REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 21, 2020
FROM: MIKE SANCHEZ, AICP, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
THROUGH: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Long Range Planning Division
BY: DREW WILSON, Supervising Planner
Long Range Planning Division
SUBJECT:
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Hearing to consider General Plan Text Amendment Application No. P20-01529 and related Environmental Finding which proposes, in the Local Hazard Mitigation section of the Noise and Safety Element of the General Plan, to delete an outdated adoption date of the Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan and City of Fresno Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex consistent with the requirements of Federal and State law, and General Plan Policy NS-6-a.
1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P20-01529, a finding that the application is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the "common sense" exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15161(b)(3) that there is no possibility that the Plan Amendment Application will have a significant effect on the environment.
2. ADOPT RESOLUTION - Approving the General Plan Text Amendment No. P20-01529 amending the Local Hazard Mitigation section of the Noise and Safety Element of the General Plan, as described in Exhibit A.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval of General Plan Text Amendment No. P20-01529 and related environmental assessment.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Plan Amendment Application proposes, in the Local Hazard Mitigation section of the Noise and Safety Element of the General Plan, to delete an outdated adoption date of the Fresno County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) and City of Fresno Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex (Annex) in order to reflect that the County maintains a current Plan and Annex consistent with the requirements of Federal and State law, and General Plan Policy NS-6-a. This revision would allow periodic updating of the HMP and Annex without causing th...
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