TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Graham Wadsworth, P. E., Engineering Supervisor
SUBJECT: Priority Conservation Area Grant for the Napa Valley Vine Trail - Vista Carneros Project, RDS 24-35
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works to apply for a Priority Conservation Area Grant of $750,000 for the Napa Valley Vine Trail Vista Carneros Segment Project; and approve a Budget Amendment to establish the project and fund staff time to prepare the Grant submittal . (Fiscal Impact: $25,000 Expense; Not Budgeted; Roads Operations Fund; Discretionary).
[4/5 vote required]
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BACKGROUND
The Napa Valley Vine Trail (NVVT) will be a 47-mile walking and biking trail system physically, artistically, and culturally connecting the entire Napa Valley from Calistoga to the Vallejo Ferry and the greater Bay Area. A 12.5-mile segment of the Vine Trail is complete between Kennedy Park in Napa and Yountville. Many sections of the trail have been completed in the cities of Calistoga, Napa, American Canyon, Vallejo, and the Town of Yountville. Between 2018 and 2020, annual Vine Trail usage increased by 50% from 348,000 to 523,000, and 70% of the users live in Napa County. On August 16, 2024, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority opened the 8.2-mile-long St. Helena to Calistoga Segment to the public. On March 14, the City of Vallejo opened the 5.5-mile-long Vallejo Segment. The 10-mile-long Yountville through St. Helena Segment is in the design and environmental review phase.
In 2023 and 2024, the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition (NVVTC) hired a consultant to prepare the preliminary design of the proposed Vista Carneros Segment Project (Project) and met with people who own property along the alignment of the path including the Napa Sanitation District (NSD). NSD staff and most property owners, where 97% of the area of the path would be located, provided letters of support for the Bay Area'...
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