For more than a decade, we’ve been working with residents to envision and plan the Folsom Plan Area in a way that protects the interests of current residents while adding value to the city as a whole.

In 2001, the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission approved the city’s application to expand its sphere of influence area to the Plan Area with the condition that a comprehensive planning process would take place to ensure the area is efficiently served, its valuable natural resources protected, and that “piecemeal” development is avoided.

Against this backdrop, Folsom voters overwhelmingly approved Measure W in 2004, approving the city’s annexation of the land and detailing conditions for developing the area. This new community adheres to the requirements in Measure W that stipulated:

• The city must secure a new water supply for the area.
• Current residents not be required to pay fees for construction of new infrastructure, including schools and roads, in the new community.
• Thirty percent of the total land area be maintained as natural open space for the preservation of oak woodlands and sensitive habitat.

Over the years, the city hosted dozens of visioning sessions and outreach meetings with hundreds of community members, property owners, city officials, outside agencies, and other interested stakeholders to plan the area’s evolution.

The result was a series of five possible development scenarios, which were reviewed by the Folsom City Council on January 25, 2005. From there, the Plan Area land use plan continued to undergo refinements, and evolved into the land plan adopted by the City Council in 2011 along with a joint Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement as required by law.

All required environmental analysis and determinations can be found on the Maps & Documents page.