CITY OF BELMONT
CITY COUNCIL
AND
BELMONT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
7:00
PM
City Council Chambers
City Hall, One Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, California
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
Council Members and Mayor will participate by teleconference pursuant to Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20
PURSUANT TO RALPH M. BROWN ACT, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953, ALL
VOTES SHALL BE BY ROLL CALL
The meeting will be broadcast live to Belmont residents on Comcast Cable Channel 27, streamed live via the City’s website at www.Belmont.gov
.
The public may also attend the meeting in the City Council Chambers and address the council from the chambers. Social distancing must be practiced, and seating will be limited.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
To maximize time for live public comment, we encourage members of the public to provide comments by joining the City Council meeting via Zoom:
For web, visit
https://belmont-gov.zoom.us/
select “Join” and enter Meeting ID: 95745673035. Use the Raise Hand feature
to request to speak. You may rename your profile if you wish to remain anonymous.
For dial-in comments,
call *67 1-(669) 900-6833
(your phone number will appear on the live broadcast if *67 is not dialed prior to the phone number) , enter Meeting ID: 95745673035, and press *9 to request to speak. All public comments are subject to a 3-minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the Mayor.
If you wish to submit written public comment, you may send an email to [email protected]
before the council considers the item. Please indicate the agenda item topic or agenda item number you wish to comment on in your email’s subject line. Any public comment regarding agenda items that are received from the publication of the agenda through the meeting date will be made part of the meeting record, but will not be read during the Council meeting.
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPANTSCouncilmembers will participate by teleconference under Government Code Section 54953(e), andCity Council Resolution 2021-007. All votes shall be by roll call.
The meeting will be broadcast live to Belmont residents on Comcast Cable Channel 27, streamed live via the City’s website at www.Belmont.gov. The public may also attend the meeting in the City Council Chambers and address the council from the chambers. Social distancing must be practiced, and seating will be limited.
PUBLIC COMMENT:To maximize time for live public comment, we encourage members of the public to provide comments by joining the City Council meeting via Zoom: For web, visit https://belmont- gov.zoom.us/ select “Join” and enter Meeting ID: 95745673035. Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak. You may rename your profile if you wish to remain anonymous.For dial-in comments, call *67 1-(669) 900-6833 (your phone number will appear on the live broadcast if *67 is not dialed prior to the phone number), enter Meeting ID: 95745673035, and press *9 to request to speak. All public comments are subject to a 3-minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the Mayor.
If you wish to submit written public comment, you may send an email to [email protected] before the council considers the item. Please indicate the agenda item topic or agenda item number you wish to comment on in your email’s subject line. Any public comment regarding agenda items that are received from the publication of the agenda through the meeting date will be made part of the meeting record, but will not be read during the Council meeting. 1)
ROLL CALL
2)
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3)
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
4)
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
5)
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
6)
COUNCILMEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
7)
CONSENT BUSINESS
7.A)
Continuation of Fully Virtual Meetings – March 2022
Admin (CM, CA, Fin, HR, IT)
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution (1) finding that as a result of the COVID-19 statewide emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees of council and citizen advisory body meetings, and that state and local officials continue to recommend measures to promote social distancing, and (2) directing the Council’s Citizen Advisory Bodies to make consistent findings Staff Report
Resolution
7.B)
Monthly Financials
City Clerk
Recommendation:
Receive January 2022 Financial Report
Monthly Financial Reports
7.C)
Ralston Avenue Corridor Improvement Project Segment 3 – Status Update Public Works
Recommendation:
Receive report on the Ralston Avenue Corridor Improvement Project Segment 3 Staff Report
Ralston Before and After Photos
Presentation
7.D)
Belmont Creek Restoration and Storm Water Capture Projects within Twin Pines Park Public Works
Recommendation:
Authorize the City Manager to execute the funding agreement with partnering jurisdictions for the Twin Pines Park Projects, and to execute an Agreement for engineering design services with Craft Water Engineering for the Twin Pines Park Storm Water Capture (Detention Basin) Project, and to execute an Agreement for engineering design services with Restoration Design Group for the Belmont Creek Restoration Project Staff Report
Resolution
Resolution
Belmont Creek Funding Agreement
8)
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8.A)
NOTE: The regular meeting will recess at 7:30 p.m. so the Special Meeting public hearing on District Elections Map, At-Large Mayor and Sequence of Elections that began at 5:30 p.m. can resume as needed.
City Clerk
9)
GENERAL BUSINESS
9.A)
Housing Preference Policy for Affordable Housing Units
Admin (CM, CA, Fin, HR, IT)
Recommendation:
Adopt a resolution approving a housing preference policy for Belmont residents, workers, and displaced households applying for multi-family affordable housing units funded by the City Staff Report
Resolution
Belmont Housing Preference Policy
9.B)
Annual Transportation and Mobility Update
Public Works
Recommendation:
Receive annual report on Transportation and Mobility
Staff Report
Parking Traffic and Safety Committee Improvements Table Presentation
10)
BRIEF VERBAL REPORTS FROM MEMBERS AND STAFF
11)
MATTERS OF INTEREST/CLARIFICATION
11.A)
Appointment to City Commissions
City Clerk
Recommendation:
Adopt resolutions appointing members to the Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission Staff Report
Resolution
12)
ADJOURNMENT
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT:
The City Council will provide materials in appropriate alternative formats to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please send a written request to City Clerk, at One Twin Pines Ln, Suite 375, Belmont, CA 94002, or e-mail address [email protected]
, or contact the City Clerk at (650) 595-7413. The speech and hearing-impaired may call (650) 637-2999 for TDD services. Include your name, address, phone number and brief description of the requested materials and preferred alternative format or auxiliary aid or service at least 24 hours before the meeting.