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File #: ID 25-1174    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/21/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/16/2025 Final action:
Title: HEARING to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117), and related actions: 1. RESOLUTION - Certifying Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2019069117), as related to the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan, related Plan Amendments P22-01351, P22-01352, P22-01353, and related Rezone P22-01353 as related to the Adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan, related plan amendment, and related rezones. a. ADOPT Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(A) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091; and, b. APPROVE a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and, c. ADOPT the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations as required by Public Resources Code, Section 21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15093. 2. RESOLUTION - to Repeal the West...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Vicinity Map, 2. Exhibit B - Plan Amendment P22-01351 West Area Community Plan Area and Highway City Neighborhood Specific Plan Area Maps, 3. Exhibit C - Plan Amendment P22-01352 West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Proposed Planned Land Use Map, 4. Exhibit D - Plan Amendment P22-01353 Proposed Changes to the General Plan Figure LU-1 and Figure LU-2, 5. Exhibit E - Rezone P22-01353 Proposed Changes to the Zoning Map, 6. Exhibit F - WANSP Planning Commission Draft (Sept. 2025), 7. Exhibit G - 2022 Comment Summary Matrix & Comment Letters, 8. Exhibit H - Recirculated Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (RDEIR), 9. Exhibit I - Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), 10. Exhibit J - Findings of Fact & Statement of Overriding Considerations, 11. Exhibit K - Fresno Municipal Code Findings, 12. Exhibit L - Housing Element Findings, 13. Exhibit M - Fresno Bee Notice [09-10-25], 14. Exhibit N Planning Commission Resolutions, 15. Exhibit O - Carried Policies from HCNSP and WACP, 16. Exhibit P - WANSP Regional Park Location Scoring, 17. Exhibit Q - Resolution Certifying the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan EIR, 18. Exhibit R - Resolution Approving Plan Amendment P22-01351, 19. Exhibit S - Resolution Approving Plan Amendment P22-01352, 20. Exhibit T - Resolution Approving Plan Amendment P22-01353, 21. Exhibit U - Ordinance Approving Rezone P22-01353, 22. Exhibit V - Presentation, 23. Exhibit W - Public Comments Received (Presented to Planning Commission), 24. Exhibit X - Land Use Change Requests Summary (Presented to Planning Commission), 25. Exhibit Y - Public Comment
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REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


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

ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

BY: CASEY LAUDERDALE, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117), and related actions:
1. RESOLUTION - Certifying Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2019069117), as related to the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan, related Plan Amendments P22-01351, P22-01352, P22-01353, and related Rezone P22-01353 as related to the Adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan, related plan amendment, and related rezones.
a. ADOPT Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(A) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091; and,
b. APPROVE a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and,
c. ADOPT the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations as required by Public Resources Code, Section 21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15093.
2. RESOLUTION - to Repeal the West Area Community Plan and a Portion of the Highway City Neighborhood Specific Plan (Plan Amendment Application P22-01351)
3. RESOLUTION - to Adopt the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan (Plan Amendment Application No. P22-01352)
4. RESOLUTION - Updating the Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) and Dual Designation Diagram (Figure LU-2) of the Fresno General Plan and Incorporate the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan (Plan Amendment P22-01353)
5. BILL - (For Introduction) to Approve Rezone Application P22-01353 to Amend the Official Zoning Map to Rezone Approximately 958 Acres of Property within the West Area Neighborhoods Speci...

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