THE COMMITTEE WELCOMES YOU TO FRESNO CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 2600

FRESNO STREET, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93721, ROOM 2165.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – Any interested person may appear at the public hearing

and present written testimony or speak in favor or against the matters scheduled on

the agenda. Public participation during Tower District Specific Plan Implementation

Committee meetings is always encouraged and can occur by attending a meeting in

City Hall room 2165 located at 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, California 93721.

When called to speak during a meeting, you may approach the speaker podium upon

the Chair's call for any additional public comment. Unless otherwise announced, all

public speakers will have up to 3 minutes to address the Committee.

SUBMIT DOCUMENTS / WRITTEN COMMENTS –

Email – Agenda related documents and comments can be emailed to the Long Range

Planning Division. Unless otherwise required by law to be accepted by the City at or

prior to a Committee meeting, no documents shall be accepted for Committee review

unless they are submitted to the Long Range Planning Division at least 24 hours

prior to the commencement of the meeting at which the associated agenda item is to

be heard.

a. Email comments to LongRangePlanning@fresno.gov

b. Emails should include the agenda date and item number you wish to speak on in

the subject line of your email. Include your name and address, for the record, at the

top of the body of your email.

c. Emails will be a maximum of 450 words.

VIEWING MEETINGS (non-participatory) – For your convenience, there are ways to

view Tower District Specific Plan Implementation Committee meetings live:

1. Community Media Access Collaborative website: https://cmac.tv/

2. Cable Television: Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T channel 99

3. Zoom:

https://fresno-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_taAP1qgNRGGeXj2cB5mzQQ

Webinar ID: 951 8694 8275

a) Register in advance for this webinar: After registering, you will receive a

confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

b) If you do not wish for your name to appear on the screen, then use the drop

down menu and click on “rename” to rename yourself.

Should any of these viewing methods listed above experience technical difficulties,

the Committee meeting will continue uninterrupted. Committee meetings will only be

paused to address verifiable technical difficulties for all users participating in Zoom

or in person.

The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

I. Call to Order & Roll Call

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:31pm and initiated roll call.

Also present were Long-Range Planning Staff Adrienne Asadoorian-Gilbert,

Sophia Pagoulatos, Jennifer Clark, and Adeena Navarro.

II. Approve Agenda

On motion of Board Member Birdsong, seconded by Board Member

Catania,the above ITEM was APPROVED. The motion carried by the

following vote:

Aye: 5 -

Chairperson Johnson, Board Member Lokrantz, Board

Member Birdsong, Board Member Kitch and Board Member

Catania

Absent: 2 - Vice Chair Conley and Board Member Coble

III. Approve Meeting Minutes

January 14, 2025, Tower District Specific Plan Implementation Committee

Special Meeting Minutes

III-A

ID 25-203

On motion of Chairperson Johnson, seconded by Board Member

Lokrantz, that the above Action Item be APPROVED AS AMENDED.

The motion carried by the following vote:

Aye: 5 -

Chairperson Johnson, Board Member Lokrantz, Board

Member Birdsong, Board Member Kitch and Board Member

Catania

Absent: 2 - Vice Chair Conley and Board Member Coble

IV. Council District Updates

N/A

V. Chair's Report

Chairperson Johnson provided updates on the Tower District Business

Association.

VI. Staff Updates

N/A

VII. Continued Matters

Consideration of the Tower District Specific Plan Implementation

Committee Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2025

VII-A

ID 25-202

Asadoorian-Gilbert recounted correspondence between Staff and the

Implementation Committee regarding setting a regular meeting time and

location.

Clark offered alternate dates and time for regular meetings; Committee

members stated preference for moving Implementation Committee meetings

to either 3rd or 4th Thursdays. A poll will be sent to Committee members to

finalize potential dates.

On motion of Board Member Lokrantz, seconded by Board Member

Birdsong, that the above Action Item be CONTINUED. The motion

carried by the following vote:

Aye: 5 -

Chairperson Johnson, Board Member Lokrantz, Board

Member Birdsong, Board Member Kitch and Board Member

Catania

Absent: 2 - Vice Chair Conley and Board Member Coble

VIII. New Matters

Workshop on the Tower District Design Guidelines Analysis

VIII-A

ID 25-206

Asadoorian-Gilbert led the Design Guidelines Workshop

Committee members provided questions and concerns on the following

topics: desire to change guidelines to standards, concern over references to

the Development Code and desire to ensure consistency with Tower

District, fencing materials (specifically chain-link), desire to address street

closures, alley activation and access, use of diagrams in the revised

document, security doors, window and glass material standards, desire to

include definitions in the document, side and rear yard fencing, use of

updated photos in the document, landscape maintenance, window security,

pole signs, billboards, process in review when something is a standard vs a

guideline.

IX. Unscheduled Oral Communications

Birdsong reported on a preservation effort made by the Tower District

Preservation Association along with several volunteers in which participants

painted 78 historic lampposts throughout District 3. The event was

supported by Council Vice-President Miguel Arias’ office.