REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 3, 2020
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer / Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
BY: JASON A. CAMIT, PLS, Chief Surveyor
Public Works Department, Engineering Division, Right of Way Section
SUBJECT
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CONTINUED HEARING pertaining to Sierra Sky Park (Council District 2):
1. ***BILL NO. B-26 - (Intro. 7/16/2020) (For adoption) - Modifying Sections 1901 and 1905 of Chapter 14 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to use of aircraft and the parking of aircraft on public streets in Sierra Sky Park (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
2. ***RESOLUTION - To vacate a portion of West Spaatz Avenue and North Doolittle Drive between North Blythe Avenue and West Herndon Avenue (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Council conducts a Public Hearing and then adopts the attached Ordinance modifying Sections 1901 and Section 1905, of Chapter 14, of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) to prohibit aircraft from taxiing and parking on Spaatz Avenue from Blythe Avenue to a point 200 feet west of Doolittle Drive; and on Doolittle Drive between Spaatz Avenue and a point 100 feet north of Herndon Avenue. Staff further recommends the City Council vacate a portion of West Spaatz Avenue and North Doolittle Drive between North Blythe Avenue and West Herndon Avenue.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Currently, the FMC allows for the taxiing and parking of aircraft on Doolittle Drive south of Spaatz Avenue and along Spaatz Avenue between Blythe and Doolittle. The developer, Ginder Development, has requested that the Municipal Code be amended to prohibit aircraft from taxiing and parking on sections of Spaatz Avenue near the Sierra Sky Park Airport, and has also requested that portions of Doolittle Drive and Spaatz Avenue be vacated. The planned retail development per Tentative Parcel Map No. 2014-06 between He...
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