City of Calistoga Agenda

Mayor:                   Jack Gingles
Vice Mayor:            Michael Dunsford
Councilmembers:     Chris Canning
                            Gary Kraus 
                            Karen Slusser 
                           

CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING
CITY OF CALISTOGA
SILVER ROSE RESORT EXPANSION
TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2012 – 6:30 P.M.
CALISTOGA COMMUNITY CENTER

Approved Minutes 


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A) CALL TO ORDER

B) SALUTE TO THE FLAG

C) ORAL COMMUNICATION ON CONSENT ITEMS OR NON-AGENDA ITEMS
This time is set aside to receive comments from the public regarding matters on the Consent Calendar or matters of municipal concern not on the agenda. Pursuant to Government Code section 54954.3 (the Brown Act), however, the Council cannot consider any issues or take action on any requests during this comment period. Speakers are encouraged to limit their comments to 3 minutes maximum so that all speakers have an opportunity to address the City Council.

D) ADOPTION OF MEETING AGENDA

E) PUBLIC HEARING

1) Consideration of a Zoning Text Amendment (ZO 2011-03), Preliminary and Final Development Plan (PD 2011-02), Conditional Use Permit (U 2011-14) and Design Review (DR 2011-12), Tentative Subdivision Map (TTM2011-01), and Development Agreement (DA2011-03) requested by Silver Rose Venture LLC, to demolish the existing resort and construct a new resort consisting of an 85-room hotel, restaurant, spa, expanded winery and 21 single-family homes on a 22.5 acre site located at 400 Silverado Trail (APNs 011-050-035, 036, 037, 039 and 040) within the “PD”, Planned Development District.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. Adopt a Resolution approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration based on an Initial Study.
B. Introduce an Ordinance and waive the first reading approving a Zoning Text Amendment establishing the “PD 2011-02”, Silver Rose Resort Planned Development District.
C. Adopt a Resolution approving Preliminary & Final Development Plan, Conditional Use Permit and Design Review.
D. Adopt a Resolution approving a Tentative Subdivision Map.
E. Introduce an Ordinance and waive the first reading approving a Development Agreement for the Silver Rose Resort. 

STAFF REPORT

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Draft Resolution adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration      
2. Draft Ordinance approving a Zoning Ordinance Map Amendment        
3. Draft Resolution approving Preliminary & Final Development Plan, Conditional Use Permit and Design Review      
4. Draft Tentative Subdivision Map Resolution         
5. Draft Development Agreement Ordinance         
6. Vicinity Map           
7. California Department of Transportation letter March 28, 2012           
8. W-trans, Response to Caltrans Comments letter dated March 28, 2012            
9. W-TransTraffic Study for the Silver Rose Project dated February 14, 2012          
10. Napa County Department of Public Works letter dated March 20, 2012          
11. City Council Minutes dated July 19, 2011                  
12. Omni-Means Parking Analysis dated January 26, 2012            
13. Cheryle Stanley letter dated April 3, 2012           
14. Richard Svendsen letter dated April 2, 2012         
15. Tracy Mancheo letter dated April 3, 2012         
16. Sandra Maresca letter dated April 1, 2012             
17. Mary Sue Frediani letter                  
18. Catherine Lerna letter received April 10, 2012            
19. Doug Herrmann letter received April 10, 2012               
20. George Caloyannidis letter dated March 27, 2012              
21. George Caloyannidis letter dated April 16, 2012                 
22. Geoge Caloyannidis letter dated April 4, 2012              
23. Molly Bjorkman letter dated April 20, 2012              
24. Calistoga Affordable Housing letter dated March 23, 2012               
25. George Caloyannidis letter dated May 1, 2012              
26. Merrill Lindquist email dated May 3, 2012                  
27. Conceptual Floor Plan of Proposed Deli                         
28. Building Height Exhibit                 
29. Building Height Section                 
30. Silver Rose Venture Revision Memo dated May 3, 2012                        
31. Bill Dyer letter dated April 18, 2012                     
32. Martha Casselman letter dated April 18, 2012                         
33. Debra Shapiro letter dated April 18, 2012                  
34. Jeanne, Jim Frediani and Kenneth Flynn letter dated March 28, 2012               
35. Michele and Hubert Verdeille Letter dated March 27, 2012                 
36. Merrill Lindquist letter dated March 27, 2012                     
37. Charlotte Helen Williams dated March 26, 2012                      
38. Revised Plans dated May 4, 2012   (available for review at City Hall Planning & Building Dept. front desk)                

F) ADJOURNMENT
To the regular meeting of the Calistoga City Council, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, Calistoga Community Center, 1307 Washington Street, 7:00 p.m.

Amanda Davis, Deputy City Clerk

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POSTING: I declare a copy of this agenda was posted at City Hall, 1232 Washington Street, Calistoga, among other locations in the city limits of Calistoga, on Friday, May 4, 2012 at 12:00 p.m.