-MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
April 16, 2003
1. Call
to Order.
THE
CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN
REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
16, 2003, AT 9:00 AM. THE MEETING WAS
CALLED TO ORDER BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHOENKE AT 9:02 A.M.
2. Roll Call.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: CHAIRPERSON
LARRY SCHOENKE, COMMISSIONERS TERRY SCOTT, BOB FIDDAMAN,
DAVID GRAVES AND JIM KING.
3. Pledge of Allegiance.
COMMISSIONER FIDDAMAN LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
4. Citizen Comments and
Recommendations.
NONE
5. Approval of Minutes.
NONE
6. Agenda
Review.
NO
CHANGES
7. Items to be decided
without additional testimony.
NONE
8. Goosecross Cellars / Reynolds and Patsy Gorsuch Trust –
Use Permit Request #02571-UP
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status: Negative
Declaration Prepared. According
to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have no potentially
significant environmental impacts.
Request: Approval of a use
permit to increase production capacity from 20,000 to 30,000 gallons per year
of Small Winery Exemption #40642-SWE and bring the entire operation under use
permit, and 1) construct a new 64 square foot restroom for a winery totaling
2,144 square feet; and
8. Continued
a 1,500 square foot open work area; 2) add four additional full-time employees for a total of six full-time and two part-time employees; 3) allow a maximum of 50 visitors per day; 4) add ten additional parking spaces for a total of sixteen parking spaces and one loading area; 5) change the hours of operation for processing from 10 AM to 4 PM five days per week to 8 AM to 6 PM seven days per week; 6) add tours and tasting by appointment only; 7) add a marketing plan with 12
activities per year with a
maximum of 30 people per event and two
release events per year with a
maximum of 100 people per event; and, 8) construct
a special design sewage treatment system,
located on a 11.31 acre parcel on the west side of State Lane
approximately 3/4 of a mile north from the intersection with Yountville Cross
Road within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #031-180-035) 1119 State Lane, Yountville.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY
PRESENTED
THE COMMISSION
APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS 1 THROUGH 6 AND ADOPTED THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION. JK-TS-BF-DG-LS
JK-TS-BF-DG-LS
THE COMMISSION
APPROVED USE PERMIT #02571-UP BASED ON FINDINGS 9 THROUGH 13 SUBJECT TO REVISED
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
JK-TS-BF-DG-LS
9. AT&T Wireless Facility (PG&E
Site)/Pacific Gas and Electric Company –
Use Permit Request #02601-UP
CEQA Status: Categorically Exempt.
Request: To
construct a separate unmanned telecommunication facility on a 40 foot by 22
foot leased area located on an existing Pacific Gas & Electric Company
natural pumping facility that would include: (1) a 50 foot tall ground-mounted
steel monopole structure with nine (6 sector) panel arrays attached to the
monopole and enclosed by a six-foot tall chain link fence; (2) construction of
three unenclosed support equipment cabinets with a height of approximately 5.5
feet, a width of approximately 4.3 feet and a depth of approximately 3.1 feet;
(3) a connection to existing natural gas supplies on the site for an emergency
back-up power supply; (4) installation of approximately 123 linear feet of new
overhead electrical power and 134 linear feet of overhead telecommunication
cables to serve the new facility; (5) construction of a small GPS (Global
Positioning Satellite) antenna on the proposed equipment building; and (6)
installation of a new facility signs as required by County ordinance. The project is located on the east side of
South Kelly Road approximately 300 feet south of its intersection with
Greenwood Road in an AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility)
zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # 057-060-008) 600 (A) South Kelly Road, American Canyon.
PUBLIC HEARING
OPENED – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO MAY 7, 2003.
TS-BF-DG-JK-LS
Other
Business
10. City Referrals.
NONE
11. Discussion of Items for the May 7,
2003 Meeting.
STEVE LEDERER,
DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, STATED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WOULD BE DISCUSSED:
A REPORT ON THE CARGILL SALT PONDS.
DISCUSSION OF THE AT&T WIRELESS
USE FACILITY PROJECT .
REFERRAL FROM THE CITY OF NAPA
REGARDING AN OFFICE BUILDING.
THE PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE POWER PLANT
REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE USE PERMIT MODIFICATION FOR
SIGNORELLO WINERY.
A FRANK ALTAMURA WINERY PROJECT IN WOODEN VALLEY.
12. Commissioner Comments.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, REPORTED THAT A DATE FOR THE JOINT MEETING OF THE BOARD AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NOT YET BEEN SET. THE COMMISSION WILL CREATE A LIST OF ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION. SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED INCLUDE:
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION, ITS MAKE-UP, STAFFING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION AND THE BOARD.
A DISCUSSION ON DESIGN REVIEW.
REVIEW CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WINERY DEFINITION ORDINANCE (WDO).
REVIEW THE HOUSING ISSUES INCLUDING MITIGATION FEES AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
COMMISSIONER KING
STATED THE NEXT JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE BOARD SHOULD BE
HELD BEFORE THE BOARD’S BUDGET HEARINGS.
12. Continued
COMMISSIONER GRAVES
COMMENTED THAT SCHEDULING OF MEETINGS SHOULD BE ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS
WITH THE BOARD.
STEVE LEDERER,
DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, WILL SPEAK TO THE ANALYST REGARDING SCHEDULING THE
JOINT MEETING AND ALSO SUGGESTED POSSIBLY HAVING MORE THAN ONE JOINT MEETING.
COMMISSIONER
SCOTT STATED HE FEELS WE SHOULD LOOK AT MARKETING AND OUR RATIONALE FOR
RESTRICTING IT.
COMMISSIONER GRAVES SUGGESTED THAT A WINE
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW AND STUDY SESSION FROM MOTTO, KRYLA & FISCHER WOULD BE
VERY HELPFUL.
THE COMMISSIONERS COMMENTED THEY WOULD
LIKE STAFF INPUT REGARDING HOUSING.
STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, RESPONDED THAT HE WILL ASK
HOWARD SIEGEL, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MANAGER, TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING
COMMISSION ON HOUSING AS PART OF THE MAY 7, 2003 MEETING.
THE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT A SPECIAL
STUDY SESSION ON
MAY 5, 2003 AT 9:00 AM.
13. Director’s report on Board of Supervisors’ actions.
STEVE LEDERER,
DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, REPORTED THAT THE BOARD TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS AT
THEIR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 8, 2003:
THE BOARD ADOPTED
THE STREAM SETBACK ORDINANCE.
THE BOARD ACCEPTED WITHDRAWAL OF THE
PERATA APPEAL.
14. Future Agenda Items.
THE MONTALCINO
HEARING WILL NOT OCCUR IN MAY. THERE IS
AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE REVISED PROJECT AND A 45-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. THE TENTATIVE DATE IS SET FOR
OCTOBER 2003.
Adjournment.
ADJOURNED TO REGULAR CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT
AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2003 AT 9:00 A.M.
___________________________________
LARRY SCHOENKE, Chairperson
ATTEST: CHARLES WILSON, Secretary-Director
___________________________________
MICHELLE PRICE, Secretary
Key
Vote: LS = Larry Schoenke; TS = Terrence Scott; BF
= Bob Fiddaman; JK = Jim King; DG = David Graves;
The maker
of the motion and second are reflected respectively in the order of the
recorded vote.
Notations
under vote: N = No; A = Abstain; X = Excused