In a unanimous vote Wednesday, February 19th, the Encinitas City Council moved to preserve the vacant city-owned parcel at 634 Quail Gardens Drive as a park, reversing its prior designation as a potential affordable housing site and signaling a shift in land-use priorities.

After significant public interest and debate, the council’s decision repealed a resolution declaring the city-owned parcel at 634 Quail Gardens Drive, also known as L7, surplus land. Rather than formally rezoning the site, a deed restriction was placed on the 9.5-acre parcel to ensure its continued use as public open space.

This is outstanding news for the residents of Encinitas Ranch who have grown increasingly concerned about the over development along the Quail Gardens Drive corridor. This action is the direct result of years of hard work by many of our homeowners.

In addition, councilmember Jim O’Hara, who helped lead the push to preserve the site, announced that city staff had identified $3.1 million in mitigation funds that could be used for park development.

Read more about this exciting news in the Coast News:

https://thecoastnews.com/encinitas-council-votes-to-preserve-l7-site-as-park/