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Encinitas Parks and Recreation Commission elects chair and vice chair, approves meeting dates and work plan
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the commission re‑elected Ross Ritter as chair, chose Commissioner Evers as vice chair, approved meeting dates for the coming year, approved the February 18 minutes and adopted a multi‑section work plan with assigned ad‑hoc leads. All recorded votes were unanimous.
The Parks and Recreation Commission held routine organizational votes at its March 18 meeting, electing leadership and approving its meeting calendar and work plan for the coming year.
Commissioners re‑nominated Ross Ritter for chair and confirmed him by unanimous vote after a motion and second were recorded. Commissioners then nominated and selected Commissioner Evers as vice chair, again by unanimous vote.
The commission approved the minutes from its February 18 meeting, approved the meeting calendar (regular monthly meetings, dark in July and December), and adopted a draft work plan that the commission had discussed in detail earlier in the meeting. Commissioners assigned ad‑hoc groups and leads for each work plan item; workshop and event items in the plan include tours, holiday parade participation, guest speakers, bylaws updates, support for the Encinitas Project (a rebranded parks nonprofit), Harbor Seaside Parkway outreach in Cardiff, outdoor adult fitness equipment planning, tennis and pickleball monitoring, pop‑up parks at city events, trails master plan coordination, a pollinator garden at Pacific View Art Center, Adventure Lab/geocaching programming and marketing and promotion of PRCA (Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts) services and indoor rental spaces.
Chair Ross Ritter called the work plan "draft" during discussion and the commission made edits and assignments before voting to pass it. Meeting dates and the work plan were each approved unanimously.
Votes at a glance - Approve minutes (Feb. 18): Motion passed; mover: Commissioner Comerant; seconder: Commissioner Quinn; outcome: approved (unanimous). - Elect Chair (Ross Ritter): Nomination by Commissioner Comerant; second by Commissioner Quinn; outcome: approved (unanimous). - Elect Vice Chair (Commissioner Evers): Nominated by Chair Ross Ritter; second by Commissioner Quinn; outcome: approved (unanimous). - Approve 2025‑26 meeting dates (third Tuesday each month; dark July/December): Motion by Chair Ritter; second by Commissioner Capiello; outcome: approved (unanimous). - Approve 2025‑26 work plan and ad‑hoc assignments: Motion to adopt (mover not specified in transcript); second by Commissioner Kumar; outcome: approved (unanimous).
The chair said the approved work plan will go to City Council for review; council may accept it on consent or modify it.
