RESOLUTION NO. R2025-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REMOVAL OF THE LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FROM 1514 CLAY STREET (APN: 003-197-010) AND DETERMINING THAT THE ACTIONS AUTHORIZED BY THIS RESOLUTION ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA).
WHEREAS, on October 28, 2024, Daniel Skivington (“Applicant”) submitted an application (File No. PL24-0138) to the City of Napa for the removal of the designation of Local Landmark from 1514 Clay Street (APN: 003-197-010) (“Site”) on the City’s Historic Resources Inventory list (“HRI”) pursuant to Napa Municipal Code (“NMC”) Section 15.52.060 (the “Project”), and WHEREAS, the Cultural Heritage Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on March 13, 2025, on the application for the removal of the Local Landmark designation on the City’s HRI, where it considered all written and oral testimony submitted to it including a presentation by Staff and made a recommendation to the City Council that the designation of Listed Resource be removed.
WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on April 15, 2025, on the application for the removal of the Local Landmark designation on the City’s HRI, where it considered all written and oral testimony submitted, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Napa as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby determines that the Project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the Common Sense Exemption, because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question, removal of 1514 Clay Street from the City’s HRI may have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the removal of the Local Landmark designation for 1514 Clay Street (APN: 003-197-010) from the City’s HRI and makes the following findings in support thereof in accordance with NMC Section 15.52.060(C):
New information is available that demonstrates that the significance of the resource has been compromised:
An in-depth Historic Analysis of the Site was prepared by a qualified historian who meets the Secretary of the Interior Professional Qualification Standards for Architecture History to perform identification and registration of historic properties, and this Analysis has been included as Attachment 2 of the March 13, 2025, Staff Report and attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference. The DPR 523A (Primary Record) form for the property at 1514 Clay Street provides updated and supplemental information to the DPR 523B and DPR 523L forms prepared by Page & Turnbull in 2011. The Analysis concludes that the Site does not meet the criteria for designation on either the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources. It describes the ways the property has been altered since its original construction, removing or obscuring original historic features on both structures. These alterations make the Site ineligible for designation based on architecture or methods of construction. In addition, the Analysis outlines a history of residents of the property illustrating that the Site is not associated with patterns of local or national history or associated with the life of a significant person. Based on this evidence the Site does not meet the criteria for the Local Landmark designation which requires that a resource have special historic, aesthetic, educational, cultural, or architectural importance.
Section 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Napa at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 15th day of April, 2025 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
ATTEST: ________________________________________
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
_______________________
Christopher Diaz
Interim City Attorney
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