Westside Park Skate Spot Project

Decision

• Body: Escondido City Council
• Meeting date: 2026-05-20
• Agenda item: Item 5
• Proposed resolution: Resolution No. 2026-82
• Final action recorded from video: approved 5-0
• Contractor named in staff recommendation: GeoCon Engineering, Inc.
• Contract amount in staff recommendation: $1,293,844

Project Location

The staff report describes the project as a permanent custom skate park in Westside Park at 333 South Spruce Street in Escondido.

The agreement exhibit lists the project property with APNs 232-290-22-00, 232-290-23-00, and 232-290-25-00.

Park Context

The staff report describes Westside Park as approximately three acres and says it includes basketball courts, picnic tables, a shade structure, a tot lot/playground, restrooms, and open turf.

The report says the City developed the Westside Park skate spot after community outreach around skate parks and after the Washington Park Skate Spot.

City Skate Park Page Update

A City Skate Park page checked on May 24, 2026 lists Washington Park Skate Spot at 501 N. Rose Street and Westside Park Skate Spot, noted as coming Summer 2026, under Free Skate Parks. Treat that as dated City-page context, not as confirmation of completion, access, opening timing, hours, rules, or current use.

The City page lists the Skate Park at the Escondido Sports Center as permanently closed after a safety audit identified multiple safety deficiencies and found foundational structures had exceeded their life expectancies. That statement is about the Escondido Sports Center skate park, not a current safety or access statement about Westside Park Skate Spot.

Priority Work Plan Context

The City Council Priority Work Plan for FY 2025/26-2026/27 lists Westside Park Skate Spot among FY 2025/26 Parks Capital Projects community amenities for finalizing design and construction. Treat that as dated strategic work-plan context, not as proof of current construction, completion, opening timing, access, field conditions, operations, budget execution, contract execution, legal effect, or current use.

Earlier Planning Context

The City's 2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report, attached to an October 26, 2022 staff report, listed designing and constructing a new Westside Park Skate Spot as an anticipated implementation activity over 0-3 years in the Community Health and Services section. Treat that as dated historical annual-progress context, not as proof of current construction, completion, opening timing, access, field conditions, operations, budget execution, contract execution, legal effect, or current project status.

Prior Design Action

The May 20, 2026 staff report says the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-129 on August 28, 2024, awarding a design consulting agreement for the project to New Line Skateparks, Inc. for $260,196. An official September 11, 2024 agenda-packet attachment containing the August 28, 2024 City Council minutes records Item 3, Resolution No. 2024-129, as approved 5-0.

Treat the 2024 minutes as evidence of the recorded design-contract action only. They do not establish current construction, completion, opening timing, public access, operations, budget execution, contract performance, legal effect, or later project status.

Funding And Bid Results

The staff report says Park Development funds had been allocated for the project and that sufficient funds were available in the CIP account to fully fund it. It also says the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program budget allocated Park Development Funds to complete the project by December 2026.

The staff report says bid documents were published on March 18, 2026, and that six sealed bids were received on April 21, 2026. It identifies GeoCon Engineering, Inc. dba GeoCon Skateparks, Inc. as the lowest listed base bid at $1,293,844.00 and says staff determined GeoCon was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.