CITY OF FOSTER CITY/
ESTERO MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
SPECIAL MEETING OF AUGUST 10, 2026
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL/EMID BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Special Meeting of August 10, 2026 of the City Council of the City of Foster City, sitting as said Council and as ex officio the Board of Directors of the Estero Municipal Improvement District (EMID), was called to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 620 Foster City Boulevard, Foster City, San Mateo County, California, by Mayor/President Art Kiesel.
This 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, Suzy Niederhofer, Patrick Sullivan, Phoebe Venkat, and Mayor/President Art Kiesel.
ABSENT: None.
STAFF PRESENT:
Stefan Chatwin, Cit y Manager; Denise Bazanno, Assistant City Attorney/District Legal Counsel; Marlene Subhashini, Assistant City/District Manager ; Rob Lasky, IT Manager ; Kevin Ortiz , Management Analyst ; Alexis Garcia -Dawson, Deputy City Clerk; Shuli Chen, Video Technician; and Priscilla Schaus ,
Communications Director/City Clerk/District Secretary.
STUDY SESSION
Mayor Kiesel recessed the meeting into Study Session.
APPLICATIONS FOR NONPROFIT AGENCY FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 - 2027. MINUTE ORDER NO. 2087.
City Manager Chatwin stated that Foster City Little League’s application for nonprofit agency funding was disqualified due to an incomplete application, which was missing 501c documentation..
Management Analyst Ortiz presented the staff report.
Deidre Martin, Interim Director of th e Pacific Beach Coalition (PBC), addressed the City Council via email.
The following people addressed the City Council in person:
1. Norm Topello, representing Medical Equipment Loan Program (MELP)/AbleCloset;
2. Conny Zhu and Alyson Suzuki, representing Unitedly;
3. Sue Digre, representing Partners & Advocates for Remarkable Children and Adults (PARCA);
4. Sarah Hubbard, representing Sustainable San Mateo County;
5. Kimberly Gordon, representing the Peninsula Jewish Community Center;
6. Terri Boesch, representing CALL Primrose;
7. LaTrice Taylor, representing Samaritan House;
8. Liz Scully, representing San Mateo County Family Child Care Organization;
9. Larry Staley, representing the Foster City Historical Society;
10. Karina Wilhelms, representing the San Mateo-Foster City Community Education Foundation; and
11. Hayley Village, representing San Mateo County Family Child Care Organization.
Councilmember Venkat disclosed that she is involved with Unitedly, serving as one of their advisors, and also Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) as a former Board member and still currently serves on their Fund Development Committee. She stated she does not have direct influence nor does she have a financial interest in the positions that she has or the decisions made at this meeting.
Discussion ensued.
Motion by Vice Mayor Niederhofer , seconded by Councilmember Jimenez , and carried unanimously, 5-0-0, adopting Minute Order No. 2087, providing policy direction to allocate the final nonprofit agency funding for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 as follows:
Nonprofit Agency Community Needs
Category
Funding
CALL Primrose Basic Services $4,000
Community Overcoming Relationship
Abuse (CORA)
Basic Services $3,680
Medical Equipment Loan Program
(MELP)/AbleCloset
Basic Services $3,200
Mission Hospice and Home Care Basic Services $5,100
Partners & Advocates for Remarkable
Children and Adults (PARCA)
Basic Services $5,600
Samaritan House Basic Services $17,100
AgeUp, Inc. (formerly Ombudsman
Services of San Mateo County, Inc.)
Community Enrichment $1,800
BayBasi Community Enrichment $3,400
CuriOdyssey Community Enrichment $1,330
Foster City Historical Society Community Enrichment $1,200 Foster City Village Community Enrichment $4,100
Peninsula Jewish Community Center Community Enrichment $3,800 Peninsula Musical Arts Association Community Enrichment $1,000 San Mateo County Family Child Care
Organization
Community Enrichment $3,500
San Mateo-Foster City Community
Education Foundation
Community Enrichment $5,240
Unitedly Community Enrichment $1,800
Pacific Beach Coalition Community Health $4,800
Sustainable San Mateo County Community Health $3,250
We Make It Matter Community Health $1,100
TOTALS $75,000
Meeting recessed into Study Session at 5:32 and reconvened at 6:42 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing no objection from the City Council/EMID Board, Mayor/ President Kiesel adjourned the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 6:42 p.m.