TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: David Morrison, Director of Planning, Building and Environmental Services
REPORT BY: Brian Bordona, Assistant Director
SUBJECT: Walt Ranch Vineyard ECP - GHG Mitigation Appeal
RECOMMENDATION
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PUBLIC HEARING 1:30 PM - Walt Ranch Appeal
Consideration and possible action regarding an appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity (Appellant) to a decision by the Director of the Napa County Department of Planning, Building and Environmental Services on October 6, 2021, to approve a revision to Mitigation Measure 6-1 and to incorporate the revised mitigation measure into the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan applicable to the Walt Ranch Vineyards Agricultural Erosion Control Plan - File No. P11-00205-ECPA submitted by Hall Brambletree Associates, LP (Applicant) to allow earthmoving associated with the development of approximately 209 net acres of vineyard (?316 gross acres) (the Project) as further described in the Board Agenda Letter for this matter. The Project is located on the west side of Monticello Road, approximately one mile southwest of its intersection with Highway 128, and approximately one-half mile north of its intersection with Waters Road, approximately 6.25 miles east of the Town of Yountville in Napa County located within the Milliken Reservoir Watershed and Capell Creek-Upper Reach Drainage. (Assessor Parcel Numbers: 032-120-028, 032-480-007, -008, -011 through -024, -027, -028, 032-490-004, -005, -006, -008 through -020.)
(CONTINUED FROM APRIL 19, 2022)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Appeal of the Walt Ranch Vineyard Project GHG Mitigation came before the Board at a public hearing on April 19, 2022. The Walt Ranch Project was previously approved, and the EIR certified, and those approvals remain in place. According to the judgment and writ issued by the Court, the Board must consider the sole issue of whether the GHG mitigation is supported by substantial evidence. After hearing all testimony from the ...
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