Foster City is a master planned community. Therefore, master plans are made and carried out to fulfill the long term goals of the community. Part of that are the Master Plans associated with the Parks and Recreation Department in Foster City.

Today, in 2024 Foster City is entering into a new Parks and Recreation Master Plan Process. Read more about that process here: https://www.fostercity.org/parksrec/page/request-proposalqualifications-foster-city-parks-master-plan-consultant

In the Historical Society Archives we discovered both the original 1960’s Master Plan for Parks & Recreation along with this 1990 Master Plan. Numerous internal memoranda were included in with the papers and can be found at the end of the document.

We hope the people of Foster City & Foster City government will learn from past master plans for Foster City. See what was desired, planned for, and accomplished but also what was not accomplished. The dream of master planning is both a guided process that maintains flexibility to change over time.

A found memo regarding the Parks and Rec Master Plan from 1990. This written by former City Manager, City Council Member, Planning Commissioner, and Rotary Club of Foster City member Rick Wykoff…