Fresno City Council Meeting 11-5-2026

At its November 5, 2026 regular meeting, the Fresno City Council addressed several infrastructure and utility matters. The consent calendar, including a second amendment to Fresno Chaffee Zoo Corporation’s lease to expand the leased area for contemplated parking and document internal improvements, was approved. The Council also approved actions concerning construction of the Fresno Police Department’s new 911 call center, by a 6–0 vote; the transcript provides no contract amount or vendor. A property-rights acquisition at 3811 North Orchard Street for the Blackstone-Shields-Dakota Avenue improvements project was also approved; no purchase price was stated. A workshop on financially sustainable cities discussed development patterns, city revenues, and infrastructure costs, but made no spending decision.

The Council approved initiating the Proposition 218 process for proposed water and wastewater rate updates and increases, 5–2; this began the public-notice and protest process, rather than approving the final rates. Staff said notices would go to approximately 180,000 ratepayers, and a potential $300,000 cost to reprint ballots was discussed in connection with a proposed schedule change. A separate Southeast Development Area hearing was tabled indefinitely, 6–1. No vendor selection or contract award was identified in the transcript.