RESOLUTION R2026-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO JOINTLY EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (“HCD”) STANDARD AGREEMENT NUMBER 19-IIG-14719 BETWEEN HCD AND NAPA REDEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (“NRP”) AWARDING AN INFILL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,774,200 TO NRP TO FUND CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NAPA PIPE PROJECT IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA , AND DETERMINING THAT THE ACTIONS AUTHORIZED BY THIS RESOLUTION WERE ADEQUATELY ANALYZED FOR PURPOSES OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) BY A PREVIOUS CEQA ACTION WHEREAS, the Napa Pipe Project is an approved mixed-use development on approximately 154 acres of land at 1025 Kaiser Road in the City of Napa (“City”), which is subject to that certain Second Amendment to and First Restatement of Development Agreement by and between City of Napa and Napa Redevelopment Partners (the “Development Agreement”), approved by the City Council on February 4, 2020 by Ordinance No. 2020-003 and recorded in the Official Records of Napa County on February 28, 2020 as Document No. 2020-0005272; and WHEREAS, the Development Agreement requires the “Landowner” to dedicate two parcels of land sufficient to accommodate 140 affordable housing units for very-low and low-income households (the “Affordable Housing Project”); and WHEREAS, under the terms of the Development Agreement, the Landowner must install extensive infrastructure on and around the affordable housing site before construction of the Affordable Housing Project can begin; and WHEREAS, to assist with the funding of such infrastructure, NRP and the City jointly applied to HCD for an Infill Infrastructure Grant under HCD’s Infill Infrastructure Grant Program, which provides grants for infrastructure improvements to assist in the development of affordable housing; and WHEREAS, in 2024, HCD approved the City’s and NRP’s application and NRP and HCD executed Standard Agreement 19-IIG-14719 (the “HCD Standard Agreement”) to facilitate the award of the Infill Infrastructure Grant to NRP; and WHEREAS, in April 2026, NRP conveyed the Napa Pipe Project property to MIF CA NAPA PIPE, LLC (“MIF”), assigned all of NRP’s interests in the Development Agreement to MIF, and MIF succeeded NRP as the “Landowner” under the Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City, NRP, and MIF now wish to apply to HCD to amend the HCD Standard Agreement to provide for the Infill Infrastructure Grant funds to be distributed to the City rather than to NRP, and for the City to subsequently convey such funds to MIF, so that MIF can fulfill its affordable housing obligations as the Landowner under the Development Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, 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:
1. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
2. The City Council hereby determines that the potential environmental effects of the actions authorized by this Resolution fall within the scope of that certain Napa Pipe Final Environmental Impact Report certified by the Napa County Board of Supervisors on January 14, 2013 (State Clearinghouse No. 2008122111) and that certain Addendum to the Napa Pipe EIR for the Napa Pipe Project dated November 2019, which are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Napa and are incorporated herein by this reference.
3. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute, on behalf of the City of Napa, an Amendment to the HCD Standard Agreement 19-IIG-14719, in the form to be provided by HCD, to provide for distribution of the Infill Infrastructure Grant funds to the City, and for the City’s subsequent distribution of such funds to MIF to fund the infrastructure improvements required for the Affordable Housing Project described in the Development Agreement.
2. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Napa at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of October, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to Form:
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Renee Giacomini Brewer
City Attorney
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