City Manager Mike Parness Announces Retirement

City Manager Mike Parness announced earlier this week he will retire on July 27, 2018, after over 11 years of service to the City of Napa. He had hoped to serve through the rest of the calendar year, but it has become necessary to schedule another knee surgery and delaying further is not an option.

The Napa City Council has appointed Napa Police Chief Steve Potter as the Interim City Manager, which will become effective immediately following the retirement of current City Manager Mike Parness on July 27th. Concurrently with Potter beginning his new responsibilities as Interim City Manager, he will be stepping down from the Police Chief position; and Robert Plummer, recently hired from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, will begin his service as the new Police Chief for the City of Napa.

Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit: Pilot Programs Workshop

Join the City of Napa and Napa County for an informational workshop on creating a rental unit on your property in the City or the County. Learn how you can be part of the affordable housing solution -- and earn additional income by adding a dwelling unit within your existing single-family residence. Here is an informational flyer you can print and share.

When: 6-8 PM, Monday, July 16
Where: City of Napa Senior Center – Social Hall, 1500 Jefferson Street, Napa

For more information: 
[email protected] / 707-257-9430 or
[email protected] / 707-299-1352

PG&E: High Fire-Threat Areas and Temporary Power Outages

As the 2018 fire season gets into full swing in California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is reaching out to customers who live in or near high fire-threat areas to let them know that, if extreme fire danger conditions occur, it may be necessary for PG&E to temporarily turn off power to their neighborhood or community for safety.

•Learn whether home or business is in or near a high fire-threat area on the CPUC High Fire-Threat District map (http://cpuc.ca.gov/FireThreatMaps/). Customers also can visit pge.com/wildfiresafety to enter their address and find out if their home or business is served by an electric line that may be turned off for safety during high wildfire threats.

California Zephyr at the next Third Thursdays @ 5 - July 19!

Meet up after work and start the weekend a little early at Napa's newest concert series. Pack a picnic or pick up a meal to go from Oxbow Market then head on down to the Oxbow Commons for Third Thursdays @ 5! At the next event on July 19, enjoy California Zephyr, a folk and country band that you won't want to miss.

Check out the flyer for the full summer line up!

LESS Program - Recycling CFL Bulbs and  at a Time!

Since April of 2011, the City of Napa has spearheaded an effort to collect and properly dispose of and recycle end-of-life compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and tubes. In the now seven years of the program, over 44,000 CFLs and 38,000 tubes have been collected and recycled (with 2017-2018 totals being the highest ever). This translates into over 16.7 tons of mercury-containing fluorescent lighting being properly disposed of and recycled through the program!

Program History: The program began as a true public-private, multi-agency effort with start-up funding coming from the Department of Energy and PG&E supplemented and sustained by City of Napa solid waste/recycling rate payers. It also was practicum project for Leadership Napa Valley that helped lead to five voluntary retail partners to accept residential CFLs and tubes from the public and mail them to a City-contracted mercury-lighting recycler (current retail partners are: Central Valley Builders Supply, Napa Electric, Orchard Supply Hardware, Clark’s Ace Hardware and Zeller’s Ace Hardware).

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