City of Fresno  
2600 Fresno Street  
Fresno, CA 93721  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
Thursday, July 17, 2025  
5:30 PM  
Regular Meeting  
Fresno City Hall, Second Floor Room 2165  
Tower District Specific Plan Implementation Committee  
Chairperson - Christopher Johnson  
Vice Chair - Janay Conley  
Board Member - Annie Lokrantz  
Board Member - Michael Birdsong  
Board Member - Myra Coble  
Board Member - James Kitch  
Board Member - Joseph Catania  
THE COMMITTEE WELCOMES YOU TO CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 2600 FRESNO  
STREET, FRESNO, CA 93721  
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 Room 2165 located at in City Hall at 2600 Fresno  
Street, Fresno, CA 93728.  
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:  
2. Cable Television: Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T channel 99  
3. Zoom:  
https://fresno.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_vd76-Ro1Tb-qFVjAtgt0aQ  
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). Anyone requiring reasonable ADA accommodations, including sign  
language interpreters, or other reasonable accommodation such as language  
translation, should contact the Planning Department, 559 621 8277 within 48  
hours of the meeting.  
I. Call to Order & Roll Call  
II. Approve Agenda  
III. Approve Meeting Minutes  
June 19, 2025, Tower District Specific Plan Implementation  
Committee Meeting Minutes  
Planning and Development Department  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
IV. Council District Updates  
V. Chair's Report  
VI. Staff Updates  
VII. Continued Matters  
VIII. New Matters  
Final discussion of the July Draft Tower District Design Standards  
and Guidelines  
Planning and Development Department  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
IX. Unscheduled Oral Communications  
X. Adjournment