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File #: ID 26-40    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/17/2025 In control: Pending Approval
On agenda: 1/21/2026 Final action:
Title: HEARING to consider the adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and related Environmental Assessment. The following applications have been filed by the Fresno City Council and pertain to approximately 2,067 acres in the Southeast area of the City of Fresno: 1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-00400 dated December 19, 2025, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d) (see Exhibit H). 2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P23-00400 which proposes to: a. Repeal the Roosevelt Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 15,721 acres, and the Butler/Willow Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 563 acres (see Exhibit B). b. Adopt the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and accompanying Planned Land Use Map (see Exhibits A, B and C). c. Amend the Planned Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the land ...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Vicinity Map and Plan Boundaries, 2. Exhibit B - Maps of the Roosevelt Community Plan Area & ButlerWillow Specific Plan Area, 3. Exhibit C - Proposed Planned Land Use Map, 4. Exhibit D - Proposed Changes to General Plan Planned Land Use Map, 5. Exhibit E - Proposed Changes to the Zoning Map, 6. Exhibit F - Central Southeast Area Specific Plan Public Review Draft, 7. Exhibit G - Public Comment, 8. Exhibit H - Environmental Assessment & Comment Letters, 9. Exhibit I - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 10. Exhibit J - Housing Element Findings, 11. Exhibit K - Fresno Bee Notice, 12. Supplemental Exhibit L - Public Comments Received
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REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



January 21, 2026


FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department

ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: JUAN LARA, Planner III
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to consider the adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and related Environmental Assessment. The following applications have been filed by the Fresno City Council and pertain to approximately 2,067 acres in the Southeast area of the City of Fresno:

1. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council), of a finding set forth in Environmental Assessment No. P23-00400 dated December 19, 2025, of a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(d) (see Exhibit H).

2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P23-00400 which proposes to:
a. Repeal the Roosevelt Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 15,721 acres, and the Butler/Willow Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 563 acres (see Exhibit B).
b. Adopt the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and accompanying Planned Land Use Map (see Exhibits A, B and C).
c. Amend the Planned Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the land use changes proposed in the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan (see Exhibit D).
d. Rezone approximately 119 acres of property within the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan area to be consistent with the planned land uses proposed in the Plan (see Exhibit E).
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The proposed project is the adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan (Plan), which entails the repeal of the Roosevelt Community Plan and the Butler/Willow Specific Plan, amendment of the Fresno General Plan, and the rezoning of approximately 119 acres in the Plan Area. This report describes ...

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