-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

 

 

Public Hearings

 

 

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