Measure L Bond Oversight Committee

The Board of Trustees of San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District is seeking qualified, interested individuals to serve on a committee of community leaders which will serve as the Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (“COC”) for the implementation of the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District’s Measures X & L school facilities bond programs.

MEASURE L
In February of 2008 the voters of San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District passed Measure L, a $175 million Bond measure to modernize its facilities and to construct new facilities.

MEASURE X
On November 3, 2015, voters residing within the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District passed Measure X. Measure X is a $148,000,000 bond measure that authorizes funding for needed repairs, upgrades, and new construction projects to the District’s elementary schools. Proposition 39 required a 55% supermajority for approval; Measure X was passed by 59.07%.

ESTABLI SHMENT OF A CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
After a bond authorized under Proposition 39 is passed, state law requires that San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Board of Trustees appoint an Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee to work with the District. The Board of Trustees is creating an Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee, which will have oversight responsibility for both Measures X and L.

COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
In accordance with Education Code Section 15278(b), the Citizens’ Oversight Committee shall:
· Inform the public concerning the District's expenditure of Measures X and L bond proceeds;
· Review expenditure reports produced by the District to ensure that Measures X and L bond proceeds were expended only for the purposes set forth in Measure X and L; and
· Present to the Board in public session, an annual written report outlining their activities and conclusions regarding the expenditure of both bond proceeds.

APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
All appointments will be made by the Board of Trustees from applications submitted to the District.

TIME COMMITMENT AND TERM
Initial appointments will be staggered, such that some of the initial appointees will be appointed to serve one full two-year term. The other initial appointments will serve a one-year term, but will be eligible for reappointment by the Board of Trustees for a second and third two-year term.