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Volume 139, Number 46 — Locally-owned since 1884
Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, December 14, 2022
The hometown paper of Fred Danzero
Council extends deadline for tentative affordable housing plan map By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer At Dec. 6 meeting, the its Winters City Councilmembers continued and concluded their discussion held at the Nov. 15 meeting regarding an extension to the Neighborworks Tentative Subdivision Map that plans to subdivide a two-acre parcel at Moody Slough Road and Taylor Street into 24 single-family lots for affordable housing. Beginning on Nov. 15, the council discussed the Neighborworks Tentative Subdivision Map that was first adopted on Aug. 18, 2020, and which would expire
on Aug. 18 unless a time extension was approved. Neighborworks requested an extension, asking for an additional 24 months before the deadline, and the City Council then were to decide if they would grant the extension. Senior City Planner Kirk Skierski presented the proposed extension to the council, saying, “it is staff’s understanding that the improvement plans and final map are close to being completed and will require council approval before the final subdivision map is recorded. A time extension request would allow
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Local News Briefs Express staff
City Hall closure In her Dec. 9 update, City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa announced details about the upcoming City Hall holiday closure. The closure begins on Friday, Dec. 23 through Monday, Jan. 2. Trepa encouraged residents to plan accordingly and to coordinate for any building inspections ahead of time by emailing building.division@ cityofwinters.org or calling 530-794-6708.
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City staff is gathering input from the community in regard to the Downtown Vision and Policy Plan. The survey asks questions on a variety of topics involving the future of Downtown Winters, including parking, outdoor gathering and dining areas, weekend street closures, and more. The survey is available in both
English and Spanish. Residents can take the survey online until Jan. 9, 2023. More information about the City’s Downtown Vision and Policy Plan is available on the City’s website at cityofwinters.org/ downtown-visioning. The English survey is at https://tinyurl. com/yw7wjvz3. Take the Spanish survey at https://tinyurl. com/5n6e6h8y.
Upcoming meetings The Winters Joint Unified School District is hosting its organizational meeting on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. The Dec. 27 Planning Commission meeting was canceled due to the holiday. A special Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The Planning Commission will host Public Hearings on an East Street Building Replacement Design Review Project and a Main Street Vacation Rental Project. The new City Council will have its first meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The Jan. 3 meeting is canceled.
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The tentative project site is located within the Stones Throw Subdivision (Winters Highlands) south of Moody Slough Road between Taylor Street and Wyatt Lane.
Equestrian center project proposal in Quail Canyon ignites neighbors’ concerns By Todd R. Hansen McNaughton Media Plans for a horse boarding and riding project at Double T Ranch on Quail Canyon Road have drawn concerns from neighbors in the area. At the top of that list is wildfire — neighbors say the canyon is already a dangerous and difficult evacuation situation for residents and animals, as the project could add as many as 48 more
By Jacob Hoffman Express staff writer During the Dec. 6 City Council meeting, councilmembers heard a recommendation for providing funding to the Yolo Food Bank in compliance with a California state bill. Before the discussion began, Councilmember Jesse Loren recused herself and exited the session, as she recently
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it was located in the middle of a dirt area, so an ember must have hit and it went up. She said this project calls for 48 horses. “For those who chose to evacuate during the LNU fire, it was a problem,” Stubblefield said, noting how difficult it was to get livestock out, or even know where to go. Water supply, noise and the extra lights — and their potential impact on neighbors
accepted employment with Yolo Food Bank. Following her departure, City Manager Kathleen Salguero Trepa briefed the council on the history of and basis for the city’s recommendation. This resolution would provide $12,351 to Yolo Food Bank, a regional nonprofit that coordinates the recovery, storage, and distribution of food to those in need
in Yolo County. The particular history of this resolution is tied to California Senate Bill 1383, a law passed in 2016 and with final regulations adopted in October 2020. The staff report provided by Trepa described the bill as, “one of the most significant waste reduction and recycling mandates to be adopted in California in the past 30 years,” with the goal of, “es-
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tablish(ing) methane emissions reduction targets to achieve a 50 percent reduction in statewide disposal of organic waste from 2014 levels by 2020 and 75 percent reduction by 2025.” The bill also created “targets to achieve a 20 percent reduction in currently disposed edible food by 2025” as the “decomposition of organic waste
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Phoebe Marion Johnson was born on Dec. 6, 2022. She is welcomed by her parents Benjamin and Emma Johnson, and her older brother Michael. Phoebe’s mother, a former editor of the Express, appreciated that Phoebe was born on her deadline. At birth, Phoebe weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces. Phoebe is also welcomed by great-grandmother Marion Hamilton of Winters; grandparents Susan Hamilton of Winters, Bill Pfanner of Davis and Michael Johnson of Davis; as well as aunts and uncles Will and Frankie Pfanner of Winters, Lily Starling of Winters, and Sam Johnson of Lincoln, Neb.
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— are other concerns that also have been raised. Tina Tomei has a conditional use permit application going through the Solano County planning process. It calls for two covered riding arenas — the largest being 18,000 square feet — three training pens, three barns to house 48 horses, a ranch shop and storage structures
Winters to provide funding to Yolo Food Bank for waste reduction, recycling state bill
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horses. “We have had several major fires out here,” said Liann Stubblefield, who lives off of Pleasants Valley Road, about a quarter-mile from the canyon entrance, adding horses and other livestock died or were severely injured during the LNU Lightning Complex Fire. She said the one thing that burned at her place was a manure pile from her three horses. She said
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