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Housing and Community Development Commission

Wed, Mar 23, 2016 · 5:00 PMFinal

Meeting details

Meeting name: Housing and Community Development Commission
Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: Wed, Mar 23, 2016 · 5:00 PM
Minutes status: Draft
Location: Fresno City Hall, 2nd Floor Room 2165N (Conference Room A) Regular Session
Published minutes: Not available
eComment: Not available
Meeting video: Not available

Agenda 15

- Meeting & participation information
  Conference Room “A” is physically accessible. Please contact Housing and Community Development staff at (559) 621-8300 at least two days prior to the meeting to request accommodations such as interpreters or assistive listening devices. Individuals wishing to attend an HCDC meeting at City Hall may park in metered parking stalls located on the north, south, east or west sides of the building. Metered parking is enforced until 6:00 p.m.
- A)CALL TO ORDER
- B)ROLL CALL
- C)COMMUNICATIONS
- D)APPROVAL OF AGENDA
- E)APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- 1.
  16-342Minutes of HCDC meeting of February 10, 2016 to be approved.
  Documents 1
  HCDC Minutes 2-10-16
- F)GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
- 1.
  16-340Consider Plan Amendment Application No. A-16-001 and related environmental finding filed by the Development and Resource Management Department Director pertaining to the following: 1. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Environmental Assessment No. A-16-001 a Finding of Conformity to the Fresno General Plan Master Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2012111015 (MEIR) certified by the Fresno City Council on December 18, 2014 pursuant to Section 21157.1 of the California Public Resource Code (California Environmental Quality Act). 2. RECOMMEND APPROVAL (to the City Council) of Plan Amendment Application No. A-16-001 to amend the text of Chapter 11 of the Fresno General Plan, the Housing Element Consistency Chapter, with an updated Housing Element that would be valid until 2023. The Housing Element is the City’s policy document for meeting its housing needs, including housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households and special needs groups. Plan Amendment A-16-001 also includes amendments to the text of Fresno General Plan Chapter 3, Urban Form, Land Use, and Design, to incorporate an analysis of Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities within or adjacent to the Sphere of Influence and minor amendments to Chapter 9, the Noise and Safety Element, to comply with Government Code requirements related to the Housing Element.
  Documents 2
  Item F-1 and Exhibits A thru E, 3-23-16 MtgNotice Regarding Exhibit B
- G)INFORMATIONAL REPORTS
- H)COMMISSIONER ITEMS
- I)UNSCHEDULED ORAL COMMUNICATION
- Meeting & participation information
  Individuals may address the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) at the conclusion of the meeting regarding matters of public interest that are not listed on the agenda and that are within the jurisdiction of the HCDC. Please fill out a Speaker Request Slip and provide it to the Recording Secretary. Individuals who wish to have their attendance and/or matter of concern noticed on future HCDC agendas should contact the Housing and Community Development Division at (559) 621-8300 at least ten (10) days prior to the desired meeting date.
- J)ADJOURNMENT
- The next scheduled Commission meeting is April 13, 2016.

Agenda summary

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How to participate

Members of the public may comment in person at the address above. To request an interpreter or accessibility accommodation, call (559) 621-7650 at least three business days before the meeting.

In person
Attend at the location listed on the agenda. A speaker card is available at the entrance — submit it to the Clerk before your item is called. Each speaker is generally allotted up to three minutes.
Online via Zoom or by phone
Watch the live stream from any meeting page. To comment remotely, join the Zoom web-conference link posted with the agenda and use “Raise Hand” to be called on when your item comes up.
eComment (per agenda item)
Submit a comment on a specific agenda item online through eComment. Open the meeting from the calendar, then use the eComment link in the meeting details to register your position and remarks on each item. eComment opens once the agenda is published and closes at 9:00 a.m. the day before the meeting.
Written comment
Email clerk@fresno.gov with the meeting date and item number by 9:00 a.m. the day before the meeting. Comments received are distributed to members and entered into the record.
Accommodations & language access
Under California SB 707, agendas and participation instructions are published in every applicable language for the meeting, and free interpretation is provided at the meeting on request. Applicable languages currently include Spanish, Hmong, and Punjabi. Real-time captions are available in English and Spanish during the meeting through Wordly, and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is provided live on the Zoom feed. For CART captioning, interpretation in another language, or other disability accommodations, contact the City Clerk at least three business days before the meeting.

Request an accommodation

Meeting disruption policy

Meetings are conducted so everyone — in the room and watching or calling in remotely — can take part. A person who disrupts a meeting in person may be removed after a warning. Under California SB 707, if a service disruption within the City’s control cuts off the public’s ability to participate remotely, the body takes no further action on agenda items and recesses for at least one hour while staff make a good-faith effort to restore access; the meeting resumes only once remote access is back.

Read the meeting-access & disruption policy