Experience & Qualifications
We designed and mapped our city's outstanding hiking and biking trails system. Founding president of the non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the San Juan Canyon area of our city as open space for scenic beauty, public recreation and wildlife habitat. Currently serving as vice president. Click here to learn more about the canyon and the preservation trust. Advises City Council on all matters related to parks and recreation. Appointed to complete an unfilled term. As a commisioner, I participated in public hearings on condition of athletic fields. The commission drafted the Athletic Fields Master Plan, which was presented to the City Council. I was struck by the lack of young people in the public meetings of the commission. Young people are among the chief stakeholders in athletic fields. After all, they're the ones who play on them. Re-appointed to a full term. Formed a committee of 3 commissioners to examine youth representation. We discovered that Belmont was virtually alone in the county in having no official youth participation in government, so the committee recommended expansion of the commission with 2 seats for teenagers. The full commision endorsed the recomendation, and the City Council adopted the ordinance. Both actions were unanimous. This fifteen-member citizen task force, representing field sports leagues, open space advocates, and three Belmont Commissions, will recommend to the City Council this Summer how Belmont's Athletic Field Master Plan should be funded and implemented, and how Belmont's remaining open spaces might be preserved for public recreation. Click here to learn more.
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