MINUTES OF THE
MEETING OF THE
CONSERVATION,
DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF NAPA
April 18, 2001
1.
Call
to Order.
THE CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY OF NAPA MET IN REGULAR SESSION, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
2.
Roll
Call.
THE FOLLOWING
MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: CHAIRMAN JIM KING, COMMISSIONERS TONY HOLZHAUER, LARRY
SCHOENKE, TERRY SCOTT AND DAVID GRAVES.
3.
Pledge
of Allegiance.
LARRY BOGNER, CIVIL ENGINEER, NAPA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, LED THE SALUTE
TO THE FLAG.
4.
Citizen
Comments and Recommendations.
JIM O’LOUGHLIN, ON BEHALF OF THE SIERRA CLUB, REQUESTED THAT THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON ITEM 12 BE REOPENED DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF NEW INFORMATION.
CHAIRMAN KING ADVISED THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD TAKE THIS UNDER CONSIDERATION
AT THE TIME ITEM 12 IS HEARD ON THE AGENDA.
5.
Approval
of Minutes.
6.
Agenda
Review.
COMMISSIONER
GRAVES REQUESTED ITEM 8 - ARTESA WINERY (CODORNIU) – USE
PERMIT
MODIFICATION REQUEST#99211-MOD BE REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR AND HELD FOR DISCUSSION.
*8. Artesa
Winery (Codorniu) – Use Permit Modification Request #99211-MOD
California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Status: Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval to increase the
annual production capacity from 450,000 gallons to 900,000 gallons per year at
the existing winery, adding eight full-time employees and two part-time
employees and improvements to the wastewater system that include adding
aerators to the treatment pond and using an existing irrigation pond to store
treated reclaimed water, located on a 132.77 acre parcel on the east side of
Henry Road approximately 1700 feet north of the Dealy Lane intersection within
an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcel #47-080-057) 1285 Dealy Lane. (Continued
from March 21, 2001)
THE
COMMISSION HAS READ AND CONSIDERED THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PRIOR TO TAKING
ACTION ON SAID NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINDS THE
NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF THE COMMISSION
AND ADOPTS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
THE COMMISSION APPROVED USE PERMIT MODIFICATION #99211-MOD BASED ON
FINDING 6, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 8, AS AMENDED.
CEQA Status: Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval to establish a 8,591
square foot winery with 3,016 feet of caves with a maximum annual production
capacity of 12,500 gallons with custom production accounting for up to 4,000
gallons per year from as many as five separate entities, located on a 16.04
acre parcel on a private road approximately 1,000 feet south of Azalea Springs
Way off of State Highway 29 within an AW (Agricultural Watershed) zoning
district. (Assessor’s Parcel
#20-210-010) 4301 Azalea Springs Way. (Continued from March 21, 2001)
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO MAY
2, 2001.
*10. Michael Sinatra and Robert Couch, Jr. – Use
Permit Request #00308-UP
CEQA Status: Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval to establish a
paintball recreational operation on a 10-acre portion of a 165± acre parcel located
on the north side of Eucalyptus Drive approximately 4,000 feet west of State
Highway 29 within an AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility
Combination) zoning district.
(Assessor’s Parcel # 58-030-017)
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED TO MAY
2, 2001.
11. Conn
Valley Winery/Gustaf Anderson – Use Permit Request #00044-UP
CEQA Status: Negative Declaration Prepared.
Request: Approval to construct a
replacement 26,099 square foot winery, increase wine production from 20,000 to
40,000 gallons per year, increase the number of employees to 7 full-time and 2
part-time workers, increase number of parking spaces to a total of 19,
construct a replacement wastewater system, and to use the existing winery
building for the storage of equipment and materials associated with the
vineyard operation, located on a 40-acre parcel southeast side of Rossi Road
approximately 400 feet north of Conn Valley Road within an AW (Agricultural
Watershed) zoning district. (Assessor’s
Parcel #25-180-045) 680 Rossi Road.
PUBLIC HEARING
HELD – TESTIMONY PRESENTED
THE
COMMISSION HAS READ AND CONSIDERED THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION PRIOR TO TAKING
ACTION ON SAID NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINDS THE
NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF THE COMMISSION
AND ADOPTS THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
LS-DG-TH-TS-JK
THE COMMISSION
APPROVED USE PERMIT MODIFICATION #00044-MOD BASED ON FINDING 6, SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 12, AS AMENDED.
LS-TS-TH-DG-JK
Other
Business
12.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING FINDINGS, CONDITIONS OF
APPROVAL AND A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND APPROVING THE
MONTALCINO AT NAPA VALLEY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #98177-UP, RECOMMENDING
APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT #GPA 95-06, AND ESTABLISHING A MITIGATION
MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM.
a.
Napa Sanitation
District – General Plan Amendment Request #GPA 95-06
CEQA Status: Environmental Impact Report Certified
Request: Recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a General
Plan Amendment on 306 acres of property owned by the Napa Sanitation District,
to change the land use map in the County General Plan from Public Institutional
to Agriculture Watershed and Open Space.
The land use map change will allow a golf course as a use with an
approved use permit for same. The golf
course is not an allowable use in the current Public Institutional land use
designation. The site is located west
of Devlin Road, south of Soscol Ferry Road, north of Sheehy Creek, and east of
the California Northern railroad tracks within the AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed:
Airport Compatibility Combination) zoning district. (Assessor’s Parcels #46-400-015; 46-400-016; 57-010-036 and
57-010-037).
b.
HCV Napa Associates LLC - Use Permit
Request #98177-UP
CEQA Status: Environmental Impact Report Certified
Request: Approval of a development plan
to construct a resort, golf course, and convention center on a 405-acre site
located within and adjacent to the Napa Airport Industrial Area Specific Plan
business park. The resort consists of
458 guest rooms and 36 guest villas, for a total of 494 guest rooms and suites;
two restaurants, a bar, a wine shop, and a deli, for a combined seating
capacity of 450; a total of 120,580 sq. ft. of conference space with 52,380 sq.
ft. in Phase One and 68,200 sq. ft. in Phase Two (including a freestanding
45,500 sq. ft. conference building) a 9,528-sq. ft. spa facility; and two
pools. Total building area would be approximately 564,513 sq. ft. The proposed
golf course is an 18-hole
12. Continued
championship course, with pro shop, driving
range, parking, and access roads, located on land owned by the Napa Sanitation
District, and would utilize treated effluent from the District for irrigation
purposes. The project also includes
bicycle/pedestrian paths, 40 acres of landscaping, 61 acres of vineyards, and a
total of 771 parking spaces in Phases One and Two. The use permit also includes a request to allow various
architectural features to exceed the 35-foot height limit set forth in Section
18.80.050.E of the Airport Compatibility zoning district. The project site is located west of Devlin
Road, south of Soscol Ferry Road, north of Sheehy Creek, and east of the
California Northern railroad tracks within the IP:AC (Industrial Park: Airport
Compatibility Combination) and AW:AC (Agricultural Watershed: Airport
Compatibility Combination) zoning districts.
(Assessor’s Parcels #46-400-015 and
016; 57-010-036 and 037; 57-020-006, 017, 018, 020 and 025; 57-170-001 and 010;
57-210-002).
c.
Mitigation Monitoring And Reporting
Program (Montalcino At Napa Valley Project)
Request: Adoption of a resolution
establishing and approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
pursuant to Public Resources Section 21081.6 designed to ensure compliance with
mitigation measures and conditions of approval relating to Use Permit
#98177-UP.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GRAVES,
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HOLZHAUER TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER NEW
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER DATED MARCH 13, 2001 RELATING
TO THE RED LEGGED FROG FAILED ON THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
DG-TH-LS-TS-JK
N
N N
THE COMMISSION ADOPTED RESOLUTION
#01-04, AS FOLLOWS:
1. THE FINDINGS OF FACT AND RATIONALES AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 1 THROUGH
9 OF RESOLUTION; AND
2. THE REDUCED DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE DESCRIBED IN SECTION 6 AND REJECTS
ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVES;
3. THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 7;
4. APPROVAL OF USE PERMIT NO. 98177-UP (PHASE 1 ONLY), SUBJECT TO THE
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL 1 THROUGH 77
(SEE APPENDIX “B”) , AS AMENDED
DURING DISCUSSION AND THE FEASIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES; AND
5. RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT IT APPROVE GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 95-06.
TS-LS-TH-DG-JK
12. Continued
THE COMMISSION ADOPTED
RESOLUTION #01-05 ESTABLISHING AND APPROVING A MITIGATION MONITORING AND
REPORTING PROGRAM FOR USE PERMIT NO.
98177-UP (MONTALCINO AT NAPA
VALLEY RESORT HOTEL PROJECT).
LS-TS-TH-DG-JK
13.
Presentation
of Personnel Accommodation Resolution.
CHAIRMAN KING ALONGWITH COMMISSIONER GRAVES PRESENTED RESOLUTION #01-03
TO FORMER PLANNING DIRECTOR JEFFREY R. REDDING IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DEDICATION
TO THE COUNTY OF NAPA AND ITS CITIZENS.
14.
City
Referrals: None
15.
Discussion
of items for the May 2, 2001 meeting.
16.
Commissioner
Comments.
17.
Director's
Report on Board of Supervisors' Actions.
18.
Future
Agenda Items.
Adjournment
ADJOURNED TO REGULAR CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
___________________________
JIM KING
Chairman
ATTEST:
CHARLES
WILSON
Acting Secretary –
Director
____________________________
MICHELLE PRICE
Deputy
Key
Vote: JK
= Jim King; TH = Tony Holzhauer; LS = Larry Schoenke; DG = David Graves;
TS
= Terrence Scott
Notations under vote: N = No A = Abstain X = Excused