Agenda item
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RINKS FOUNDATION TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY ICE SPORTS FACILITY AT KIT CARSON PARK — approved 5-0
Council Meeting (Closed Session 4:00 PM - Cancelled), item 14, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RINKS FOUNDATION TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY ICE SPORTS FACILITY AT KIT CARSON PARK was approved (5-0). [Minutes, p. 5]
Tier 3 · Human approved · Updated Aug 23, 2026
Escondido's City Council agreed to look into whether a community ice sports facility with three ice rinks could be built at Kit Carson Park. The council approved the step on a 5-0 vote.
The council's decision approves a written understanding between the city and a group called The Rinks Foundation. Under it, the two sides will study whether the foundation could build and then run a three-sheet ice facility at the park, renting the land from the city under a long-term lease. The council adopted this as Resolution No. 2026-87, filed under file number 0910-10 for anyone who wants to look up the official record.
City staff had asked the council to approve the agreement. The recommendation came from the City Manager's Office, headed by City Manager Sean McGlynn.
Council member White made the motion to approve, and council member Fitzgerlad seconded it. It passed 5-0.
The record of the meeting does not say what the facility would cost, who would pay for it, how long the study will take, what the terms of the long-term lease would be, or when the council would take up the question again. It also does not describe what part of Kit Carson Park is being considered.
The record
- Meeting
- Council Meeting (Closed Session 4:00 PM - Cancelled)
- Body
- City Council
- Item
- 14
- Request
- Request the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-87 approving an MOU with The Rinks Foundation to explore the feasibility of The Rinks Foundation constructing and operating, via a long-term lease, a three-sheet community ice facility in Kit Carson Park (“Project”). (File Number 0910-10)
- Staff recommendation
- approval
- Outcome
- approved
- Vote
- 5-0
- Moved by
- White
- Seconded by
- Fitzgerlad
- Case or file number
- 0910-10
- Applicant
- The Rinks Foundation
From the document
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14. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RINKS FOUNDATION TO EXPLORE FEASIBILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMUNITY ICE SPORTS FACILITY AT KIT CARSON PARK Request the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-87 approving an MOU with The Rinks Foundation to explore the feasibility of The Rinks Foundation constructing and operating, via a long-term lease, a three-sheet community ice facility in Kit Carson Park (“Project”). (File Number 0910-10)
Staff Recommendation: Approval (City Manager’s Office: Sean McGlynn, City Manager)
Motion: White; Second: Fitzgerlad; Approved: 5-0