between Highway 50 and White Rock Road , and it ’ s bordered by the El Dorado County line on the east and Prairie City Road on the west . The eventual buildout of the plan includes 1,000 acres of open space , which is pretty extraordinary ; 130 acres of parks ; 30 miles of trails that will connect to our already extensive trail system ; 500 acres of oak woodlands . … We ’ re going to have schools , a transit corridor , and we think there will be about 8,000 new jobs generated because of the project . Those homes are selling spectacularly well . We ’ ve already sold close to 700 homes ( out of a planned 11,000 total ). … Mangini Ranch Elementary School — the school district already broke ground — will be the first school in that community . ... It ’ s designed to accommodate close to 700 students , kindergarten through fifth grade , and it ’ s going to be open ( this ) year , and it ’ s immediately adjacent to a park site . … That ’ s a very common model of an elementary school sited right next to a city park . … We have 10 builders out there , and you do see that real mix of housing type , so it ’ s not cookie cutter at all .
Most of the Capital Region is dealing with a housing crisis . How is Folsom when it comes to having enough housing inventory and , specifically , affordable housing ? We ’ re very committed to providing affordable housing in Folsom and meeting our affordable housing target . We ’ re well on the way to doing so . We have several apartment construction projects underway . There are four market-rate ( apartment ) projects under construction , and there ’ s one proposal pending . We also have one affordable apartment project under construction , another one recently approved and two proposals pending . In July ( 2019 ), our city council approved and adopted what ’ s called an accessory dwelling unit ordinance , and that ’ s consistent with state laws . … They ’ re essentially like what you think of as granny flats , and that ’ s intended to provide another affordable opportunity , hopefully , for people who are looking for housing . We ’ re continuing progress in terms of working with our city council to identify different areas to allow different densities and opportunities to create more affordable housing opportunities . …
The city has 751 existing affordablehousing units receiving government assistance . In addition , ( upcoming ) projects are planned , including 291 units . … We continue to pursue mostly state-level funding opportunities to try to build as much affordable housing and / or convert as much affordable housing as we can .
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Sena Christian is managing editor of Comstock ’ s . Online at www . senachristian . com and on Twitter @ SenaCChristian .
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