REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning & Development Department
PHIL SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning & Development Department
BY: MARIA CAMBRON, Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization Manager
Planning & Development Department
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 29th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2025-179 to appropriate $5,000,000 in Downtown Fresno and Chinatown Infrastructure Grant funding (Requires 5 Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the 29th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2025-179, appropriating $5,000,000 in Downtown Fresno Infrastructure Grant funds to the Planning & Development Department for implementation of Fresno housing projects.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State's FY 2025-26 budget includes a $5 million allocation to the City of Fresno to support Downtown Fresno and Chinatown housing projects. Although the funds have already been received by the City at the time of this report, the proposed action will formally appropriate the $5 million into the City's FY 2025-26 budget.
Appropriating these funds will enable the City to maintain progress on infrastructure timelines and continue deploying the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF), which provides essential gap financing to accelerate higher-density housing development within the downtown core. As presented to the Council on September 11, 2025, the anticipated and now received $5 million will be appropriated to the City's existing RLF, for a total of $25 million.
BACKGROUND
In 2023, the Fresno City Council approved the acceptance of a $250 million Downtown Fresno and Chinatown Infrastructure Grant from the State of California to support transformative infrastructure and economic development initiatives. The initial $50 million supported key projects, including water and sewer upgrades, the H Street Parking Struc...
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