Commission leans toward compromise on Angwin bubble

By DAVID RYAN
Register Staff Writer

Planning Commissioners spoke out Wednesday about their ideas for the village of Angwin and Pacific Union College, but falling far short of issuing their recommendation for the Napa County Board of Supervisors.

For months, the Angwin community has been split among those who support the Seventh Day Adventist college’s plans to sell off some of its land for development to feed an endowment fund, and those who think it will bring disaster.

For months, the general plan update process has been used to argue both sides of that coin, but on Wednesday some planning commissioners indicated there should be a compromise of some sort, while most others needed more time to absorb the impact of 74 speakers from Angwin and around the county.

Planning Commission Chairman Jim King was most specific, saying he wanted to alter the so-called Angwin urban bubble, but make sure the college’s submitted plans to develop 380 homes would be able to be weighed on its own merits at a later date.

“You’re one community and the concept of the bubble has split this community,” he said.

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