MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
NAPA COUNTY
July 25, 2000
1. Call to Order; Roll Call.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR
SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2000 AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
PRESENT: CHAIRMAN MEL VARRELMAN, SUPERVISORS MIKE RIPPEY, MARK LUCE ,
KATHRYN WINTER AND BRAD WAGENKNECHT.
2.
Pledge of
Allegiance.
FORMER SUPERVISOR VINCE FERRIOLE LED THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
3.
Presentation of Retirement Resolution No. 00-80 and
service award to Carol Blessing, Office Assistant-Stenographer, Health and
Human Services Agency, in recognition of over 19 years of service.
THE CHAIRMAN PRESENTED RETIREMENT RESOLUTION R-00-80
4. Public
Comment.
VINCE FERRIOLE APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD TO
ENDORSE THE “RELAY FOR LIFE” EVENT TO BE HELD AT NAPA COLLEGE ON JULY 29 AND
30, 2000 TO RAISE FUNDS TO HELP THE CAUSE TO CURE CANCER.
MR. FERRIOLE ALSO REMINDED THE BOARD OF THE ANNUAL
“HANDS ACROSS THE VALLEY” EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE NIEBAUM-COPPOLA WINERY TO
RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NAPA FOOD BANK.
5. Department
Heads’ Reports and Announcements.
ASSESSOR/RECORDER-COUNTY CLERK JOHN TUTEUR PRESENTED THE 2000-2001
ASSESSMENT ROLL RESULTS.
FARM ADVISOR DEAN DONALDSON PROVIDED UPDATE ON SUDDEN OAK DEATH SYNDROME.
CHIEF PROBATION
OFFICER JIM ROWLAND ADVISED THAT THE GOVERNOR DECLARED THIS WEEK AS PROBATION
AND PAROLE OFFICERS WEEK.
6. Director
of Corrections requests approval of and authorization for the Chairman to sign
an agreement with Global Tel*Link, Inc. for the term July 1, 2000 to June 30,
2003 at a commission rate to the County of 43% for inmate telephone services. A-4344
7. Assessor/Recorder-County Clerk
requests approval of the following:
A.
Execution of Prepayment Discount Plan offered under
Agreement No. 2883 with Sequoia Pacific Corporation for the November 7, 2000
Consolidated Presidential General Election printing costs; and
B.
Prepayment of $75,000 prior to Friday, August 18, 2000,
as required in the agreement.
8.
Treasurer/Tax Collector requests approval of Budget
Transfer No. 4 in the amount of $43,000 increasing Revenue and Appropriations
in the Treasurer’s Budget (Budget Unit 11600) and Appropriations in the Capital
Improvement Budget (Budget Unit 16000) for the remodel of the Treasurer’s
intake counter. BT-4
9. Director of Health and Human Services Agency requests the following:
A.
Amendment of the Departmental Allocation List adding one
(1) Staff Services Analyst I/II for Health and Human Services
Agency-Administration (Budget Unit 50000), effective August 7, 2000; and
B.
Approval of Budget Transfer No. 3 increasing
appropriations by $43,878 with offsetting increase in revenue to fund the above
position.
BT-3
10. Director
of Health and Human Services Agency requests approval of and authorization for
Chairman to sign the renewal of Agreement No. 4181 with Planned
Parenthood-Shasta Diablo for a maximum of $26,550 for the term July 1, 2000
through June 30, 2001 to provide case management services for clients of the
Cal Learn Program. A-4181
11. Agricultural
Commissioner requests approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign the
following agreements with the California Department of Food and Agriculture:
A.
Renewal of Agreement No. 1992 reimbursing costs not to
exceed $500 for the term July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 for nursery
inspection services; and
A-1992
B.
Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. 4237 reimbursing costs
not to exceed $100 for the term July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000 for seed
inspection services.
A-4237
(AMEND. 1)
12.
Director of Public Works requests approval of and
authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with Calistoga Joint Unified
School District for the use of a classroom to house various Napa County Health
and Human Services Agency programs, for the term January 1, 2000 through June
30, 2001 at no cost to the County. A-4341
13. Director of Public Works requests
approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with Edward G.
Zelinsky for office space for the Family Support Division of the District
Attorney’s Office at 1001 Alexandria Square, Napa, at a monthly rent of $1,980
for the term August 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003. A-4345
14. Director of Public Works requests
approval of and authorization for Chairman to sign the following documents
relating to cogeneration of energy on County of Napa premises:
A.
An energy share agreement with Coast Intelligen, Inc. for
the term July 25, 2000 through July 25, 2007 to install and maintain a
cogeneration unit at the Napa County Department of Corrections, at no cost to
the County other than cost of electrical energy and hot water; and
B.
A consent to assign the energy share agreement with Coast
Intelligen, Inc. to Energy Services Credit Corporation with no financial impact
to the County, to facilitate financing of the equipment which will be located
at the Napa County Department of Corrections. A-4342
15. Housing Director
requests action to set August 1, 2000 at 2:00 P.M. as the date and time to
consider possible action to initiate a rent stabilization ordinance applicable
in the unincorporated areas of Napa County.
16. Library Director requests authorization
to accept the following two grant awards for Fiscal Year 2000/2001:
A.
California Library Services Act funds in the amount of
$23,000; and
B.
An extension to the Children and Families State
Commission–Proposition 10 funds for the Library’s Families for Literacy
Program, in the amount of $16,670.
13.
Library Director requests approval of and authorization
for Chairman to sign an agreement with Gail McGovern for a maximum of
$10,000 for the term July 25, 2000 through June 30, 2001 for professional
services related to the Napa City-County Library’s speaker series programming.
A-4343
18. Personnel Director requests authorization
to amend the Departmental Allocation List for Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
of Weights and Measures (Budget Unit 26400) deleting one (1) Agricultural &
Standards Service Worker and adding one (1) Agricultural Biologist I/II,
effective July 25, 2000.
19.
Personnel Director
requests the following actions, effective August 5, 2000:
A.
Amend the
Departmental Allocation List for Public Works–Roads (Budget Unit 30000) to:
Delete: one (1) (S) Assistant Road Superintendent,
one (1) Engineering Aide III, nine (9) Road Maintenance Worker III, and
thirteen (13) Road Maintenance Worker I/II positions, and
Add: one
(1) (M) Assistant Public Works Superintendent, one (1) Road Maintenance
Coordinator, one (1) Senior Office Assistant, and twenty-two (22) Road Maintenance
Worker I/II/III positions, a net increase of one position
B.
Amend the Table and
Index to delete Assistant Road Superintendent and to add Assistant Public Works
Superintendent and Road Maintenance Coordinator and to amend the salary for
Public Works Superintendent;
C.
Approve the new
class specification for Road Maintenance Coordinator and the revised class
specifications for Public Works Superintendent, Assistant Public Works
Superintendent, Road Maintenance Supervisor and Road Maintenance Leadworker; and
D. Amend
appropriate policies deleting Assistant Road Superintendent and adding
Assistant Public Works Superintendent.
(Details
on file with the Clerk of the Board)
20. Regional Training Employment Coordinator requests approval of
and authorization for Chairman to sign a United States Department of Labor,
Work Incentive Grant proposal in the amount of $1,500,000 for people with
disabilities at Napa, Marin and Sonoma County One-Stop Centers.
21.
County Administrator requests approval of and
authorization for Chairman to sign an agreement with George Hills Company, Inc.
for a two-year period effective July 1, 2000 at a cost of $73,300 for Fiscal
Year 2000/2001 for liability claims administration. A-2265
22. County Administrator requests appointment
of Sally Sheehan-Brown to serve on the Tobacco Advisory Board representing an
Agency Concerned with Tobacco Related Diseases with the term of office to
expire January 31, 2001.
23. County Administrator requests appointment
of Catherine Fryer to serve on the Area IV Developmental Disabilities Board
representing the General Public with the term of office to expire January 1,
2002.
24. County
Administrator requests appointment of the following interested persons to serve
on the Area Agency on Aging Serving Napa and Solano Counties:
Applicants Representing Expiration of Term
Linda
C. Baker (incumbent) District
1 July 1,
2002
John
(Jack) L. Richter District
5 July 1,
2002
Kenneth
P. Lee (incumbent) District
4 July 1,
2002
George
R. MacClanahan District
2 July 1,
2001
25. Approve minutes of Board of Supervisors’
meeting of July 11, 2000.
26. Discussion of items removed from the
Consent Calendar.
NONE
APPROVED
CONSENT CALENDAR NUMBERS 6 THROUGH 25.
BW-L-W-L-V
Set
Matters
27.
9:10 a.m. - Public Hearing - Discussion regarding Oat Hill
Mine Road.
(Supervisor Wagenknecht)
PULLED FROM THE AGENDA - NO ACTION TAKEN
28. 9:10
a.m. - Public Hearing - Board to consider first reading and adoption of
ordinance regarding County-initiated Rezoning Request No. 99501-RZG proposing to rezone 144 parcels in the vicinity of
the former Calistoga Gliderport from Residential Country: Airport Compatibility
Combination (RC:AC), Agricultural Preserve: Airport Compatibility Combination
(AP:AC) and Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility Combination (AW:AC)
to Residential Country (RC), Agricultural Preserve (AP) and Agricultural
Watershed (AW) Zoning Districts. The
proposed action would remove the combination designation only and would not
change the underlying zoning designation of any parcel. (List of specific parcel numbers on file
with the Clerk of the Board) Environmental Determination: Exempt from California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) General Rule.
A
CORRECTION TO THE AGENDA WAS NOTED TO INDICATE THE PROPOSAL IS TO REZONE 143
PARCELS (RATHER THAN 144).
PUBLIC
HEARING HELD
TITLE
READ
THE
BOARD WAIVED READING BALANCE OF ORDINANCE
W-L-BW-R-V
ADOPTED
ORDINANCE
W-L-BW-R-V O-1171
29. 9:15 a.m. - Public Hearing - Board to consider Application for a Subsequent Temporary Event License Request No. 99421-E filed by Sharalyn King Staglin to hold a Rutherford Charitable Organization Music Festival to benefit Mental Health, a classical music concert with food and wine at Staglin Family Partners, 1570 Bella Oaks Lane, Rutherford, on September 16, 2000 with an expected attendance of 400 from 2:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. (Assessor’s Parcel No. 027-250-038) (Applicant and Staff request continuance to August 22, 2000 at 9:10 a.m. for the purpose of re-noticing)
PUBLIC
HEARING OPENED – NO TESTIMONY PRESENTED
PUBLIC
HEARING CONTINUED TO AUGUST 22, 2000 AT 9:10 A.M.
BW-R-L-W-V
30.
9:15
a.m. - Discussion and possible action regarding the request of Napa-Solano
SANE-SART for a county contribution of $15,000 to support sexual assault
intervention programs which was considered and tabled as part of Fiscal Year
2000/2001 Final Budget Hearing actions.
APPROVED REQUEST W-BW-R-L-V
31.
9:15
a.m. - Public Hearing - Board of Supervisors sitting as the Board of Directors
of the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District.
(SEE LAKE BERRYESSA RESORT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
MINUTES)
32.
9:15 a.m. - Public
Hearing - Board of Supervisors sitting as the Board of Directors of the
Napa-Berryessa Resort Improvement District.
(SEE NAPA-BERRYESSA RESORT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MINUTES)
33. 10:00 a.m. - Public Hearing - Board to consider and adopt a resolution of Decision on Appeal and
Findings of Fact denying the appeals filed by Stephen and Madeline McFeely and Donald and Rela
Gleason, to a decision by the Zoning Administrator on December 3, 1999,
regarding the adequacy of the existing Negative Declaration and approval of Use
Permit Modification No. 99066-MOD requested by William Criswell and Robert
Radovan to reconfigure the approved units to a cluster configuration and to
operate a private membership club on a 167 acre parcel located at the
intersection of Silverado Trail/Larkmead Lane along the extension of Lommel
Road within an Agricultural Watershed (AW) Zoning District and commonly known
as the Calistoga Ranch Club.
(Assessor’s Parcel No. 018-060-026)
Environmental Determination:
Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared and approved by the
Conservation, Development and Planning Commission for Use Permit No. U-90-2 on
November 7, 1990.
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
ADOPTED RESOLUTION WITH ATTACHED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL,
AS AMENDED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
BW-W-R-L-V R-00-92
N N
34. 10:00 a.m.
- Public Hearing - Board to consider appeal of denial by Director of Public Works of lot line application by Duffy’s Myrtledale, Inc./Duffy’s Triple D
Partnership Ltd. et. al.
(Continued from May 2 and June 6, 2000)
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
THE BOARD DENIED THE APPEAL, UPHELD THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC WORKS DECISION AND REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT FILE FOR A CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLIANCE. R-W-L-BW-V
35.
10:30 a.m. - Public
Hearing - Board to consider appeal filed by Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars of
approval by Director of Public Works of the Nathan Fay, La Canada Holding Co.,
Daniel McFadden, James Saghi and Michael Saghi lot line adjustment. (Continued
from May 16 and June 6, 2000; staff requests dismissal of the appeal on the
basis of the owners’ withdrawal of their application for the lot line
adjustment)
PUBLIC HEARING HELD
THE BOARD ACCEPTED WITHDRAWAL OF THE APPEAL.
BW-W-R-L-V
36. 10:30
a.m. - Public Hearing - Board to
consider appeals filed by Malcolm McKenzie,
Attorney on behalf of Austin & Erika Hills and Ronald & Teresa Kuhn to
Conservation, Development and Planning Commission decision on May 17, 2000 to
approve the following:
A.
Beringer Wine Estates - Variance Request No. 99166-VAR to approve a
variance to the winery road setback requirements set forth in Section
18.104.230 of the County Code to allow a proposed attached winery expansion to
be located closer to an existing private roadway than the existing legal
nonconforming setback of the winery on a 106-acre parcel, located approximately
4,000 feet east of Silverado Trail via a driveway located 4,000 feet south of the
intersection of Silverado Trail and Yountville Cross Road within Agricultural
Watershed (AW) and Agricultural Preserve (AP) Zoning Districts. (Assessor's Parcel No. 032-530-013); and
B. Beringer Wine Estates - Use Permit Modification Request No. 99165-MOD to approve a modification to Use Permit No. 91-18 to expand
an existing winery in two phases with:
(1) an increase in annual production from 60,000 gallons to 315,000
gallons, (2) construction of an 31,680 square feet of additional winery
buildings, (3) use of 23,500 square feet of caves for barrel storage, (4)
construction of wastewater ponds, (5) construction of a 75,000 gallon water
tank, (6) construction of a 400 square foot pump house, (7) use of two
temporary office trailers totaling 960 square feet, (8) construction of related
receiving, driveway and parking areas, (9) a waiver of County Public Works
Department road improvement requirements, and (10) the on-site deposition of
cave spoils on a 106-acre parcel, located approximately 4,000 feet east of
Silverado Trail via a driveway located 4,000 feet south of the intersection of
Silverado Trail and Yountville Cross Road within Agricultural Watershed (AW)
and Agricultural Preserve (AP) Zoning Districts. (Assessor's Parcel No. 032-530-013) Environmental
Determination: Negative Declarations
adopted.
STAFF WAS INSTRUCTED TO ANALYZE THE TWO (2)
TRAFFIC REPORTS AND REPORT BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO AUGUST 8, 2000 AT
10:00 A.M.
37. 4:00 p.m. - Joint Meeting with Napa City Council and American Canyon City Council (Napa City Hall):
Garbage Consortium
JOINT
MEETING HELD – NO ACTION TAKEN
38. Director of Conservation, Development and Planning requests
Board review and comment on draft Environmental Determination for revisions of
Knoxville Area Recreation Management Plan (RAMP) prepared by the Bureau of Land
Management.
CONTINUED TO AUGUST 8, 2000
39. Discussion
and possible direction to staff regarding
amending the existing provisions of the Napa County Code relating to increasing
the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) from 10.5% to 12% subject to voter approval.
40. Discussion
and possible action regarding legislation.
NONE
41. Board
of Supervisors’ Committee Reports and Announcements.
NONE
42. Board of Supervisors’ Future Agenda
Items.
NONE
43. Closed Session regarding:
Conference with Labor
Negotiator (Government Code Section
54957.6)
Agency Negotiator: Bruce Heid
Employee Organization: Napa County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
CLOSED SESSION NOT
HELD
CONTINUED TO AUGUST 1, 2000
Adjournment
ADJOURNED
TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’ REGULAR MEETING, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2000 AT
9:00 A.M.
MEL
VARRELMAN
Chairman
ATTEST:
MARY JEAN MCLAUGHLIN
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
TERI SISSON
Supervising Clerk of the Board
KEY
Vote: L = Mark Luce; R = Mike Rippey; V = Mel
Varrelman; W = Kathryn Winter;
BW =
Brad Wagenknecht
Notations
under Vote: N = No; X = Excused; A =
Abstained