REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2019
FROM: JENNIFER K CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Development and Resource Management Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Mayor’s appointees for the Anti-Displacement Task Force.
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the Mayor’s appointees for the Anti-Displacement Task Force.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On November 29, 2018, the City Council created the Anti-Displacement Task Force by Resolution No. 2018-277 and included a requirement for Council ratification of the Mayor’s appointees.
BACKGROUND
Council Resolution No. 2018-277 called out the following criteria for composition of the task force:
3 Residential Tenants, residing in each of (see attached map in Exhibit A for reference):
• 1 residing in the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan Area
• 1 residing in the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan Area
• 1 residing in the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Area
2 Commercial Tenants:
• 1 in Downtown
• 1 in Chinatown or Southwest Fresno
3 Developers:
• 1 affordable housing developer
• 1 market rate developer
• 1 Community Development Corporation (CDC) Developer
3 Advocates:
• 1 non-profit organization
• 1 neighborhood organization
• 1 individual/non-affiliate
The Mayor’s appointees are attached in Exhibit B.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
The approval of task force appointments is not a project pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
N/A; no procurement is being considered.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Task Force would be staffed by City of Fresno employees; no special funding or appropriation is requested.
Attachments:
Exhibit A: Map
Exhibit B: Anti-Displacement Task Force Appointees