Bill Hocker | Nov 19, 2014

The BOS hearing agenda and documents are here

This Saturday, Nov. 22th, at 9:00am, the Woolls Ranch winery and event center on Mt. Veeder Road is coming up on appeal to the County Board of Supervisors. This project is emblematic of the tourist attractions making their way into the watershed areas and of the impact they will have on watershed aquifers. It is a forerunner of what we are facing in the Mountain Peak winery: the residents of Redwood and Mt. Veeder Roads will experience traffic impacts similar to the 58 vehicles - tour busses, delivery trucks, cars of tourists and the hospitality workforce - that will be going up our road each day to Mountain Peak.

At the beginning of August the County Planning Department sent out a list of projects currently in process. There were 25 major developments under review, including Mountain Peak, and I have added them to the list of projects under development in the county since 2010. Their review has been suspended while many more pressing issues are being dealt with by the understaffed department. At the Planning Commission meeting on Nov 7th, Director Morrison indicated, if I interpret his comment correctly, that 15 more projects have been submitted since. It is not inconceivable that one, or more, of those new developments might be on our road.

Please join with the residents of Mt. Veeder Road and the Mt Veeder Stewardship Council (site down?) in attending this meeting to show your opposition. While you may voice your support, being there is all that is necessary to show that the members of communities across the county see each of these projects as contributing to a future of Napa county that none of us want to happen.

It will be held in the temporary Board of Supervisors Chambers at 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2.

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