District 4 Project Review Committee Meeting - April 22, 2026
District 4 Project Review Committee Meeting - April 22, 2026
This meeting was originally called to order on April 21, 2026 per the transcript, but the specified meeting date is April 22, 2026. The committee addressed two agenda items: a city-initiated rezone application and a conditional use permit for an event venue. Roll call showed Vice Chair Seneca present, committee member Soleya absent, and members Padilla, Addington, and Goodman present, with Mary representing District 4 on Zoom. The meeting began at 5:30 PM and adjourned at 5:51 PM.
Consent Calendar
- Approval of Minutes (March 17, 2026): Motion to approve made, seconded, and passed unanimously.
- Approval of Agenda (April 21, 2026): Motion to approve made, seconded, and passed unanimously. (Note: The transcript references April 21, but the user-specified meeting date is April 22, 2026.)
Discussion Items
- Rezone Application P260729 (City-Initiated): Proposed removal of conditions of zoning on a 3.3-acre property located on the south side of East Barstow, west of North Resident Street. The conditions previously restricted the land to student housing and specified a density limit. The adjacent hotel developer requested the removal to allow future unrestricted housing development. No associated development application. The committee voted to approve the rezone application as submitted. Motion passed unanimously.
- Conditional Use Permit P2503188 (Event Venue): Applicant proposed converting a former gym building (18,000 sq ft, capacity approximately 2,500) at Blackstone and Griffin into an event venue for weddings, quinceañeras, and weekday funeral gatherings. The building had been abandoned; applicant described 24/7 security, new lighting, and noise mitigation (concrete construction). Discussion addressed hours of operation (mostly weekends, until 1 AM), security plans, and coordination with police for large crowds (>600 people). Applicant agreed to hire on-site police for events exceeding 600 guests. Motion to approve the permit made, seconded, and passed unanimously.
Key Outcomes
- Rezone application approved (unanimous).
- Conditional use permit approved (unanimous).
- Next meeting scheduled for May 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM.
Note on Date Discrepancy: The transcript states the meeting was held on April 21, 2026, but the user-provided metadata specifies the meeting date as April 22, 2026. This summary uses the user-provided date in the title for consistency.
Meeting Transcript
Okay, sorry. We're ready. Yep. All right. Um welcome everyone uh to the um district four project review committee meeting. I'll call this meeting to order at 5 30 p.m. We have the agenda before us. It's a revised agenda. Um the changes added was to the new committee members, and so uh Thomas, if you can do a uh roll call for us, Vice Chair Seneca? Present committee member Soleya, I know it's absent. Okay, committee member Padilla here committee member um Addington here committee member goodman here and while um I was just gonna go through those formalities. I do notice that the um the presenter is not here. So um she she had emailed me a little before she was on her way from singer. Okay, um so she's supposed to be here, but for the first item it's actually a city project, so okay. Um you could do you could do the agenda and then minutes and then I can start talking about the first item. Okay, perfect. All right, so um I do want to acknowledge that we do have um uh Mary representing uh District 4 on Zoom. Hey Mary, um if I can bring your attention to the uh meeting minutes from March 17th, if I can have a motion to approve the meeting minutes from March 17th, our motion. Can I have a second? All in favor, aye. The uh agenda for today, actually uh forgive me for stepping out of uh order there. Uh the meeting agenda for today, April 21st. Can I have a motion to approve the agenda item? The agenda calendar, I mean uh the agenda review uh for April 21st. I move to approve. Can I have a second? A second all in favor? I'm thank you. All right, so today we have new matter, uh rezone application. Is that the one that you're mentioning Thomas? Yes, okay. First item. All right, so rezone application number feet two six. Actually, before I do that, I do want to honor um we do um salute the class so before we get an end into our meeting. Sorry guys ready. I plan to the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one undervisible with the liberty of all right now back to uh the rezon application number P260729. Um will be presented by um Thomas. Sorry. Okay, this application is um submitted by the city of Fresno pertains to the 3.3 acre property located on the south side of East Barstow, west of North Resident Street. And so I believe we have a uh a drawing in the back of your package here. Is that is this drawing for that? No, I'll call it some little late little lady application. Um so like it's for exhibit like there's a sneezing exhibit and then the op statement, but I can also pull it up on the screen if that helps a little bit. Okay. Um we have it in front of us, Thomas. Okay, yeah, I'm just trying to get it on the site so I can actually show the uh oh okay. So item A rezone exhibits. Okay. So I'm just trying to pull up the physical map so it's a little easier to see. Um thank you.
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