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Folsom council authorizes purchase of building across from police station for department expansion
Summary
The City Council authorized purchase of 1 Natoma Street and directed use of developer impact fees to pay most of the $2.7 million asking price, plus an estimated $1 million for tenant improvements. The property will house neighborhood services, investigations and animal services currently operating in cramped space.
The Folsom City Council on May 13 authorized the city manager to execute an agreement to purchase 1 Natoma Street for police‑department use, approving a plan to fund the acquisition mainly with developer impact fees.
Commander Brian Lockhart told the council the city’s current police building, constructed in 1991, is crowded; investigators and other units are working in small converted spaces and the department rents 2,800 square feet at 11 Natoma Street for neighborhood services and animal services. The property at 1 Natoma Street is roughly 8,000 square feet and sits across the street from the police station.
Lockhart said the department intends to relocate its Neighborhood Services Division (traffic,…
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