To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Dr. Peter Pirnejad, Assistant City Manager for Development Services
Prepared By: Erin Morris, Planning & Code Enforcement Manager
TITLE:
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Napa Pipe Project Update
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Receive a status report regarding the Napa Pipe project, and provide direction to staff regarding possible next steps.
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DISCUSSION:
BACKGROUND
On August 4, 2015, the Council adopted Ordinance 02015-009 establishing the Napa Pipe Master Plan zoning district for the approximately 154-acre unincorporated property located at 1025 Kaiser Road. The Napa Pipe Development Plan (approved by Napa County in December 2014) and Design Guidelines (approved by the County in February 2015) include up to 945 residential units, 150 senior housing units, a 150-room hotel, approximately 385,000 square feet of nonresidential uses, and parks and open space. In addition to approving the zoning district, the Council authorized the City Manager to execute a series of agreements with the Developer (Napa Redevelopment Partners, LLC) and the County and authorized submittal of an application to Napa County LAFCO to expand the City's Sphere of Influence (SOI) to include the property within the City's SOI and to extend municipal services to the property. The Council also authorized the phased annexation of the property.
On September 22, 2015, Napa LAFCO approved the SOI amendment and outside service agreement for the entire 154-acre site, and approved a phased annexation of the project area. 111 acres were annexed in September 2016 including land east of the railroad tracks and the future office/industrial and hotel blocks in the south portion of the site (the "Reverse L"). Forty-three (43) acres, generally located in the middle of the site on the west side of the railroad tracks remain in the unincorporated County. The second phase of the annexation will occur not later than December 31, 2022. The basis for retain...
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