To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Erin Morris, Planning Manager
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Napa Pipe Project Update
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Receive a status report regarding the Napa Pipe SB 235 Agreement and project.
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DISCUSSION:
Background
On June 19, 2018, December 4, 2018, and June 18, 2019, the Council received updates on the Napa Pipe Project.
On June 19, 2018, Staff presented a series of proposed changes to the approved development project, which encompasses 154 acres located at 1025 Kaiser Road. Most of the site (111 acres) is within City limits after the 2016 annexation. Forty-three (43) acres along the Napa River, where all 945 housing units are currently approved, are still located in the unincorporated County and would remain in the County's land use jurisdiction until December 2022 unless early annexation is approved.
On December 4, 2018, Staff briefed the Council on a series of discussions between City and County staff about how to move the proposed modifications forward. City and County staff concluded that current State law does not allow sharing of credit for issuing building permits. Staff shared the potential for special legislation to allow the City to share credit with the County, and the Council expressed general support for the concept. If the legislation is approved, the County expressed a willingness to accept early annexation of the remaining 43 acres to allow the development modifications to proceed more efficiently.
On June 18, 2019, Staff briefed the Council on the progress associated with the Napa Pipe project. At that time, it was anticipated that SB 235 might be signed into law by August 2019, and that law would allow the City to share credit with the County for Napa Pipe building permits issued within the City. Staff shared that the developer filed applications for a revised Development Agreement and other development applicat...
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