FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Some big changes could be headed to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo next year.
On Thursday, Fresno City Council is set to hear a proposal that could bring as many as two multi-level parking structures to the zoo, specifically making important changes to the parking facilities in Roeding Park.
According to Fresno city council member Miguel Arias, the city council will consider a recommendation to enter an exclusive negotiated agreement with the zoo corporation that runs Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
“The purpose of that agreement is to flesh out the details on the development of a brand-new parking garage that would provide up to 750 new parking stalls adjacent to the entrance of the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, providing a lot of relief of the congestion of traffic,” he said.
Along with the addition of hundreds of parking spaces, Arias says zoo officials are working on other ways to improve the zoo, …