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File #: ID 22-1129    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/1/2022 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 7/20/2022 Final action: 7/20/2022
Title: Public hearing to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117). The following applications have been filed by the Fresno City Council and pertain to approximately 7,077 acres in the Development Area-1 West Development Area: 1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council), of the findings set forth in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2019069117) (see Exhibits I, J, and K). a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15097; and, b. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of findings based upon testimony presented by staff that there are significant, unavoidable, environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council s...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Vicinity Map, 2. Exhibit B - Maps of the West Area Community Plan Area & Highway City Neighborhood Specific Plan Area (P22-01351), 3. Exhibit C - Proposed Planned Land Use Map (P22-01352), 4. Exhibit D - Proposed Changes to General Plan Planned Land Use Map (P22-01353), 5. Exhibit E - Proposed Changes to the Zoning Map (P22-01353), 6. Exhibit F.1 - WANSP Planning Commission Draft [July 2022], 7. Exhibit F.2 -WANSP Revised Public Draft [April 2022], 8. Exhibit F.3 - WANSP Public Draft [April 2021], 9. Exhibit G - Comprehensive Redline Summary (Appendix C), 10. Exhibit H - Comment Summary Matrix & Comment Letters, 11. Exhibit I - Draft Program EIR, 12. Exhibit J - Final Environmental Impact Report, 13. Exhibit K - EIR - Findings of Fact & Statement of Overriding Considerations, 14. Exhibit L - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 15. Exhibit M - Housing Element Findings, 16. Exhibit N - Land Use Change Requests + Late Requests [updated 07/14/2022], 17. Exhibit O - Fresno Bee Notice [07-08-22], 18. Supplemental Exhibit P - Comment Letters Submitted to Planning Commission
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



July 20, 2022


FROM: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

THROUGH: DREW WILSON, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department

BY: CASEY LAUDERDALE, Planner
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
Public hearing to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117). The following applications have been filed by the Fresno City Council and pertain to approximately 7,077 acres in the Development Area-1 West Development Area:

1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council), of the findings set forth in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2019069117) (see Exhibits I, J, and K).
a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15097; and,
b. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of findings based upon testimony presented by staff that there are significant, unavoidable, environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council should adopt the findings of fact and consider an appropriate statement of overriding considerations.

2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P22-01351 which proposes to repeal the West Area Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 12,341 acres located in the Development Area-1 West Development Area, and the portion of the Highway City Neighborhood Specific Plan that overlaps the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Boundary, approximately 455 acres (see Exhibit B).
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P22-01352 which proposes to adopt the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and accompanying Planned L...

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