MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

COUNTY OF NAPA

 

May 7, 2003

 

1.         Call to Order.

THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY,

MAY 7, 2003, AT 9:00 A.M.  THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY CHAIRPERSON SCHOENKE AT 9:56 A.M.

 

 

2.         Roll Call.

THE FOLLOWING COMMISSIONERS WERE PRESENT: CHAIRPERSON

LARRY SCHOENKE, COMMISSIONERS TERRY SCOTT, BOB FIDDAMAN,

DAVID GRAVES AND JIM KING. 

 

 

3.         Citizen Comments and Recommendations.

            NONE

 

 

4.         Approval of Minutes.

APPROVED MINUTES OF CONSERVATION, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS OF MARCH 5 AND APRIL 2, 2003.

 

 

5.         Agenda Review.

            NO CHANGES

 

 

Public Hearings

 

 

6.         Items to be decided without additional testimony.

NONE

 

 

7.         AT&T Wireless Facility (PG&E Site) / Pacific Gas & Electric Company

Use Permit Request #02601-UP

California Environmental Quality Act (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

 

 

7.         Continued

 

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.  (Continued from April 16, 2003).       

PUBLIC HEARING HELD - TESTIMONY PRESENTED

 

THE COMMISSION APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS AND QUALIFIES FOR CLASS 3 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION.  

                                                            JK-BF-TS-DG-LS

 

THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT #02601-UP SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS MODIFIED AND INCORPORATING ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION.          

                                                            JK-BF-TS-DG-LS     

 

 

8.         Signorello Winery/Res Inc.& Walrus Inc.–Use Permit Request #02269-MOD

CEQA Status:  Categorically Exempt.

Request:  Approval to modify Use Permit #U-587879 to add a 325 square foot kitchen and storage area within the existing winery building with no change in existing total square footage and add a marketing plan with 12 events per year with a maximum of 20 people per event, located on a ±56.59 acre parcel on the east side of Silverado Trail approximately 809 feet southeast of its intersection with Oak Knoll Avenue within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #039-400-080)  4500 Silverado Trail, Napa.          

PUBLIC HEARING HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED

 

PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO JUNE 4, 2003.

                                                                        BF-TS-DG-JK-LS

 

 

9.         Hybrid Co-Generation Direct Fuel Cell Power Plant / Pacific Union College Assoc. –

Use Permit Request #02399-UP CEQA Status: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.  According to the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would have, if mitigation measures are not included, potentially significant environmental impacts in the following areas:  aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazards & hazardous materials, hydrology/water quality, noise, population & housing & transportation/traffic.
Request:  Approval of a Use Permit for the replacement and relocation of an existing power plant that will be constructed as a new Hybrid Cogeneration Direct FuelCell power plant of 7,407 square feet, with 1,715 square feet of storage/warehousing, and 688 square feet of offices, for a power plant totaling 9,810 square feet of floor area, and an outside fenced area that will include: FuelCell generators; a FuelCell stack module; cold gas diffusers; covered chemical storage; a 50 foot cooling tower; an above ground diesel storage tank electrical substation and oil/water separator. 

 

9.         Continued

 

The project also includes the installation of underground transmission lines, and the installation, within road rights of way, of an underground gas pipeline extending from the power plant to the St. Helena Hospital (APN 021-110-015) for a total length of approximately 24,000 feet.  The project will be located behind the existing Facilities Operations Building on an 2 acre portion of a

149.49 acre parcel on the east side of North Howell Mountain Road approximately 682 feet northeast of the intersection of Highland Oaks Drive and College Avenue within a PD: AC

(Planned Development: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district.  (Assessor’s Parcel #024-080-021 (SFAP) & 024-410-011 (SFAP).       

PUBLIC HEARING HELD - TESTIMONY PRESENTED

 

PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO JUNE 4, 2003.

                                                            TS-JK-DG-BF-LS     

 

 

Other Business

 

 

10.       City Referrals. 

NONE

 

 

11.       Discussion of items for the May 21, 2003 meeting.

NONE

 

 

12.       Commissioner Comments.

THE COMMISSION DISCUSSED ITEMS FOR THEIR JOINT MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.  SEE ITEM 13.                

 

 

13.       Conduct study session to review potential agenda items for joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors.

HOWARD SIEGEL, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP MANAGER, GAVE THE COMMISSION A PRESENTATION ON HOUSING.

 

DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL DESIGN REVIEW.

 

COMPLIANCE OF WINERIES AND COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORS.

 

DISCUSS LACK OF CODE ENFORCEMENT BY PLANNING COMMISSION.

 

DISCUSS SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF WDO.

 

RESTRUCTURING AND STAFFING OF AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION.

 

 

14.       Zoning Administrator Action For April 2003.

NONE

 

 

15.       Directors Report on Board Of Supervisors actions.

STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, REPORTED THAT

DEL DOTTO WINERY WAS APPEALED BY BOTH PARTIES.

 

KATE DARGIN, COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL, GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE ISSUES.

 

A CITIZEN’S GROUP APPEALED THE EROSION CONTROL PLAN FOR ATWATER VINEYARDS.

 

SIGNATURES FOR PLACING THE STREAM SETBACK ORDINANCE ON THE BALLOT WERE FILED THIS MORNING.

 

 

16.       Future Agenda Items.

STEVE LEDERER, DEPUTY PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORTED THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONTALCINO WITH A 45-DAY COMMENT PERIOD AND THE HEARING ITSELF WILL BE SOMETIME IN THE FALL.

 

           

Adjournment.

ADJOURNED TO REGULAR CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2003 AT 9:00 A.M.

                                               

                       

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LARRY SCHOENKE, Chairperson

 

 

 

                                                            ATTEST:                     CHARLES WILSON, Executive Director

 

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SHERRY VATTUONE, Secretary                  

 

 

Key

 

Vote:    JK = Jim King; BF = Bob Fiddaman; LS = Larry Schoenke; DG = David Graves;  TS = Terrence Scott

 

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