Dated: January 20, 2026
FOSTER CITY COUNCIL LIAISONS
POLICY/REGULATORY AGENCIES
REPRESENTATIVE/ALTERNATE
1. Airport Community Roundtable Niederhofer/Venkat
2. Airport Land Use Committee (ALUC) Sullivan/Venkat
3. Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Kiesel/Jimenez
4. City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) Jimenez/Kiesel
5. Council of Cities – City Selection Committee Kiesel/Niederhofer
6. League of California Cities Kiesel/Niederhofer
FOSTER CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES
1. Audit Committee Niederhofer/Kiesel
2. Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee Venkat/Sullivan
3. Parks and Recreation Committee Sullivan/Kiesel
4. Planning Commission Niederhofer/Sullivan
5. Traffic Review Committee Sullivan/Venkat
6. Youth Advisory Committee Venkat/Jimenez
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS (non-regulatory)
1. Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
(BAWSCA)1
Kiesel
2. Chamber of Commerce Venkat/Niederhofer
3. Emergency Services Council Niederhofer/Sullivan
4. Housing Endowment and Regional Trust (HEART)
Joint Powers Authority Member Agency Committee
Jimenez/Kiesel
5. Joint Powers Authority Fire Board for the San
Mateo Consolidated Fire Department
Jimenez/Venkat
6. Library Joint Powers Authority Kiesel/Sullivan
7. Peninsula Clean Energy Authority Jimenez/Niederhofer
8. Peninsula Traffic Congestion Relief Alliance
(Commute.org)
Venkat/Jimenez
9. San Francisco Bay Area Regional Water System
Financing Authority (RFA)2
Kiesel
10. San Mateo County Pre-Hospital Emergency
Services
Sullivan/Niederhofer
11. San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Venkat
12. San Mateo-Foster City Public Financing Authority
(JPFA)
Niederhofer/Jimenez
13. San Mateo Union High School District Sullivan
14. South Bayside Waste Management Authority
(SBWMA)
Kiesel/Jimenez
1 Vice Mayor Kiesel has been appointed as the EMID representative on BAWSCA to a partial term from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025 and a full term from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029. 2 Vice Mayor Kiesel has been appointed as the EMID representative on the RFA to a partial term from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025 and a full term from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029.