REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
NOVEMBER 19, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department
THROUGH: ASHLEY ATKINSON, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
BY: ADRIENNE ASADOORIAN-GILBERT, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Public hearing to consider the adoption of the Southeast Development Area Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2022020486), through the following applications filed by the City of Fresno and pertaining to approximately 9,000 acres in the Development Area-3 Southeast and Development Area-4 East:
1. RECOMMEND CERTIFICATION (to the City Council) of Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2022020486), for the Southeast Development Area Specific Plan (See Exhibit H)
a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and
b. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15097.
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03090, which proposes to adopt the Southeast Development Area Specific Plan and accompanying Planned Land Use Map
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. P23-03091, which proposes to update the Planned Land Use Map (Figure LU-1), the Dual Designation Map (Figure LU-2) and text of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the land use changes proposed in the Southeast Development Area Specific Plan
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposed project is the adoption of the Southeast Development Area (SEDA) Specific Plan (SEDA Specific Plan), which entails amendment of the Fresno General Plan, certification of an Envir...
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