The action awarded the construction contract to GeoCon Engineering, Inc. and authorized a public improvement agreement listed at $1,293,844.

Decision

Project Location

The project is 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

Westside Park is approximately three acres and includes basketball courts, picnic tables, a shade structure, a tot lot/playground, restrooms, and open turf.

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

The City Skate Park page lists Washington Park Skate Spot at 501 N. Rose Street and Westside Park Skate Spot, noted as coming Summer 2026, under Free Skate Parks.

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.

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.

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.

Prior Design Action

On August 28, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2024-129, awarding a design consulting agreement for the project to New Line Skateparks, Inc. for $260,196. The August 28, 2024 City Council minutes record Item 3, Resolution No. 2024-129, as approved 5-0.

Funding and Bid Results

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

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

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References and audit trail

References

  1. Escondido City Council agenda packet for May 20, 2026
    City of Escondido · agenda-packet · published May 20, 2026 · retrieved May 20, 2026 · Origin
  2. Escondido City Council May 20, 2026 Item 5 reviewed video transcript excerpt
    City of Escondido · transcript · published May 20, 2026 · retrieved May 21, 2026 · Origin
  3. City of Escondido Skate Park
    City of Escondido · web-page · retrieved May 24, 2026 · Origin
  4. City Council Priority Work Plan
    City of Escondido · other · published May 25, 2026 · retrieved May 25, 2026 · Origin
  5. Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the General Plan staff report
    City of Escondido · other · published Oct 26, 2022 · retrieved May 25, 2026 · Origin
  6. Escondido City Council September 11, 2024 agenda packet with August 28, 2024 minutes
    City of Escondido · meeting-minutes · published Sep 11, 2024 · retrieved May 25, 2026 · Origin
  7. Escondido Agendas/Minutes Index
    City of Escondido via Municode Meetings · web-page · published May 26, 2026 · retrieved May 25, 2026 · Origin

Source Notes

The agenda packet verifies the staff recommendation, proposed resolution, project description, funding note, bid table, and agreement exhibit. It does not by itself verify final Council action. The final action is supported by the reviewed transcript excerpt from the official City meeting video. If approved minutes are later posted, they should be checked for corrections, amendments, or superseding action language.

The City Skate Park page was checked on May 24, 2026. It adds dated City-page context for the public skate-park listing and Escondido Sports Center skate-park closure, but it should not be used as standalone evidence of current construction, completion, access, opening timing, public use, hours, fees, rules, or safety conditions.

The City Council Priority Work Plan PDF was checked on May 25, 2026. It adds dated strategic work-plan context for Westside Park Skate Spot under FY 2025/26 Parks Capital Projects, but it should not be used as standalone evidence of construction start, construction completion, public opening, current access, current field conditions, budget execution, contract execution, legal effect, or operations.

The October 26, 2022 General Plan Annual Progress Report staff report was checked on May 25, 2026. It adds historical annual-progress context for Westside Park Skate Spot, but it should not be used as standalone evidence of construction start, construction completion, opening timing, public access, current field conditions, budget execution, contract execution, legal effect, operations, or current project status.

The September 11, 2024 agenda packet was retrieved on May 26, 2026 because it includes the August 28, 2024 City Council minutes as an approval-of-minutes attachment. The embedded minutes add recorded final-action context for the earlier Resolution No. 2024-129 design consulting agreement with New Line Skateparks, Inc.; they do not add current construction, completion, access, operations, budget-execution, or later-status evidence.

A May 26, 2026 live check of the Municode Agendas/Minutes index and May 20, 2026 meeting-detail page still found no May 20 meeting-minutes link. The official video transcript excerpt remains the May 20 final-action source for this page until approved minutes, adopted resolutions, or other final records are available.

The Agendas/Minutes index snapshot verifies only the visible May 20 row status in that captured index. The empty Minutes cell does not replace approved minutes, final Resolution No. 2026-82, construction records, opening/access records, operations records, or later official updates.

This page records the Council action and dated project source context; it does not publish current construction, opening, access, hours, rules, fees, or field-condition guidance.

Treat that as dated City-page context, not as confirmation of completion, access, opening timing, hours, rules, or current use.

That statement is about the Escondido Sports Center skate park, not a current safety or access statement about Westside Park Skate Spot.

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.

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.

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.