Note: The agenda and transcript identify the meeting as Tuesday, March 25, 2025, but the metadata supplied for this summary lists the meeting date as 2025-03-24. This summary uses the supplied date while flagging the discrepancy.
The Belmont City Council met for a regular meeting that included a special police oath ceremony, a 5-0 consent calendar approval, two public hearings on cannabis retail dispensaries, a housing element report, and staff/council announcements. The meeting was extended by 30 minutes.
Oh no, no, well sometimes it's okay. Good evening, everyone. Welcome. This is the City of Belmont City Council regular meeting. Today is Tuesday, March twenty fifth, twenty twenty-five. It is seven o'clock PM. And uh before we start, I have a few reminders for folks. If you are wishing to make public comment in the council chamber on any of the items, please present the clerk, who's over there with a request to speak slip found at the table at the rear of the chamber over there where you see someone filling out a slip now. Um if you're participating virtually, use the raise hand feature to request to speak if you are um Zoom, and the uh Zoom link is on our published meeting agenda with the meeting ID. You can also follow the council meetings on Comcast Cable Channel 27 and stream live via the city's website at www.belmont.gov. Again, we're also here in council chambers on the second floor of City Hall. A reminder that all public comments are subject to a three minute time limit unless otherwise determined by the chair. And if you wish to submit written public comment, you may send an email to C Clerk at Belmont.gov before the council considers the item, indicating the agenda item or topic number you wish to comment on in your email subject line. And any public comment regarding agenda items that are received from the council from the time of publication of the agenda and three hours before the start of the meeting will be distributed to the council prior to the meeting and made part of the meeting record. The mayor has the authority to rule any speaker out of order, including speakers during the public comment period. If the subject rate is raised, is not within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council during a public meeting or a general business item if the speaker is not presenting testimony or evidence relevant to the matter, or if the speaker becomes disruptive to the proceedings and conduct of the meeting. Personal attacks, cursing, and outbursts from the audience in support or opposition to a speaker are not tolerated in order to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to speak. All right. And with that, we move into our agenda. Item one was called to order, which we did. Item two is roll call, please, Madam Clerk. We have the roll call. Good evening. Councilmember Jordan here. Laudamarlow? Yeah. McKeon. Present. Vice Mayor Pang Manganaris. Present. Mayor Maids. Present. We have a quorum of five. Thank you. Great. Thank you. Item three is closed session. We did not have a closed session this evening, so we'll move to item four, which is study session, and we did not have uh study session either. Um the next item is five, Pledge of Allegiance, and we have our Belmont police department on our guard who will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance this evening. All rise if you're able, please. One nation under God in this hall with justice role. Order. Ready? Two detail. Thank you. Right. Item six is report from closed session. City attorney, do we have a report from closed session? Good evening, Madam Mayor. We did not have a closed session tonight, so we have no report.