Carlsbad parks roundup: Stagecoach garden under construction; pickleball courts, volunteer day and lifeguard rescue highlighted
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Summary
Commissioners heard a batch of park updates: ACE Capital Engineering was awarded a contract (~$464,000) for the Stagecoach Community Garden; pickleball court designs are nearing finalization; National Public Lands Day volunteer work is Sept. 28; staff also highlighted a lifeguard’s off-duty rescue and praised summer programs.
At the Sept. 16 meeting the Parks and Recreation Commission received a number of shorter project and program updates from staff and a park projects presentation from Todd Reese.
Reese reported the Stagecoach Community Garden project — a repurposing of a former park maintenance yard — was put out to bid, and on July 23 City Council awarded a construction contract to ACE Capital Engineering for an amount not to exceed approximately $464,000; a pre-construction meeting has been held and construction is underway with completion expected in 2024.
Reese said design work on Veterans Memorial Park continues, including additional hydrology consulting and grading-plan resubmittals; consultants are addressing review comments with a goal of completing work by late fall. He also reported staff executed agreements for four outdoor pickleball courts at Calavera Hills and Stagecoach Community Park; conceptual designs are nearly complete and final design tuning is underway.
Reese announced National Public Lands Day volunteer activity scheduled for Sept. 28 at Lake Calavera Preserve from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., focused on trail refurbishment and fence delineation.
Earlier in the department report, Director Lancaster highlighted a lifesaving by off-duty senior lifeguard Eric Lobdell, who performed CPR on a person in cardiac arrest at the beach; Lancaster said Lobdell told staff "it's a matter of his training just kicking in" and that the person made a full recovery. Lancaster also relayed parent praise for day-long kids camps supervised by Recreation Supervisor Eric Sapp at Pine Avenue Community Center.
Procedurally the commission approved the July 15 regular meeting minutes and, after clarification about attendance, approved the July 24 special meeting minutes for those commissioners who were present.
Commissioners offered brief closing remarks thanking staff for a busy summer, and Chair Winston adjourned the meeting at 6:05 p.m.