Farewell, Peter Kiefer

Maintenance Superintendent Peter Kiefer made an emotional farewell to the City of Del Mar March 3 after 35 years' service with the Public Works Department.

Through the years, Kiefer earned seven promotions as he developed an expert understanding of the City's infrastructure.

"We have grown together," Kiefer said during his remarks. "This community has given me a purpose."

Also emotional was City Manager Ashley Jones as she thanked Kiefer for his service.

"I can’t even count how many times you’ve been recognized by your peers," Jones said, "and by the City as a whole."

Open proclamation

Watch meeting

Round-the-clock railway construction this weekend

Another weekend of round-the-clock railway construction is scheduled for March 7-10 as SANDAG proceeds with its Del Mar Bluffs Stabilization Program.

In a construction notice, SANDAG warns that drilling will cause loud noise from 8th to 11th streets. 

At the bottom of 9^th Street, 24/7 concrete pumping and truck traffic is scheduled. Bright lights will illuminate work areas.

Parking restrictions are scheduled for segments of 8^th and 9^th streets and Stratford Court.

The work is part of SANDAG's Del Mar Bluffs Stabilization 5 project and will coincide with a full closure of the railway from 10 p.m. March 7 through 5 a.m. March 10.

The bluffs project is expected to continue through mid-2027.

Open SANDAG construction notice

Open SANDAG Del Mar Bluffs Stabilization webpage

Contact SANDAG: 858-549-RAIL or LOSSANcorridor@SANDAG.org

Council reviews work plan, sets goals

During a workshop March 5, the City Council reviewed the staff work plan and set goals and priorities as an early step in Del Mar's upcoming, two year-budget cycle. 

Open agenda

Watch meeting

Del Mar retires its fax machine 

The City of Del Mar has retired its fax machine due to low usage and the cost and effort to maintain it.

City staff is updating its printed and digital documents to remove the old fax number. If you happen upon any pages where it is listed, please contact us: 858-755-9313.

Thank you!

March 22: Del Mar Recycles

The City of Del Mar and EDCO are sponsoring a free recycling, shredding and mulch event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 22, at the lower parking lot of Shores Park. Enter off of Stratford Court south of Ninth Street.

Residents can responsibly dispose of electronic waste, fluorescent bulbs, household batteries and sharps.

Household hazardous waste and pharmaceuticals will not be accepted.

A certified paper shredder will provide onsite shredding of up to three banker boxes full of documents per household.

Goodwill will be on site to accept donations of reusable items.

Residents also can self-load up to three barrels of mulch and compost while supplies last. 

The event is open to City of Del Mar residents and businesses only. The collection of sharps is limited to residents only.

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Addendum published for San Dieguito Drive Engineer's Report

A consultant on the San Dieguito Drive Improvements Project has concluded that despite an inadvertent mischaracterization of an outside data point included in a source document, the Engineer’s Report is “accurate and defensible” and that cost-sharing between homeowners and the City should not change.

In an addendum, John Bliss, Assessment Engineer and President of SCI Consulting Group, states that the source document—the Crest Canyon Evacuation Plan of March 2022—had mischaracterized the number of residences included in calculations for the Engineer’s Report of April 2024. The evacuation plan had identified some free-standing garages and other structures as homes.

“It would have been more precise to have noted that these were ‘structures,’ because not all were residences,” Bliss wrote in the Jan. 9, 2025, addendum.

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Crime blotter: March 1-6

Nothing to report.

Source: San Diego County Sheriff's Department

March 15: Geology lecture at library

The Friends of the Del Mar Library are hosting a geology lecture from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the library at 1309 Camino Del Mar.

Open webpage

Trash Talk: Did you know that...

...empty plastic tubs with lids go in the blue recycling cart?

Learn more about the City's sustainability programs on the Go Green Del Mar webpage. 

Go Green Del Mar webpage

Presale tickets for Summer Solstice through March 31

It'll be summer before you know it. That means Summer Solstice, and that means now is the time to buy advanced presale tickets to save some money and save your spot for the fabulous foodie fest June 12 at Powerhouse Park.

Open DMVA notice

52-Week Challenge No. 34

Project Clean Water challenges residents to celebrate Fix a Leak Week.

Open notice

Design Review Board (2 ex-officio, non-voting members.) Closes 4:30 p.m. March 7.

Design Review Board (2 voting, resident members.) Closes 4:30 p.m. March 21.

Measure Q Citizen Advisory Committee (1 voting, Del Mar business representative.) Closes 4:30 p.m. March 7.

Sustainability Advisory Committee (1 ex-officio, non-voting member.) Closes 4:30 p.m. March 7.

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