Thursday, June 25, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
For Immediate Release
City of Encinitas
New Street-side Dining and Outdoor Retail Coming to Downtown Encinitas!
Come join us as we partake in the new fresh air restaurant seating and retail display space on South Coast Highway 101. The Encinitas City Council has authorized converting one traffic lane in each direction to restaurant seating and retail display space to allow restaurants and stores to provide safe dining and shopping experiences for their patrons as they comply with COVID-19 requirements. The City's new Downtown Shared Streets Program will initially be located between D and E streets and may possibly be expanded to additional blocks in the future. The City worked closely with the Encinitas 101 Mainstreet Association to develop a plan to reduce traffic to one lane in each direction, and to create an expanded seven-foot outdoor dining and retail space on each side of the street. New wheel stops will be placed in each parking space to create the new dining and retail area. Barricades and large boxed trees will be placed at intervals to further delineate the dining and retail area and help create a sense of place. Installation of the temporary improvements will be completed between June 29 and July 3 and is planned to remain in place until physical distancing is no longer necessary.
The project is partially funded by a grant from SANDAG.
Haven't seen exact plan but sounds like it should be extended to the entire length of the downtown area. Great idea. Lets keep it well past the china virus epidemic. Take a look at Santana Row in San Jose. That is what we should make downtown Encinitas look and feel like.
ReplyDeleteKeep it after the pandemic is blakespear's plan. Bicycles for all! even if an epic fail she'll claim it's a resounding success. kind of like her Cardiff crazy lanes.
Deleteone vehicle lane per direction, roundabouts and nice wide bicycle paths and walkways. perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhere will people park? If it is one lane, that will be the parking lot.
ReplyDeleteSome people can actually walk.
DeleteCan anyone tell us when and where this was decided? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
ReplyDeleteNo one seems to know....
Go read the agendas.
DeleteBring it on.
ReplyDeleteLove it.
Let’s support our local restaurants and businesses outdoors and safe.
Brilliant.
Dig it.
Sweden has it right. This County and City is led by a bunch of Karens. Pffff
ReplyDeletehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/06/26/sweden-under-fire-for-coronavirus-strategy-pushes-back-on-who-criticism/#609257da36d5
I take it you didn't read the link you provided? Was and still is the worst place to be in Europe and one of the highest death rates in the world. No body wants to be like Sweden but the ill informed.
DeleteLet’s play a little game called: can you find Sweden on this map?
Deletehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ebe-xWVWoAEDzB-.jpg
6:47- You are right. Sweden is way ahead of their stupid neighbors in reaching herd immunity and supports the healthy choices of their citizens. In the end, their death rate from COVID will be lower than the USA and their neighbors.
DeleteThe USA leaders just love to dictate crap and see how close they can push the public towards a Police state for this ghost virus.
we read the agendas, 4:30. Where was it discussed in open, regular session? can't find it but you sound like you know. you sound like tony, but that's beside the point.
ReplyDeleteIm not doing your homework for you unless you pay me. How much are you willing to offer?
DeleteThe outdoor use of 101 for retail and dining is a good idea. It will help our local businesses and our local health.
So there was no publicly-noticed hearing for this vote.
DeleteWrong.
Delete5/20.
I live in Olivenhain. There are actual residents her and in Rancho Santa Fe who like to support restaurants on 101, everyone is saying the same thing. It is already almost impossible to find parking unless you go at an off hour. Where will we park now>
ReplyDeletethere is no need to park a car. Take a rideshare uber, lift or someother taxi or ride a bike. plenty of bike parking. Parking areas and lots are such a waste of valuable land, and should be a thing of the past.
ReplyDeletePlus if your having any drinks, or on any meds including THC you should not be driving at all.
The City totally f'd up Vulcan Avenue. Another total failure from Tony Kranz and Blakespear.
Look at the way Europeans and every other part of the world travels to their core downtowns. Do not be so backwards thinking.
And yet 8:45 a.m. You live here, with all of us backward thinkers.
DeleteSo, if we don't think like "Europeans" we are backward? Get real.
ReplyDelete8:49, if your definition of “American Exceptionalism” means we cannot compare results with or learn from other countries on common challenges (healthcare, criminal justice, labor protections, environmental stewardship, education, etc.), then your definition is wrong.
DeleteWhat should make America exceptional is our willingness to borrow and harvest every good idea and talented person from every corner.
10:27- Well said.
DeleteOr any other part of the world. Yeah - face it. You never change and you never will. You rw an old fart that will die soon anyway, and there are millions of humans to fill your spot anyway.
ReplyDelete8:52 can you tell us when this decision was made and where? Was it held in public or behind closed doors?
DeleteIn public.
DeleteMay 20.
at 3 pm special session as I read on encinitas votes page. so public/not too public you know?
Deleteslip it through with as little public input as possible which is probably good for everyone anyway because Blakespear never listens to anyone other than Marco.
DeletePeople would have been wasting their time. The decision was made long before the special session of the City Council meeting. They only did that to try and cover their tracks.
10:34- knowing Blakespear, likely behind doors after discussing with all the Councilmembers to make sure she had the votes if it ever gos to City Council.
ReplyDeleteLaws and rules do not apply to Blakespear only her minion.
I stopped eating out years ago. So I don't care. When fools pay $15.00 for a plate of tacos, rice and beans I just make fun of them. Almost everything is out of a can anyway. What are these people thinking?
ReplyDelete12:17- thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis morning the Fat Orange Turd tweeted out a video of his supporters chanting “white power.”
ReplyDeleteHe called them “great people.”
I shit you not. Welcome to the modern GOP.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1277204969561755649?s=21
Orange Turd and a dementia ridden rapist for an alternate, what great options for President.
ReplyDeleteAnd then locally, we have a Mayor that only listens to one "friend" and could careless about the citizens thoughts on community issues.
Another beautiful day in the modern day Encinitas. At least, we have an election coming up to replace our local train wreck.
Think Globally, Act Locally!! Peace!
ABC
You forgot "with gratitude!" - that was shaffer's gagworthy sign off. Believe ABC uses "in gratitude." She just can't admire Shaffer enough.
DeleteWhen ordering at the new outdoor seating on Highway 10, be sure to remind the waiter that you want a serving of exhaust gases added to your order. It's free with your meal.
ReplyDelete8:07am. So you are calling Biden a dementia ridden rapist because a women who has been found to be an outright liar whose lawyer abandoned her from the lying?
ReplyDeleteYou are not part of the solution. You are the problem with enabling a leader who has no soul or humanity.
It has always been about him over any considerations of our nations best interests.
Somehow we are together on the need for a new majority thsi fall. Dumping all the current encumbents is mandatory for any change to happen.
Calling out Biden as you have done is shameful. Yes, he is known to violate person space by hugging, but there has never been any sexual intent and you damn well know it.
1:29 don’t take the bait.
Delete2020 is a referendum on Trump.
End of story.
Yeah- It doesn't matter if Biden likes to digitally rape people or whatever. It might as well be digital Joe.... Its a referendum. I'm looking forward to the rapist who can not remember anything in about 18 months. What an improvement.
DeleteRemember what happened at the Saloon? This seems like a recipe for a disaster.
ReplyDeleteI think Biden has his fingers on the pulse of America.
ReplyDeleteBiden better check to see if he has a pulse.
DeleteAre you saying your fat orange turd-God is losing to a dead man?
DeleteWow.
How weak is he?
He's not my fat orange turd, but you are right he will be losing to a dead man. He is that weak.
DeleteGot to love America and you dumb citizens. Elect an orange turd and then replace him with a dementia rapist. What will his tag line be? I know, "America is bright, just like my future" - Oh the shame.
ReplyDeleteDo not even get me started on our local failures. Uggg - so depressing.
Russia releasing the Pee-Pee tape would perk you up.. but they have Turdman in their pocket so they are holding it for now.
Delete6:40am. Your harping on Biden for being a demented rapist without a shred of proof other than a known liar whose own lawyer quit because of her accounting of an incident that never happened makes you one sick pos.
ReplyDeleteWhile we agree about the orange turd, your constant calling Biden a rapist tells us more about you than intended.