REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 21, 2016
FROM: DANIEL ZACK, AICP, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
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CONTINUED HEARING to Consider Plan Amendment Application No. A-16-001, filed by the Development and Resources Management Department Director, to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan, the Housing Element Consistency Chapter, with an updated Housing Element that would be valid until 2023. The Housing Element is the City's policy document for meeting its housing needs, including housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and special needs groups. Plan Amendment A-16-001 also includes amendments to the text of Fresno General Plan Chapter 3, Urban Form, Land Use, and Design, to incorporate an analysis of Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities within or adjacent to the Sphere of Influence, and minor amendments to Chapter 9, the Noise and Safety Element, to comply with Government Code requirements related to the Housing Element.
1. ADOPT the environmental findings of Environmental Assessment No. A-16-001, a Finding of Conformity to the Fresno General Plan Final Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 (MEIR) certified by the Fresno City Council on December 18, 2014 pursuant to Section 21157.1 of the California Public Resource Code (California Environmental Quality Act) and an Addendum to the Finding of Conformity pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and 15164.
2. RESOLUTION - To adopt Plan Amendment Application No. A-16-001, amending the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan to incorporate the Housing Element, including all Text, Policies, Maps, Tables, and Exhibits contained in the Fresno Housing Element Revised Public Draft document dated March 2016, and including revisions recommended by staff and proposed amendments to Chapters 3 and 9 of the General Plan as ...
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