CITY OF FOSTER CITY/
ESTERO MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 8, 2023
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL/EMID BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The duly called and noticed special meeting of the City Council of the City of Foster City (City), sitting as said Council and as ex officio the Board of Directors of the Estero Municipal Improvement District (EMID) of May 8, 2023 was called to order at 5 :00 p.m. by Mayor/President Froomin.
The meeting was held as a hybrid meeting.
ROLL CALL
The Communications Director/City Clerk/District Secretary called the roll:
PRESENT: Councilmembers/ex officio EMID Directors Stacy Jimenez, Art Kiesel, Patrick Sullivan, and Mayor/President Jon Froomin.
Councilmember/Director Stacy Jimenez arrived at 5:13 p.m.
ABSENT: Councilmember/Director Sam Hindi.
STAFF PRESENT: Stefan Chatwin , City/District Manager, Benjamin Stock, City Attorney/District Legal Counsel; Marlene Sub hashini, Assistant City Manager; Edmund Suen, Finance Director; Tracy Avelar, Police Chief; Derek Schweigart , Parks and Recreation Director ; Julie Paping, Administrative Services Director; Ray Towne, Interim Public Works Director; Sofia Mangalam, Community Development Director; Martin Ticas , Police Captain ; Laura Galli, Engineering Manager; Waqas Hassan , Assistant Finance Director ; Prabhath Silva, Chief Building Official; Rob Lasky, IT Manager; Shuli Chen, Video Technician and Priscilla Schaus, Communications Director/City Clerk/District Secretary.
RECESS. The Mayor/President recessed the meeting from 5:03 p.m. to 5:13 p.m.
STUDY SESSION
Mayor/President Froomin recessed the meeting into Study Session for the Review of Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 202 3-24 and Five-Year Financial Plan for FY 2023- 24 to FY 2027-28.
City/District Manager Chatwin and Finance Director Suen presented the staff report.
Motion by Vice Mayor/Vice President Sullivan, seconded by Councilmember/Director Jimenez, and carried, 4-0-0, Councilmember/Director Hindi was absent, Minute Order No. 1916 was adopted as follows:
1. Providing policy direction to accept the reports as presented in the Preliminary Budget for FY 2023- 24 and directing staff to incorporate the items from the preliminary budget into the revised preliminary budget for FY 2023- 24 to be considered by the Council/Board on the June 5, 2023 budget public hearing;
2. Proceed with Fiscal Year 2023- 24 and Five-Year Financial Plan for FY 2023- 24 to FY 2027-28 budget with guidance to include funds for the use of legislative lobbyist and grant writing with Renne Public Law Group dba Renne Public Policy Group and include $250,000 for new Foster City entry monuments in the Community Benefit Fund;
3. Proceed to assess unused department budgets for FY 2022- 23 and determine potential need to appropriate such unspent but needed fun ds for the FY 2023- 24 budget; and
4. Proceed to remove the City Attorney travel budget.
Meeting recessed into study session at 5:13 p.m. and reconvened at 8:13 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing no objection from the City Council/EMID Board, Mayor/President Froomin adjourned the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.