ID 25-1086 HEARING to consider the adoption of the Tower District Specific Plan, the Tower District Design Standards and Guidelines, and related Environmental Impact Report (EIR), State Clearinghouse (SHC) No. 2025050309. The following applications have been filed by the Planning and Development Director and pertain to approximately 1,869 acres in the Tower District Specific Plan Area: 1. RESOLUTION - Certifying Environmental Impact Report (EIR SCH No. 2025050309), as related to the Tower District Specific Plan and Related Plan Amendments P25-03196, P25-03197, P25-03198, P25-03200 and P25-03201 and related Rezone P25-03202; (see Exhibits M, N, O and P). a. ADOPT Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(A) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; b. APPROVE Mitigation Monitoring Program as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and, c. ADOPT Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, as related to the adoption of the Tower District Specific Plan, the Tower District Specific Plan Design Standards and Guidelines, and related Plan Amendments and Rezones. 2. BILL (for Introduction and Adoption) - Approving Plan Amendment Application P25-03196 to repeal the 1991 Tower District Specific Plan (Exhibit Q) 3. BILL (for Introduction and Adoption) - Approving Plan Amendment Application P25-03197 to repeal the Tower District Design Guidelines (2005) (Exhibit R) 4. ***RESOLUTION - to Adopt the Tower District Specific Plan (Plan Amendment Application No. P25-03198) (Exhibit B), including the revisions set forth in Exhibit D (Subject to Mayor's veto) 5. ***RESOLUTION - Approving Plan Amendment No P25-03201, to Adopt the Tower District Design Standards and Guidelines (Exhibit C), including the revisions set forth in Exhibit D (Subject to Mayor's veto) 6. RESOLUTION - Updating the Land Use Map (Figure LU-1) of the Fresno General Plan and incorporating the Tower District Specific Plan (Plan Amendment P25-03200) 7. BILL (for Introduction and Adoption) - Approving Rezone Application P25-03202 to amend the Official Zoning Map to rezone approximately 138 acres of property within the Tower District Specific Plan area to be consistent with the adopted Specific Plan Planned land use Map and expand the Apartment House Overlay District (Exhibit H), including the zoning-related revisions set forth in Exhibit D 8. RESOLUTION - Authorizing the Planning and Development Department Director or her designee to update the text, policies, maps, tables and exhibits contained in the Tower District Specific Plan, the Tower District Design Standards and Guidelines, and the Fresno General Plan to reflect the final action taken by the Council, to the extent that such updates are necessary to maintain consistency (Exhibit W).