TO: Airport Land Use Commission
FROM: Dana Morrison, ALUC Executive Director
REPORT BY: Dana Morrison, ALUC Executive Director
SUBJECT: Introduction of new Airport Land Use Commissioner - Aviation Expert – Milton Gaines
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Introduction of new Airport Land Use Commissioner.
Staff Recommendation: No action required - simply introduce new Commissioner.
Staff Contact: Wendy Atkins (707) 259-8757 or wendy.atkins@countyofnapa.org or Dana Morrison (707) 253-4437 or dana.morrison@countyofnapa.org.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Airport Land Use Commission is comprised of the five (5) Napa County Planning Commissioners plus two (2) additional members with expertise in aviation, as indicated in Napa County Resolution No. 90-22. For most of 2026 one (1) of the two (2) aviation expert Commission positions on the ALUC has been vacant. In April 2026 an application was received from Milton Gaines to fill the vacant position. Napa County ALUC Staff, Executive Officer Dana Morrison and Staff Liaison Wendy Atkins, reviewed the application and received confirmation from the Deputy Clerk of the Board that there was no conflict of interest with Mr. Gaine's application. On May 19, 2026, the Napa County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Milton Gaines as the newest member of the Airport Land Use Commission.
Mr. Gaines was a United States Navy Naval Aviator and flew a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk carrier and Ling-Temco-Vought (LVT) during the Vietnam War. He qualifies as a person having an “expertise in aviation”. A person considered having an “expertise in aviation” is defined under Public Utility Code Section 21670 9b as meaning “a person who, by way of education, training, business, experience, vocation, or avocation has acquired and possesses particular knowledge of, and familiarity with, the function, operation, and role of airports, or is an elected official of a local agency which owns or operates an airport”.
Staff is excited to officially introduce Milton Gaines...
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