Tue, Jan 28, 2025·Folsom, California·City Council

Folsom City Council Regular Meeting - January 28, 2025

Discussion Breakdown

Pending Litigation27%
Community Engagement23%
Transportation Safety18%
Affordable Housing14%
Homelessness9%
Parks and Recreation9%

Summary

Folsom City Council Regular Meeting - January 28, 2025

The Folsom City Council held its regular meeting with all council members present. The meeting included public comments, recognition of holiday lights contest winners, and consideration of a large lot subdivision map.

Opening and Public Comments

  • Multiple speakers raised concerns about Council Member Kuzlowski's residency in District 1
  • School Board Trustee YK Chalam-Chairla discussed collaboration between school board and city council
  • Kuzlowski briefly responded, stating he has lived in District 1 since July 2022

Special Presentations

  • Fourth Annual Folsom Holiday Lights Contest winners were recognized
  • 52 entries across 5 categories
  • Contest reached over 85,000 people on social media with 1,400 engagements
  • Partnership with Folsom Times provided nearly $4,000 in prizes

Key Development Items

  • Council approved the Folsom Town Center North Large Lot Tentative Subdivision Map
  • Project includes 24 individual large lots across 363 acres
  • Located adjacent to Alter Creek Parkway and East Bidwell Street
  • Includes residential, mixed-use, parks, open space, and public facilities
  • No immediate development rights granted; future development will require additional review

City Manager Updates

  • New wildfire awareness program launching in May 2025
  • Two new ambulances acquired for Fire Department
  • Kids Play Park on Prud Drive renovation planned, completion expected Q2 2026
  • New park planner Hannah Perez joined staff January 16th

Meeting Outcomes

  • Consent calendar approved unanimously
  • Town Center North LLTSM approved unanimously
  • Meeting adjourned at 7:14 PM

Meeting Transcript

Okay, then we will adjourn the special meeting and we will call to order the regular meeting of the Folsom City Council on Tuesday January 28th, 2025 with a clerk. Please call the roll Council members Leary here Raithle here Roba here, Fasaski here and a keynote here and if you'd all please rise and join me in the pledge of allegiance as well with liberty and justice to our All right, Mr. City Attorney, are there any agenda updates? Good evening Madam Mayor of the years in additional information's transmittal and also a revised staff report for item six on tenets agenda a copy has been previously provided to you and they are also available on the table in the back Very good. Thank you That takes us to business from the floor. This is the public's opportunity to address the council on items that are not on the agenda But please understand that state law prohibits us from deliberating or taking action on items that are not on the agenda So we do have a few requests to speak Madam Clerk, would you please call those folks? You come down here to the podium and we do give three minutes for speaker Okay, so we do have six speakers under this item this evening. We'll go ahead and start with YK Chalam-Chairla followed by Naomi Machado Mr Chalam-Chairla welcome back Thank you Madam Mayor good evening mayor and members of the council Today I'm here from the public One as a school boat trustee and I want to thank Consulate member Kuzlowski for that nice text message sent to me and David Reed about San Moan section You know, they are giving the you know cross-country you know to our side and And it is it came one week before the fall some high graduation So my staff was a little bit you know stepping back So mr Kuzlowski knows but David Reed you know my colleague on the council and you know He said this is an opportunity to bring some new programs new talent to our town and not only that Some more business to our town. It's important I made a made you mentioned, you know what people can do in your state of the speech shop local So we want to invite more people to shop, you know in our town That's one and the second one is you know, I just want to be here, you know frequently to Exchange some collaboration between the school board and the city council and I was going through the schools Safety thank you for crossing God activity Madam Mayor. So we may be identifying some very soon It may be it needs somehow from the city of also as well as city of Rajkod over it's about the kids Safety so we'll be coming to you with the request So hope you know you guys can you know consider with the kind of heart. Thank you. Okay. Thank you Madam Mayor, yes, I can just add a tiny bit of color to that. I thank you mr The the school board was helpful as were some of you guys and helping us encourage the school district to let Folsom high host to track meet later this spring For track and field at the high school level. There's three levels of playoffs here in the in the area The first is a league championship Folsom high and vista delago are in different leagues We are also in different divisions. So there's a division championship you qualify for Vista will be hosting division two and Folsom will be hosting division one on May 13th and 15th So if you're a sports fan great data see some high school athletics But the track meet mr. Chalam-Charlie brought up was the masters track meet Which is the third level of playoffs that happened locally and that's the qualifying track meet for the state meet That will happen on the 23rd and 24th now at Folsom high as a result of everybody's collective Work so thank you all to everybody All right, thank you next speaker please. Okay. Naomi Machado go ahead and approach the podium. Please That will be followed by Lisa lad Good evening. Good evening. I reached some article in the Folsom Telegraph raised an issue regarding the residency of the district one councilman That has been previously raised by Sacramento B