(13B) Traffic Mitigation Fee Program - Napa County currently maintains a Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) program in the Napa Valley Business Park (NVBP) as a mechanism for sharing the costs of needed road improvements necessitated by development within the area. The current fee amount charged is $3,551 per PM peak hour vehicle trip. The Board approved adjusting the TMF so that the fee is levied based on $685 per daily vehicle trip. This revised methodology will simplify the calculation and result in about the same total fee as before. The new fee structure also accounts for a more current set of growth projections in the NVBP area and a revised list of capital improvement projects. Projects which are planned to be constructed with these funds include the Devlin Road Vine Trail (South Kelly to Tower), installation of a roundabout at the intersection of Soscol Ferry Road and Devlin Road, and other improvements at several local intersections. The funds are also scheduled to be used to pay for the NVBP area's share of future improvements to the State Highway 12/29 and 29/221 intersections.
(13C) State & Federal Legislative Reports - As part of developing Napa County's legislative platforms, our State Legislative Advocates, Karen Lange and Paul Yoder, provided an update on legislative activities and upcoming issues of interest to the Board. We also heard from o
ur soon to be Federal Advocates, K&L Gates and Platinum Advisors. A draft of the State and Federal platforms were presented to the Legislative Subcommittee (Supervisor Dillon and me) today and a second draft will come back to the committee on November 22. Members of the community with input are encouraged to review, make any comments and submit them to Staff by November 15 to be included in the second draft. The final draft platforms will go to the Board in December for final adoption. Stay tuned!
(13D) Napa County Supervisor Districts - Federal and State law requires the Board to adjust supervisor district boundaries after each decennial census to meet certain criteria, including equal population, compactness and recognition of communities of interest. Per Board direction, the County hired consultants and launched a public outreach campaign to allow the public to propose communities of interest and draw draft supervisor district maps.
After receiving public input on the redistricting process and providing direction to staff, the Board approved the release of a draft map of the next decade’s supervisor districts for public review and comment. The draft map is available
here. The public still has an opportunity to comment on this draft map and propose other maps at this link:
https://districtr.org/event/napa_County. The draft map will be discussed again at the next public hearing before the Board on Tuesday November 16 and will come back to the Board on December 7 for final adoption.
(6A/7B) Appointments - Congratulations to those who were appointed to serve on the following groups:
- Re-appointment of Jean Stancliff, Gloria Barber, and Elaine Paoli to serve on the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Advisory Committee
- Appointment of Bruce Barge to serve on the Napa County Resource Conservation District
