MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION,
DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
May 16, 2001
1.
Call
to Order.
THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
2.
Roll
Call.
THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: CHAIRMAN JIM KING, COMMISSIONERS TONY HOLZHAUER, LARRY
SCHOENKE, TERRY SCOTT AND DAVID GRAVES.
3.
Pledge
of Allegiance.
THE SALUTE TO THE
FLAG WAS HELD.
4.
Citizen
Comments and Recommendations.
NONE
5.
Approval
of Minutes.
6.
Agenda
Review.
ITEM 11. - LAST
RESORT WINERY – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00095-UP WAS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
AND HELD FOR DISCUSSION.
ITEM 13. - PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE - USE
PERMIT REQUEST #00080-UP WAS MOVED TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
7.
Consent Agenda.
(SEE ITEMS *8, *10 AND
*13)
*8. Palmaz Winery –
Use Permit Request #00243-UP
California
Environmental Quality Act (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
*8. Continued
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)
(Continued from
March 21, 2001)
PUBLIC HEARING
CONTINUED TO JUNE 20, 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.
(Continued from April 4, 2001)
PUBLIC HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY
PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION HAS READ AND CONSIDERED THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PRIOR TO
TAKING ACTION ON SAID NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINDS
THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF THE
COMMISSION AND ADOPTS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
TH-LS-TS-DG-JK
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #99543-MOD, BASED ON FINDING 6,
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 16, AS AMENDED.
TH-TS-LS-DG-JK
*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
*10. Continued
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.
(Continued
from May 2, 2001)
PUBLIC
HEARING OPENED - NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
PUBLIC
HEARING CONTINUED TO JUNE 20, 2001.
TH-LS-TS-DG-JK
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.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION HAS READ AND CONSIDERED THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PRIOR TO
TAKING ACTION ON SAID NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINDS
THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF THE
COMMISSION AND ADOPTS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION (INCLUDING THE PROJECT REVISION
STATEMENT WITH 1 SIGNED MITIGATION MEASURE). TS-LS-TH-DG-JK
THE COMMISSION
APPROVED USE PERMIT #00095-UP, BASED ON FINDINGS 9 THROUGH 14, SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 15, AS AMENDED. TS-LS-TH-DG-JK
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.
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION HAS READ AND CONSIDERED THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PRIOR TO
TAKING ACTION ON SAID NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINDS
THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF THE
COMMISSION AND ADOPTS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION (INCLUDING THE PROJECT REVISION
STATEMENT WITH 6 SIGNED MITIGATION MEASURES). TS-LS-TH-DG-JK
12. Continued
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT
#00125-UP, BASED ON FINDINGS 11 THROUGH 16, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1
THROUGH 11, AS AMENDED.
TS-LS-TH-DG-JK
*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)
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: NONE REQUIRED (CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT)
THE COMMISSION
APPROVED USE PERMIT #00080-UP BASED ON FINDINGS 7 THROUGH 13, SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 4.
TH-LS-TS-DG-JK
Other
Business
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
THERE WAS
CONSENSUS BY THE COMMISSIONERS TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 1, 2001 TO
TOUR THE MINING COMPANY.
18.
Future
Agenda Items.
Adjournment
ADJOURNED TO
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION,
FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. TO TOUR THE HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY LOCATED
AT 26775 MORGAN VALLEY ROAD, LOWER LAKE, CA.
___________________________
JIM
KING
Chairman
ATTEST:
CHARLES
WILSON
Acting Secretary –
Director
____________________________
MICHELLE PRICE
Deputy
Key
Vote: JK
= Jim King; TH = Tony Holzhauer; LS = Larry Schoenke; DG = David Graves;
TS
= Terrence Scott
Notations under vote: N = No A = Abstain X = Excused