Fresno County posts Feb. 26 planning agenda; Fresno delays Central Southeast plan

The Fresno County Planning Commission posted the agenda for its Feb. 26, 2026 meeting and made public‑meeting materials and proposed staff reports related to development permits and land‑use items available on the county website. The county packet, described in the posting, lists action summary materials intended to support commission decisions at the Feb. 26 hearing.

In Fresno, the City Planning Commission placed the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan on a continued calendar item. Item VII-A, ID 26-125, is listed as “CONTINUED FROM JANUARY 21, 2026 HEARING” to consider adoption of the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan and related Environmental Assessment; the plan amendment and rezone applications are collectively numbered P23-00400 and pertain to approximately 2,067 acres in the southeast area of the City of Fresno.

City staff recommended that the Planning Commission “RECOMMEND ADOPTION (to the City Council) of the Mitigated Negative Declaration (SCH 2023020138) for Environmental Assessment No. P23-00400 dated December 19, 2025” as the environmental finding for the proposed project. The staff packet for the Feb. 4, 2026 Planning Commission meeting includes a full Environmental Assessment record identified as No. P23-00400 and a Mitigated Negative Declaration filed under SCH 2023020138.

The City of Fresno packet for the Central Southeast item contains detailed supporting exhibits labeled A through M. Exhibits include a vicinity map and plan boundaries (Exhibit A), maps of the Roosevelt Community Plan Area and Butler-Willow Specific (Exhibit B), a proposed planned land use map (Exhibit C), proposed changes to the general plan planned land use map (Exhibit D), and proposed changes to the zoning map (Exhibit E). The packet also lists the Central Southeast Area Specific Plan public review draft (Exhibit F), public comment and responses (Exhibits G and L), the Environmental Assessment and comment letters (Exhibit H), Fresno Municipal Code and Housing Element findings (Exhibits I and J), a Fresno Bee notice (Exhibit K), and land use change requests (Exhibit M).

The City agenda spells out hearing procedure for each matter: “For each matter considered by the Commission, there will first be a staff presentation, followed by a presentation from the project applicant. Testimony from supporters of the project will then be taken, followed by testimony from those in opposition. The applicant will have the right to a final rebuttal presentation prior to closing the public hearing.” That procedural order governed the Jan. 21 continuation into the Feb. 4 agenda for ID 26-125.

Separate LAFCo and municipal materials circulated alongside the planning packets outline governance and regional coordination details. LAFCo materials note that Fresno planning commissions are five‑member bodies appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council to four‑year terms, that commissioners receive a $50.00 per diem, and that certain term expirations align with presidential or gubernatorial election years. The LAFCo file references include MSR-24-03_RSOI-214_ML.docx and LAFCo File MSR 24-03/RSOl-214, with named recipients Jessica Johnson, Bernard Jimenez, Will Kettler, Michael Reid, Matthew Flood, and Dawn Marple listed on circulation copies.

Next steps remain administrative: the City Planning Commission can either forward a recommendation on P23-00400 and SCH 2023020138 to the City Council after its continued hearing, while the Fresno County Planning Commission’s Feb. 26 agenda items proceeded on the county schedule using the staff reports published on the county website.