REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 8, 2016
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, Assistant Director
Development Services Division
BY: BRUCE BARNES, Project Manager
Development Services Division
SUBJECT
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Consider a resolution of application authorizing the Development and Resource Management Director to initiate proceedings to annex to the City of Fresno approximately 20 acres of property located on the northeast corner of E. Central and S. Cherry (Council District 3)
a. RESOLUTION - Of application by the Council of the City of Fresno, California, authorizing the Development and Resource Management Director to initiate the annexation of the "Central-Cherry No. 1 Reorganization" with the Fresno Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
1. ADOPT RESOLUTION of application by the Council of the City of Fresno, California, authorizing the Development and Resource Management Director to initiate the annexation of the "Central-Cherry No. 1 Reorganization" with the Fresno Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This proposed pre-zone and annexation will compliment a similar request recently approved by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) on November 9, 2016 of territory directly to the east of the subject property. It is intended that the annexation of the territory will improve the City's chances of obtaining a grant that would fund much needed water infrastructure in the area.
On November 9, 2016, LAFCo approved an annexation application relating to 90 acres of property located on the northwest corner of Central and East Avenues. This annexation approval would allow for a major economic development project to move forward. Part of the contingency of this approval was for the City of Fresno to file rezone and annexation applications for twenty a...
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