CITY NEWS San Elijo JPA Opens Water Campus Project The new Water Campus Improvement Project for San Elijo Joint Powers Authority opened on October 19, 2021. Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear, who is a SEJPA Board Member, and Encinitas City Council Member Kellie Shay Hinze, who serves as the SEJPA Board Vice Chair, participated in the ribbon cutting. Deputy Mayor Tony Kranz and Council Members Joe Mosca and Joy Lyndes were also in attendance. The new facility includes administrative offices, a 90,000-gallon capture and storage tank for stormwater runoff that will send stormwater back into the wastewater recycling system, classrooms and research spaces, public parking spots to serve the San Elijo Lagoon and Nature Center, a small public park, and a bike path running from Manchester Avenue to Birmingham Drive. The plant, which serves Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, and parts of Rancho Santa Fe, has the ability to treat 5.25 million gallons of water every day and produce more than 500 million gallons of recycled water every year. Photo, left to right: David Zito, Councilmember Solana Beach, District 1 (SEJPA Board Member), Tasha Boerner Horvath, Assemblymember, 76th Assembly District, Kristi Becker, Deputy Mayor Solana Beach (SEJPA Board Chair), Catherine Blakespear, Mayor Encinitas (SEJPA Board Member), Kellie Hinze, Councilmember Encinitas, District 2 (SEJPA Board Vice Chair), Michael Thornton, General Manager, San Elijo Joint Powers Authority
MOBILITY ELEMENT UPDATE IS UNDERWAY! Join us throughout the process to develop goals and policies for a citywide mobility plan. The Mobility Element is a section of the City’s General Plan that identifies a multimodal transportation network to serve the community’s needs. For more information and opportunities for involvement, visit: EncinitasCA.Gov/MobilityElement
Join The Encinitas Lifeguards!
The City of Encinitas Marine Safety Division annually seeks hard-working, ocean-minded, customer service-oriented applicants to help keep our beaches safe. Don’t miss out on this year’s opportunity for a fun and rewarding position with the City. The next recruitment will begin soon for the positions of: Paid Assistant & Entry Level Lifeguard. Fill out a job interest card online today to be notified of all openings at www.governmentjobs.com/careers/encinitasca/jobInterestCards/categories (or scan QR code). Make sure to check the following boxes: Fire & EMS, Public Safety, and Safety! Safety!
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