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File #: ID 24-1625    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/21/2024 In control: Pending Approval
On agenda: 12/4/2024 Final action:
Title: Hearing to consider Plan Amendment Application No. P24-04066, filed by the Planning and Development Director, to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan by replacing the current Fresno Housing Element (2015-2023) with an updated Fresno Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element (Fresno Housing Element, 2023-2031). The Housing Element is a state-mandated plan for meeting the city's housing needs, including housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and special needs populations. The Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element is applicable within the Fresno city limits and would apply to all lands annexed into the City of Fresno. 1. RECOMMEND that the City Council FIND that the project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to the commonsense exemption set forth in Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that adoption of the Fresno Housing Element (2023-2031) has no possibility of causi...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Fresno Housing Element, December 2024, 2. Exhibit B - CA Department of Housing & Community Development Letters, 3. Exhibit C - Fresno Housing Element Errata, 4. Exhibit D - Public Comments, 5. Exhibit E - Fresno Housing Element Submittal and Revisions Process, 6. Exhibit F - Municipal Code Findings, 7. Exhibit G - Environmental Assessment, 8. Exhibit H - Presentation
REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION



December 4, 2024


FROM: ASHLEY ATKINSON, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department

BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
Hearing to consider Plan Amendment Application No. P24-04066, filed by the Planning and Development Director, to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan by replacing the current Fresno Housing Element (2015-2023) with an updated Fresno Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element (Fresno Housing Element, 2023-2031). The Housing Element is a state-mandated plan for meeting the city's housing needs, including housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and special needs populations. The Multi-Jurisdictional Housing Element is applicable within the Fresno city limits and would apply to all lands annexed into the City of Fresno.


1. RECOMMEND that the City Council FIND that the project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines pursuant to the commonsense exemption set forth in Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that adoption of the Fresno Housing Element (2023-2031) has no possibility of causing a significant effect on the environment.

2. RECOMMEND that the City Council ADOPT RESOLUTION - approving Plan Amendment Application No. P24-04066, amending the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan to replace the 2015-2023 Fresno Housing Element with the Fresno Housing Element (2023-2031), including all Text, Policies, Maps, Tables, and Exhibits contained in the Fresno Housing Element dated December 2024 and authorizing the Planning and Development Director to file all necessary material with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for HCD to find that the Housing Element is in conformance with State Housing Element Law and to make all non-substantive changes to the Housing Element to make it internally consistent ...

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