City planner outlines 2024–25 planning division work plan; commissioners request future downtown agenda discussion

Bronwyn Morones, the city planner, presented a mid‑cycle update to the planning divisionwork plan at the Escondido Planning Commission meeting Feb. 25, 2025, describing 15 long‑range items, two of which she said are complete, and answering commissionersquestions about prioritization and how the commission may request items be added to the timeline.

Morones said the planning division is one of five divisions within Development Services and that the work plan focuses on long‑range projects the division controls. She said the work plan includes 15 items, with a recently added item to implement the East Valley Specific Plan adopted by the City Council in 2023, and two completed items: a preapproved ADU program and a supplemental land use element tied to the East Valley Area Parkway plan update.

"The prioritization of the work…