This Wednesday, May 28, the City Council will determine next steps for the Santa Fe Project. The City Council Agenda provides a full report, with suggested modifications.
Our motto is: Improve, Don’t Remove.
Please write to the City Council and encourage them to do the following:
- Implement the cost-effective, required modifications to the Santa Fe West project as recommended by staff.
- Straighten bike lanes across intersections.
- Create parking cut throughs for drivers to access sidewalk.
- Add green striping and low profile speed bumps at driveways to alert drivers to cyclists.
- Build the Santa Fe East project, which includes adding essential missing sidewalks and separated bike lanes from Evergreen to El Camino Real.
- Don’t waste our precious tax money reconfiguring parking spaces. Rather, increase law enforcement ticketing of improperly parked automobiles.
Here is a sample letter:
Dear Mayor Ehlers, Deputy Mayor Lyndes, and Councilmembers O’Hara, Shaffer, and San Antonio,
Safety and fiscal responsibility — that is your task as City leaders. Please focus on both when evaluating modification options for the Santa Fe Project.
Improve – Don’t Remove!
- I support the cost effective required modifications recommended by staff.
- I support adding missing sidewalks and separated bike lanes to the whole Santa Fe corridor – as designed in the Santa Fe East project.
- Don’t waste our precious tax money reconfiguring parking spaces. Rather, increase law enforcement ticketing of improperly parked automobiles.
Regards,
YOUR NAME
| Mayor Bruce Ehlers | behlers@encinitasca.gov |
| Deputy Mayor Joy Lyndes | jlyndes@encinitasca.gov |
| Council Member Jim O’Hara | johara@encinitasca.gov |
| Council Member Marco San Antonio | msanantonio@encinitasca.gov |
| Council Member Luke Shaffer | lshaffer@encinitasca.gov |
| City Clerk Kathy Hollywood | khollywood@encinitasca.gov |
Below is a link to the official agenda report, which provides detailed information about the project, costs, and staff recommendations.
