HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-25-2014 Council Agenda Item 3:45 PM 2RECEIVED
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FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND THE 2025 FRESNO
GENERAL PLAN AND THE BULLARD COMMUN¡TY PLAN
(PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. A-14-002)
WHEREAS, on November 19, 2002, by Resolution No. 2002-379, the City Council
adopted the 2025 Fresno General Plan which correspondingly adopted the Bullard
Community Plan and by Resolution No. 2002-378 certifìed Master Environmental lmpact
Report No. 10130 which evaluated the potentially significant adverse environmental
impacts of urban development within the City of Fresno's designated urban boundary line
and extended sphere of influence;
WHEREAS, Giorgio Russo of the Ginder Corporation, on behalf of the John Allen
Company, has filed an application to amend the land use designation of the
aforementioned plans by changing the planned land use designation of the approximately
8.21 acre subject property, located on the north side of North Figarden Drive between
West Bullard and North Gates Avenues, and depicted in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference, from the Community Commercial planned land use
designation to the Medium-High Density Residential land use designation;
WHEREAS, the environmental assessment conducted for the proposed plan
amendment resulted in a Notice of lntent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration, filed
with the Fresno County Clerk on July 25,2014;
Date Adopted:
Date Approved:
Effective Date:
City Attorney Approval:
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WHEREAS, on August 20, 2014, the Fresno City Planning Commission held a
public hearing to consider Plan Amendment Application No. A-14-002 and the associated
negative declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No. A-14-002/R-14-008/C-
14-012;
WHEREAS, the Fresno City Planning Commission took action, as evidenced in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 13299, to recommend that the City Council
approve Environmental Assessment No. A-14-002/R-14-0021C-14-012 and Plan
Amendment Application No. A-14-002 which proposes to amend the planned land use
designation for the subject property from the Community Commercial planned land use
designation to the Medium-High Density Residential land use designation; and,
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2014, the Fresno City Council held a public hearing
to consider Environmental Assessment No. A-14-002/R-14-0021C-14-012 and Plan
Amendment Application No. A-14-002 and received both oral testimony and written
information presented at the hearing regarding the environmental assessment and plan
amendment application.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT 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 accordance with its own independent judgment that
there is no substantial evidence in the record that, with the mitigation imposed, Plan
Amendment Application No, A-14-002 may have additional significant effects on the
environment that were not identified in the 2025 Fresno General Plan Master
Environmental lmpact Report No. 10130 ("ME|R') or Mitigated Negative Declaration
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("MND') No. A-09-02 adopted for the Air Quality Update to the 2025 Fresno General
Plan, and that all applicable mitigation measures of MEIR No. 10130 and MND No. A-09-
02 have been applied to the project. ln addition, pursuant to Public Resources Code,
Section 21157.6(b)(1), Council finds that no substantial changes have occurred with
respect to the circumstances under which MEIR No. 10'130 was certified and MND No. A-
09-02/SCH No.2009051016 was adopted; and, that no new information, which was not
known and could not have been known at the time that the MEIR was certified as
complete, has become available. Accordingly, the Council adopts the Mitigated Negative
Declaration prepared for Environmental Assessment No, A-14-002/R-14-0021C-14-012
dated July 25,2014.
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 Amendment
Application No. A-14-002 amending the 2025 Fresno General Plan and Bullard
CommunÍty Plan planned land use designation from the Community Commercial planned
land use designation to the Medium-High Density Residential land use designation , as
depicted by Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTYOF FRESNO ) ss.
crTY oF FRESNO )
I, WONNE SPENCE, City Clerk of the City of Fresno, certify that the foregoing
resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Fresno, at a regular meeting held on
the 25th day of September,2014.
AYES :NOES :
ABSENT :
ABSTAIN :
Mayor Approval:2014
2014Mayor Approval/No Return:
Mayor Veto:,2014
,2014Council Override Vote:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Mary Raterman-Doidge Date
Deputy City Attorney
Attachment: Exhibit "4"
WONNE SPENCE, CMC
City Clerk
BY:
Deputy
BY:
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EXHIBIT A
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APN: 509-030-70 (Portion)
5550 North Figarden Drive
C-21BA-20/U GM/cz to R-2/BA-20/U G M, 8.22 Acres
Gommunity Commercial to Medium High Residential
Conditional Use Permit No. G-14-012