Napa Planning Commission Regular Meeting Summary – July 15, 2021
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Napa Planning Commission Regular Meeting Summary – July 15, 2021
The Napa Planning Commission held a regular meeting on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at 5:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 955 School Street, Napa, CA. The meeting followed the published agenda and was conducted under the Ralph M. Brown Act. No transcript or minutes were available for this summary; the information below is derived solely from the agenda and its attachments.
Consent Calendar / Consent Hearings
Two items were placed on the consent hearing calendar, meaning they were considered routine and eligible for a single vote unless removed by a commissioner or member of the public. No removal is recorded in the available materials.
- Hernandez Parcel Map – 1556 El Centro Avenue (PL21-0016): A request for a Tentative Parcel Map, Design Review Permit, and Use Permit to subdivide a 0.90‑acre site into four residential parcels (two 0.20‑acre parcels and two 0.22‑acre flag lots). The project is within the Single Family Infill (SFI‑25, 4‑8 du/ac) General Plan designation and RI‑4 Zoning District. Staff recommended adoption of a resolution finding the project exempt from CEQA (Sections 15315 and 15332) and approving the permits.
- Best Western Cell Site Modification – 100 Soscol Avenue (PL21-0072): A request for a Use Permit and Design Review to install a telecommunications facility consisting of three antenna clusters within a new rooftop cupola on the existing Best Western Plus Inn. The site is in the Community Commercial (CC) General Plan designation, CC Zoning District, and within the Soscol Corridor Overlay District and Traffic Impact Overlay District. Staff recommended adoption of a resolution finding the project exempt from CEQA (Section 15303) and approving the permits. A late communication from Martenson was received but its content is not included in the agenda packet.
Public Comments & Testimony
The agenda included a public comment period, but no specific comments are documented in the available materials.
Administrative Reports
No administrative reports were listed on the agenda.
Comments by Commissioners and Staff
No commissioner or staff comments are recorded in the available materials.
Key Outcomes
- The commission considered the consent hearing items as recommended by staff. Without additional documentation, the final disposition (vote count or approval) is not known.
- The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission was to be determined; no specific date is provided in the agenda.
Note: This summary is based solely on the public agenda posted on July 15, 2021. Actual discussion, votes, and public testimony are not captured here due to the absence of a meeting transcript or minutes.
Meeting Transcript
All right. Good evening, every good evening, everyone, and welcome to the July 15th, 2021 City of Napa regular meeting for the Planning Commission. Our first item is roll call, and I would like to call this meeting to order and ask staff to conduct roll call, please. Chair Kelly. Present. Vice Chair Onyate. Present. Commissioner Heather. I'm here. Commissioner Masaro. Commissioner Hurtado. Okay, Commissioner Hurtado is noted absent, at least for now. Okay, very good. Item number two is our summary of meeting procedures. You please explain to our viewers how the public will participate in this in the meeting this evening. Thank you, Chair Kelly. For the second to last time, I'll explain that for each section of the agenda when public comment is asked for. Members of the public who wish to speak on the item should use Zoom's raise your hand button to indicate that they would like to speak. And this appears as an on screen button for those who've been who have joined us online. For those members of the public who have joined the meeting by phone, they should push star 9 to indicate that they wish to speak when the item of interest comes up. And if members of the public submit email comments with 500 words or less to planning staff before the start of the meeting and request that the comments are read at the meeting, we will read those comments into the record when the item is called. Thank you, Aaron. Um moving on to item number three is agenda review. The planning commission conducts all meetings in accordance with the Ralph Brown Act and pursuant to city rules of order for planning commission meetings. COVID 19 pandemic, the commission will conduct this meeting as a teleconference in accordance with governor executive orders. Staff, are there any changes to this evening's agenda? There are no changes to the agenda and like to note that Commissioner Hurtado is now present. Okay, very good. Welcome, Commissioner. Um is any proposed changes to this evening's agenda. All right, seeing none, we will move on to public comment. Public comment provides an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the planning commission on items of interest not otherwise on the agenda tonight. Um staff, do we have any members of the public who wish to provide public comment on non-agenda items? And if you are in the public uh and you want to speak, please raise your hand or push star nine on your phone. We have uh five members of the public and one uh staff in the attendees area, and no one is raising their hands at this time. Okay, very good. Um moving on, item number five our consent calendar. These routine items may be approved by a single vote. However, any member of the public or commissioner may remove an item for consideration during the public hearing portion of the agenda. If a member of the public wishes to pull an item from the consent calendar, they should use a raise hand feature in Zoom or push star nine on their phone. Um tonight's items consent calendar items are the planning commission minutes, regular meeting minutes for July 1st. Um staff, do we have anyone who wants to speak on this item? We do not. Okay. Commissioner, is there uh any concerns on this item? All right, so I will look for a motion to approve the planning commission meeting minutes for July 1st. No move. A motion and a second, please. Second. And uh roll call vote.
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