The Belmont Public Safety Committee met on October 20, 2025, focusing on e-bike safety regulations and police department updates. The consent calendar was approved without discussion, and no public comments were received. The meeting featured detailed presentations on traffic safety and departmental activities, with committee members expressing concerns and asking questions.
To the cloud. All right, everyone, we are here for a public safety committee meeting in the EOC and City Hall on Monday, October 20th, 2025 at 2 30 EM. Roll call with uh members. Yeah. Pang Meganers. Present. All present. Beautiful. That is item one. We note our order two. Now we're moving on to item three special presentations. We have none, and so we are moving to item four public comment. This is just a reminder to everyone that we are while an intimate group right now. We are still filing by Brown Act. So are there any public comments at this time? City clerk. I don't have any raised hands. And I don't have anyone in the room requesting the speaker. Okay. And we shall move on to item five. Consent business. Consent calendar items. We will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a member of the committee or staff request specific items to be removed for separate actions. Nope, got nothing. I think we move for both. Second. Motion approved. Thank minutes approved. Beautiful. Then we move to item six, general business. Minutes and the meeting schedule. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, and the meeting schedule are both. Yeah. And we move to general business. A traffic update. What say you? What are they? Thank you. So this is the traffic safety update. Uh for this month, we're gonna be talking about uh e-bikes. So then the next slide. There we go. So this is the definition of what an e-bike is, which is also a very kind of problematic thing, judging by how there's so many different variations and models and what they can do, and companies are obviously constantly changing uh what they're done, so legislation has to cut catch up with it. But this is the definition, and it's anything that is assisting with operable pedals less than 750 blocks. Um what's interesting to know about all this, and I think a lot of people don't understand this is that the same rules apply to an e-bike that they do bicycles. So it's very important that I think both people that use e-bikes as well as bicycles understand that the rules of the road are the same as if you're a motor vehicle, and they're governed, the definition is governed under 312.5 for the classifications of any bike and then California Vehicle Code section 21 200 addresses the rules that bicyclists have to adhere to. Next slide. So these are the class certification of different e-bikes.