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Subject: UPholdings Letter of Support - Streamlining Ordinance Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 1:31:23 PM
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Good Afternoon,
On behalf of UPholdings, attached is a letter of support for the Streamlining Ordinance to be discussed next Thursday, May 1st.
Best,
Sarah
Sarah Ritten
Associate Project Manager
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UPHOLDINGS - Lincolnwood, IL 60712
April 28, 2024
Fresno City Council
2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Attn: Fresno City Clerk’s Office at [email protected]
Subject: Support for Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance (Development Code Text Amendment No. P24-00794)
Dear Members of the Fresno City Council,
On behalf of Regenerate California Innovation and Better Blackstone Community Development Corporation, I am writing to express our strong support for the proposed Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance, also known as Development Code Text Amendment No. P24-00794. This forward-thinking initiative is a crucial step toward addressing Fresno’s pressing housing needs and improving the efficiency and accessibility of housing development throughout our city.
The ordinance offers a strategic, equitable approach to increasing housing availability by streamlining the development process for a diverse range of housing types. We are especially encouraged by the ordinance’s key components and impacts, including:
• Providing an additional tool for implementing the City of Fresno’s Housing Element and the State of California’s Housing Accountability Act. • Ministerial approval for office-to-residential conversions, unlocking underutilized space and creating approximately 2,692 new units over 30 years. • Facilitating housing near public transit, supporting sustainability and accessibility with up to 5,525 potential new units.
• Streamlined infill development in mixed-use zones, providing the opportunity for 12,032 additional homes while preserving open space and enhancing urban vitality. • New residential opportunities on office-zoned parcels, contributing approximately 2,176 new units and promoting efficient land use.
These provisions align with the broader goal of promoting equitable, affordable, and sustainable housing for all Fresno residents. We also commend the ordinance’s thoughtful inclusion of traffic and community safety measures for larger projects, as well as its potential to foster economic revitalization and social inclusivity.
Regenerate California Innovation and Better Blackstone Community Development Corporation commend the City of Fresno for taking meaningful steps to promote housing affordability and choice while enhancing the quality of life for current and future residents.
We urge you to adopt the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance now scheduled before you on May 1, 2025.
Sincerely,
Keith Bergthold, CEO
Regenerate California Innovation, Inc (RCI) and Better Blackstone Community Development Corporation (BBCDC)
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Subject: Letter in support of housing text amendment
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025 3:00:07 PM
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Please find attached a letter from the Chinatown Fresno Foundation in support of a text amendment that will benefit the neighborhood housing initiatives for City Council members.
Thank you.
Jan
Jan Minami
Project Director, Chinatown Fresno Foundation
resno CA 93706
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Subject: Letter of Support - Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 11:12:13 AM
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Good morning,
Please find attached our letter of support for the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance.
Thank you,
Fernando
Fernando Alvarez
Government Affairs Specialist
Fresno Chamber of Commerce
Fresno, CA 93721
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Subject: Letter of Support for the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 11:29:48 AM
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Dear City Clerk,
Attached is a letter of Letter of Support for the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance. I would like to have this letter included in the record.
Thank you for your assistance.
Tyrone Roderick Williams
Chief Executive Officer
to give ministerial approval power to deviate from existing land uses supported by zoning districts with minimal to no knowledge of said change by the Community. The Planning Director’s total disrespect to the Communities Representatives is reflected in her “word salad” explanations and examples. We do not need more DEI (Director’s Empowerment Initiatives) in the Planning Department. Let us outline the players involved in the power play and keep it simple:
1. Community Servants paid by taxes (Mayor to Trash Collector).
2. Community Land Owners are the Taxpayers (Rentals, Owners, Landlords).
3. City Council (People in place to represent the Community Land Owners).
Setting:
1. Caterer
2. Host
3. Party Coordinator
The Host hires a Party Coordinator to coordinate all aspects of the Party to the Host’s best interests.
The Host hires a Caterer to provide all nourishment based on the Host’s desire, as stated in the Contract (City Zoning and Land Use Plan).
The Host agrees to the Contract, signs it and asks the Party Coordinator to oversee the Contract to make sure it is followed through.
To make a long story shorter: the Caterer decides to do a CHANGE UP on the food and services that are nowhere close to what is in the Contract.
This CHANGE UP is supposedly based on outside influence (State Government, Developers and Friends) and is not his fault.
He is now asking the Coordinator to
revise the signed Contract. The Caterer is saying that they will not service the Contract AS IS.
The Host of the Party is saying “NO to the revisions to the Contract.” They are paying for the Contract AS IS. It is the duty of the Party Coordinator to say “NO TO THE REVISIONS.”
The Caterer will service the Contract AS IS on behalf of the Host. The power play by the Caterer will not happen.
I respectfully request that the City Council DENY the power play by the City of Fresno on behalf of the people who pay their wages.
Sincerely,
William D. Stevens
1972 Bachelor of Architecure
1979 Registered Architect, California
1981 NCARB Certificate
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Subject: Support for Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance (Development Code Text Amendment No. P24-00794) Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 10:24:33 AM
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Dear Fresno City Clerk,
Please include the attached letter of support from Highway City Community Development, Inc. for the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance (Development Code Text Amendment No. P24-00794) in the City Council agenda packet for this item's public hearing now scheduled for May 1, 2025.
Thank you.
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April 30, 2024
Fresno City Council
2600 Fresno Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Subject: Support for Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance (Development Code T ext Amendment No. P24-00794)
Dear Members of the Fresno City Council,
On behalf of Lowell CDC I am writing to express our support for the proposed Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance, also known as Development Code Text Amendment No.
P24-00794. This forward-thinking initiative is a crucial step toward addressing Fresno’s pressing housing needs and improving the efficiency and accessibility of housing development throughout our city. It encourages housing development in areas that already have vital city infrastructure, access to transportation and close to jobs and built communities.
The ordinance offers a strategic, equitable approach to increasing housing availability by streamlining the development process for a diverse range of housing types. While we are especially encouraged by the ordinance’s key components, we are also concerned that these changes alone are not enough. These changes will most deeply affect communities in the north of Fresno while doing very little to focus development in downtown and in existing older neighborhoods. We encourage housing development across Fresno to serve a wide variety of household sizes and affordability needs.
We encourage the City to further create
opportunities for approving office and commercial conversions that maybe zoned NMX to residential as well.
These provisions align with the broader goal of promoting equitable, affordable, and sustainable housing for all Fresno residents. We also commend the ordinance’s thoughtful inclusion of traffic and community safety measures for larger projects, as well as its potential to foster economic revitalization and social inclusivity.
Thank you for taking meaningful steps to promote housing affordability and choice while enhancing the quality of life for current and future residents. We urge you to adopt the Fresno Housing Streamlining Ordinance before you on April 24, 2024.
Sincerely,
Esther Carver
Executive Director, Lowell Community Development Corporation.