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2014
| Thu, Mar 27, 2014 9:30 am and 11:00 am | The Caves: Protest HearingThe protest is being made to oppose the issuance of an ABC license to applicants located at 2275 Soda Canyon (the location of The Caves at Soda Canyon). Hearing Date and Times: Thursday March 27th, 2014 at 9:30am and also 11:00am Hearing location: Napa County Administration Building, 1195 Third Street, Basement Level, Auditor’s Conference Room, Napa CA 94559 map The applicants seek to obtain a winegrowers license, while our neighbors seek to prevent the issuance of the license on the grounds that granting the license will result in a significant increase in the traffic volume on Soda Canyon Road, an increase in the threat of fire, and a meaningful decrease in the quality of life not only for our neighbors who live nearby The Caves, and all neighbors that use the roadway, but also our neighbors down the road who have to deal with the noise and safety issues of a busy road way on a daily basis. more info is here |
| Sat, Apr 19, 2014 2:00pm | Mountain Peak Winery Neighborhood MeetingA meeting to discuss the proposed project and what we can do about it. At the residence of Bill Hocker & Mui Ho (adjacent neighbors) 3460 Soda Canyon Road Napa, CA 94558 (The address numbers aren't sequential their gate is directly behind the "3267 Stagecoach" Rock on the gravel road) Not required but helpful: Please RSVP to info@sodacanyonroad.org more info is here |
| Sun, Apr 27, 2014 3:00pm - | Soda Canyon Firewise Day and Bar-B-QYou and your neighbors are invited to the Soda Canyon/Loma Vista Firewise Day and Bar-B-Q to be held on Sunday, April 27 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM at the Soda Canyon Volunteer Fire Station No. 13. The Bar-B-Q will be served starting at 4:00 PM. So if you plan to be there for the Bar-B-Q, please RSVP to Penny Mallen at p.mallen@me.com or 255-7556 by Thursday, April 24 and be sure to let her know how many people will be attending. more info is here |
| Tue, May 13, 2014 7-9pm | Atlas Peak Fire Safe Council MeetingSoda Canyon/Loma Vista residents are invited to attend the Atlas Peak Firesafe Council meeting on Tuesday May 13. Location: Napa Station near the intersection of Atlas Peak and Monticello more information is here |
| Tue, May 20, 2014 9:45am | BOS / Planning Commission Combined Meeting on Winery Tourism!!!The agenda is here (see item 9E) The agenda item summary is here This site's own digression on Winery-tourism is here. Date: Tues May 20th, 2014 Time: 9:00 am Location: Napa County Board of Supervisors Chambers 1195 3rd St, Napa 94559 (map) Combined Board of Supervisors Planning Commission meeting to discuss: 1. Noticing procedures (enlarge the 300' neighborhood noticing requirement for new proposed projects) 2. Winery visitation, marketing and cumulative growth impact analysis (Cumulative effects of approved and future winery-tourism projects) 3. Environmental Impact Report process (reliance on applicants paid consultants for project analysis) 4. Climate Action Plan status (current status of County' greenhouse gas reduction policy) |
| Tue, May 20, 2014 9:40 am | Woolls Ranch Board of Supervisors AppealImmediately preceding (or following) the Combined meeting, the BOS will review the Woolls Ranch project already approved by the Planning Commission. The agenda is here (see item 9D) (A continuance has been asked for) The 50,000 gal/yr Woolls Ranch Winery on Mt. Veeder Road is coming up on appeal to the County Board of Supervisors. Please join with the residents of the Mt Veeder Stewardship Council in attending this meeting to show your opposition to these wine-tourism projects. Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1195 Third St., Suite 305, Napa CA A sample opposition letter is here other opposition letters are here |
| Thu, May 22, 2014 4:45pm | Haystack Peak DeadlineA Napa Register posting of intent to expand a vineyard at 3207 Soda Canyon Road. Should anyone wish to submit a letter supporting or opposing the expansion this is the deadline date. More information is here |
| Sat, May 31, 2014 2:30pm | Soda Canyon Road BBQ to discuss MPV ProjectNeighborhood Meeting & BBQ at the Hocker Residence. Agenda items: 1) Receive progress reports from each Committee established during the April 19 meeting regarding the MPV project; 2) Discuss our neighborhood plan of action going forward; 3) Prepare for the MPV public hearing date, which is now expected sometime in late June or early July 4) ???? |
| Wed, Jul 2, 2014 9:00 am | Yountville Hill Planning Commission HearingThe planning commission will rehear the Use Permit request for the 100,000 gal/yr Yountville Hill Winery. These residents are facing the same dilemmas that we now face on Soda Canyon Road. Please attend this Planning Commission Meeting and support opposition to these new wine-tourism projects. Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1195 Third St., Suite 305, Napa CA Yountville Hill Neighbors Association another article is here |
| Wed, Jul 16, 2014 tba | Raymond Vineyards Commission HearingThe planning commission will rehear the use permit modification request for expanded tourism slots for Raymond Winery on Zinfandel Lane. These residents are facing the same dilemmas that we now face on Soda Canyon Road. Please attend this Planning Commission Meeting and support opposition to these new wine-tourism projects. Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1195 Third St., Suite 305, Napa CA The video of the previous Raymond hearing in 2012 Agenda for the Hearing |
| Tue, Jul 22, 2014 9:00am | BOS Review of UPC Housing Project in AngwinA review of a housing proposal in Angwin, opposed by Save Rural Angwin, will be undertaken (but not voted upon) at the BOS meeting on July 22nd. See item 9E. It is an opportunity to find out about the last non-conforming land use project to be considered in the AW zone. Tourist attractions should be considered a non-conforming use but unfortunately are not.] Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1195 Third St., Suite 305, Napa CA Meeting agenda is here |
| Wed, Aug 6, 2014 9:00 am | Planning Commission to discuss Cumulative ImpactsComissioner Heather Phillips has posed a series of questions to the Planning Department to try to give metrics to the cumulative impacts of recent and future winery approvals. Her letter to the planning director is here. The result of this and other discussions the County has on their current direction of supporting tourism wineries will have a major impact on the number of tourism wineries that eventually find their way onto Soda Canyon Road. Pleas attend this meeting to voice your concerns or write a letter. The meeting agenda is here. |
| Tue, Aug 19, 2014 9:00am | BOS Meeting regarding the WDOStaff Report to the BOS concerning a timetable and workplan and presentation of data to begin looking at the cumulative impacts of the current implementation of the WDO. Leading to a community forum in November and finally a committee recommendation some time next year. It is item 10A of the agenda which is here. The background staff document is here. This is a very important summation, together with a numerical analysis of winery application trends, of the Commission's and of Planning Director Morrison's commitment to have a complete discussion of the impacts that winery tourism is beginning to have on the future of the county. This meeting may be quite important if the numbers presented are discussed or is may be brief if the Board just schedules another hearing specifically for the task. |
| Wed, Aug 20, 2014 9:00am | Planning Commission Hearing: Raymond WineryThe planning commission will once again take up the request for substantial increases in Raymond Winery's marketing plan. This project, like the Yountville Hill Winery, is a cause célèbre in the ongoing transfer from an agricultural into a tourism economy in Napa County. More célèbre than most because it is truly a battle of the titans of the wine world with mega-grapegrower and preservationist Andy Beckstoffer against mega-vintner and bon-vivant Jean-Charles Boisset. This is just the kind of large increases in tourism that the WDO discussion at the Board level is beginning to look at. The agenda is here |
| Wed, Sep 3, 2014 CANCELLED | Planning Commission HearingHearing Cancelled The county building suffered water damage during the earthquake and is undergoing cleanup. Planning Commission Agenda Page Use Permit Major Modification for Bell Wine Cellars at 6200 Washington St. Presentation by the Napa Valley Vintners Association |
| Tue, Sep 9, 2014 9:00 am | BOS Castellucci Appealnote: BOS and PC meetings in September will be held at the Transit Center, 625 Burnell St on the first floor. Paul Pelosi was appealing the Castellucci Winery use permit next to his property on Zinfandel Lane. He has reached an agreement that changes the site plan and reduces the number of events. It is agenda item 9D here. |
| Wed, Sep 17, 2014 tba | Planning Commission Hearingnote: BOS and PC meetings in September will be held at the Transit Center, 625 Burnell St on the first floor. Planning Commission Agenda Page Hall winery demolition. |
| Tue, Sep 23, 2014 9:00am | BOS WICC Appointmentnote: BOS and PC meetings in September will be held at the Transit Center, 625 Burnell St on the first floor. Item 10B from the BOS agenda for Sept 23, 2014: County Executive Officer requests one (1) appointment representing the Public At Large from the applicants listed below and re-appointment of Gretchen Stranzl-McCann, nominated by the Napa County Resource Conservation District Board of Directors to represent the District on the Watershed Information Center and Conservancy on August 14, 2014, with the terms of office to commence immediately and expire August 2018. Applicants (Choose One (1) to represent the Public At Large) Lisa Godfrey C. Evangeline James Jason Lauritsen* Gary Margadant *Incumbent |
| Tue, Oct 7, 2014 9:00am | BOS Meetinglocation: Napa County South Campus, 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2. Meeting Agenda |
| Wed, Oct 15, 2014 9:00am | Planning Commission Meetinglocation: Napa County South Campus, 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2. Agenda Napa Pipe Agenda Item(Continued) VMM for Relic WInery |
| Tue, Oct 21, 2014 9:00 am | BOS Hearing on Woolls RanchThe 50,000 gal/yr Woolls Ranch Winery on Mt. Veeder Road is coming up on appeal to the County Board of Supervisors. This project is emblematic of 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 Project. Please join with the residents of the Mt Veeder Stewardship Council in attending this meeting to show your opposition. It is Item 9C in the agenda "Correspondence", i.e. letters for and against the project are linked at the bottom of the agenda item. A sample opposition letter is here Location: Temporary Board of Supervisors Chambers, Napa County South Campus location of 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2. Follow "Board of Supervisors" signs after entering gate. Continued until Nov 22nd, 2014 |
| Tue, Oct 28, 2014 6:00pm | St. Helena City CouncilAppeal of Davies Family Winery approval links to more info on the project are here St. Helena City Council agenda page |
| Wed, Oct 29, 2014 9:00am | Napa Pipe at the Planning Commission6 years in the planning process to date, the largest single development in Napa history, Napa Pipe gets another hearing to hash out an agreement between the county and the city of Napa on the division of the spoils (or more probably the deficits). This project is one more piece (along with the even larger Watson Ranch development in American Canyon a couple of miles south) in the build-out of the Napa-Vallejo metropolitan area. Opposition by the City of Napa and input by county residents, whose feeling of living apart from the urban sprawl of the Bay Area will will soon vanish, and whose commute south will move from annoying congestion to absolute gridlock, seems to have had little effect in changing the county's questionable promotion of the project. |
| Wed, Nov 5, 2014 10:30am | Planning Commission: Wine Industry Economics StudyThe planning commission is hosting a wine industry economics study session at 10:30. They seem to have cleared their docket of 2 winery projects to make way for it. The agenda is here (item 10A). |
| Thu, Nov 6, 2014 6:30pm | Hall-Sponsored public meeting on Walt RanchThe Halls plan to hold a public meeting on the Walt Ranch proposals at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6. It will be at the Meritage Resort & Spa, 875 Bordeaux Way in Napa. |
| Wed, Nov 12, 2014 1:00pm | Walt Ranch Public ForumDavid Morrison announced a public forum for the Walt Ranch Project to be held on November 12 in the Supervisor’s Chambers on NV Corporate Drive at 1PM. He will preside over this meeting and another to be held in March. Post meeting note: Oral comments received during the public hearing on November 12 will be made part of the administrative record for the Walt Ranch project. NVR Article: Public sessions planned for controversial Walt Ranch vineyard proposal Location: Temporary Board of Supervisors Chambers, Napa County South Campus location of 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2. Follow "Board of Supervisors" signs after entering gate. |
| Wed, Nov 19, 2014 9:00am | County Planning Commission MeetingThe Agenda is here [meeting location here] 9A Napa Pipe Design Guidelines Review. Napa-Vallejo metropolitan area expansion continues. 9B Robert Foley Vineyard Winery Request: Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification to Use Permit P06-01275 for: 1) increase production from 30,000 gallons per year up to 50,000 gallons per year; 2) addition of tours and tastings for up to ten (10) visitors maximum and sixty (60) visitors per week maximum; etc,etc.. 9C 2 important changes in the noticing requirements for projects submitted to the county. 1. neighbor notification to 1000' from property (was 300') 2. neighbor notification within 14 days of initial submission to county. 9E Ammending the general plan to allow location of a new county jail on undeveloped land on Hwy 29 just south of Jameson Canyon. (More metropolitan area expansion. Great - the county jail is to serve as the gateway to wine country! ) |
| Fri, Nov 21, 2014 4:00pm | Walt Ranch vineyard conversion letter deadlineThis is the deadline to file comments on the draft EIR for the Walt Ranch Project. Send or email comments to Kelli Cahill, Project Planner Napa County Planning, Building, & Environmental Services Department 1195 Third Street, Suite 210, Napa, CA 94559 Email: kelli.cahill@countyofnapa.org A letter template is here |
| Sat, Nov 22, 2014 9:00am | BOS Woolls Ranch Hearing ContinuationThe 50,000 gal/yr Woolls Ranch Winery on Mt. Veeder Road is coming up on appeal to the County Board of Supervisors. This project is emblematic of 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 Project. Please join with the residents of the Mt Veeder Stewardship Council in attending this meeting to show your opposition. The agenda for the hearing is here "Correspondence", i.e. letters for and against the project are linked at the bottom of the agenda item. A sample opposition letter is here |
| Tue, Nov 25, 2014 9:00am | BOS Hearing: Napa Pipe moves alongthe agenda is here my own Napa Pipe essay is here 9B Napa Pipe - First reading and intention to adopt an ordinance This Staff letter lays out a detailed description of the project and a summary of the agreements that the County is about to enter into with the Developer and the City of Napa. The Napa-Vallejo metropolitan area takes shape. 9C The Castellucci-Pelosi compromise on Zinfndel Lane is to be finalized. |
| Tue, Dec 9, 2014 9:00am | BOS: 300' to 1000' noticing changeSee the discussion on the noticing change here. |
| Tue, Dec 16, 2014 9:00am | BOS Hearing On Yountville Hill Winerycontinued from Dec 2nd BOS Agenda (breaking developments here) The appeal of the Planning Commission's tragically farcical Jul 2nd approval of the Yountville Hill Winery will be heard by the Board of Supervisors. This is the next opportunity to speak out in opposition to this poster child for the transfer of an agricultural to a tourist economy, and the havoc that transition will cause to the rural and natural charms of the county. The Yountville Hill Neighbors website The Supervisors will also be finalizing their commitent to the Napa Pipe Project entitling the developer to build the project. It will be a sad day for those of us wishing to postpone the urbanization of the county. The new traffic will require major road improvements which in turn will generate more traffic and development. The new voters will be uninterested in the concept of the ag preserve. |
| Wed, Dec 17, 2014 9:00am | County Planning Commission Meeting1 Raymond Winery Continuance : (to be dropped and renoticed in the future) 2 a biggie! the Girard Winery, a new 200,000 gal/year winery on vineyard land across from the Clos Pegase winery in Calistoga, less than a mile form the Calistoga Hills Resort. There will be 30,500 yearly visitor slots. 3 Elimination of applicant option to hire directly CEQA report contractor. Contractor will be hired by county and reimbursed by applicant. Followed by the Commissioner's traditional holiday lunch (or dinner) |
| Fri, Dec 19, 2014 2:00-4:00pm | Berryessa Snow Mountain Public MeetingBerryessa Snow Mountain Public Meeting Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center Friday, Dec. 19th 2014 2:00-4:00pm 2277 Napa Vallejo Hwy, Building 100 Napa, CA 94559 More information is here |
| Tue, Jan 6, 2015 10am | Volker Eisele 1937-2015A memorial will be held at 10am Tues., Jan 6th. at St. Helena Catholic Church. A reception will follow from 11 to 3pm at Merryvale Vineyards |
| Wed, Jan 7, 2015 9:00am | County Planning Commission1. Syar Expansion Request (more here) 2. Water Availability Analysis (WAA) recommendations (more here) the agenda is here Location: Napa County South Campus 2741 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building 2 |
| Wed, Jan 21, 2015 9:00am | County Planning CommissionThe agenda is here Girard Winery: continued from Dec 17th. A new 200,000 gal/year winery on vineyard land across from the Clos Pegase winery in Calistoga, less than a mile form the Calistoga Hills Resort. There will be 30,500 yearly visitor slots. (more here) The Larkmead Vineyards Major Modification. An additional 39,000 gal/yr, approx 24000 additional visitor slots. (more here) |
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