Encinitas parks commission reviews work plan, project updates and new recreation programs; approves Dec. 17 special meeting minutes

The Encinitas Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed progress on its 12‑item work plan and heard staff updates on park projects, nonprofit fundraising efforts and new recreation programming.

The commission approved the minutes from a Dec. 17, 2024 special meeting. The motion passed; four commissioners voted to approve the minutes while three members were absent.

Parks Manager Norgaard reported the lighting retrofit at Carter Sports Park is essentially complete after a grant‑funded replacement of high‑intensity field lighting with LEDs, with only punch‑list items and a few pedestrian‑scale lights remaining. He said a construction contract for Scott Valley Park has been awarded, the contractor has ordered equipment, and the notice‑to‑proceed is scheduled for early March. "So I expect they'll be on‑site sometime shortly after that," Norgaard said.

Norgaard also described the native plant demonstration garden project, which is…