REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION January 19, 2022 FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director Planning and Development Department THROUGH: MIKE SANCHEZ, Assistant Director Long Range Planning Division BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager Long Range Planning Division SUBJECT ..Title WORKSHOP - Displacement Avoidance ..Body EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The workshop is intended to inform the Planning Commission of the implementation status of the City's various displacement avoidance policies and does not require any action or recommendation by the Commission. BACKGROUND On November 29, 2018, the Fresno City Council established the Anti-Displacement Task Force to carry out responsibilities outlined in the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan Policy 7.12, the Fresno Housing Element Program 12A, and the Southwest Fresno Specific Plan Policy LU-4.8 related to reducing displacement of low-income residents and merchants (see attached Exhibit A). The work of the Task Force also serves the Transform Fresno program, created in 2018, which requires a Displacement Avoidance Plan and the pursuit of at least three policies to reduce or avoid displacement in the Transform Fresno project area. The City's displacement policies call for the study of displacement, and the development of policies to avoid it. To this end, the City contracted with the Thrivance Group to study displacement and make recommendations for avoiding it. The report entitled "Here to Stay: A Policy-Based Blueprint for Displacement Avoidance in Fresno," dated June 9, 2021, is the result of that investigation (see attached Exhibit B). The report outlines 46 policy ideas organized into seven different categories for reducing displacement. A companion report entitled "Here to Stay Public Comment Report," dated October 2021, describes the outreach activities conducted and the public input and survey results received on the initial report, and prioritizes 15 policies based on public input and other criteria described in the report. The Mayor responded to these initial recommendations, and a letter describing the Administration's position is attached (see attached Exhibit D). The Anti-Displacement Task Force considered both the Here to Stay reports and the Administration's response at its December 16, 2021, meeting and made recommendations to be forwarded to the City Council for its consideration in February 2022 (see attached Exhibit E). Exhibits: Exhibit A - Resolution 2018-277 Establishing the Displacement Task Force Exhibit B - Here to Stay: A Policy-Based Blueprint for Displacement Avoidance in Fresno, June 2021 Exhibit C - Here to Stay: Public Comment Report, October 2021 Exhibit D - Administration Response to Here to Stay Report, November 2021 Exhibit E - Draft Meeting Summary from the December 16, 2021, Anti-Displacement Task Force Meeting Exhibit F - Power point