Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS

COMMISSIONER

COMMISSIONER

CHAIRPERSON

VICE-CHAIRPERSON

COMMISSIONER

David Graves

Jim King

Terry Scott

Bob Fiddaman

John Dickson

 

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, Suite 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.

 

ITEMS TO BE DECIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY:

These Items identified with a symbol (ž) 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.  These 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 so listed need not speak unless they disagree with the staff recommendation or wish to comment.  If an Item requires discussion, it 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 County Executive Office/Clerk of the Board, 1195 Third Street, Suite 310 in Napa.  If you have any question concerning the appeals procedure, please call (707) 253‑4580 and request assistance.                     


CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT and

 

 
PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2003

 

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

1195 THIRD STREET, SUITE 305, NAPA

 

COMMISSION MEMBERS

COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
CHAIRPERSON
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
COMMISSIONER

David Graves

Jim King

Terry Scott

Bob Fiddaman

John Dickson

 

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.                              ITEMS TO BE DECIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY - item ž

Items marked with a ž 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 so listed should indicate so during this time.

8.                              BERINGER BLASS WINERY INC. / BERINGER BLASS WINE ESTATES COMPANY - USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #03228-MOD                      
CEQA STATUS:
  Categorically Exempt, class 1, minor changes to existing facilities.
REQUEST:
  Request to modify Use Permit U-638687 to: (1) increase winery production from 76,000 gallons to 150,000 gallons per year; (2) add 14 fermentation tanks inside an existing approved structure; (3) reduce the number of average visitors per week for public tours and tasting from 1,000 to 740; (4) increase full-time employees from 5 to 19, and decrease part-time employees from 7 to 5; (5) adopt a marketing plan consisting of:  three events per day with a maximum of 15 persons (average of three) per event; two events per month with a maximum of 50 persons (average of 20) per event; four events per year with a maximum of 250 persons (average of 100) per event.  Three events per year with a maximum of 300 persons per event; wine auction events with a maximum of 200 persons annually.  The project is located on the east side of Cuttings Wharf Road, 900 feet south of its intersection with Middle Avenue, within an AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed:Airport Compatibility) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #047-230-033) 1250 Cuttings Wharf Road, Napa.                                                                                                                                               SL

 

9.                              EHLERS ESTATE WINERY / New Vavin Inc. – USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #03217-MOD     
CEQA STATUS:
 Negative Declaration Prepared. According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have no potentially significant environmental impacts.  This project site is not on any of the lists of hazardous waste sites enumerated under Government code section 656962.5.

REQUEST:  Approval to modify Use Permit #U-297576 and #U-91-15 to:  (1) partially replace and expand to two stories an existing winery production building totaling 13,414 square feet, add a 135 square foot vestibule/restroom to the existing historic winery building, remove a 276 square foot laboratory, construct 11,220 square feet of caves, for a winery totaling ±29,950 square feet; (2) construct a 900 square foot covered walkway to the cave portal; (3) modify the existing winery sign; (4) relocate five parking spaces and add a 2,000 square foot loading area.  The project is located on a 14.02-acre parcel on the east side of Ehlers Lane approximately 1,400 feet east of its intersection from St. Helena Highway North within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #022-100-024) 3222 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena.  NB

 

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

10.                               CITY REFERRALS:  None

11.                               DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE OCTOBER 01, 2003, CDPC AND SPECIAL ALUC MEETING

12.                               COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

13.                               COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND RECOMMEDATION TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER TO FARM WORKER HOUSING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.  COMMISSIONER TERRY SCOTT’S TERM EXPIRES IN OCTOBER 2003

14.                               DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ACTIONS

15.                               FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

·               COMPLIANCE REVIEWS (#02339-UP, FEBRUARY 04, 2004) (#02362-MOD, 6 MONTHS AFTER OPENING) (#02082-UP, 1 YEAR AFTER OPENING)

·               PREPARE FOR NEXT MEETING WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS (APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER, 2003)

 

16.                               ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

 

                                       COMMISSION CALENDAR

 

 

OCTOBER 01, 2003                  !Regular Commission Meeting and                                 9:00 AM

Special Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

 

OCTOBER 15, 2003                  !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

NOVEMBER 05, 2003               !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

Airport Land Use Commission Meeting

 

NOVEMBER 19, 2003               !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

DECEMBER 03, 2003               !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM

 

DECEMBER 17, 2003               !Regular Commission Meeting                                         9:00 AM