BRIAN CUNAT / MATERRA WINERY / USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION APPLICATION NO. P20-00184-MOD

CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts. The project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5.

Request: Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification to modify entitlements for Materra Winery, an existing winery located at 4326 Big Ranch Road, Napa. The requested modification encompasses both physical and operational changes to the winery, consisting of: 1) an increase in the permitted production capacity of the winery from 110,000 gallons of wine per year to 150,000 gallons of wine per year; 2) expansion of the winery building to include an additional 12,610 square feet of interior floor area, with the added square footage to house a visitor reception area, a wine library for wine tasting with food pairings, additional wine tasting space, a low-risk (catering) kitchen, wine storage and administrative offices in a new two-story structure; 3) an increase in the permitted number of daily wine tours and tastings visitors, from 18 visitors per day, by appointment, to 34 visitors per day, by appointment; 4) expansion of on-premise wine consumption to include an approximately 740 square foot uncovered patio adjacent to the tasting room in the proposed building expansion; 5) an increase in the number of winery employees, from three full-time, three part-time and four part-time seasonal employees, to as many as 12 full-time, two part-time and three part-time seasonal employees; and 6) an increase in the number of on-site automobile parking stalls allowed under the use permit, from 24 stalls to 25 stalls. The requested production and visitation increases would correspondingly increase sanitary and winery process wastewater flows at the winery, necessitating subsurface installations of a new septic tank and additional leach line in the existing leach field in the vineyards west of the winery building. The project as proposed also includes construction of a left-turn lane in the right-of-way of Big Ranch Road at the winery property frontage. The proposed project is located on 50 acres at 4326 Big Ranch Road in Napa, and is General Plan land use designated as Agricultural Resource (AR) and zoned as Agricultural Preserve (AP). Assessor’s Parcel Number 036-160-003

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Negative Declaration prepared for the project and approve Use Permit Major Modification Application No. P20-00184-MOD, as conditioned.

Staff Contact: Dana Ayers, Consultant Planner, phone number (925) 688-2490, email address dayers@trccompanies.com; Charlene Gallina, Supervising Planner, phone number (707) 299-1355, email address Charlene.gallina@countyofnapa.org

Applicant: Brian Cunat, Materra Winery; phone number (815) 482-1657, email address bgcunat@gmail.com

Applicant Representative: George H. Monteverdi, Monteverdi Consulting; phone number (707) 761-2516, email address George@MonteverdiConsulting.com

PICKETT ROAD WINE COMPANY / PICKETT ROAD WINE COMPANY / USE PERMIT MAJOR MODIFICATION NO. P19-00172-MOD

CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Negative Declaration. According to the proposed Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts. The project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5.

Request: Approval of a Use Permit Major Modification to an existing 12,000 gallon per year winery to allow the following: A. Components Necessary to Remedy Existing Violations: (1) Recognition of six (6) full-time on-site employees. The winery has approval for three (3) full-time on-site and two (2) part-time on-site employees. B. Expansion Beyond Existing Entitlements: (1) Increase employment of part-time employees from two (2) to four (4) part-time on-site employees; (2) Increase tours and tastings by appointment only from the existing eight (8) visitors per day and 60 visitors per week maximum to 24 visitors per day and 120 visitors per week maximum. No change to existing approved tours and tastings hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The proposed modifications to tours and tasting would increase the total number of visitors from 3,120 to 6,240 for a net increase in 3,120 visitors a year; (3) Modification of the existing Marketing Program consisting of six (6) events per year, including four (4) events with a maximum attendance of 60 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and two (2) events with a maximum attendance of 125 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.) to allow the following: one (1) event per year with a maximum attendance of 125 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., 10 events per year with a maximum attendance of 60 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., 10 events per year with a maximum attendance of 24 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., and three (3) wine release events per year with a maximum of 50 visitors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.; (4) Construction of a crush pad canopy to cover an existing 1,000 square foot uncovered crush pad; (5) Conversion of the existing cave from a Type I to a Type III and approval of Tours and Tastings within 1,654 square feet of the converted cave; (6) Width expansion for sections of the private roadway/project driveway in order to bring them into compliance with the current Napa County Road and Street Standards; and (7) Expansion of the winery’s Domestic Wastewater Treatment and Dispersal System. The project is located on an approximately 83.14 acre site within the AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district with a General Plan land use designation of AR (Agricultural Resources) and AWOS (Agriculture, Watershed, and Open Space) at 2339 Pickett Road, Calistoga, CA 94515; APN: 018-050-067.

Staff Recommendation: Adopt the Negative Declaration and approve the Use Permit Major Modification, as conditioned.

Staff Contact: Trevor Hawkes, Planner III, (707) 253-4388, trevor.hawkes@countyofnapa.org

Applicant Contact: Kelly Fleming, Pickett Road Wine Company, (707) 942-6849, kelly@kellyflemingwines.com

Applicant Representative Contact: John Webb, Albion Surveys, Inc., (707) 963-1217, jwebb@albionsurveys.com