Napa County

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

DECEMBER 19, 2001

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	Jim King	Tony Holzhauer	David Graves
SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

The Commission welcomes you to its meeting which is regularly scheduled the first and third Wednesday of the month. The Commission meets at 1195 Third Street, Room 305, Napa. The following information is provided to ensure your understanding and participation in the Commission's meeting and decision making process. .

Assistive listening devices are available for the hearing impaired from the office of the Clerk of the Board. If an ASL interpreter or any other special arrangement is required, please provide the Clerk of the Board with 24-hour notice by calling 253-6088 TDD.

ORDER OF BUSINESS:

Agenda items that do not have a specified hearing time listed on the agenda may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Commission. Items listed on the Consent Agenda are considered at the beginning of the meeting. Items that generate a large turnout of interested citizens at a Commission meeting may be heard early in the meeting as an accommodation to the public.

The agenda is divided into three sections:

CONSENT CALENDAR:

Consent Calendar Items as identified with a symbol (þ) on the agenda are regular items which are recommended for approval or continuance by staff with the applicant's consent concerning conditions of approval, when the applicant has signed any required project revision statement and when no member of the Commission or public indicates a desire to comment or ask questions about the item. Consent items, regardless of their agenda assigned number will be acted upon by the Commission in one motion at the beginning of the meeting.

SET MATTERS:

These items are noticed hearings, work sessions and public hearings.

REGULAR CALENDAR:

These items, unless otherwise noted, may be heard at any time during the meeting at the discretion of the Chairperson. These items include significant policy and administrative actins and are classified by program areas.

PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK CONCERNING AN AGENDA ITEM:

If you wish to speak on an item on the Agenda and under discussion by the Commission, you may do so upon receiving recognition from the Chairperson. After being recognized by the Chairperson, please step to one of the microphones and state your name and address and make your presentation. No comment or testimony shall be shouted from the audience. All comments are to be directed to the Commission, including inquiries requiring staff response.

CONDUCT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMONY:

When speaking on an item, try to limit comments and testimony to 5 minutes. If there is a controversial item with many speakers from the public, the Chairperson may set exact time limits to allow everyone time to be heard. For Public hearing items “applicants” are allowed 10 minutes to speak to make their formal presentation of their project and will be given the opportunity to rebut all other testimony.

Written testimony should be limited; any lengthy reports or materials submitted may result in the Commission, upon consideration, continuing the item to a subsequent meeting.

When speaking, please keep to the topic at hand and try not to repeat comments. This is to allow all projects on the agenda to be heard and to allow everyone present time to speak.

STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

Copies of all staff reports and recommendations to be considered by the Commission are usually available at the Planning Department Offices on the Friday preceding the meeting and at the meeting.

APPEAL PROCEDURE:

If you do not agree with the Commission's decision or the conditions that may have been imposed by the Commission in approving an agenda item, you may appeal the Commission's action to the Napa County Board of Supervisors. Appeal must be filed within ten (10) working days from the date of the Commission's action. Appeals may be limited to those issues raised at the public hearing relating to the agenda item or to written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at or prior to the public hearing.

CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT and

PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING AGENDA

DECEMBER 19, 2001

9:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

1195 THIRD STREET, ROOM 305, NAPA

COMMISSION MEMBERS
COMMISSIONER	VICE-CHAIRPERSON	CHAIRPERSON	COMMISSIONER	COMMISSIONER
Terry Scott	Larry Schoenke	Jim King	Tony Holzhauer	David Graves
SECRETARY-DIRECTOR Charles Wilson

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ROLL CALL

3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CITIZEN COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (10 minutes)

The Commission invites Citizen comments and recommendations concerning current problems and future prospects of a planning nature which are within the jurisdiction of the Conservation, Development & Planning Commission. Anyone who wishes to speak to the Commission on such a matter, if it is not on the agenda, may do so at this time. The Commission may not be able to take action on any such presentation. Commission action or non-action will be based on the specifics of the individual presentation.

5. CLOSED SESSION
Conference With Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b): (1 case)

6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT

8. AGENDA REVIEW
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED, DENIED OR CONTINUED

9. CONSENT AGENDA - item þ 11

Items listed for the Consent Agenda will be acted upon by the Commission on one motion at the beginning of the public hearings, regardless of their numbered position on the agenda. Persons wishing to speak to any items listed on the Consent Agenda should indicate so during this time.

REGULAR CALENDAR:

10. BERINGER WINE ESTATES - USE PERMIT REQUEST #98597-UP
CEQA STATUS: Certified Final Environmental Impact – Beringer Wine Estates Devlin Road Facility
REQUEST: Consideration and adoption of Resolution No. 01-09 adopting findings, conditions of approval, a statement of overriding considerations, and a mitigation monitoring plan pursuant to CEQA, and approving Use Permit request #98597-UP to authorize a 1,424,400 square foot winery facility (maximum height of 35 feet, 43 feet with parapet) consisting of 1,167,590 square feet of wine warehouse and storage space; 60,000 square feet of ancillary offices, administrative and laboratory space; 196,810 square feet of related use (wine crushing, blending, bottling, and employee areas, etc.); and with an annual production capacity of 36 million gallons per year. The project also proposes treatment and storage ponds (12 acres); a total of 350 parking spaces; and 51 loading docks. The project includes a concurrent establishment of approximately 115 acres of vineyards to be irrigated with reclaimed treated winery wastewater; preservation of a riparian and wildlife corridor along "No Name" Creek, and provide wetlands mitigation. The site is a 218 acre parcel located at the southwest intersection of South Kelly Road and Devlin Road, immediately south of the Napa County Airport within an IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor's Parcel #57-090-069) DO/CW DO/CW
[PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED]

11. þ NAPA COMMERCIAL CENTER/HILLMAN TOBACCO COMPANY, LLC. –

USE PERMIT REQUEST #01184-UP
CEQA STATUS: This activity is within the scope of the 1986 Napa County Airport Industrial Area Specific Plan and EIR adopted July 29, 1986. The EIR adequately describes the activity for the purposes of CEQA.
REQUEST: Approval to construct a 25,000 square foot warehouse and a 79,980 square foot self mini-storage facility located on two parcels totaling 4.82 acres on the southwest side of Devlin Road approximately 2,000 feet southeast of Suscol Ferry Road within an IP:AC (Industrial Park:Airport Compatibility) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # 057-020-034 and -035) BK

12. DAVID ARTHUR VINEYARDS/LONG FAMILY PARTNERS – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00446-UP
CEQA STATUS: Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to expand an existing small winery by increasing production capacity from 13,000 to 30,000 gallons/year, to construct a 2,000 square foot structure for use as a tank room and add 10,000 square feet of caves, to allow custom crush activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel aging, bottling) for one custom producer utilizing 16.7% of the proposed production capacity (5,000 gallons/year), to add tours and tasting by appointment only, to implement a marketing plan with thirteen marketing events and to relocate five parking spaces (out of a total of ten parking spaces) located on a 47.85 acre parcel off a private road approximately 2.6 miles south of Sage Canyon Road (State Highway 128) within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel # 032-010-072) 1521 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena. SL

13. BRUCE SCHMITZ/BRUCE AND TRACIE SCHMITZ – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00216-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to construct a 16,000 square foot contractors office building with 40 full-time employees, and a 39-space parking lot located on a 2.36 acre parcel on the east side of Camino Oruga, southeast of its intersection with Camino Dorado within the GI:AC (General Industrial:Airport Compatibility) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #057-152-007) 184 Camino Oruga, Napa. WB

14. JESSUP CELLARS WINERY/STANLEY AND LAVONNA WOOD TRUST – USE PERMIT MODIFICATION REQUEST #99033-MOD
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to change Condition #1 of Use Permit #96006 to allow three fermentation tanks instead of two approved tanks and to allow crushing at the winery, located on a 15.57 acre parcel on the east side of Redwood Road approximately one mile east of the intersection of Mt. Veeder Road within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #035-470-020) 3454 Redwood Road, Napa. WB

15. STEVEN GROVER WINERY/JOHN STEFFANS – USE PERMIT REQUEST #00325-UP
CEQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared.
REQUEST: Approval to establish a 20,000 gallon/year winery with the construction of a 6,412 square foot winery and to use 5,300 square feet of caves for barrel storage, with 5 full-time employees, tours and tasting by appointment only, retail wine sales, custom production activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel ageing, bottling and case good storage) for a maximum of two entities utilizing 50% of the proposed production capacity (10,000 gallons/year) and implementing a marketing plan that includes 10 events per year located on a 39.66 acre parcel on the north side of Spring Mountain Road at its intersection with the Napa/Sonoma County line within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #020-300-063) 4028 Spring Mountain Road, St Helena. WB

I t e m s # 1 6 & 1 7 W i l l B e H e a r d T o g e t h e r .

16. Herman Winery- Variance Request #01243-VAR
CeQA STATUS: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared. .
Request: Approval of a variance to allow the construction of a new winery structure within 300 feet of an existing private road, located on a 20 acre parcel on the east side of Big Ranch Road 2,500 feet north of Trancas Street, within the AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #038-190-001) 2120 Big Ranch Road, Napa. DZ

17. Herman Winery- Use Permit Request #99532-UP–(revised)
Ceqa Status: Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared. .
Request: Approval to establish a 100,000 gallon/year winery including custom production activities (crushing, fermentation, barrel ageing, bottling, storage, office, and distribution) for a maximum of two entities utilizing 25% of the proposed production capacity (25,000 gallons/year), the construction of two structures totaling 22,700 square feet and 17 parking spaces; retail wine sales and tours/tasting by appointment only, and to implement a marketing plan with a maximum of sixteen marketing events per year located on a 20 acre parcel on the east side of Big Ranch Road 2,500 feet north of Trancas Street, within an AP (Agricultural Preserve) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #038-190-001) 2120 Big Ranch Road, Napa. DZ

Regular Calendar:

18. HOMESTAKE annual monitoring report and closure plan
a. 1998, 1999 & 2000 Monitoring Reports
b. Closure Plan WS/JS

19. CITY REFERRALS: None

20. DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR THE JANUARY 16, 2002 MEETING

21. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS

22. DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ACTIONS

23. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

COMMISSION CALENDAR

January 16, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

February 6, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

February 20, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.

March 6, 2002 !Regular Commission Meeting 9:00 A.M.