Planning Commission
Regular MeetingFresno, CA · September 4, 2024
Minutes
City of Fresno
City Hall Council Chambers
2600 Fresno Street
Meeting Minutes - Final
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
6:00 PM
Regular Meeting
City Hall, Council Chambers
Planning Commission
Chairperson – Peter Vang
Vice Chair - Kathy Bray
Commissioner – David Criner
Commissioner – Monica Diaz
Commissioner – Jacqueline Lyday
Commissioner - Linda M Calandra
Commissioner – Gurdeep Singh Shergill
Planning Commission Meeting Minutes - Final September 4, 2024
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WELCOMES YOU TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
LOCATED AT CITY HALL, 2600 FRESNO STREET, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93721.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – Any interested person may appear at the public hearing
and present written testimony or speak in favor or against the matters scheduled on
the agenda. Public participation during Fresno City Planning Commission meetings is
always encouraged and can occur by attending a meeting in the Council Chambers,
City Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721. When called to speak
during a meeting, you may approach the speaker podium upon the Chair’s call for
public comment.
All public speakers will have up to 3 minutes to address the Commission pursuant to
Rule No. 13 of the Planning Commission Bylaws of the City of Fresno (available in the
City Clerk’s Office).
SUBMIT DOCUMENTS / WRITTEN COMMENTS –
1. E-mail – Agenda related documents and comments can be e-mailed to the Planning
& Development Department. Unless otherwise required by law to be accepted by the
City at or prior to a Commission meeting or hearing, no documents shall be accepted
for Commission review unless they are submitted to the Planning and Development
Department at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the Commission meeting
at which the associated agenda item is to be heard. All comments received at least
24 hours prior will be distributed to the Planning Commission prior and during the
meeting and will be a part of the official record, pursuant to Article 4 (3).
a. Email comments to PublicCommentsPlanning@fresno.gov.
b. Emails should include the agenda date and item number you wish to speak on
in the subject line of your email. Include your name and address for the record, at
the top of the body of your email.
VIEWING PLANNING MEETINGS (non-participatory) – For your convenience, there
are ways to view Planning Commission meetings live:
1. Community Media Access Collaborative website: https://cmac.tv/
2. Cable Television: Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T Channel 99
3. Participate Remotely via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I18M0bh8TbSGAo27i5ze1Q
a. The above link will allow you to register in advance for remote participation
in the meeting via the Zoom platform. After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing additional details about joining the meeting.
Should any of these viewing methods listed above experience technical difficulties,
the Commission meeting will continue uninterrupted. Commission meetings will only
be paused to address verifiable technical difficulties for all users participating via
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Zoom or in the Chambers.
The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Anyone requiring reasonable ADA accommodations, including sign language
interpreters, or other reasonable accommodations such as language translation,
should contact the office of the City Clerk at (559) 621-7650 or clerk@fresno.gov. To
help ensure availability of these services, you are advised to make your request a
minimum of 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
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I. ROLL CALL
Chair Vang called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Also present were Jennifer Clark, Ashley Atkinson, Israel Trejo, Robert Holt,
Juan Lara, Kari Camino, Heather Thomas (CAO), and Dejan Pavic (DPU).
Present 6 - Chairperson Peter Vang, Commissioner Kathy Bray,
Commissioner Monica Diaz, Commissioner Jacqueline G.
Lyday, Commissioner Linda Calandra, and Commissioner
Gurdeep Singh Shergill
Absent 1 - Commissioner David Criner
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
6:01 p.m.
III. PROCEDURES - PROCEDIMIENTOS - KEV SAB LAJ
6:01 p.m.
Chair Vang read the procedures aloud.
IV. AGENDA APPROVAL
6:02 p.m.
Trejo reported no changes to the agenda.
On motion of Commissioner Diaz, seconded by Commissioner Lyday,
the AGENDA was APPROVED. The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye: 6 - Chairperson Vang, Commissioner Bray, Commissioner Diaz,
Commissioner Lyday, Commissioner Calandra, and
Commissioner Shergill
Absent: 1 - Commissioner Criner
V. CONSENT CALENDAR
6:03 p.m.
On motion of Commissioner Calandra, seconded by Commissioner
Diaz, the CONSENT CALENDAR was APPROVED. The motion carried
by the following vote:
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Aye: 6 - Chairperson Vang, Commissioner Bray, Commissioner Diaz,
Commissioner Lyday, Commissioner Calandra, and
Commissioner Shergill
Absent: 1 - Commissioner Criner
V-A ID 24-1093 August 7, 2024 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes
V-B ID 24-1096 Consideration of request for a discretionary two-year extension of time to
the expiration date for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5756 pertaining to
approximately 19.21 acres of property located on the south side of West
Ashlan Avenue between North Polk and North Gregory Avenues. (Council
District 1).
1. APPROVE the request for a discretionary two-year extension of time
for the expiration date for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5756,
subject to compliance with the original conditions of approval as
contained in Planning Commission Resolution No. 12802, and the
revised conditions of approval issued for Vesting Tentative Tract Map
No. 5756 dated October 20, 2022, and the attached Development
Impact Fees dated July 12, 2024.
VI. REPORTS BY COMMISSIONERS
6:03 p.m.
None
VII. CONTINUED MATTERS
N/A
VIII. NEW MATTERS
N/A
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IX. REPORT BY SECRETARY
6:03 p.m.
Director Clark stated that there are a number of Specific Plans that will be
coming up for consideration by the Commission over the next few months.
The Tower District Specific Plan update is ongoing and has two meetings
planned that are open to the public. She expects the Commission will see
the Tower District Specific Plan later this year, along with a few others.
X. SCHEDULED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
N/A
XI. UNSCHEDULED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
6:05 p.m.
A member of the public asked if the Commissioners received the Federal
Guidelines information packet. The Commissioners responded they had not
received it. She said she would resubmit the packet and return at a later
date.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Chair Vang adjourned the meeting at 6:06 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Fresno
City Hall Council Chambers
2600 Fresno Street
Meeting Agenda - Final
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
6:00 PM
Regular Meeting
City Hall, Council Chambers
Planning Commission
Chairperson – Peter Vang
Vice Chair - Kathy Bray
Commissioner – David Criner
Commissioner – Monica Diaz
Commissioner – Jacqueline Lyday
Commissioner - Linda M Calandra
Commissioner – Gurdeep Singh Shergill
Planning Commission Meeting Agenda - Final September 4, 2024
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WELCOMES YOU TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
LOCATED AT CITY HALL, 2600 FRESNO STREET, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93721.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION – Any interested person may appear at the public hearing
and present written testimony or speak in favor or against the matters scheduled on
the agenda. Public participation during Fresno City Planning Commission meetings
is always encouraged and can occur by attending a meeting in the Council
Chambers, City Hall, 2nd Floor, 2600 Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93721. When called
to speak during a meeting, you may approach the speaker podium upon the Chair’s
call for public comment.
All public speakers will have up to 3 minutes to address the Commission pursuant to
Rule No. 13 of the Planning Commission Bylaws of the City of Fresno (available in
the City Clerk’s Office).
SUBMIT DOCUMENTS / WRITTEN COMMENTS –
1. E-mail – Agenda related documents and comments can be e-mailed to the
Planning & Development Department. Unless otherwise required by law to be
accepted by the City at or prior to a Commission meeting or hearing, no documents
shall be accepted for Commission review unless they are submitted to the Planning
and Development Department at least 24 hours prior to the commencement of the
Commission meeting at which the associated agenda item is to be heard. All
comments received at least 24 hours prior will be distributed to the Planning
Commission prior and during the meeting and will be a part of the official record,
pursuant to Article 4 (3).
a. Email comments to PublicCommentsPlanning@fresno.gov.
b. Emails should include the agenda date and item number you wish to speak on
in the subject line of your email. Include your name and address for the record, at
the top of the body of your email.
VIEWING PLANNING MEETINGS (non-participatory) – For your convenience, there
are ways to view Planning Commission meetings live:
1. Community Media Access Collaborative website: https://cmac.tv/
2. Cable Television: Comcast Channel 96 and AT&T Channel 99
3. Participate Remotely via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I18M0bh8TbSGAo27i5ze1Q
a. The above link will allow you to register in advance for remote participation
in the meeting via the Zoom platform. After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing additional details about joining the meeting.
Should any of these viewing methods listed above experience technical difficulties,
the Commission meeting will continue uninterrupted. Commission meetings will only
be paused to address verifiable technical difficulties for all users participating via
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Zoom or in the Chambers.
The City of Fresno’s goal is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Anyone requiring reasonable ADA accommodations, including sign language
interpreters, or other reasonable accommodations such as language translation,
should contact the office of the City Clerk at (559) 621-7650 or clerk@fresno.gov. To
help ensure availability of these services, you are advised to make your request a
minimum of 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
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I. ROLL CALL
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
III. PROCEDURES - PROCEDIMIENTOS - KEV SAB LAJ
For each matter considered by the Commission, there will first be a staff presentation,
followed by a presentation from the project applicant. Testimony from supporters of the
project will then be taken, followed by testimony from those in opposition. The applicant
will have the right to a final rebuttal presentation prior to closing the public hearing.
In accordance with section 13 of Article 2 of the Planning Commission Rules and
Regulations governing length of public debate, all public testimony from those in support
and in opposition of the project will be limited to three minutes per person. The three
lights on the podium next to the microphone will indicate the amount of time remaining
for the speaker. The green light will be turned on when the speaker begins. The yellow
light will come on with a soft bell ring when one minute is remaining. The speaker should
be completing the testimony by the time the red light comes on with a final bell indicating
time has expired. All public testimony must be presented to the Commission at the
podium. Any testimony that references race, religion, ethnicity, economic status,
national origin, or any other classification protected under state or federal law in a
derogatory manner shall be deemed irrelevant and will not be considered by the
Commission in making its land use
determinations.
If you challenge these land use matters in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised in oral or written testimony or before the close of the
hearing.
IV. AGENDA APPROVAL
V. CONSENT CALENDAR
V-A ID 24-1093 August 7, 2024 Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: Exhibit A - August 7, 2024 DRAFT Planning Commission Minutes
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V-B ID 24-1096 Consideration of request for a discretionary two-year extension of time
to the expiration date for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5756
pertaining to approximately 19.21 acres of property located on the
south side of West Ashlan Avenue between North Polk and North
Gregory Avenues. (Council District 1).
1. APPROVE the request for a discretionary two-year extension of
time for the expiration date for Vesting Tentative Tract Map No.
5756, subject to compliance with the original conditions of
approval as contained in Planning Commission Resolution No.
12802, and the revised conditions of approval issued for Vesting
Tentative Tract Map No. 5756 dated October 20, 2022, and the
attached Development Impact Fees dated July 12, 2024.
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: Exhibit A - Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 5756 [8-23-2022]
Exhibit B - Planning Comission Resolution No. 12802
Exhibit C - Aerial Map
Exhibit D - Vicinity Map
Exhibit E - Subdivider Request for Extension of Time [6-11-2024]
Exhibit F - Fresno Municipal Code Findings
Exhibit G - Development Impact Fees [7-12-2024]
VI. REPORTS BY COMMISSIONERS
VII. CONTINUED MATTERS
VIII. NEW MATTERS
IX. REPORT BY SECRETARY
X. SCHEDULED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
XI. UNSCHEDULED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
You may address the Planning Commission at the conclusion of the Commission
meeting regarding matters of public interest that are not listed on the agenda and that
are within the Commission's jurisdiction. Please be present at the conclusion of the
meeting if you wish to be heard. Anyone wishing to be placed on the Planning
Commission Agenda should contact the Planning and Development Department
(telephone: 559-621-8277) at least 10 days before the desired appearance date.
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XII. ADJOURNMENT
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