The most consequential housing item on Folsom’s June 9 agenda didn’t actually get decided. The City Council postponed action on Toll Brothers at Alder Creek, a proposed new subdivision in the city’s growing Alder Creek area east of East Bidwell Street, until its June 23 meeting. The package up for review includes a Small-Lot Vesting Tentative Subdivision Map (the official plan that divides the land into individual home lots and locks in the rules that apply to them), a Planned Development Permit (a customized zoning approval that sets the specific design standards for the neighborhood), an Inclusionary Housing Plan (the developer’s required strategy for providing some homes affordable to lower-income buyers or renters), and a CEQA exemption — a finding under the California Environmental Quality Act that the project doesn’t require a new environmental study because earlier reviews already covered it. For residents, the two-week delay means more time to weigh in before the council signs off on what could be one of the larger new for-sale neighborhoods to come online in Folsom this year. Anyone planning to comment or attend should mark June 23.
The council did give final approval to Ordinance No. 1370, the second reading — the formal final vote that follows an earlier introductory vote — of a measure levying special taxes for fiscal year 2026-27 inside Community Facilities District No. 24, known as Alder Creek West. A Community Facilities District (CFD) is a financing tool, sometimes called a Mello-Roos district, that lets the city charge an extra annual tax on homes inside a specific new neighborhood to pay for the streets, parks, and public services that serve them. For buyers shopping in Alder Creek West, this is the routine annual step that sets next year’s special tax bill, which shows up on the property tax statement on top of regular property taxes. It is standard housekeeping for any newer Folsom subdivision built with CFD financing, not a new or surprise charge.
On the affordability side, the council adopted Resolution No. 11636, authorizing contracts with licensed contractors to run the city’s Seniors Helping Seniors Home Repair Program using $200,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money — annual housing and community funding the city receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program pays for free minor home repairs — things like grab bars, leaky plumbing, or accessibility fixes — for income-qualified senior homeowners, helping them stay in their houses safely. At $200,000, the allocation is modest compared to the city’s larger CDBG-funded efforts, but it typically serves dozens of Folsom households a year and is one of the few city programs aimed squarely at existing senior homeowners rather than new construction.
Looking ahead, the Toll Brothers at Alder Creek hearing on June 23 is the key date for residents tracking new housing in the area. It will be the council’s chance to approve, modify, or send back the subdivision plan and the affordability commitments that come with it.