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File #: ID 24-1395    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/10/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action: 11/7/2024
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. P24-02871 initiating preparation of the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards
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 - Community Survey Results, 12. Exhibit L - Policy Edits, 13. Exhibit M - Public Mailer, 14. Exhibit N - Property Owner Land Use Change Letter, 15. Exhibit O - Initiating Resolution - TDSPU Plan & Land Use Map, 16. Exhibit P - Initiating Resolution - Objective Design Standards, 17. Exhibit Q - Presentation, 18. Exhibit R - Public Comment from ID 24-1306, 19. Supplemental - 9 25AM (ID 24-1395), 20. 9 25 A.M. ID 24-1395 - Public Comment accepted by Council
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. P24-02871 initiating preparation of the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards

Body
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. P24-02871, initiating the Tower District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards

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 District Specific Plan Objective Design Standards. This report describes the history and background of the Tower District Specific Plan approved on March 26, 1991 (1991 Plan), the actions taken to update the 1991 Plan, the outreach and planning process, and key elements of the Draft Specific Plan update. The development of the Tower District Specific Plan update was previously acted upon by the City Council in May 2021 to establish the Tower District Specific Plan Implementation Committee; in April 2022 to allocate $400,000 and approve a Consultant Services Agreement with WRT to prepare the Specific Plan...

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