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File #: ID 25-1216    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/4/2025 In control: Pending Approval
On agenda: 10/1/2025 Final action:
Title: Public hearing to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117). The following applications have been filed and pertain to approximately 7,077 acres in the Development Area - 1 North Development Area: 1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council), of the findings set forth in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2019069117) (see Exhibits H, I, and J). a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15097; and, b. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of findings based upon testimony presented by Staff that there are significant, unavoidable, environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council should adopt the findings...
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 & 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 General Plan Figures LU-1 & LU-2, 5. Exhibit E - Rezone P22-01353 Proposed Changes to the Zoning Map, 6. Exhibit F - WANSP Planning Commission Draft [September 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 - Workshop Presentation [09-17-25], 15. Exhibit O - Carried Policies from HCNSP & WACP, 16. Exhibit P - WANSP Regional Park Location Scoring, 17. Exhibit Q - Presentation, 18. Supplemental Exhibit R - Public Comments Received, 19. Supplemental Exhibit S - Land Use Change Requests
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
October 1, 2025
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
BY: CASEY LAUDERDALE, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
Title
Public hearing to consider the adoption of the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and related Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH No. 2019069117). The following applications have been filed and pertain to approximately 7,077 acres in the Development Area - 1 North Development Area:

1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council), of the findings set forth in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2019069117) (see Exhibits H, I, and J).
a. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15097; and,
b. RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of findings based upon testimony presented by Staff that there are significant, unavoidable, environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council should adopt the findings of fact and consider an appropriate statement of overriding considerations.
2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P22-01351 which proposes to repeal the West Area Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 12,341 acres located in the Development Area - 1 North Development Area, and the portion of the Highway City Neighborhood Specific Plan that overlaps the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan Boundary, approximately 455 acres (see Exhibit B).
3. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application P22-01352, which proposes to adopt the West Area Neighborhoods Specific Plan and accompanying Planned Land Use Map (see Exhibits C a...

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