The Parks and Recreation Commission met on March 5, 2025, at 7:00 PM in City Council Chambers. The meeting covered youth program updates, a sponsorship program revision, scholarship funding challenges, and a discussion on fostering belonging in the community. The commission elected new officers and approved routine items.
Okay. You can choose the court. Welcome to the March Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. A couple of housekeeping items for meeting attendance. Commission meetings, unless otherwise noted, are broadcast live to Belmont residents on Comcast Cable Channel 27. Stream live via the city's website at Belmont.gov through Zoom at HTTPS colon slash slash Belmont-govs slash meeting ID colon nine two four eight three one nine three seven five seven. I won't repeat that. Or they could attend the meeting in the council chambers, which is Belmont City Hall, second floor, which we have a full house, so thank you for that. Uh the public in the council chamber could present for public comment, could present the clerk a request to speak slip found at the table at the rear of the chamber. If participating virtually, use the raise hand feature to request to speak. For dial-in comments, call star six seven one six six nine nine hundred six eight three three, which is going way over the heads of everyone in the audience. Your phone number will appear on the live broadcast if star six seven is not dialed prior to the phone number. Enter meeting ID nine two four eight three one nine three seven five seven and press star nine to request to speak. All public comments are subject to a three-minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the chair. If you wish to submit written public comment, you may send an email to PRCOM, PRCOMM at Belmont.gov before the commission considers the item. Please indicate the agenda item topic or agenda item number you wish to comment on in your emails. Subject line. Any public comment regarding agenda items that are received from the time of publication of the agenda and three hours before the start of the meeting will be distributed to the commission prior to the meeting and made part of the meeting record. Written public comments will not be read during the commission meeting. And with that, can we do the roll call? Commissioner Cunha. Here? Commissioner Whitmore? Here. Commissioner Emkin. Here. Commissioner Lee. Here. Commissioner Lifer. Here. Commissioner Hill. Here. Chair Michaels. Here. Youth Commissioner Caprez. Here. Youth Commissioner Venkatesh. Here. Great. Can we have everyone stand for the pledge allegiance? One nation under the justice for all. Okay. Community forum. Public comments. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the commission on any city matter within the purview of the commission, which is not on the agenda. The period for public comment at this point in the agenda is limited to a maximum of three minutes per speaker. Any slips? No slips and no hands raised. No hand raised. Okay.