Napa Countywide Bicycle Plan

Project Location:

The Plan covers the geographic areas within Napa County, including the cities of Calistoga, St. Helena, Napa and American Canyon; the Town of Yountville; and unincorporated areas.

Project Description:

The proposed Napa Countywide Bicycle Plan (NCBP or “Plan”) is intended to improve the bicycling environment for residents and visitors in Napa County to foster a bicycle-friendly community with bicycling infrastructure that accommodates all ages and abilities.  The Plan Vision is to provide people with safe, convenient, and enjoyable bicycle access to destinations throughout Napa County.  The Plan builds on the bicycle recommendations presented in the 2012 Napa Countywide Bicycle Plan to address changes in bicycle planning and design over the last seven years, and to update the proposed project list.

The Plan includes proposed projects in all jurisdictions in Napa County, including the City of American Canyon, the City of Napa, the Town of Yountville, the City of St. Helena, the City of Calistoga, and unincorporated Napa County.  The Plan incorporates each jurisdiction’s individual bicycle master plan/

Adoption of the proposed Plan does not involve any actual construction of bicycle improvements, but project inclusion in the plan would facilitate the future development of such improvements.  Thus, this Initial Study evaluates the environmental impacts associated with the Plan at a programmatic level, and provides programmatic-level mitigation measures. All future bicycle projects forwarded as implementing actions of the Plan, when proposed for construction, will be compared with the Plan program and programmatic mitigation measures, with the anticipated benefit of more detailed construction drawings and scheduling information.

Summary of Impacts:

The proposed Plan would result in no impacts or less than significant impacts related to agriculture and forest resources, land use and planning, mineral resources, population and housing, public services, and transportation/traffic.  Potential impacts from individual listed projects to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, noise, recreation, and utilities and service systems would require the implementation of mitigation to reduce impacts to less than significant level.  The proposed Plan would not result in any significant impacts that cannot be mitigated to less than significant level.

Pursuant to the authority and criteria contained in the California Environmental Quality Act, the Lead Agency has analyzed the Plan and determined that it will NOT have a significant impact on the environment.   Based on this finding, the Lead Agency has prepared this Mitigated Negative Declaration.

Public Comment Period:

Beginning on August 9, 2019, a minimum period of no less than thirty (30) days will be provided to enable public review of the Plan, the Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration prior to final adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration by the Napa Valley Transportation Authority. The review period ends on September 9, 2019 at 5:00 P.M.

The Mitigated Negative Declaration will be available for public review at the Napa Valley Transportation Authority (625 Burnell Street, Napa, CA 94559 ([707] 259-8327). The document is also available on the Napa Valley Transportation Authority website, https://www.nvta.ca.gov/sites/default/files/Napa%20Bike%20Plan_Public%20Draft%20IS-MND.pdf and the Napa County Library (580 Coombs St., Napa, CA 94559 [707] 253-4241). Please submit comments in writing before 5:00 P.M. on September 9, 2019 to the following address: