REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: ROB HOLT, Supervising Planner
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Approve a Project-Specific Tax Sharing Agreement Between the City of Fresno and the County of Fresno Regarding Bullard-Maroa Reorganization No. 3 for approximately 1.43 acres of property located on the south side of West Bullard Avenue between North Maroa and North Winchester Avenues (Council District 4).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve the Project-Specific Tax Sharing Agreement between the City of Fresno and the County of Fresno Regarding Bullard-Maroa No. 3 Reorganization; authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the tax sharing agreement on behalf of the City of Fresno.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City Council unanimously approved Annexation Application No. P21-03755, Pre-zone Application No. P21-03756, Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-03, and related Environmental Assessment No. TPM-2022-03/P21-03755/P21-03756 on March 30, 2023. The County of Fresno and City of Fresno have not had a master Tax Sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) since August 29, 2020 and have not been successful in negotiating a successor agreement as of today. This Project-Specific Agreement is necessary for the applicant's annexation application to continue through the LAFCo process and to start the process of building four housing units in the City of Fresno. The Fresno County Board of Supervisors will be required to approve this agreement for the annexation application to continue through the LAFCo process. The agreement itself will be discussed in the Background section of this report starting in the fourth paragraph.
BACKGROUND
Annexation Application No. P21-03755, Pre-zone Application No. P21-03756, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 2022-03 came before the City Council on March 30, 2023, where it was heard and unanimously approved by Council.
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