Del Mar Weekly banner

Issue No. 202 · April 28, 2023
 delmarweekly@delmar.ca.us

TOP STORIES
railroad bridge over san dieguito river

State awards $100M for San Dieguito rail project

A State program has awarded $100 million to the North County Transit District and San Diego Association of Governments to advance the San Dieguito Bridge Replacement, Double Track and Special Events Platform Project.


The California Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program awarded the grant to pay for: 

  • Replacement of the aging wooden trestle San Dieguito Lagoon rail bridge; 
  • Construction of a special events platform for the Del Mar Fairgrounds;
  • Construction of 0.3 mile of new main track; and
  • Siding rehabilitation/track improvements to 0.9 mile of siding track to create a total of 1.2 miles of new double-track.

NCTD and SANDAG announced the award April 24 in a news release.

Open news release

Monday: City Council meeting 

A regular meeting of the City Council begins at 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 1, at the Del Mar Civic Center Town Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar.


Members of the public can participate in person, by Zoom or telephone. Participants wishing to comment live should join the Zoom meeting when the item they wish to speak upon is announced.


Open Zoom link


Meeting ID: 847 9091 0014


Dial-in number: 669-900-6833


Watch meeting
agenda table of contents

Click to open full agenda
illustration of houses

City encourages public input for SB 9 draft ordinance

The City of Del Mar is gathering public input on an implementation ordinance for Senate Bill 9, State housing legislation that allows for multiple units and lot splits on property zoned for a single dwelling — all without a public hearing.


Open full story

PUBLIC SAFETY
vehicle burglary graphic
sheriff's star

Sheriff's crime blotter: April 19-26


No significant events.

Source: San Diego County Sheriff's Department

COMMUNITY BRIEFS
lagoon basin researcher

Wednesday: San Dieguito Wetland Restoration Project public meeting

Researchers from the UC Santa Barbara Marine Sciences Institute are set to host a public meeting on the status of the San Dieguito Wetlands Restoration Project from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. May 3 at the Del Mar Civic Center Town Hall, 1050 Camino del Mar.


Presenters will deliver results of monitoring from 2022. 


During the mid-2000s, Southern California Edison funded an expansive restoration of the lagoon to compensate for marine life harmed by operations of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The utility continues to pay for periodic dredging of the lagoon inlet.


UC Santa Barbara's monitoring program covers ecology and evolution, marine conservation, policy and education. The two-year program is funded through December 2023 by a $6.7 million grant from the California Marine Sanctuary Program. 


Members of the public can attend the meeting in person or on Zoom.


Open webpage
family riding bikes

May 18: Bike Anywhere Day

May is National Bike Month, a salute to bicycling as a form of transportation, recreation and leisure. SANDAG is celebrating by organizing Bike Anywhere Day, with pit stops and giveaways from 6 to 9 a.m. May 18.


One of the stops will be at the parking lot of Lifeguard Headquarters, 1700 Coast Blvd., where members of our Community Services Department will hand out T-shirts made by SANDAG and plenty of encouragement to riders.


Open webpage

SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
waste cart by Amelie Roy

Trash Talk: Did you know... 

…you can recycle Styrofoam—clean foam cups, meat trays, plates, carry-out containers, egg cartons, rigid polystyrene and block packaging (no Styrofoam pellets, though)—in the blue recycling cart?


Open webpage

PROJECT CLEAN WATER
Project Clean Water graphic

52-Week Challenge No. 41

Project Clean Water challenges residents to place all refuse in covered bins.


Open notice

COMMITTEE VACANCIES
town hall

Design Review Board - 2 non-voting members (Ex-officio). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 26.


Design Review Board - 1 voting member (Resident). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 26.


Planning Commission - 2 voting members (Resident). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 26.


Lagoon Committee - 1 voting member (Resident). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 19.


Arts Advisory Committee - 1 voting member (Del Mar Village Association Representative). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 19.


Arts Advisory Committee - 1 voting member (Resident). Closes 4:30 p.m. May 19.


Open notice

Learn more about  Committees, Vacancies and Volunteer Requirements

MEETINGS
Monday, May 1
  • Special City Council Closed Session, 3:45 p.m.
  • City Council, 4:30 p.m.
Open full calendar
Open agendas
Request to speak
Watch meetings

THE NATURE OF DEL MAR
Child on Del Mar beach

A child creating memories on Del Mar beach. Photo: Udo Wahn

TALK TO US

delmarweekly@delmar.ca.us

858-755-9313

www.delmar.ca.us/delmarweekly
SUBSCRIBE button

Copyright 2019 City of Del Mar. All Rights Reserved.
1050 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014
Powered by
CivicSend - A product of CivicPlus