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The Belmont Sports Complex will retain a dirt pitching mound in the warmer months while the remaining field is a modern synthetic turf, the City Council decided in a split vote.
With Councilman Dave Warden dissenting, the council voted 4-1 to back the field conversion plan recommended by the Planning Commission and city staff. The plan will require a portable pitching mound during the fall baseball season and city staff argued it reduced operations and maintenance costs while being flexible for all youth sports.
Belmont began considering synthetic turf at the complex, located on the east side of Highway 101, in 2009. The move from natural yet harder to maintain grass is pushed, as in many Peninsula cities, by the desire for more playing hours and fewer maintenance costs. On Tuesday, the City Council chose the winning design from a short list of three.
Although city staff backed the winning plan, soccer advocates lined up for the larger North Field design and baseball fans promoted the other.
The council spent two hours on the action item and 15 people spoke before the vote, according to City Clerk Terri Cook.
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