Tuesday's City Council meeting will include the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget for the City of Belmont and Belmont Fire Protection District. 

Expect a presentation from staff and an opportunity for public comment. 

On May 23, 2023, Belmont City Council received a comprehensive introduction to the proposed Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget and heard that the state of the economy is just one of many factors that play into our annual budget planning. The proposed FY 2023-24 budget reflects cautious economic recovery, as well as the State’s takeaway of a major revenue source, while maintaining essential City functions such as public safety and public works services.

Staff reported that although the City remains financially healthy today, long-term economic uncertainty makes local control over revenue sources and diversifying those sources more important than ever to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability and allows Belmont to be self-reliant into the future.

The FY 2023-24 City of Belmont operating budget is $62.4 million, and the Belmont Fire Protection District operating budget is $12.8 million, for a total citywide operating budget of $75.2 million (up 10.3 percent over the FY 2022-23 adopted budget). This increase reflects operations returning to pre-pandemic levels as well as strategic staffing changes to meet the community’s priority needs.

Click on the button below to read the complete agenda for Tuesday's meeting and discover the ways you can watch and participate.

City Council's regular meeting starts at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13. 2023. 

Starting May 30, you may get a call, text, or email about a City survey.  

We commissioned independent research firms to conduct research on issues in our city. Respondents to the survey were randomly selected. 

Need to check or have questions about the survey? You can always call us at 650-595-7408 or email city_manager@belmont.gov with your questions.

Click on the link below for more information on our surveys. 

Special kudos are due to two Belmont students who created award winning art for RethinkWaste's eleventh annual Trash to Art Contest.

Pictured here to the left is first place winner in the Fourth Grade, Isabel Y from Belmont Oaks Academy. 

The contest was open to all third through fifth grade students in the RethinkWaste service area.

The contest challenged students to build a piece of art from normally discarded materials collected at home, school, and around the community. We encouraged all students and classes to think of creative, new ways to reduce and reuse our waste!

Pictured here to the right is second place winner in Fourth Grade from Parthi P at Nesbit Elementary. 

The contest organizers received 29 total submissions from student artists and class groups.

This year, RethinkWaste selected first and second place winners for each grade level and first and second place for class groups. 

Both winners will be recognized at Tuesday's City Council meeting. 

We believe in being an ally to our LGBTQIA2S+ neighbors here in Belmont and throughout the Peninsula. Being an ally strengthens our community. 

This June, to celebrate Pride Month, you may see City staff wearing a pin like this one. It's our commitment to a kinder world and our way of telling our community that you can be yourself with us. Happy Pride, Belmont. 

Commute.org wants to hear from the Belmont community. 

The public agency works to reduce single-occupant vehicle trips throughout San Mateo County. It is conducting a survey to better understand how people who live or work in Belmont and San Mateo County commute to work or college.

The Commuter Survey will allow the agency to learn more about travel patterns, transportation choices, and interests in alternative travel modes.

The survey should only be completed by individuals who are
currently employed (full-time or part-time) or attending college.

Survey participants will have the opportunity to be entered into a raffle for one of four $250 e-gift cards. Entry into the prize drawing is optional and will require you to provide your email address or phone number at the end of the survey.

The survey will take approximately ten minutes to complete. Survey responses will be accepted through Friday, June 30, 2023, so please complete the survey as soon as possible.

Click the link below for access to the survey in English or Spanish.

National Night Out Planning Starts

We're looking ahead to August's National Night Out already and just beginning to work with those in our community who are leading block party events in their neighborhood.

Are you planning to lead a National Night Out event on Tuesday, Aug. 1? If so, we want to hear from you. 

Click on the link below to learn about how you can get involved in this wonderful annual event in our community. 

Belmont’s parks and open spaces are for everyone. This week, we installed a new swing device to Alexander Park's playground that will make park accessibility for children with disabilities that much more available. Alexander Park is located in the 400 block of Yorkshire Way. 

We were able to add this inclusivity feature thanks to the San Mateo County 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant.

The new swing is located within the park's playground and is available to use for any child needing mobility assistance. The way it works is once the user is seated, an overhead harness locks into place providing added safety and comfort for children with disabilities.

Did you know? That’s not the only home of playground accessibility swings in Belmont. We also have an accessibility swing installed in the playground in Twin Pines Park, 1 Twin Pines Lane, and in the playground at Belameda Park, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas.

Learn all about our parks and open spaces by clicking the button below. 

Have you ever wanted to get a sneak peek of our Zumba, Pop Pilates, and Yoga Therapy classes before deciding to sign up? Well, you’re in luck.

Some of our most popular adult and senior instructors are offering a unique opportunity to try their classes for free.

Join the instructors as they show you how to stretch, teach you some dance moves, and most importantly have fun being active.

No pre-registration is necessary; just show up to the Senior and Community Center and be ready to move. Both classes take place at Twin Pines Senior and Community Center 20 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont, CA. 

Zumba and Pop Pilates 
Tuesday, June 13
6 p.m.

Yoga Therapy for Spine Health
Wednesday, June 14
10:30 a.m.

Our Senior and Community Center is proud to offer a full slate of classes for adults and seniors this summer. Browse any of the offerings and sign up by clicking the button below. 

This week, you might have seen our Public Works maintenance crew working at the O’Neill Slough, they were cleaning out trash as part of Belmont’s on-land Visual Trash Assessment Protocol for Stormwater.

This helps us protect the environment, by preventing trash from our roads, sidewalks, and adjacent land from entering waterways, and enables informed decision-making for optimized stormwater management. 

The work the crews did this week will now establish baseline levels of trash generation for specific land areas and will help us understand changes in the level of on-land trash that could affect the health of our local waterways.

While there, the team also made sure that the fence latch at Kedith Street and O’Neill Avenue was replaced.

Starting June 19, 2023, Belmont's Public Works will begin its Ralston Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Project, expected to conclude in late August.

During the project's work hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., expect reduced traffic lanes and some closures on side streets off Ralston Avenue. Short closures of driveways may be required, but emergency access will be provided at all times.

The work will take place on Ralston Avenue between South (pictured above, westbound Ralston Avenue at South Road) Road and Villa Avenue (pictured at right, eastbound Ralston Avenue at Villa Avenue. 

Did You Know? The project will use a sustainable cold-in-place recycled method of pavement rehabilitation, which involves pulverizing and reusing the existing asphalt layer. 

This method of repaving greatly reduces truck trips for off-haul and import of material, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and is more sustainable while ensuring a smooth surface and long pavement life. Click on the button below to learn more about this project. 

We’re working to safely demolish the vacant buildings at the north and south corners of Hill Street and El Camino Real, pictured here.

In July, residents can expect to see contractors, Selway Construction, Inc., begin the demolition that will conclude by the end of the year.

Our Public Works team is working with agency partners to address noise, traffic control, environmental concerns, and debris removal.

Neighbors in the area will receive notices in advance of the demolition work which specific hours and dates of planned work. Schedules can change, and we thank our neighbors for their patience and cooperation during this necessary work.

During work hours and while the project is active please drive, walk, or bike with caution when traveling through the work zone.

Did you know: The demolition of the existing buildings is only the first step to seeing an affordable housing development project come to fruition. We are working with a developer (LINC Housing) to develop the parcels into a 37-unit, 100 percent affordable housing project.

We will continue to update you here on the progress of this and other development projects. To learn more about the LINC Housing project, click on the button below.

We're working to improve our aging sanitary and storm sewer infrastructure. Pictured here, crews this week installing the shoring and bracing of the trench during pipe installation via open trench process. 

We're entering the final week of our contractor in the areas of:

• South Road at Debbie Lane
• Middle Road at Hainline Drive
• The easement between Alameda de las Pulgas and Villa Avenue north of Ralston Avenue

Until the end of July, expect work crews in various locations in our city performing work on existing pipes, rehabilitating manholes, conducting pipe replacement, and reconnecting service laterals. 

The work will include pipe fusing, sawcutting, CCTVing, pipebursting, and some open trench work, pictured here. 

Residents near the project zone would have already received a notification about the upcoming work. Traffic control will be in place.

For any questions regarding this project, call Senior Civil Engineer Bozhena Palatnik at 650-585-7463 or email at pworks@belmont.gov.