Napa County  
1195 THIRD STREET  
SUITE 310  
NAPA, CA 94559  
Agenda - Final  
Monday, February 23, 2026  
2:00 PM  
Board of Supervisors Chambers  
Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission  
Members  
Charles Burton, Chair  
Kimberly Richard, Vice Chair  
Molly Moran Williams  
Leslie Lew  
Greg Matsumoto  
Alex Pader  
Ina Pisani  
Xuexin (Allen) Xie  
How to Watch or Listen to the Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission Meetings  
The Napa County Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet pursuant to the annually adopted  
The WCC realizes that not all County residents have the same ways to stay engaged, so several  
alternatives are offered. Remote Zoom participation for members of the public is provided for  
convenience only. In the event that the Zoom connection malfunctions for any reason, the WCC  
reserves the right to conduct the meeting without remote access.  
Please watch or listen to the WCC meeting in one of the following ways:  
1.  
2.  
Attend in-person at the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 1195 Third Street, Napa Suite 305.  
sure the browser is up-to-date.  
3.  
Listen on Zoom by calling 1-669-900-6833 (Meeting ID: 870 7367 0597).  
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person and wish to submit a general public comment or  
a comment on a specific agenda item, please do the following:  
1.  
Email your comment to wildlife@countyofnapa.org 24 hours in advance of the meeting to  
ensure that your comment will be shared with all members of the WCC.  
2.  
browser is up-to-date. When the Chair calls for the item on which you wish to speak, click  
“raise hand”. Please limit your remarks to three minutes.  
3.  
Call the Zoom phone number: 1-669-900-6833 (Meeting ID: 870 7367 0597). When the  
Chair calls for the item on which you wish to speak, press *9 to raise hand. Please limit your  
remarks to three minutes.  
**Please note that phone numbers in their entirety will be visible online while speakers are  
speaking**  
The above-identified measures meet all legal requirements for participation and public comment,  
including those imposed by the Ralph M. Brown Act and Executive Order N-08-21.  
For more information, please contact the Wildlife Conservation Commission Staff at 707-253-4417  
or email wildlife@countyofnapa.org.  
Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations, aids or services, including  
assistive listening devices and interpreters, may be made to Commission staff representative Pamela  
Arifian at (707) 259-5934 or by email at pamela.arifian@countyofnapa.org no less than 72 hours  
prior to the meeting date. All materials relating to an agenda item which are provided to a majority  
or all of the members of the Commission by Commission members, staff or the public within 72  
hours of but prior to the meeting will be available for public inspection, at the time of such  
distribution, in the office of the Planning, Building and Environmental Services Department, 1195  
Third Street, 2nd. Floor, Napa, California 94559, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00  
a.m. and 4:45 p.m., except for County holidays. Materials distributed to a majority or all of the  
members of the Commission at the meeting will be available for public inspection at the public  
meeting if prepared by the members of the Commission or Commission staff and after the public  
meeting if prepared by some other person. Availability of materials related to agenda items for  
public inspection does not include materials which are exempt from public disclosure under  
Government Code sections 6253.5, 6254, 6254.3, 6254.7, 6254.15, 6254.16, or 6254.22.  
In this time period, anyone may comment to the Commission regarding any subject over which the  
Commission has jurisdiction, or request consideration to place an item on a future Agenda. No  
comments will be allowed involving any subject matter that is scheduled for discussion as part of  
this Agenda. Individuals will be limited to a three-minute presentation. No action will be taken by  
the Commission as a result of any item presented at this time.  
You may submit public comment for any item that appears on the agenda or general public comment  
for any item or issue that does not appear on the agenda, as follows: Please provide your name and  
the agenda item on which you are commenting. Via Email – send your comment to the following  
email address: wildlife@countyofnapa.org. Emails received will not be read aloud but will still  
become part of the public record. All comments will be taken up in the order received.  
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2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
Call to Order (Chair)  
Roll Call (Staff)  
Pledge of Allegiance (Chair)  
Citizen Comment and Recommendations (Chair)  
Approval Of Minutes  
Review and approve Meeting Minutes from August 25, 2025.  
A.  
Attachments:  
6.  
7.  
Agenda Review (Staff)  
Consideration and Action on Agenda Items  
Election of Officers: Chair and Vice-Chair  
A.  
B.  
Review and adopt draft 2026 Meeting Calendar  
Attachments:  
Grant Evaluation Process Improvements:  
C.  
Review and discuss the merits of award decision making guidelines and  
processes for Solano County and Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife  
Commissions (FWC), as well as the proposal for Napa County Wildlife  
Conservation Commission (WCC) prepared by Commissioner Xie as  
models for improving the decision-making process for Napa County’s  
WCC.  
Action Item: Provide direction to Staff on process improvement items for  
future consideration and return for further discussion and action on a  
future meeting agenda yet to be determined.  
Attachments:  
8.  
Director or Designee Report  
9.  
Commissioner Comments/ Reports  
10.  
11.  
Future Agenda Items  
Adjournment: Adjourn to April 27, 2026 (pending calendar adoption)