City News: Your Weekly Update
Holiday Edition
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2020 has been a year like no other. When life feels uncertain and unpredictable, there’s truly no place like home. Here at the City of Folsom, we are here for you, 24-7, to ensure our community – our home— stays safe, secure, comfortable, and clean.
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Celebrate Safely This Holiday Season |
As COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to increase across the United States, the safest way to celebrate the winter holidays is to celebrate at home with people who live with you. Gatherings with family and friends who do not live with you can increase the chances of getting or spreading COVID-19. Follow guidance from the California Department of Public Health and plan safer celebrations.
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Now more than ever, it is important that we support our local Folsom businesses. When we shop locally, we ensure the economic impact of our purchases stays in our community.
Shopping locally supports the local economy, promotes a thriving community, and contributes to a high quality of life in Folsom. Dollars you spend in Folsom fund vital public services, such as police, fire, schools, trash collection and recycling, road maintenance, and parks. When you shop online, a smaller percentage of the sales tax is invested locally.
The #WeSupportFolsom campaign encourages shopping and dining locally and promotes all the benefits of supporting our Folsom businesses.
Pledge to be loyal to local! When you take the pledge, you’ll receive an I Heart Folsom sticker in the mail. Share your Folsom pride and learn more at wesupportfolsom.com.
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The annual Christmas tree recycling drop-off event will be held Saturday, January 9. Face masks/cloth face coverings are required, and social distancing must be maintained. Trees will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rodeo Park at the end of Stafford Street. All ornaments, tinsel, lights, nails, and stands must be removed before dropping off a tree. Community organizations will collect trees throughout the city as part of their fundraising activities. Residents may also recycle Christmas trees in their green waste bins. Trees must be cut into pieces no larger than two feet in length and four inches in diameter, and the lid must close completely to receive service. |
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There is no change to waste collection schedules on holidays – if your regular garbage day lands on a holiday, continue to place your cans curbside by 6 a.m. To set up waste collection reminders or access your recycling pickup schedule, visit www.folsom.ca.us/wastecollection, or download the free Folsom Waste Collection app from your favorite app store.
Reduce Waste this Holiday Season
Help Folsom reduce trash going to the landfill this holiday season.
Place in your recycle can:
- Wrapping paper, tissue, cards, and envelopes
- Food and beverage containers (clean and dry)
- Cardboard boxes (flattened, clean and dry, small enough to fall freely from the can and for the lid to close completely)
Place in your trash can:
- Metallic paper (including tissue with metallic trim)
- Vinyl or mylar wrapping
- Styrofoam
- Ribbons and bows (reuse whenever possible)
Use the online Waste Wizard to find out whether a material can be reused, recycled, composted, or placed in the garbage. Learn more at www.folsom.ca.us/wastecollection.
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Keep Pipes Free of Fats, Oils, and Grease |
To help prevent clogged sewer pipes and backups, properly dispose of items containing fats, oils, and grease (FOG)—like fatty meat scraps, gravies, cream, butter, and oils.
- Can It! Pour solidified fats and grease into a sturdy container and place it in your garbage.
- Scrape It! Before you wash pots and pans, scrape out fats and grease into your garbage.
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Trash It! Put fatty and greasy food scraps in the garbage. You can recycle cooking oil by pouring the cooled oil back into the original container and scheduling an appointment to have it picked up with the city’s Door 2 Door Residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection program. Visit www.folsom.ca.us/wastecollection or call 916-461-6730 to schedule an appointment.
Learn more about how to prevent grease-related sewer blockages and overflows at www.folsom.ca.us/FOG.
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Help keep your home safe over the holidays—and every day—by following these tips:
- Stay in the kitchen while cooking, and never leave the stove or oven unattended.
- Make sure all the electrical cords to your cooking appliances are in good condition.
- Keep children away from hot surfaces, hot liquids, and sharp knives.
- Have working smoke alarms in your home and test them monthly.
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City of Folsom Holiday Closures |
City administrative offices will be closed for the holidays December 24 and 25 and December 31 and January 1. For urgent city issues, call 916-355-7231. Call 9-1-1 for life-threatening emergencies.
- Garbage service will be provided as usual.
- Transit services will be available through the Folsom Stage Line operated by SacRT.
- The Steve Miklos Aquatic Center will be closed from December 24 through January 3.
- The Fun Factory Preschools will be closed.
- The R.E.C. Club will be closed.
- The FIDO Field Dog Park will be open from 7 a.m. to one hour after sunset.
- The Cummings Skate and Bike Park will be closed Friday, December 25.
- The Folsom Public Library will be closed.
- The Zoo Sanctuary, Gallery at 48 Natoma, and the Folsom Senior Center remain closed.
- Transit services through the Folsom Stage Line operated by SacRT will not be available December 25, and January 1.
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Holiday Lap Swim Schedule at the Steve Miklos Aquatic Center |
The Steve Miklos Aquatic Center is open for lap swim in the 50-meter pool, with special holiday hours. Call 916-461-6640 for questions about the lap swim program.
Mid-day lap swim is available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.:
December 21 through 23
Evening lap swim is available from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.:
December 21 and 22
The aquatic center will be closed December 24 through January 3.
Swimmers can purchase a Lap Swim Pass for $50 that can be used for 10 swim sessions. The passes save swimmers $20 compared to the drop-in rate, and pass holders are granted touchless entry to the aquatic center. Lap swim is also available at the drop-in rate of $7 per session.
Lap swim is available on a first-come, first-served basis. In accordance with Sacramento County public health guidelines, swim lanes are limited to allow for social distancing. If all lanes are full when you check in at our front entrance, our staff will take your cell phone number and request that you wait in your car until you are notified that a lane becomes available. Call 916-461-6640 for questions about the lap swim program.
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Holiday Hours at Folsom Skate and Bike Parks |
December 21-23.....................1 to 6 p.m.
December 24..........................1 to 5 p.m.
December 25..........................CLOSED
December 26-30.....................1 to 6 p.m.
December 31-January 1.........1 to 5 p.m.
January 2............................... 1 to 8 p.m.
January 3............................... 1 to 6 p.m.
Admission is free and both facilities are located at Cummings Family Park, 1775 Creekside Drive. Monitors are on-site when the parks are open to remind users to maintain social distancing, whether on bike, skateboard, scooter, skates, or on foot. Elbow pads, knee pads, and a helmet are required at all times to utilize the skate park. The bike park requires all users to wear a helmet, and pads are strongly recommended. The City of Folsom is following public health guidelines provided by local, state, and federal officials. As these guidelines evolve, the hours of operation at the skate and bike parks may change. Call 916-817-2767 for recorded information about daily operating conditions and hours.
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Contact the City of Folsom's Communications Director
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