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2017
| Wed, Jan 4, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents are here Mountain Peak Winery new use permit Continuation of July 20th hearing July 20th Meeting Agenda and Docs July 20th Staff Agenda Letter More Information is Here [Approved 3 -1] Black Sears Winery Major Mod County Black Sears page is here 6200 new visitor slots, no production increase, 20 trips/day [rescheduled] Location: Napa County Building at 1195 3rd St, Napa 94559 |
| Wed, Jan 18, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents Raymond Winery Major Mod County documents page New entry from Hwy 29 on redeveloped adjacent property, 61 more parking spaces, recognize and allow dog run, 66 more employees. [continued to Feb 1, 2017] Sam Jasper New Use Permit 20,000 gal/yr, 8870 visitor slots/yr, 30 trips/day, one more left turn bump on the trail County's Sam Jasper page Hearing Notice [approved 3-0, Gill absent] Laura Michael Winery Major Mod County's Laura Michael page Recognize and allow 4400 vis/yr and driveway exemption [approved 3-0] |
| Tue, Jan 24, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda Changes in organization of PBES Item 6R Code Compliance Manual Item 10A |
| Tue, Jan 31, 2017 9:00 | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9A Standard Conditions of Approval Discussion and Action [Item to be continued to a future date] |
| Wed, Feb 1, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents Raymond Winery Major Mod Agenda and Documents from Jan 19th hearing County documents page New entry from Hwy 29 on redeveloped adjacent property, 61 more parking spaces, recognize and allow dog run, 66 more employees. [continued to 3/15/17 - the ides of March] Grassi Winery New Use Permit Neg Dec document County's Grassi Page On Soda Canyon Road near the Trail 25,000 gal/yr, 3945 visitors/yr, 20 trips/day [approved 4-0] |
| Wed, Feb 15, 2017 9:00 | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents Flynnville Wine Company Mitigated Neg Dec document County's Flynnville page 60000 gal/yr, 9800 vis/yr, 60 trips/day, 15 employees [continued] Whitehall Lane Winery Use Permit County Whitehall Lane page 10000 g/yr, no visitation, 3 trip/day [continued] Baldacci Family Winery Major Mod County Baldacci page 20000 more g/yr, 12735 more vis/yr, 70+ trips/day "Recognize, allow, Increase" application No devious intent, but an example of how small winery exemptions morph into bigger wineries under the CEQA radar. [approved 5-0] |
| Wed, Feb 22, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents Wilkerson/Bin to Bottle Custom Crush New Winery County Bin to Bottle page Custom crush facility in industrial area. [approved 5-0] Black Sears Winery Major Mod County Black Sears Page no production increase, 6124 vis/yr [approved 5-0] Fortunati Vineyards New Use Permit County Fortunati page 12,000 gal/yr small winery exemption [approved 5-0] |
| Thu, Feb 23, 2017 9:00am | WICC Climate Action Plan WorkshopMeeting Agenda The announcement with addresses to send comment letters (but note that comments are now due before 4:45 p.m. on Mar 10th, 2017) The County's Climate Action Page is here The Draft Climate Action Plan is here Location: Napa County South Campus 2751 Napa Valley Corporate Drive, Building A First Floor, Conference Room, Napa CA 94558 |
| Wed, Mar 1, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission: Palmaz HelipadAgenda and Documents Hearing on the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Palmaz Helipad project. Hearing notice The County Palmaz Heliport page Sodacanyonroad.org Palmaz Heliport post Napa Vision 2050 Palmaz petition page Location: Napa County Building, 3rd Floor, 1195 3rd St Napa |
| Tue, Mar 7, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9A Erosion Control Plan Review Process 4 Napa Co ECP's still to be handled by CalFire? 9F Visit Napa Valley Yearly Presentation 9G Standard Conditions of Approval More info is here. [approved 5-0] 10A Resolution to adopt Ahwahnee Principles Ahwahnee Principles SCR screed: Greenbelt Alliance and Ahwahnee Principles |
| Mon, Mar 13, 2017 8:30 am | Board of Supervisors Special MeetingMinimally informative Agenda "the first of three strategic planning retreat sessions to identify the Board's priorities over the next three years and develop metrics to evaluate progress in implementing these priorities" Location: Napa Valley Community College Community Room 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy, Room #1731, Napa |
| Wed, Mar 15, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents 8A Whitehall Lane Winery Use Permit County Whitehall Lane page 10000 g/yr, no visitation, 3 trip/day [to be continued to April 15th] 8B Raymond Winery Major Mod County documents page New entry from Hwy 29 on redeveloped adjacent property, 61 more parking spaces, recognize and allow dog run, 66 more employees, unpermitted hospitality space, existing visitation, etc, etc. [approved 3 (basayne,scott,gill) - 2 (cottrell, gallagher)] 8C ZD Wines Major Mod Categorical CEQA exemption to recognize and allow 83110 vis/yr, 25 employees (270 vehicle trips/day) for a 70,000 gal/yr pre-WDO winery [kumbaya approval 5-0] |
| Tue, Mar 21, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9B County ordinance definition of agriculture update adding crop processing, tourist processing, and housing projects to the definition of agriculture in county code. The final approval? [No. Continued to Apr 4th, 2017] |
| Wed, Mar 22, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission Palmaz FEIRDay 2 Hearing on the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Palmaz Heliport project. [continued to May 17th] |
| Thu, Mar 23, 2017 6:30-8:30pm | County Community Vision Roundtable (1 of 5)More Information Here Mar 23rd Location: McPherson Elementary School multipurpose room, 2670 Yajome St, Napa; |
| Tue, Mar 28, 2017 6:00-8:00pm | County Community Vision Roundtable (2 of 5)More Information Here Mar 28th Location: Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington St, Calistoga |
| Thu, Mar 30, 2017 6:00pm-8:00pm | County Community Vision Roundtable (3 of 5)More Information Here Mar 30th Location: Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School multipurpose room, 1316 Hillview Pl, St. Helena |
| Mon, Apr 3, 2017 6:00-8:00pm | County Community Vision Roundtable (4 of 5)More Information Here Apr 3rd Location: Yountville Elementary School cafeteria, 6554 Yount St, Yountville |
| Tue, Apr 4, 2017 11:15am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9H County ordinance definition of agriculture back again! More wordsmithing needed - processing, marketing not yet subordinate and incidental enough. [Mar 21st recap here] [approved 5-0] |
| Wed, Apr 5, 2017 9:00 | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents (Approvals this year: 5 new wineries, 7 Major Mods) 8A Flynnville Wine Company new winery 2/15/17 agenda and documents Mitigated Neg Dec document County's Flynnville page 40000 gal/yr, 9800 vis/yr, 60 trips/day, 15 employees, +3 additional non-conforming uses, gerrymandered 10 acre parcel [continued from Feb 15th] [approved 5-0] 8B Whitehall Lane Winery Use Permit 2/15/17 agenda and documents County Whitehall Lane page 10000 g/yr, no visitation, 3 trip/day [continued from March 15th] [approved 5-0] 8C Behrens Family Winery Major Mod Mitigated Neg Dec 10,000 more gal/yr, 11920 vis/yr, setback variance recognize, allow, increase request [kumbaya approval 5-0] |
| Mon, Apr 10, 2017 10:00am-noon | County Community Vision Roundtable (5 of 5)More Information Here Apr 10th Location: American Canyon High School cafeteria, 3000 Newell Dr, American Canyon |
| Wed, Apr 19, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents 8A Napa Custom Crush Major Mod (The Caves at Soda Canyon) 30,000 g/y increase, recognize and allow unpermitted portal and deck, road exceptions 2017 Mit Neg Dec Addendum document 2006 Mit Neg Dec County NCC page SCR Caves page [approved 3-1, Cottrell absent] |
| Sat, Apr 22, 2017 | Earth DayOn the Oxbow Commons Protect Rural Napa and Napa Vision 2050 hope to see you there. |
| Mon, Apr 24, 2017 9:30am-5:00pm | BOS strategic planning retreat #2The Board of Supervisors and leaders of County departments will again meet to discuss the future of Napa County in light of citizen comments gleaned from 5 community meetings held in the last month. While there were few outside attendees at the first retreat, the meeting will be open to the public and you are encouraged to attend. The notice is here |
| Sat, Apr 29, 2017 | Healing Walk Napa Valley 2017The Flier is here Healing Walk Facebook page NVR 6/11/16: Healing Walk Napa Valley: beating the drum for Mother Earth |
| Wed, May 3, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [Prior approvals this year: 7 new wineries, 9 Major Mods] 8A Flora Springs Winery Major Mod Mit Neg Dec Notice 26900 more vis/yr, 11 more employees, water and sewer upgrades to accommodate more people and food, no more wine. [approved 5-0] 8B Truchard Winery New Use Permit Neg Dec Notice 100,000 g/y, 17900 vis/yr, 6-10 employees setback variance. [to be continued to June 7th] 8C Beautiful Day Winery New Use Permit Mit Neg Dec Notice 30,000 g/y, 21300 vis/yr, 10 employees [approved 5-0] 8D Poetry Inn driveway road exception "This existing road serves an Inn, an un-built approved winery, an existing residence and a replacement residence with its proposed second unit and guesthouse." How much urban development is possible on agriculture-watershed land? What will Napa look like when all 4500 parcels are so developed? How many exceptions and variances will be made to make it possible? [approved 5-0] |
| Tue, May 9, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsDefinition of Agriculture Second reading and adoption of revisions to county ordinance 18.08.040 Staff agenda letter Item 6GG here NVR Article: New definition of agriculture to include marketing and sales The Stephen Donoviel LTE SCR Recap of the issue |
| Wed, May 17, 2017 8:00am | County ALUC & Planning Commission Palmaz FEIR Day 2[continued from Mar 22] 8:00am 8A Airport Land Use Commission meeting on Palmaz project Agenda and Documents County concerned about duplicating 3 min public comments in both hearings stretching out day [Not approved (but not denied) 3 yea (Scott, Basayne, Gill) - 3 nay (Walcker, Cottrell, Gallagher). Hearing to be continued] 8A Planning Commission FEIR for the Palmaz Heliport project. Agenda and Documents [continued to date uncertain] The County Palmaz Heliport page Sodacanyonroad.org Palmaz Heliport page Napa Vision 2050 Palmaz petition page [continued to a date uncertain] Location: Napa County Building, 3rd Floor, 1195 3rd St Napa |
| Mon, May 22, 2017 9:30am | BOS Strategic Retreat #3Cancelled and to be rescheduled The Board of Supervisors and leaders of County departments will again meet to discuss the future of Napa County in light of citizen comments gleaned from 5 community meetings held in the last month. While there were few outside attendees at the first retreat, the meeting will be open to the public and you are encouraged to attend. More here |
| Tue, May 23, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9B Mountain Peak Appeal County Mountain Peak page Sodacanyonroad.org Mountain Peak page Appeal packet Video/agenda: Jan 4th 2017 Planning Commission hearing Video/agenda: July 20th, 2016 Planning Commission hearing [all 4 appeals denied 4-0, Dillon absent] |
| Wed, May 24, 2017 8:00am-3:00pm | Napa County Watershed SymposiumSymposium Webpage Registration: $50 before May 1 $60 after |
| Tue, Jun 6, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9H The speed limit issue |
| Wed, Jun 7, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [Prior approvals this year: 8 new wineries, 10 Major Mods] 8B Truchard Winery New Use Permit Neg Dec Notice 100,000 g/y, 17900 vis/yr, 6-10 employees setback variance. [dropped and to be renoticed] 8B Biale Vineyards Major Mod Neg Dec Notice County's Biale page 20,000 more gal/yr, 9935 more visitor slots/yr, 11 more employees, 18 more parking spaces [approved 4-0, Gallagher absent] 8C LMR Rutherford Estate Minor Mod County LMR page Additional bldg and outdoor covered space [approved 4-0, Gallagher absent] |
| Tue, Jun 20, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsFinal Adoption of 2017-2018 County budget 2017-18 Budget Recommendation NVR article on 6/12 and 6/13 budget hearings Supervisors lamented that so few members of the public were at the hearings. Perhaps some prior notification and some documents in the agenda (like the Recommended Budget book) would help. |
| Wed, Jun 21, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and documents Wine Industry Business Trends study session Rob McMillan's periodic update with the County comment on the 2014 session here comment on the 2016 session here The latest SVB Direct to Consumer Survey RM: "In my view, you don't have to have a tasting room - I know its heretical to say that - to me it's a mentality that we at some point have to break through." Hear! Hear! Market trends in South County industrial/office development A real estate assessment. Probably no traffic assessment. |
| Wed, Jun 21, 2017 | County Planning and Land Use Application Workshop5 identical workshops over 2 days to get input from 'stakeholders' on the county planning application process. ('Stakeholders' seems to mean developers, not residents impacted by development) The notice is here The stakeholder survey is here 1:00 p.m. - PBES Large Conference Room 4:00 p.m. - PBES Large Conference Room Contact: Aaron Beggarly, abaggarly@matrixcg.net |
| Thu, Jun 22, 2017 | County Planning and Land Use Application Workshop5 identical workshops over 2 days to get input from 'stakeholders' on the county planning application process. ('Stakeholders' seems to mean developers, not residents impacted by development) The notice is here The stakeholder survey is here 8:00 a.m. - County Counsel Conference Room 301 1:00 p.m. - County Counsel Conference Room 301 4:00 p.m - PBES Large Conference Room Contact: Aaron Beggarly, abaggarly@matrixcg.net |
| Mon, Jun 26, 2017 9:00m | Oak Knoll Hotel EIR Public Scoping Session10:00am Oak Knoll Hotel EIR Public Scoping Session County Oak Knoll Hotel page EIR Notice of Preparation Comment deadline 5:00pm July 17, 2017 (Our comment: why shouldn't this revert to AP zoning? A 50 room hotel, 33 employees and 109-space parking lot is hardly a minimal impact on agricultural operations or character per AG/LU45, not to mention more traffic, more low wage employees needing housing) |
| Wed, Jul 5, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [Gallagher, Scott, Basayne, Gill present, Cottrell absent. Gill recused on 8B] 8A Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance [approved 4-0] 10:00am 8B Climate Action Plan Final Draft review County's CAP page Final CAP red-line version Christina Benz' NV2050 comments [continued to 9/20/17] |
| Thu, Jul 6, 2017 5:30pm | Napa City Planning CommissionThe Black Elk Hotel On first street, near the Oxbow Market, yet another in the long list of hotels now being planned for downtown Napa. Staff Report and Documents NVR article on the project Meeting Location: Napa City Hall, 955 School Street, Napa Video of the hearing SCR on the hotel explosion in Napa |
| Wed, Jul 19, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [Prior approvals this year: 7 new wineries, 10 Major Mods] 8A Reynolds Winery Major Mod 20,000 more gal/yr, 5 more employees, 11,000 more visitor slots, longer hours, left turn lane, etc. Neg Dec Announcement The SCR take [to be dropped and renoticed - again. Perhaps to 10/4/17?] 8B Gardener Horse Facility [approved 4-0, Gallagher absent] 8C Rockridge Ranch Horse Facility [approved 4-0] 8D Del Dotto Winery Distribution Facility [approved 4-0] 8E Portocork Cork Manufacturing Facility [approved 4-0] |
| Wed, Aug 2, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents 8A Camino Dorado Production Facility County Camino Dorado page Yet another project (2 approved on 7/19) for Bottleneck Junction |
| Fri, Aug 4, 2017 4:00pm | Limited Winery Ordinance DeadlineDraft Limited Winery Ordinance Comment Deadline Deadline extended to Mon., Sept 18th 2107, 4:00pm The County's proposed Limited Winery Ordinance Dir. Morrison's request for comments SCR on the issue |
| Mon, Aug 7, 2017 6:00pm | Town Hall Meeting with Sup. PedrozaLocation: McPherson Elementary School 2670 Yajome St. Napa For more information, contact Nelson Cortez at 707-299-1478 or Nelson.Cortez@countyofnapa.org. |
| Thu, Aug 10, 2017 | Napa Vision 2050 Community MeetingNapa Vision 2050 Community Meeting Location: Napa Valley Horsemen's Association 1200 Foster Rd, Napa |
| Tue, Aug 15, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and documents 9F Raymond-Ticen Ranch Winery appeal Notice of hearing [for Jun 20th but continued to this date] 3/15/17 Planning Commission agenda, documents, minutes and video [3-2 to deny appeal] [motion to deny with addition of 75% Ticen grape rule - Ramos, Gregory, Pedroza deny appeal, Dillon, Wagenknecht uphold Oct 10 2017 9:30am for denial finalization ] |
| Tue, Aug 15, 2017 3:30pm | Napa City CouncilCouncil Agenda (hard to find on website) 5A Staff Report on city hotel activity and housing development 955 School Street, Napa, CA |
| Wed, Aug 16, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission[Prior approvals this year: 8 new wineries, 10 Major Mods] Agenda and Documents 8A Saddleback Cellars Major Mod 16,000 more g/y, 4750 more visitors/yr County Saddleback Cellars page [approved 4-0 Gill absent] 8B Titus Winery Major Modification 24,000 more g/y, 7850 more visitors/y Neg Dec Notice More tourists sought, 3 years after its birth [approved 4-0] |
| Thu, Aug 17, 2017 5:30pm | Napa City Planning CommissionAgenda Black Elk Hotel use permit more info here [approved 4-1] Location: City Council Chambers, 955 School Street, Napa |
| Tue, Aug 22, 2017 9:00am? | BOS Mountain Peak appeal finalizationAgenda and Documents 9B Mountain Peak appeal finalization 1/4/17 Planning Commission Hearing and documents 5/23/17 BOS Appeal Hearing and documents Final denial of 4 Mountain Peak appeals once the "75% estate grape" condition is added to the use-permit conditions of approval. [all 4 appeals denied 4-0 with COA addition, Dillon abstains] 9C Accessory Dwelling Unit Ordinance |
| Tue, Aug 29, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9B Caves at Soda Canyon Winery Appeal (Napa Custom Crush) 4/19/17 Planning Commission hearing and documents [possibly to be continued based on staff request and this letter from the applicant] |
| Wed, Sep 6, 2017 9:00am | County ALUC & Planning Commission Palmaz FEIR Day 3ALUC Agenda and Douments Planning Commission Agenda and Documents [ALUC denied project 6-1, Planning Commission denied project 4-1, Scott voting in favor each time] May 17th documents: 8A Airport Land Use Commission meeting on Palmaz project Agenda and Documents 8A Planning Commission FEIR for the Palmaz Heliport project. Agenda and Documents The County Palmaz Heliport page Sodacanyonroad.org Palmaz Heliport page Napa Vision 2050 Palmaz petition page Location: Napa County Building, 3rd Floor, 1195 3rd St Napa |
| Thu, Sep 7, 2017 7:00 pm | Napa Vision 2050 Town Hall #2Location: Native Sons Hall 1141 Oak Ave St Helena More info on the meeting here Other ways to be involved here |
| Tue, Sep 12, 2017 9:00 am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9G PBES Code Compliance Discussion
- Annual Winery Reporting program; - Revisions to the Temporary Event Permit program; and - Prioritization of the land use workload for PBES and County Counsel’s office. (PBES to-do items - some quite significant) |
| Mon, Sep 18, 2017 4:00pm | Limited Winery Ordinance DeadlineDraft Limited Winery Ordinance Comment Deadline Ordinance placed on hold for future review (The notice is here) The County's proposed Limited Winery Ordinance Dir. Morrison's request for comments SCR on the issue |
| Wed, Sep 20, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission[8 new wineries, 12 major mods previously approved this year] Agenda and Documents Truchard Winery New Use Permit 100,000 g/y, 33,700 sf, 17960 visitors/yr, 7 employees, 12 parking spaces, 50-67 trips/day 4062 Old Sonoma Rd Truchard vs Napa Oaks [approved 3-2, Gallagher, Cottrell no] Matera Winery Maj Mod 25,000 more g/y [approved 5-0] Draft Final Climate Action Plan Review [continued from 7/5/17 hearing] Will probably be dropped and renoticed for future review given the changing dynamics of CAP issues going on in the state |
| Tue, Sep 26, 2017 9:00am | Board of Supervisors10:00am Flynnville Winery Appeal Hearing [continued from July 11th] Planning Commission video, Minutes and documents [appeal denied 5-0] |
| Wed, Oct 4, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission[9 new wineries, 13 major mods previously approved this year] Agenda and documents Reynolds Family Winery Major Mod 20,000 more g/y, 12500 more visitors/y, 5 more employees, 16 more parking spaces, reduced vineyard area County Reynolds page Neg Dec Notice [Continued to Nov 1, 2017] Paul Hobbs Winery new use permit 60,000 g/y, 11200 visitors/y, 9 employees, 17parking spaces County Paul Hobbs page Neg Dec Notice SCR Paul Hobbs page [Approved 4-0 Scott absent] |
| Tue, Oct 10, 2017 9:30am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9F Raymond appeal denial finalized Agenda Letter SCR post on issue 9G Presentation of Groundwater Management Study at Soda Canyon Junction Agenda Letter SCR post on issue |
| Wed, Oct 18, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionMeeting Cancelled Regusci Winery Major Modification 25,000 more gal/yr, 26,630 more visitor slots, 16 employees, 90 trips/day Regusci Neg Dec County Regusci page [continued to Nov 15th 2017] |
| Thu, Oct 19, 2017 9:00am | Board of Supervisors Special MeetingAgenda and Documents 6A Proclamation of Emergency 10A Reports from departments on emergency |
| Tue, Oct 24, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and documents 9C Finalization of Beckstoffer appeal of the Raymond expansion. [Appeal Denied 3-2: Ramos,Pedroza,Gregory to deny; Dillon, Wagenknecht to approve] 10D Dir. Morrison adds: "There will be a Supplemental Item added to the agenda later today, to amend the County Policy Manual to include procedures regarding rebuilding and temporary uses following a disaster.". |
| Wed, Nov 1, 2017 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [10 new wineries, 13 major mods previously approved this year] 8A Regusci Winery Major Modification 25,000 more gal/yr, 26,630 more visitor slots, 16 employees, 90 trips/day Regusci Neg Dec County Regusci page [to be continued to Nov 15, 2017 meeting] 8B Reynolds Family Winery Major Mod [continued from Oct 4, 2017] 20,000 more g/y, 12500 more visitors/y, 5 more employees, 16 more parking spaces, reduced vineyard area County Reynolds page Neg Dec Notice [Approved 4-1, Cottrell dissenting] |
| Wed, Nov 1, 2017 2:00pm | County Fire Loss Stakeholder MeetingMEETING CANCELLED - to be rescheduled From County Planning Manager Vin Smith: "The Building Official and I are hosting a Stakeholders Meeting next Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2pm in the Board of Supervisors Board Room (where the public meetings take place) to provide an update on our ideas and efforts to simplify the rebuilding process and to exchange ideas about moving forward. We will give a short presentation and have handouts, as well as website links, for your use in communicating with those who have suffered property loss." The full email is here |
| Wed, Nov 15, 2017 9:00pm | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [10 new wineries, 14 major mods previously approved this year] 8A Regusci Winery Major Modification [Continued from Oct 18, 2017] This is a recognize-allow-increase request for one of Napa's most iconic wineries 25,000 more gal/yr, 26,630 more visitor slots, 16 employees, 85-133 trips/day (100% increase in capacity, 5000% increase in visitation) County Regusci page [Approved 4-0, Gallagher absent] 8B Shed Creek Winery New Use Permit County's Shed Creek Page 5000 gal/yr, 5875 tourist slots, 2-4 employees [Approved 3-1, Cottrell opposed] 8D Vincent Arroyo Winery Major Mod County's Vincent Arroyo Page 50,000 more gal/yr, 8760 more tourist slots, 7 more parking spaces, 10 employees [Approved 3-1, Cottrell opposed] |
| Tue, Dec 5, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsAgenda and Documents 9D Caves at Soda Canyon Winery Appeal (Napa Custom Crush) [Continued from August 29, 2017 hearing] [TO BE CONTINUED TO JAN 23RD, 2018] 4/19/17 Planning Commission hearing and documents [letter from the applicant on generator issue] 9E Road Financing Plan 2019-22: Soda Canyon Road overlay, replace or rehabilitate 2 bridges. |
| Wed, Dec 6, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission[11 new wineries, 16 major mods previously approved this year] Agenda and Documents 8A Garguilo Vineyards Major Mod 3100sf increase in production area. No increase in production, visitation or employees. [Approved 5-0] 9A Update Planning Commission Bylaws re time limits and submissions [2018 PC Chair: Comm. Cottrell, Vice-chair: Comm. Scott] |
| Thu, Dec 7, 2017 9:00am | Relic Winery ABC AppealAppeal by residents of the granting of an ABC license to Relic Wine Cellars. Location: Holiday Inn Sacramento Downtown Arena, 300 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Appeal documents are here [Continued to a date uncertain] |
| Thu, Dec 7, 2017 5:30pm | Napa City Planning CommissionNapa Oaks II planned development overlay, use permit, design review permit and tentative subdivision map Agenda and Documents City Hall, 955 School Street, Napa [continued to 12/21/17 meeting] |
| Tue, Dec 19, 2017 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsPalmaz Trust Appeal of Sept 6th 2017 denials by County ALUC and Planning Commission of a use permit for a personal use heliport Notice of hearing [NOTE: BOTH APPELLANT AND STAFF ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO JULY 10th 2018] |
| Wed, Dec 20, 2017 9:00am | County Planning Commission[11 new wineries, 17 major mods previously approved this year] Agenda and documents 8A B Cellars Major Mod Cellars Traffic Study with visitation increases no production increase, 10915 more vis/yr, 6 more employees, 47 more trips/day [0% more wine, 79% more visitors, 87% more traffic. Oakville Cross intersections will remain LOS F (the worst) with or without project, so impacts are "less-than-significant under County standards".] SCR winery-restaurant rant at the time B Cellars opened [Approved 3-1; Basayne,Scott,Hansen aye, Gallagher opposed. In a great bit of irony neighbor Paul Woolls, developer of the contentious Woolls Ranch project spoke against the project based on the disruption that such winery tourism inflicts on adjacent residents.] |
| Thu, Dec 21, 2017 5:30pm | Napa City Planning CommissionNapa Oaks II planned development overlay, use permit, design review permit and tentative subdivision map [continued from 12/7/17 meeting] 12/7/17 Agenda and Documents 12/7/17 hearing video City Hall, 955 School Street, Napa |
| Wed, Jan 17, 2018 9:00am | County Planning CommissionAgenda and Documents [New Chair: Comm. Cottrell, new Vice-chair: Comm. Scott, Comm. Joelle absent] 8A Caldwell Winery Custom Crush Major Mod 10,000 more g/y, 19640 more visitors/y, 9 more employees, catered food. (71% increase in capacity, 700% increase in visitation) Neg Dec County Caldwell page [continued to March 7th, 1:00pm] 8B Cuvaison Winery Major Mod no production increase, 20620 more visitors/y 14 more employees (0% increase in production, 75% increase in visitation) Neg Dec County Cuvaison page [approved 4-0] 8C Vine Cliff Winery Major Mod No production increase, 16000 more visitors (another 700% increase!), more employees, more traffic] Neg Dec County Vine Cliff page [approved 4-0] |
| Tue, Jan 23, 2018 9:00am | Board of SupervisorsCaves at Soda Canyon appeal (Tentative?) SCR Caves page |
| Thu, Jan 25, 2018 7:00-8:30pm | Napa Vision 2050 Community MeetingNapa Vision 2050 will host a community meeting to discuss two initiatives on the June ballot: the Heliport Initiative and the Napa County Oak Woodland Watershed Protection Initiative of 2018 The announcement is here Location: Napa Horseman's Association 1200 Foster Rd, Napa Doors open at 6:30pm |
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