CONSIDERATION OF:
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
NO. P23-00835, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT APPLICATION NO. P23-02080, AND
RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
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Project Overview
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Proposed construction of a multi-tenant shell
building with a Starbucks Community Store and
drive-through; and also fully develop the ±
2.98 acre site with associated parking lot,
landscaping, trash enclosures, and pad for a
future building (under separate entitlement).
Project Site Planned Land Use
Source: SWFSP CC Presentation (2017)
Source: West Creek Village
Development Agreement (2020) Source: WCV Annexation MND (2017)
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MLK & Church Off-Site Improvements
REFERENCE ONLY
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Staff Recommendation
1. ADOPT Environmental Assessment No. P23-00835/P23-02080 dated January 3, 2024, an Addendum to the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Final Program EIR (the “Program EIR”), prepared in accordance with Section 15164 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines.
2. DENY the appeal submitted by Councilmember Arias on January 17, 2024, and UPHOLD the action of the Planning and Development Department Director approving Conditional Use Permit Application No. P23-00835 and Planned Development Permit Application No. P23-02080 authorizing the construction of a ± 5,781 square foot multi-tenant shell building with Starbucks Café with drive-thru; and full development of the site with associated parking lot, landscaping, trash enclosures, and pad for a future building to be entitled under separate permit.
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CONSIDERATION OF:
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION
NO. P23-00835, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
PERMIT APPLICATION NO. P23-02080, AND
RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
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FOLLOWING SLIDE(S) ONLY TO
BE UTILIZED IF NEEDED.
Southwest Fresno Specific Plan EIR
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Southwest Fresno Specific Plan EIR (Continued)
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Drive-Thrus
Near Schools
Office of Councilmember
Miguel A. Arias
Representing the Third
District
WEST FRESNO
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
● Worst Pollution in Fresno and in CA
● 56-65 Brown Fields
● Industrial Pollution
● Highest Prenatal Deaths Of African-
American Babies
● Shorter Life-Span by 20 Years
NEW INVESTMENTS
● TCC - New West Fresno
College Campus
● 10 Acre Park
● Medical Clinic
● Market-Rate Housing
● AB 617
● Truck Study In Progress
West Fresno
Freeway Traffic
Into Residential Neighborhoods
King Elementary School
Gaston Middle School
Computech Middle School
Edison High School
FCC – West Fresno Campus
Hinton Center
Hinton Park
Nearby School Sites
Existing Traffic Congestion
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
MLK & Church Avenue
infrastructure project:
PENDING
Vehicle idling during a bad
quality air day, contributes to a
hyper-local hotspot of air
pollution.
New Additional Impacts
From Two Drive-Thru Businesses
Observations from other
similar sites when the drive
thru line spills over; vehicles
blocking the sidewalk, bike
lanes, and street.
TEAGUE ELEMENTARY
no commercial development directly N, E, S, W of school site Citywide School Sites
Lincoln Elementary School & Kastner Intermediate School Citywide School Sites
Pinedale Elementary School
Citywide School Sites
Jensen & MLK
Zoning: Commercial Regional
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