The Parks and Recreation Commission met on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 3:00 PM in City Council Chambers. Commissioners discussed facility rental updates, appointed a subcommittee for the Oak Knoll improvement project, reviewed open space volunteer procedures, and received department updates. The meeting included public comments and a consent calendar approval.
Facility Rental Update (presented by Karina Cortez, Facilities Program Coordinator):
Appointment of Subcommittee for Oak Knoll Improvement Project (presented by staff):
Open Space Volunteer Update (presented by staff):
Other Business & Department Updates (presented by staff):
Hello, and welcome to the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting for Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025. We are here in City Council Chambers. Just a reminder: for public participation, you can either tune in to Comcast Cable 27. The meeting will also be streamed live via the city's website at www.belmont.gov or on Zoom by visiting Belmontgov.zoom.us. Select join and enter meeting ID nine two four-eight three-one nine three seven five seven. For public comments, public in the council chambers may present the clerk a request to speak slip found at the rear of the chamber. If participating virtually, use the raise hand feature to request to speak. For dialing comments, call star six seven one six six six six six six nine nine hundred sixty-eight thirty-three. 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 committee chair. To submit a written public comment, email PR com 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 email 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 committee meeting. The chair also has the authority to order any person who willfully interrupts the meeting to be removed. All persons are expected to conduct themselves with civility and courtesy at all times. All persons giving comments shall speak directly to the Commission and address issues, not individuals. Personal attacks, cursing, or outbursts from the audience in support or opposition to the speaker are not tolerated in order to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome to speak. So items on the agenda. Commissioner Hill. Here. Here. Commissioner Whitmore? Here. Commissioner Michaels. Here. Commissioner Cunha. Here. Chair Emkin. Here. Youth Commissioner Perez. Here. Commissioners Lieford and Youth Commissioner Venkatesh are absent. All rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Do we have any speaker slips or raised hands? We have one hand raised on Zoom. All right, Rosemary, you will have three minutes. Rosemary, are you there? Yes. I had some problems. Can you hear me now? Yes, you're all good. You'll have three minutes. Okay. Um, I'm a resident of the city of Belmont for twenty-nine years, and I volunteer at the Senior Center. And I'm a member of the senior club. What I'm coming for this evening to bring up is that I know that you're looking for commissioners, but you also have a youth advisory, but the city seniors have not had any input because the senior advisory committee hasn't met or hasn't had a quorum for a long time. And so this is my concern that there's no one to raise up questions that affect the seniors at the city of Belmont. So I would like to, and also I was on the I don't know if it's excuse me, if it was the task force, but it was the age-friendly city. And one of the things that's important to me is community.