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Council pauses VMT program vote after detailed technical debate; hearing continued to Oct. 30
Summary
City staff presented a detailed Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Reduction Program and environmental impact report; council and industry speakers pressed for clarity on project lists, fee calculations and options for developers to self‑mitigate. Council continued the hearing to Oct. 30 for further review.
City planning staff presented the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Reduction Program and related environmental impact report to the Fresno City Council on Oct. 16, detailing a two‑track mitigation approach and a mitigation fee intended to fund transit and active‑transportation projects.
Sofia Pagalades, a planner with the Planning and Development Department, described the program as a response to state CEQA changes (SB 743) that shifted environmental analysis from level of service to vehicle miles traveled. The proposed program offers two mitigation paths: (1) an urban design calculator that lets applicants reduce a project’s VMT by adding site design elements (density, connectivity, transit access, EV charging, etc.); or (2) payment of a VMT mitigation fee to fund a portfolio of active‑transportation and transit projects already identified in adopted plans. Pagalades said the fee was calculated…
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