Clovis accelerated its northward expansion this year and has incorporated 400 acres of land north of the city’s limits in the span of 18 months.
The city plans to submit its latest annexation request to the Fresno Local Agency Formation Commission by the end of the year. The application, which will be discussed at the Dec. 15 City Council meeting, proposes the annexation of Quail Run, a 40.62-acre parcel of county land located at the southwest corner of North Sunnyside Avenue and East Perrin Avenue.
Though the annexation under consideration does not involve new housing development, the 400 acres that have been recently annexed north of the city include the construction of more than 1,250 residential units.
The city is also considering two other annexation applications from developers for 278 acres and 507 acres north of the city, respectively, according to the city officials.
The Quail Run neighborhood consists of 18 residential properties, according to Marissa Parker, the city’s associate planner.
“There is no development proposed. I was going to be really clear about that, it is fully developed as it is right now,” Parker told the planning commission at the November meeting. “So they’re just looking to annex into the city and connect to our water.”
Some Quail Run residents expressed interest in annexation when their adjacent parcel, the 155-acre Shepherd North development, was in the entitlement process of annexation, Parker said. Due to the time constraints, Quail Run could not be annexed with Shepherd North at the same time, but they each submitted their own annexation application.
For years, residents of Quail Run have opposed housing development north of Clovis, saying Sunnyside Avenue and Shepherd Avenue cannot handle the increased traffic. The discontent peaked when Wilson Homes proposed the Shepherd North project in 2016 to annex 155 acres into Clovis and build up to 605 residential units.
After years of discussions and delays during the pandemic, the Shepherd North development plan finally secured approval in May 2024 at a five-hour City Council meeting.
“I want to thank everyone for the past couple of years working with the Wilson Development company. There have been a lot of people involved, we feel like we have a good plan,” said Rich Wathen, one of the 18 homeowners at Quail Run, at the planning commission meeting. “We feel like we’re conforming to the expectations in the city. And so we’re just grateful to be here, hopefully at the latter part of our process.”
Per the Clovis city code, annexation applications go directly to the City Council for consideration, but the planning commission may recommend approvals or rejections.
If approved, the Quail Run application will be submitted to the Fresno LAFCo for further review.
This year, the commission has approved two annexations in the north of Clovis: a 201-acre parcel located south of East Behymer Avenue, between North Minnewawa Avenue and the Enterprise Canal, and north of East Shepherd Avenue; and a 38-acre piece of land at East Behymer Avenue and North Peach Avenue.
Lennar Homes and De Young Properties will construct 385 and 266 residential homes on these two parcels. The development plans also include road construction and infrastructure upgrades.
Parker said the city has also received two new applications for annexations in the north, one involving 278 acres in Heritage Grove, which provides over 700 single-family homes, and another covering 507 acres between Shepherd Avenue and Beheimer Avenues, known as the Vista Ranch Project, which will construct 2,718 residential units comprising both single- and multi-family housing.
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