Community Development

The following programs are available to income-eligible Foster City Residents. These programs are not administered by the City of Foster City.

Homeownership Programs for First-Time Homebuyers

The City of Foster City participates in programs designed to assist first-time homebuyers with the purchase of a new home. These programs are:

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10.1.    Inform

10.1.1.    Created Green Footprint video series 

10.1.2     Maintains a "Go Green" webpage to provide education resources to the community.

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9.1.      Plans and Policies

9.1.1.     Adopted regulations prohibiting the installation or replacement of wood burning appliances unless conditions are met to protect air quality.

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8.1.      Encourage Compact, Efficient and Contiguous Development

8.1.1.      Approved the Pilgrim Triton Master Plan to create a compact, efficient mixed use development to replace an obsolete industrial park.

8.2.      Planning for a Variety of Transportation Choices

8.2.1.      Requires that bicycle racks be installed at all new commercial/office developments in town. Bicycle racks are also on all shuttles.

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7.1.      Planning

7.1.1.      Adopted Complete Streets policies

o  Resolution 2012-63 Adopting Complete Streets Policies and Programs, September 10, 2012

7.1.2.       Supports Safe Routes to School

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6.1.      Solar Projects

6.1.1.      Installed solar voltaic panels at the Library/Community Center,  completed in May 2015.

o  Resolution 2014-77 Awarding Contract for Rooftop and Carport Solar Project at Library/Community Center, approved 7/21/2014

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5.1 Policies

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4.1.      Reduce

4.1.1.      Reduces the amount of paper used by providing copies of agendas, staff reports and other documents on-line.

4.2.      Reuse

4.2.1.      Resurfaced streets using cold-in-place recycling of asphalt which reuses materials as well as reduces costs and reduces truck trips during construction.

4.3.      Recycle