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Date Adopted:
Date Approved:
Effective Date:
City Attorney Approval: ______
Resolution No.
RESOLUTION NO. _________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FRESNO
GENERAL PLAN AND THE SOUTHWEST FRESNO
SPECIFIC PLAN (PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO.
P20-04209)
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2014, by Resolution No. 2014- 226, the City Council adopted the Fresno General Plan by Resolution No . 2014-225, certified Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 (“MEIR”) which evaluated the potentially significant adv erse environmental impacts of urban development within the City of Fresno’s designated urban boundary line and sphere of influence; WHEREAS, on October 26, 2017, by Resolution No. 2017- 301, the City Council subsequently adopted the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan and by Resolution No. 2017- 299, certified Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Program Environmental Impact Report SCH 201731012 (“SWFSP PEIR”) which is tiered from the MEIR and evaluated the potentially significant adverse environmental impacts of urban development within Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Area within the City of Fresno’s designated urban boundary line and sphere of influence;
WHEREAS, Armen Devejian of Associated Design & Engineering, Inc., on behalf of Busseto Foods, Inc., has filed an application to amen d the Fresno General Plan and the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Area to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Commercial - Community planned land use to the Residential – Urban Neighborhood planned land use;
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WHEREAS, the environmental assessment conducted for the proposed plan amendment resulted in the filing of a Negative Declaration on March 4, 2022; WHEREAS, on May 18, 2022, the Fresno City Planning Commission held a public hearing to consider Plan A mendment Application No. P20-04209 and the associated Negative D eclaration prepared for Environmental Assessm ent No . P20- 04209/P20-04211;
WHEREAS, the Fresno City Planning Commission took action, as evidenced in Planning Commission Resolution No. 13743, to recommend approval of Plan Amendment Appl ication No. No. P20-04209 which proposes to amend the Fresno General Plan and the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan to change the planned land use designation for the subject property from Residential – Medium Density (±18.9 acres) to Employment – Light Industrial (±18.9 acres) planned land use; and, WHEREAS, on October 13, 2022, the Fresno City Council held a public hearing to consider Plan A mendment Application No. P20-04209 and received both oral testimony and written information presented at the hearing regarding Plan A mendment Application No. P20-04209.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Fresno, based upon the testimony and information presented at the hearing and upon review and consideration of the environmental documentation provided, as follows:
1. The Council finds in ac cordance with its own independent judgment that with all applicable project specific mitigation measures imposed, there is no substantial evidence in the record that Plan Amendment Application P20- 04209 may have less than significant effects with mitigation on the environment that were not identified in the Fresno General Plan Master 3 of 5
Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 (“MEIR”) and Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Program Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 201731012 (“SWFSP PEIR”); and, that all applicable mitigation measures of the MEIR and SWFSP P EIR have been applied to the project, together with project specific mitigation measures necessary to assure that the project will not cause significant adverse cumulat ive impacts, growth inducing impacts, and irreversible significant effects beyond those identified by the MEIR and SWFSP PEIR as provided by CEQA Section 15178(a). Therefore, it has been determined based upon the evidence in the record that the project wil l not have a significant impact on the environment and that the filing of a negative declaration is appropriate in accordance with the provisions of CEQA Section 21157.5(a)(2) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15178(b)(1) and (2).
Accordingly, the Council adopt s the N egative Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. P20-04209/P20-04211 dated March 4, 2022.
2. The Council finds the adoption of the proposed plan amendment as recommended by the Planning Commission is in the best interest of the City of Fresno.
3. The Council of the City of Fresno hereby adopts Plan A mendment Application No. P20-04209 amending the Fresno General Plan and Southwest Fresno Specific Plan planned land use designation for the subject property from Residential – Medium Density (±18.9 acres) planned land use to Employment – Light Industrial (±18.9 acres) planned land use, as depicted by Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF FRESNO ) ss.
CITY OF FRESNO )
I, TODD STERMER, City Clerk of the City of Fresno, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Fresno, California, at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of October 13, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor Approval: , 2022
Mayor Approval/No Return: , 2022
Mayor Veto: , 2022
Council Override Vote: , 2022
TODD STERMER, CMC
City Clerk
By _________________________
Deputy
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
RINA GONZALES
City Attorney
By
Kristi Costa Date
Deputy City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit A
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EXHIBIT A- Plan Amendment
Requesting to change ±18.9 acres from the RM (Residential - Medium Density) land use designation to the IL (Employment - Light Industrial) land use designation.
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