REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
April 10, 2017
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Urban and Neighborhood Planning
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Long Range Planning Division
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Consider Plan Amendment Application No. A-17-001 and related environmental findings for the Housing Element Amendment, filed by the Development and Resource Management Department Director, pertaining to the following:
1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of the environmental findings of Environmental Assessment No. A-17-001, 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. 2012041009 certified by the City Council on October 20, 2016 for the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan, and the Downtown Development Code pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164; and
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. A-17-001 to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the Housing Element Amendment, including all Text, Policies, Maps, Tables and Exhibits contained in the Fresno Housing Element Amendment Revised Public Draft document dated March 2017.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Plan Amendment Application No. A-17-001 proposes to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan, the Housing Element Chapter, with a Housing Element Amendment. The Housing Element is the City's policy document for meeting its housing needs, including housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and special needs groups. Plan Amendment A-17-001 includes amendments to Chapter 1:Introduction to include more information on public outreach, Chapter 3: Land for Housing to include an additional sites inventory related...
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