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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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