REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 6, 2018
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Long Range Planning Division
BY: DREW WILSON, Planner III
Long Range Planning Division
SUBJECT:
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HEARING to consider General Plan Text Amendment Application No. P18-3553 and related Environmental Finding initiated by the Fresno City Council on March 3, 2017 through Council Resolution No. 2017-61 pertaining to all prime farmland, unique farmland or farmland of statewide importance within the sphere of influence of the City of Fresno
1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P18-03553, an Addendum to Final Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 (MEIR) certified by the Fresno City Council on December 18, 2014 for the Fresno General Plan and Development Code, and to Program Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2017031012 certified by the Fresno City Council on October 26, 2017 for the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164.
2. RESOLUTION - Approving the General Plan Text Amendment No. P18-03553 amending Farmland Preservation Program Policy RC-9-c, as described in Exhibit A.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval of General Plan Text Amendment No. P18-03553 and related environmental assessment.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On March 3, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-61, initiating an amendment to the text of Fresno General Plan Policy RC-9-c, which calls for a Farmland Preservation Program. The proposed amendment to the policy clarifies and adds flexibility to the program design, within the parameters of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed text amendment is included in Exhibit A.
BACKGROUND
The Fresno General Plan was adopted on December 18, 2014, and included a Resource Conservation Element. This element includes objectives and implementing poli...
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