SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS
Office of the City Clerk
City Council of the City of Napa
Regular Meeting
May 5th, 2026
SUBMITTED PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
AFTERNOON SESSION
4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
4.B. Historic Preservation Month
• Email received from Maureen Trippe on May 5, 2026.
4.C. National Drinking Water Week
• Updated Proclamation with corrections provided by staff.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
• Email received from Brad Wagenknecht on May 4, 2026.
RECEIVED DURING THE MEETING
• Document received from Shawna Terry on May 5, 2026..
From: Maureen Trippe
To: Clerk
Subject: Trippe Comment for May 5 City Council Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 10:02:01 AM
[EXTERNAL]
Date: May 5, 2026
To: Mayor Sedgley and Napa City Council
From:Maureen Trippe
Subject: Support for Historic Preservation Proclamation and Encouragement for Historic District Signage
Dear Mayor Sedgley and City Council Members,
I am writing to express my support for the City Council Proclamation for Historic Preservation. In great cities around the world, historic landmarks are a primary source of pride, preserving the spirit of the local community and economy. Heritage markers can range from a grand library to a simple bus stop, or from a plaque to a plaza, but their presence tells a story that matters. Historic preservation is essential to city character.
I’ve had the pleasure of participating in several Napa County Landmark events; each one celebrates the impact of people and places in our community. I want to applaud Christine Madrid-French, Executive Director for Napa County Landmarks. Their Legacy Business Program and partnership with the City’s Community Development team have been a visible success.
While we are thinking about the value of legacy and historic preservation, I ask for your support to expand the Calistoga Historic District Signage program to the Abajo Napa-Fuller Park neighborhood. After speaking at several Cultural Heritage Commission meetings, I am optimistic that a recommendation will be coming forward from the Commission.
Abajo Napa-Fuller Park is already recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
We have seen significant infrastructure investments on Coombs Street, at Fuller Park, and as planned for Riverside Neighborhood street and sidewalk paving. Historic District signage would be a capstone project and a great show of community support.
I recognize the constant challenge of the city budget. When every dollar is already spoken for, it can be difficult to find room for new ideas. Yet, ideas, innovation, and imagination are the very core of our growth as a city and an investment in our "community of connected neighborhoods."
Thank you for your commitment to keep Napa’s story visible for generations to come.
Sincerely,
Maureen Trippe
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Maureen C. Trippe
[email protected]
949.300.9671 cell
CITY OF NAPA
PROCLAMATION
National Drinking Water Week – May 3-9, 2026
WHEREAS, water is our most valuable natural resource. Drinking water plays a vital role in daily life, serving an essential purpose for health, hydration, and hygiene needs for the quality of life our residents enjoy; and
WHEREAS, the hard work performed by the entire water sector, whether designing capital projects, operating a treatment plant to ensure the safety and quality of drinking water, or being a member of a pipe crew maintaining the infrastructure, communities rely on water professionals to transport high quality drinking water from its source to consumers’ taps; and
WHEREAS, at the annual California-Nevada American WaterWorks Association (AWWA) Water Conference of the West in April, the City of Napa entered drinking water treated at the Barwick Jamieson Treatment Plant into a blind water taste test competing with water purveyors across California-Nevada; and
WHEREAS, as a true testament to the standard of care taken by the Utilities Department’s water professionals and the efficacy of the water treatment process, the City of Napa’s water won third place amongst fifteen entrants for the best tasting water; and
WHEREAS, the City of Napa also fielded a team of three water operators, Gabe Aispuro, Mickey Blankenship, and David Gill, at the AWWA conference who competed in Top Ops, a jeopardy-style competition testing depth of knowledge in the drinking water field. The team of three who won third place overall; and
WHEREAS, the professionalism and knowledge of the City of Napa’s drinking water professionals exhibited not only during Drinking Water Week, but all 52 weeks of the year, are hereby recognized and celebrated.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Scott Sedgley, Mayor of the City of Napa, along with the City Council, do hereby recognize and celebrate National Drinking Water Week from May 3 – 9, 2026 and we call upon the residents of the City of Napa and neighboring communities to help protect our source waters from pollution, practice water conservation, and be stewards of the water infrastructure for our current and future generations.
Dated: May 5, 2026
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SCOTT SEDGLEY, MAYOR
CITY OF NAPA
From: Brad Wagenknecht
To: Clerk
Subject: South Jefferson safety and parking (Public comment) Date: Monday, May 4, 2026 12:16:34 PM
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Dear Clerk,
I am very concerned about the safety on South Jefferson. I strongly believe that traffic safety, turn lanes, bike lanes, merge lanes are more important than parking.
Brad Wagenknecht
25 Sea Breeze