The Fresno City Council met on Thursday, April 23, 2026, starting at 9:00 AM, with roll call at 9:10 AM. Councilmember Nick Richardson attended remotely due to military assignment. The meeting included four ceremonial proclamations, multiple councilmember and mayor reports, five scheduled hearings (four Community Facilities District annexations and a street name change), a consent calendar with 27 items, a contested consent calendar, a workshop on the Vision Zero Action Plan, unscheduled public comment, and a closed session. Key outcomes included unanimous approval of all four CFD annexations, approval of the street name reversion of Cesar Chavez Boulevard to its original names, and discussion of the Vision Zero plan with a target adoption date of May 21, 2026.
All right, good morning. We're gonna adjourn or not adjourn. We're going to convene this meeting at uh 910 a.m. according to the clock at the back, not my watch though. Um clerk, would you please call the roll? Yes, thank you. Councilmember Perea, Councilmember Carbasi. Councilmember Arias. Presented. Vice President Maxwell. Councilmember Vang. Present. President Esparza. Present. Councilmember Richardson. Not present, but here. Councilmember Richardson is joining us on Zoom. With six members being physically present, we have a quorum. Okay, fantastic. Thank you, Clerk. Um next, we are going to have the invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. So I will ask everyone to please stand if uh if they can. Our invocation is going to be by Pastor Ron Herms from Butler Church. So welcome Pastor on up. Let's pray together. God, creator of life, light, and the source of all beauty and goodness, who funds the earth with enough resources and opportunities for all people, who delights in the depth and diversity of the cosmos, who celebrates the discoveries and achievements of humanity when they are applied to the benefit of our communities. We pause this morning to give thanks for the gift of living lives of meaning in the world you sustain. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, remind us here in the bountiful Central Valley that you make the rain fall and the sun to shine on all people, regardless of race, gender, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, or personal accomplishments. You bless and delight in all people. God of all people of our communities and our families, who grieves over every lost life lost to violence, greed, and corruption, who bears witness to the suffering of every human being and every living thing, who hears the cries of those dispossessed, those forgotten and those discarded by society, who calls out to us in the voices and stories of those marginalized and traumatized. We ask you to inspire the work of our hands and the work of this council with the vision of Isaiah 65. May we seek to organize and build toward a world where traumas no longer steal meaning and joy for any person, where access to affordable health care and a promise of the vitality of life is possible for everyone, where the prospect of building houses and living in them unencumbered is realistic, where the expectation of abundant food resources and nourishment is common, where honest labor is rewarded and equitable employment practices are the norm, where children and families can enjoy a world without the horrors of violence, whether in the domestic settings of Fresno County or the streets of Kyiv, Gaza, Tehran, and Beirut, where your peace reigns over all creation. We ask that every member of this Fresno City Council would see themselves and their families as deeply loved and cared for by you, would see in each other the gifts of collaboration and the challenge of differing perspectives. May they hear and learn from each other for the benefit of all residents of Fresno. That they would model for all Fresnens gracious dialogue and generous accountability, so that we could more perfectly live into the vision of Isaiah 65 for the flourishing of our families, communities, and the wider world. We pray all of this, recalling the example of Jesus Christ, who lived his life for the benefit of others. Amen. Please remain standing. Councilmember Perea, would you please uh lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Or we should stand. One nation, under God, the individual with the liberty and justice for all. Uh, so we're gonna move on to the approval of the agenda, but before we do, uh, city clerk, are there any changes or items removed from the agenda? Yes, thank you. First of all, I wanted to lettendees know that we do have interpreters available for today's meeting. We do have the wordly interpreters who are available for digital interpretation in Spanish and Punjabi. We also have virtual interpreters available in the Hmong language as well as American Sign Language. Today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of Ronnie Young and Vernon Schmidt. With regard to changes to the agenda, item two I, ID 24-415 regarding resolution acknowledging the receipt of a report prepared by the Fresno Fire Department related to the inspection of certain state mandated occupancies. The first sentence of the resolution states whereas California Health and Safety Code section 13146.4 was added in 2018 and became effective on January 1st, 2029. However, it should be corrected to read, whereas California Health and Safety Code section 13146.4 was added in 2018 and became effective on January 1st, 2019.