CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	Jim King	Tony Holzhauer	David Graves
ACTING SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

The Commission welcomes you to its meeting which is regularly scheduled the first and third Wednesday of the month. The Commission meets at 1195 Third Street, Room 305, Napa. The following information is provided to ensure your understanding and participation in the Commission's meeting and decision making process. Your comments and participation in the meeting are invited and would be welcomed. It is our desire to give everyone an opportunity to speak and be heard in a timely manner and within an atmosphere of respect and diplomacy. These procedures are meant to foster an atmosphere of respect .

Assistive listening devices are available for the hearing impaired from the office of the Clerk of the Board. If an ASL interpreter or any other special arrangement is required, please provide the Clerk of the Board with 24-hour notice by calling 253-6088 TDD.

ORDER OF BUSINESS:

Agenda items that do not have a specified hearing time listed on the agenda may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Commission. Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered at the beginning of the meeting. Items that generate a large turnout of interested citizens at a Commission meeting may be heard early in the meeting as an accommodation to the public.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

Consent Agenda Items as identified with a symbol (§) on the agenda are regular items which are recommended for approval or continuance by staff with the applicant's consent concerning conditions of approval, when the applicant has signed any required project revision statement and when no member of the Commission or public indicates a desire to comment or ask questions about the item. Consent items, regardless of their agenda assigned number will be acted upon by the Commission in one motion at the beginning of the meeting.

Applicants having items listed on the Consent Agenda need not speak unless they disagree with the staff recommendation or wish to comment. Items removed from the Consent Agenda, will be heard in the numerical order listed on the agenda.

If you arrive after the meeting has started and have any question concerning whether or not an agenda item has already been heard by the Commission, please check with the Secretary of the Commission.

PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM:

If you wish to speak on an item on the Agenda and under discussion by the Commission, you may do so upon receiving recognition from the Chairperson. After being recognized by the Chairperson, please step to one of the microphones and state your name and address and make your presentation. No comment or testimony shall be shouted from the audience. All comments are to be directed to the Commission, including inquiries requiring staff response.

CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMONY:

When speaking on an item, try to limit comments and testimony to 5 minutes. If there is a controversial item with many speakers from the public, the Chairperson may set exact time limits to allow everyone time to be heard. For Public hearing items “applicants” are allowed 10 minutes to speak to make their formal presentation of their project and will be given the opportunity to rebut all other testimony.

Written testimony should be limited; any lengthy reports or materials submitted may result in the Commission, upon consideration, continuing the item to a subsequent meeting.

When speaking, please keep to the topic at hand and try not to repeat comments. This is to allow all projects on the agenda to be heard and to allow everyone present time to speak.

STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Copies of all staff reports and recommendations to be considered by the Commission are usually available at the Planning Department Offices on the Friday preceding the meeting and at the meeting. Individual copies of staff reports and recommendations are placed on the table located inside the meeting room door. The red binder, placed on the table, contains copies of all reports. If you are unable to obtain a copy of the report(s) you are interested in or cannot locate the red binder, please contact the Commission Secretary. The secretary is seated on the right hand side in the front of the room.

Items that are shaded, will be heard together.

APPEAL PROCEDURE:

If you do not agree with the Commission's decision or the conditions that may have been imposed by the Commission in approving an agenda item, you may appeal the Commission's action to the Napa County Board of Supervisors. Appeal must be filed within ten (10) working days from the date of the Commission's action. Appeals may be limited to those issues raised at the public hearing relating to the agenda item or to written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at or prior to the public hearing.

For additional information concerning the County's Ordinance requirements for filing an appeal or to obtain the required forms to file an appeal, please stop at the front counter in the Conservation Development and Planning Department, Room 210, 1195 Third Street in Napa. If you have any question concerning the appeals procedure, please call (707) 253‑4416 and request assistance.

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT and

PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

1195 THIRD STREET, ROOM 305, NAPA

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	Jim King	Tony Holzhauer	David Graves
ACTING SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (10 minutes)

The Commission invites Citizen comments and recommendations concerning current problems and future prospects of a planning nature which are within the jurisdiction of the Conservation, Development & Planning Commission. Anyone who wishes to speak to the Commission on such a matter, if it is not on the agenda, may do so at this time. The Commission may not be able to take action on any such presentation. Commission action or non-action will be based on the specifics of the individual presentation.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

6. AGENDA REVIEW

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED
AND APPROVED, DENIED OR CONTINUED

Public Hearings:

7. CONSENT AGENDA - item § 8, 10, & 11

Items listed for the Consent Agenda will be acted upon by the Commission on one motion at the beginning of the public hearings, regardless of their numbered position on the agenda. Persons wishing to speak to any items listed on the Consent Agenda should indicate so during this time.

8. §PALMAZ WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00243-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to establish a new winery with an annual production capacity of 35,000 gallons in one phase within approximately 50,000 square feet of caves; tours and tasting by appointment and a marketing plan are proposed; cave spoils (24,000 cubic yards) are proposed to be deposited on the winery parcel and neighboring parcels under the same ownership and used for vineyard planting and road base; erosion control measures will be incorporated into the cave portal, road construction and other paved areas, as well as the spoils sites, in accordance with the County’s standard procedures; wastewater treatment for the process wastewater is proposed to utilize an underground system and storage, and the reclaimed water would be used for irrigation, located on a 150 acre parcel at the eastern end of Hagen Road to be created by lot line adjustment within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcels #33-110-059(ptn); 49-270-015, 016, 017(sfap) and 018(ptn); 49-320-012 and 015) RN

(Continued from March 21, 2001)

9. JOHN LIVINGSTON WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #99543-MOD
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas: visual, historical, traffic and circulation.
REQUEST: Approval to expand the production capacity from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons per year, redesign the winery building of 5,700 square feet and expand cave use by 800 square feet, add two full time employees, add two customer parking spaces, add to the existing leach field, add retail sales and public tours and tasting by appointment and a marketing plan located on a 27.9 acre parcel at the terminus of Cabernet Lane approximately 850 feet west of Whitehall Lane within AP and AW (Agricultural Preserve and Agricultural Watershed) zoning districts. (Assessor’s Parcel #27-440-007) 1895 Cabernet Lane. RN
(Continued from April 4, 2001)

10. §KATHRYN HALL WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00166-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to establish a winery with an annual production of 18,000 gallons per year within a proposed 4,600 square feet winery building and for the following: (a) 6,400± square feet of proposed caves attached to the winery; (b) private marketing activities; and (c) to utilize an existing off-site wastewater pond. The winery site is 40.03 acres, located on Auberge Road, a private road off of Rutherford Hill Road, 7,000± feet north of Silverado Trail within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district (Assessor’s Parcel #30-300-033); the wastewater pond is located on Assessor’s Parcel #30-300-026 sfap, owned by Rutherford Hill Winery; and crosses Assessor’s Parcel #30-300-034 sfap. RT
(Continued from May 2, 2001)

11. §LAST RESORT WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00095-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas: aesthetics (light).
REQUEST: Approval to establish a 60,000 gallon/year within a proposed 9,836 square foot winery structure with a marketing plan with 12 events per year, tours and tasting by appointment only, and retail wine sales on a 55.44 acre parcel located on the north side of Aetna Springs Road approximately 2 miles west of its intersection with Butts Canyon Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #18-020-045) 1600 Aetna Springs Road. WB

12. A.HOVIK TOROSSIAN – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00125-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas: aesthetics (light), noise, water quality and biological resources.
REQUEST: Approval to establish an automobile repair and body shop within an existing 4,140 square foot structure on a 4.83 acre parcel located on the east side of Sky Oaks Drive near its intersection with Circle Drive within a CN (Commercial Neighborhood) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #24-163-010) 75 Sky Oaks Drive. WB

13. PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE - USE PERMIT REQUEST #00080-UP
CEQA STATUS: Categorically Exempt
REQUEST: Approval to allow the relocation of the existing snack shop from the Dining Commons Building to the Press Building, utilizing 2,200 square feet; to redesignate the 18,800 square foot Press Building as a flex building on the Master Plan, allowing 5025 square feet for offices and 9422 square feet for storage; and to redesignate 2200 square feet in the Dining Commons Building located on a 75.13 acre parcel on the east side of Howell Mountain Road, south of its intersection with College Avenue within a PD:AC (Planned Development: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor's Parcel #24-410-011) WB

Other Business: (The following matters, unless otherwise noted, may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Chairperson).

14. CITY REFERRALS: None

15. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE JUNE 6, 2001 MEETING

16. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

17. DIRECTOR'S REPORT, INCLUDING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ACTIONS

· Review of the Director May 15, 2001 memorandum to the Board of Supervisors status report on various programs and projects under review by the Department

· Response to invitation from Dean A. Enderlin, Senior Environmental Manager, Homestake Mining Company to visit the McLaughlin Mine

18. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

COMMISSION CALENDAR

June 6, 2001 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

June 20, 2001 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

June 27, 2001 !Special Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

“Viewshed”

July 18, 2001 !Regular Commission Meeting and 9:00 A.M.