945&Signature=cTcaxaUUrNWGfTb5xvWIuZjSWHinMq47hbyKwMMOWld2kArPSzln7aoZL2SvQjzPhqlyS4h2T6Fxw~CfafOy9apMad7g4U3gObkbHZ5Aoght6~hFdTxrfDsxaWWgBftTOBG3CUgVp92Dru7HWUp08mOtYCLx99MbU7TzwCq8f85Xo~M5PY3BGyVSQUJulNoIOdnX7~slQxZbh4xrcviCSF3nKx58PWa-UC32Tog24VuB7N1S2pIs4G3-JiVFEgEKmVwMtsbCmEqWHCxyyaH8vb-kgotb-s-KkBlkDKoLkfANIGZe5iUWvUkPd8neYjnGlQzTiRn72O7ztzzAkDVUOQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Anushka Iyer, Coastal and Sustainability Aide in the City of Encinitas Development Services department, presented the city’s 2024 beach‑counter report to the Environmental Commission, reporting more than 3 million visitors at city‑managed beaches in 2024 and outlining recent equipment and data‑management upgrades.

Iyer summarized the program’s history and scope: lifeguards manually counted visitors before 2001; since then the city has transitioned to automated counters. The city manages six beaches (Grandview, Beacons, Stone Steps, Moonlight, D Street and Swami’s) while California State Parks manages beach access south of Swami’s. Iyer said eight counter sites are active, including three at Moonlight Beach (pedestrian ramp, emergency ramp and roundabout), and that the program uses Eco Counter sensors with passive infrared (Pyro) technology and EcoVisio cloud software for data transmission and analysis.

Iyer said EcoVisio reported a 2024 total of more than 3,000,000 visitors and an average daily count of 8,326. She identified the single peak day as June 15 with 24,117 visitors and the peak month as July (446,568 visits). For Moonlight Beach, the city applies a multiplier (3.6), derived from a pedestrian‑count technical study, to account for additional access points that are not instrumented.

Iyer explained program benefits for planning and reporting: the counts help justify sand‑nourishment projects, support resource‑management and operational decisions, assist forecasting of sales and transient‑occupancy tax revenue, and satisfy annual reporting requirements to California State Parks under the city’s lease/MOU. She described recent upgrades from larger wired sensors to smaller battery‑powered Pyro sensors (batteries with long lifespans) and the adoption of automatic cloud data transfer to reduce field retrieval.

Commissioners asked about tracking out‑of‑town visitors, long‑term trends, and program costs. Iyer said the current sensor program counts physical bodies and is not configured to identify visitor origin; she said the city has considered but not implemented JS‑based cellular tracking because of accuracy concerns. She said the counter program is funded from the city’s coastal management budget and that staff will recommend that a consultant cost‑benefit analysis for the Climate Action Plan be added to a future city‑council agenda (the CAP discussion was handled later in the meeting).","City staff reported annual beach‑visitor data collected by automated counters, noted the move to smaller battery‑powered sensors with cloud transmission, and described how data supports sand‑nourishment planning and resource management.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6598848,"San Diego Botanic Garden and donor fund Parkdale Lane Elementary native pollinator garden",853,301000,1154000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437&start=301&end=1154","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437/thumbnail_301000.jpg","/articles/6598848/Encinitas/San-Diego-County/California/San-Diego-Botanic-Garden-and-donor-fund-Parkdale-Lane-Elementary-native-pollinator-garden","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598848-3507def2207e1a0b5a9497ba57c96441/orig.mp4?Expires=1771030945&Signature=o0aPMGGiJ2HyROfLZJJkn7tLwQk6ZTz9ZRunyzxDduYB0VBwG5QAnXVF8bbwacaoEUalVsu8wQVZ8G5bt27vZCNnRR2dLC8oxOMyvTev9pQcUQTvG9sCJQIkuT~0ywOV9GeP1bM~cbIqSc9XERXSRkFbS94tJZHkHDS5VbOT6cNwaQg2n4ufivOWLsXDC9sOBA0ppbM2IQRXuOyhy7V1jlQ0pHs2wvCHcJjA2trh~psfIlha7JKV2BEEqVggKRiGiAPA3-XKz9z5CBaap2fcNR2qySGT4hl-Ve7tRslH6UeT9qyectpYgYGEB5HzoEyZayEBjTAEoMhxXFs1LzTasg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The San Diego Botanic Garden has installed a native pollinator garden on a slope at Parkdale Lane Elementary School in Encinitas, the garden’s habitat restoration program manager said at the Environmental Commission meeting.

Joe DeWolf, Habitat Restoration Program Manager for the San Diego Botanic Garden, said a private donor funded the project and the garden’s three goals were to enhance pollinator habitat at the Botanic Garden, to create pollinator plantings on City property (Moonlight Beach parcel), and to transform the slope at Parkdale Lane Elementary. DeWolf said the work began in November and included removing nonnative ice plant (Carpobrotus edulis), scraping accumulated duff, installing mulch and landscape boulders, and planting a diverse mix of native shrubs, sages, buckwheats, manzanitas, wildflowers and other species selected to provide year‑round flowers and larval host plants.

DeWolf described the site as an ‘‘interpretive garden’’ because it is bounded by ice plant and turf; he said volunteers from the Botanic Garden grew many of the wildflower plugs used in the installation and planted them in 4‑inch pots to improve establishment. He said volunteers and garden staff have been hand‑watering weekly during establishment and that the Botanic Garden committed to maintain the site for ‘‘at least a few years’’ to reduce maintenance burden on the school.

Commissioners asked about long‑term maintenance, irrigation and whether the school district would require ongoing care. DeWolf said the planting is intended to become largely self‑sustaining once established: ‘‘Once we get enough native coverage and get enough of these wildflowers to reseed and get a nice seed bank going, it should be, for the most part, self sustaining.’’ He added that volunteers remain important and encouraged residents to sign up through the San Diego Botanic Garden website for Wednesday morning restorations and occasional Saturday events.

DeWolf said early observations included native sweat bees, a yellow‑faced bumblebee and hummingbirds visiting the site; he and commissioners noted the project’s potential educational value for students and neighbors. No formal commission action was taken; the presentation was informational and followed by public questions and discussion about native plant policy alignment with weed‑abatement and fire‑safety rules.","The San Diego Botanic Garden, with funding from a private donor, removed invasive ice plant and installed native species at Parkdale Lane Elementary to create year-round pollinator habitat and educational signage; staff and volunteers will provide maintenance during establishment.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6598853,"Public speaker urges Encinitas Environmental Commission to back AB 762 banning disposable e-cigarettes",142,116000,258000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437&start=116&end=258","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3024207-830922d636c950a70976aef8b5ef6437/thumbnail_116000.jpg","/articles/6598853/Encinitas/San-Diego-County/California/Public-speaker-urges-Encinitas-Environmental-Commission-to-back-AB-762-banning-disposable-e-cigarettes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6598853-a60bf5c3a1aa68a14232834ff09424d3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771030945&Signature=BaZD5dwNm5EcKx4ZbBwp5AcnGmWfmIeSuzqmge7W6mGWoKtiJrNFzQYs0RcFwdSTwK-0EbfyEVuIZTN00daQvC6Yu1xtyj~xRFAYfDn-XQ3QgRAbNeJgq5BGymMri46Igs0e15SGWhoQZlX-3ILPraFs1Opmf9HSbwePw1e6i2gXjWq3vv2Ar2qNwwzcmRYauu1HdZWDawZeXDUl5-BGVaTZjs3Kgroo3AqGz5UFyyGrDspk0hSamrx23TRNh6YJ8tylgaZPIB2XlqUgPMibHWmWZv4pv1Kq28BSulFfPJ0A93Y9TK3JX6eCfoIkcdxwvTtq7bVf23kKihanLpLsrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Peggy Walker, with the San Diego Alliance for Drug Free Youth, told the Encinitas Environmental Commission that she supports AB 762, a pending state bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes. Walker said the products pose an environmental hazard because ‘‘they are more toxic, the plastic and the waste the hazardous waste materials and chemicals than cigarette butts.’’

Walker said the bill had recently cleared the Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and moved to the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions. ‘‘This handout I gave you explains all about it,’’ she said, and urged commissioners and the city to send letters or public support and to use the bill’s website to submit comments.

Walker told the commission she supports the bill partly because of disposal problems at schools and in cities, saying that, ‘‘people throw away about 4 and a half e cigs every second,’’ and that schoolchildren surveyed ‘‘throw them in their trash or they throw them on the sidewalk.’’ She described disposable e-cigarettes as hazardous waste that lacks clear disposal guidance and said the bill is intended to address those concerns.

The presentation was delivered during the meeting’s oral communications time and no formal commission action on AB 762 was taken at the meeting.","A representative of the San Diego Alliance for Drug Free Youth urged the commission to support California Assembly Bill 762 to ban disposable e-cigarettes, citing environmental and school-safety concerns.","actionData","errors"]

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