CITY OF FOSTER CITY
SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 4, 2026
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL
The Special Meeting of May 4, 2026 of the City Council of the City of Foster City was called to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), 1040 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City, San Mateo County, California, by Mayor Art Kiesel.
ROLL CALL
The Communications Director/City Clerk called the roll:
PRESENT: Councilmembers/ex officio EMID Directors Stacy Jimenez, Suzy Niederhofer, Patrick Sullivan, Phoebe Venkat, and Mayor/President Art Kiesel.
ABSENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT:
Stefan Chatwin, Cit y Manager; Denise Bazzano, Assistant City Attorney; Marlene Subhashini, Assistant City Manager; Andrew Brozyna, Public Works Director; Laura Galli, Engineering Manager; Francine, Senior Civil Engineer; Claire McWilliams, Assistant Engineer; Aaron Siu, Senior System Analyst; Ryan Michelsen, Video Technician; and Priscilla Schaus , Communications Director/ City Clerk/District Secretary.
STUDY SESSION
Mayor Kiesel recessed the meeting into Study Session.
FOSTER CITY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN INCLUDING FIVE (5) PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR FURTHER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT . MINUTE ORDER NO. 2073.
Assistant Engineer McWilliams, and Angelica Rocha, representing Fehr & Peers , presented the report.
Yiming Luo addressed the City Council via email.
Discussion ensued.
By Consensus of the City Council , it was directed to adopt Minute Order No. 2073 , receiving and accepting the report and providing the following policy direction:
1. Confirming these Five (5) Projects for Further Project Development and preparation of planning level cost estimates:
Corridor Begin End Type of
Facility
Existing
Facility
Project
Type
Total
Score
Beach
Park Blvd
Foster City
Blvd
Gull Ave Class IV Class III Upgrade 8
Edgewater
Blvd
City Limits E Hillsdale
Blvd
Class IV Class II Upgrade 7
Edgewater
Blvd
Hillsdale
Blvd
Boothbay
Ave
Class IV Class II Upgrade 6
Gull Ave Beach
Park Blvd
E Hillsdale
Blvd
Class III (Bike
Blvd)
Class III Upgrade 5
Marlin Ave Catamaran
St
Beach
Park Blvd
Class III (Bike
Blvd)
Class III Upgrade 5
2. Amend the Beach Park Blvd. corridor project limits ( BPMP-06.c) to begin at Shell Blvd. and end at Gull Ave;
3. Continue to coordinate with the City of San Mateo to explore extending bike lanes from Foster City to connect to those in San Mateo; and
4. Add the Foster City Blvd. corridor project as a potential sixth project to the list of projects for further development.
Meeting recessed into study session at 5:03 and reconvened at 6:10 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing no objection from the City Council/EMID Board, Vice Mayor/Vice President Kiesel adjourned the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:10 p.m.