Town Council: Agenda – May 4th

The Council meeting begins at 3 pm via Zoom. We might be seeing a shift here moving forward to in person and I, for one, have enjoyed the accessibility of Zoom. The meeting starts with four proclamations and a specific one near and dear to me, the Proclamation recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride month with

Arts Commission: Meeting Notes – May 3

Motions made. Discussions had. Action taken. Plenty on the agenda today to keep the Arts Commission busy and making things happen for Yountville. The meeting started on a very high note with the financials revealing over $69,000 fund balance in the Public Art Program fee category. As well as the fact that the other fund

Yountville Community Foundation Board Meeting – Friday, April 23

Did you know the Town of Yountville Community Foundation offers the ability to establish funds to individuals, groups, or organizations? The TOYCF acts as the fiduciary agent and holds the assets for the named organizations and distributes funds on request for projects and costs that align with the board-approved distribution parameters. The Board is composed

Upper Valley Agency Waste Management Board Meeting Monday, April 19

This was one to watch and learn some interesting stuff you didn’t know you needed to know. SB1383 impacts (California Integrated Waste Management Act) as well as a presentation on Biomass. Review the meeting documents. We can understand a little better what recycling and composting means to the Valley as we look through 2021 to 2022 and

SPECIAL Town Council Meeting – Tues April 20, 2:30 pm Zoom

WASHINGTON PARK STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT. Discussion and Action to Terminate/Cancel Agreement with Always Paving, Inc. for the “Washington Park Street Rehabilitation Project” under relevant provisions of the Agreement including, but not limited to, Sections 6-4 (“Default by Contractor”) and 6-5 (“Termination”) of the Standard Specifications and authorizing staff to take all actions necessary to notify the

ZDRB Meeting Notes – Tues. April 13th

The north end of Yountville, the apartment building at 2180 Madison St will finally be getting a complete update. The applicants have brought forward a design that brings the building more into line with design standards for Old Town as well as making the busy corner a more attractive entrance to our Town. The Applicant,

Town Council: Meeting Notes – April 6th

The meeting started with such a pop of energy; Marianne Lyon, Napa County Poet Laureate for 2021and literary ambassador for two years, received a proclamation to recognize this achievement. She shared her thoughts, goals, and ideas with us for her tenure and shared a quote from John Lennon. Her excitement for poetry is so evident,

ZDRB: Meeting Notes – Mar. 9th

What I expected to be a long meeting wrapped up in under two hours with the Commissioners’ deciding on two items, one project inching forward and a fourth item pulled from the agenda. The legal non-conforming garage on Mount St was pulled from the agenda, and based on the observed conversation of the Commissioners and

ZDRB: Meeting Agenda – Mar. 9th

This week promises to be an information-packed meeting for the Zoning Design and Review Board. Four decisions need to be made: 1. there is the continuation of 2150 Starkey and the applicant’s re-design ideas, and they appear to have taken the feedback from the Commissioners and applied it to the design. Also, the architect has done

Town Council: Meeting Notes – Mar. 2nd

Sometimes the interesting and need-to-know items are deeper in the agenda. It can happen that way because of the way the agenda is laid out and presented. Such was the case this week, all the way down in item 11. Staff Informational Reports E. OpenGov Online Budget Preview. Kyle Batista, Financial Analyst, presented this item.