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Home My WebLink About02-27-2014 Council Agenda Item 5:00 PM 2 Supplement RECEIVED Agenda Item: 5:00 P.M. Date: 2/27/14 �]14 FEB 20 PA 3 53 CITY CLERK, FA ,�� NO CITY COUNCIL City of Supplemental Information Packet Agenda Related Items— 5:00 P.M. Supplemental Packet Date: February 26, 2014 Item(s) HEARING to consider approvals related to the Proposed Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project Property located in District 3)—City Manager's Office, Public Works Department and Development and Resource Management Department Supplemental Information: Any agenda related public documents received and distributed to a majority of the City Council after the Agenda Packet is printed are included in Supplemental Packets. Supplemental Packets are produced as needed. The Supplemental Packet is available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, 2600 Fresno Street, during normal business hours (main location pursuant to the Brown Act, G.C. 54957.5(2). 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Fresno Presidents' Council R E D E V E D A coalition ofpublic and private institutions committed to Fresno')future. ,�1114 FEB 20 PM 3 52 February 26,2014 CITY CLERK, FRESNO CA Honorable Steve Brandau,Fresno City Council President Honorable Blong Xiong,Fresno City Council District 1 Honorable Oliver Baines,Fresno City Council District 3 Honorable Paul Caprioglio,Fresno City Council District 4 Honorable Sal Quintero,Fresno City Council District 5 Honorable Lee Brand,Fresno City Council District 6 Honorable Clint Olivier,Fresno City Council District 7 Re: Launch of the Fresno Presidents' Council and Support for the Fulton Mall Reconstruction Project Dear Council President Brandau and City Councilmembers: As presidents and CEOs of local education,health care, agricultural, and financial institutions,we announced today the formation of the Fresno Presidents' Council. We have drafted the enclosed Declaration to our Community,which outlines the basis of the Fresno Presidents' Council and our commitment to working together to address long-term challenges in our community. Our industries and institutions are rooted to this region and will still be here in 100 or more years. Our futures are inextricably tied to the ability of the region to prosper and be healthy. As a result,we are committed to working together to help bring new life to our Downtown, Central Fresno, and the local economy. Specifically,the Fresno Presidents' Council is committed to: • Supporting public investments in the inner city and making the necessary changes to restore Downtown Fresno as a regional center for commerce and culture; • Creating programs that support health care, educational, financial management, and nutritional services to the community, especially in neighborhoods of greatest need; • Maximizing the positive impact on the local economy of our institutions' buying power; • Exploring opportunities to invest in historic neighborhoods; • Advocating for a long-term approach to land use decisions at all levels; and • Collaborating with additional partners to pursue funding needed to achieve our objectives. We believe the upcoming vote on the Fulton Mall represents an excellent example of a public investment in the inner city that supports the overall efforts under way by the City and the private sector to restore our Downtown. We understand that the Fulton Mall reconstruction project is just one major step of many that will need to consistently be made to truly revitalize Downtown,but we believe it is an extremely important first step. We ask for your support on Thursday on the Fulton Mall project. Fresno Presidents' Council A coalition ofpitblic and private institutions committed to Fresno's future. We look forward to working with City Hall and other public and private stakeholders to advance the long-term interests of our community. Sincerely, J. Barry B ell Dr.De orate Blue CA Gra a and Tre it League State enter Community rColleg J� qt� -4L- J�C Dr. oseph Castro Fresno Cffy College California State University re.• o J ek Chubb J f of 1 Community Re i l� nter er a ai�ente �Itandy Dhindsa Dan Doyle Rabobank Central Valley Community Lank Sup �ntertdent Michael Hanson Nancy Holling9worth Fresno Unified School District _Saint Agnes Medical Center Ryan Jac sen Dav' Krause Fresno County Farm Bureau Pr7�— Vike 1&,w /McGowan Scott Rhodes Pre V [ley Bank Wells Fargo avier nmano Todd,9uGdrajYfiV ,Alliant International University _ Children's Hospjtal Central Californi P-> Dennis WacS s Stuart W olf United Security Bank Woolf Farming cRESNO—The Presidents' Council We, the Fresno Presidents' Council, are chief executives of Fresno's anchor institutions in health care, education, agriculture, and finance. Our institutions have the opportunity, motivation, and responsibility to address serious, long-term challenges in Fresno, and we pledge to work creatively together to generate solutions large and small. We advocate for other agencies and the private sector to join us by acting in the long-term interests of the community. L.FL�L�ary 26, 2014 ------ The central San Joaquin Valley faces numerous threats to its future prosperity. Among the most serious are the concentration of poverty in urban neighborhoods, low rates of educational attainment, high rates of unemployment, poor air quality, and the continued loss of high-quality agricultural land to suburban development. The precarious finances of local agencies reflect these challenges while also further threatening the region's ability to succeed and prosper in the future. Our industries and institutions are, by nature, rooted to this region. We will still be here in 100 years, a part of the community for as long as Fresno exists. Our futures are inextricably tied to the ability of the region to prosper and be healthy. Our industries and institutions are engines in the local economy. Together we employ approximately 107,000 people, some 28% of the entire Fresno and Madera County workforce, who live in the Fresno region today. We consume a significant portion of the goods and services consumed in the region. Our labor, resource, and client bases will always draw primarily on this region. Our own self-interest dictates that we protect and nurture these assets locally in order to remain viable over time. Our procurement decisions are opportunities to reinvest in the local economy with the goal of long-term stewardship of the community assets we depend on. Our industries routinely attempt to draw new potential employees, clients, and resources to our region. The condition of all parts of our community affects the decisions of others to locate and invest in Fresno. The lack of a vibrant downtown as a focus of innovation, entrepreneurship, and culture weakens the region's long-term economic prospects—and our own—and lowers the quality of life for residents today. Even if some suburban areas offer a high quality of life, there are some talented employees we cannot retain and recruit without the presence of healthy, walkable, mixed-income urban neighborhoods and a vibrant downtown. Anchor institutions in other communities throughout the country have successfully partnered with one another,with local government, and with other community institutions to spur catalytic community investments. Working together, these institutions have brought new life to downtowns, urban neighborhoods, and local economies. The Fresno Presidents' Council resolves to: 1. Support public investments in the inner city, starting with infrastructure and regulatory changes, necessary to restore Downtown Fresno as the regional center for commerce and culture. 2. Plan together and create programs, facilities, events, etc.,that combine the strengths of our offerings to provide novel and needed health care, educational,financial management, and nutritional services to the community, especially in neighborhoods of greatest need,furthering our institutions' individual missions. 3. Work collaboratively with one another and with other businesses and community-based organizations to maximize the positive impact on the local economy of our institutions' buying power. 4. Explore nontraditional opportunities to invest directly in historic neighborhoods of concentrated poverty, such as by creating housing and recreational opportunities for employees that aid in recruitment and retention while contributing to neighborhood revitalization. 5. Advocate for a long-term approach to land use decisions at all levels, reflecting consciousness of the high value of food production over time as one of the primary drivers of the region's export economy, and of the connection between threats to the region's future and continued disinvestment in the existing, urbanized area of the community. 6. Collaborate with additional partners and pursue the funding and other resources necessary to achieve our objectives. Barry Bedwell, President J. Mike McGowan, PresidentlCEO California Grape and Tree Fruit League Premier Valley Bank Dr. Deborah Blue, Chancellor Dr. Pete Menjares, President State Center Community College District Fresno Pacific University Tony Cantu, President Scott Rhodes, Senior Vice President Fresno City College Wells Fargo Jack Chubb, CEO Xavier Romano, Director of Campus and Community Regional Medical Center Student Services-Alliant University Jeff Collins, Senior VP/Area Manager Mark Riley, Senior Vice President Kaiser Permanente Bank of America Merrill Lynch Randy Dhindsa, Senior VP/Market Manager Robert Smittcamp, President/CEO Rabobank Lyons-Magnus Dan Doyle, President/CEO Todd Suntrapak, President/CEO Central Valley Community Bank Children's Hospital Central California Michael Hanson, Superintendent Mayor Ashley Swearengin Fresno Unified School District City of Fresno Nancy Hollingsworth, President/CEO Richard Whitsell, President/CEO Saint Agnes Medical Center Fresno First Bank Ryan Jacobsen, Executive Director Dennis Woods, President/CEO Fresno County Farm Bureau United Security Bank David Krause, President Stuart Woolf, President Paramount Citrus Woolf Farming