The Belmont City Council and Belmont Fire Protection District Board of Directors held a joint regular meeting on February 24, 2026, at 7:00 PM in City Council Chambers. The meeting covered a range of topics including a major commercial development project, disposition of city-owned properties, mid-year financial results, and appointments to city commissions. All actions were approved unanimously, with key decisions on a life science project, property transfers, and commission appointments.
The regular meeting of the Belmont City Council and the Belmont Fire Protection District Board of Directors. We're properly noticed in our meeting concurrently, and we are taking separate actions in each legal capacity. So that roll call membership is identical for both bodies. Thank you. Alright. It is, I forgot to mention it's February 24th, 2026. We're in city council chambers, and our published agenda also has instructions for how to participate via Zoom and also streaming on our website. Item number three, items before 7 o'clock. We don't have any. We did not have a study session or a closed session. Item starting at 7 starts with the Pledge of Allegiance. Please rise if you're able. I plan allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the following for which it stands on nation by the individual. Alright, thank you. Item five on the agenda is report from closed session. Good evening, Madam Mayor. As you mentioned earlier, we had no closed session. Right, thank you. Item six, special presentations. We have none. We had a handful earlier this month. Item seven, public comments and items not on the agenda. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the body on any city matter that is not on the agenda tonight. The period for public comment at this point is limited to five minutes with three minutes per speaker. So if you are joining us uh virtually or in um the chambers, please let us know uh by filling out comment card or raising your hand virtually if you have any comments for item seven, public comments on items not on the agenda. Madam Clerk. Uh, yes, this evening we have uh two slips in-house on this item, and I have a raised hand. Okay, let's go ahead and take in house first, please. Okay, and we will begin with Michael Stagnaro, followed by um Carline, um Giuliano Carlini, excuse me. Mayor, City Council, uh, City Manager. My name is Michael Stagnero, and I and my wife live in Area 3 on Carlmont Drive and Alameda de Las Polgas. The corner of Carlmont Drive and Alameda is five lanes. Two lanes north, two lanes south, and one lane turning either north or south at the T intersection. This corner is an important junction for the city. Carlmont High School is three blocks away. The library is there with an adjoining park. Also across the street is an outside mall with a full service grocery store. With poor lighting at night, no hawk system at the intersection, and drivers not making a full stop, and at times driving through the intersection at speeds exceeding 15 miles per hour. This intersection has become a danger zone for pedestrians. As students make their way to and from Carlmont High School, and families make their way to and from the librarian park. I insist that the city take a more concerted approach to addressing the pedestrian traffic needs at this intersection. In 2016, the council adopted a resolution approving the Alameda de las Polgas San Carlos Avenue corridor study. And according to the conceptual plans online, the city is to install a stoplight. But as of 2023, there has been no update on the city's website for the completion of this project. In fact, there is a disappointing statement about waiting for grant funding. Now it is February 2026. Three years since the last workshop presentation, and 10 years since the resolution. And there's been no update on funding or completion. Yet I have a solution. There are two Hawk systems, one installed across from Immaculate Heart, and the one there's another one for further south on Alameda, but not at this intersection.