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 2:00 P.M. - 2 Hours (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 would be 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.)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The matter before the Board involves the appeal of a revision to a mitigation measure adopted to offset the impacts on the environment of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the construction and operation of the Project. The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was adopted and certified in December 2016, and was not invalidated or decertified by the subsequent petitions for writ of mandate filed by the Appellant, among others. Instead, the...
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