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File #: ID 24-1306    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Tabled
File created: 9/18/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/10/2024 Final action:
Title: HEARING to consider initiation of the Tower District Specific Plan update, pertaining to all properties located within the boundaries of the Tower District Specific Plan area of the Fresno General Plan. 1. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02869 initiating the Tower District Specific Plan Draft Land Use Map and Draft Specific Plan update 2. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02420 initiating preparation of the Tower Entertainment District Overlay 3. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02871 initiating preparation of the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards 4. Second contract amendment extending the Consultant Services Agreement with Wallace, Roberts and Todd (WRT) to June 30, 2025.
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Resolution No. 2021-147, 2. Exhibit B - Draft Specific Plan Update, 3. Exhibit C - General Plan Land Use Map, 4. Exhibit D - Proposed Land Use Map, 5. Exhibit E - Committee Policy Results, 6. Exhibit F - May 14, 2024 Committee Recommendations, 7. Exhibit G - August 20, 2024 Committee Recommendations, 8. Exhibit H - Committee Comment Matrix, 9. Exhibit I - Public Comment Matrix, 10. Exhibit J - Public Comments, 11. Exhibit K - Draft TED Ordinance, 12. Exhibit L - TED Boundary, 13. Exhibit M - Community Survey Results, 14. Exhibit N - Policy Edits, 15. Exhibit O - Public Mailer, 16. Exhibit P - Property Owner Land Use Change Letter, 17. Exhibit Q - Initiating Resolution - TDSPU Plan & Land Use Map, 18. Exhibit R - Initiating Resolution - TED Overlay, 19. Exhibit S - Initiating Resolution - Objective Design Standards, 20. Exhibit T - WRT Contract Amendment, 21. Exhibit U - Presentation, 22. Supplement - Public Comment - 9 25 AM ID 24-1306
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning & Development Department

THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning & Development Department

BY: ADRIENNE ASADOORIAN-GILBERT, Supervising Planner
Planning & Development Department


SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to consider initiation of the Tower District Specific Plan update, pertaining to all properties located within the boundaries of the Tower District Specific Plan area of the Fresno General Plan.
1. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02869 initiating the Tower District Specific Plan Draft Land Use Map and Draft Specific Plan update
2. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02420 initiating preparation of the Tower Entertainment District Overlay
3. RESOLUTION - Application No. P24-02871 initiating preparation of the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards
4. Second contract amendment extending the Consultant Services Agreement with Wallace, Roberts and Todd (WRT) to June 30, 2025.

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
1. ADOPT RESOLUTION, Application No. P24-02869, initiating the Tower District Specific Plan Draft Land Use Map and Draft Specific Plan update, with changes as noted in Exhibit H - Committee Comment Matrix and Exhibit I - Public Comment Matrix
2. ADOPT RESOLUTION, Application No. P24-02420, initiating the Tower Entertainment District Overlay
3. ADOPT RESOLUTION, Application No. P24-02871, initiating the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards
4. APPROVE the second contract amendment extending the Consultant Services Agreement with Wallace, Roberts and Todd (WRT) to June 30, 2025.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The proposed project is the initiation of the Draft Tower District Specific Plan Update and Land Use Map, which includes initiation of the Tower Entertainment District Overlay and Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards, and a second contract amendment extending ...

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