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Council updates planning fees and accepts $173,500 state grant for traffic enforcement
Summary
Council adopted a revised community development fee schedule and accepted a $173,500 State Office of Traffic Safety STEP grant for DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols and e‑bike enforcement; fee changes reflect lower staff time for ministerial reviews and introduce several new cost‑recovery measures.
FOLSOM — On Oct. 28 the City Council approved a package of updates to the Community Development Department fee schedule (Resolution No. 11481) and accepted a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant of $173,500 from the State Office of Traffic Safety (Resolution No. 11492).
Associate Planner Josh Kinkade told the council that with the proposed objective design and development standards staff expects more projects to be reviewed at the director (ministerial) level; the fee schedule reduces fees for those director‑level reviews to better match lower staff time (for example, a large project fee that previously ranged $2,000–$5,000 would be reduced to a proposed $864 for a staff level review). The update also proposes hourly plan‑check time‑and‑materials for large engineering and landscape reviews, restores a previously omitted production‑home landscape review fee, reduces electric vehicle charger permit fees to reflect shorter review times, and adds a $216 noticing preparation fee when applicants submit inadequate noticing materials.
Council approved the fee schedule on roll call and directed staff to publish the new fees in December with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2026 to align with code updates.
Police Commander Brian Lockhart presented the STEP grant to fund targeted enforcement, equipment and outreach including DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols and directed enforcement focused in part on e‑bikes. Lockhart said the grant requires no local match; overtime and equipment expenditures would be reimbursed. Council approved acceptance of the grant.
