REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
October 12, 2016
FROM: DAN ZACK, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
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Public hearing to consider adoption of the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan, the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan, the Downtown Development Code and related Final Program Environmental Impact Report (FPEIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) # 2012041009. Applications have been filed by the City of Fresno Development and Resource Management Department Director pertaining to approximately 7,290 acres in the Downtown Planning Area.
1. Recommend the City Council review and consider Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR SCH No. 2012041009), apply the Council's independent judgment and analyses to the review, and then certify the PEIR as having been completed in compliance with CEQA, based on the Commission's recommendations on the proposed Final Program EIR and comments thereon.
a. Recommend the City Council adopt an appropriate Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and,
b. Recommend the City Council find that based upon testimony presented by staff, there are significant, unavoidable, environmental impacts which have not been mitigated to a level below significant. Therefore, the City Council should consider an appropriate statement of overriding considerations.
2. Recommend the City Council approve Plan Amendment Application No.
A-16-009 which proposes to repeal the Central Area Community Plan, pertaining to approximately 1,701 acres located in the Downtown Planning Area.
3. Recommend the City Council approve Plan Amendment Application No.
A-16-010 which proposes to repeal the Fulton-Lowell Specific Plan, pertaining to approximately 495 acres located in the Downtown Planning Area.
4. Recommend the City Council approve Plan Amendment Application No.
A-16-011 which proposes to adopt the July 27, 201...
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