Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District has released its wish list of future projects. A draft of the agency’s master plan, a 189-page document to guide the agency, is now available for public comment.

The draft master plan will give the agency its focus for the next five years, while also looking ahead at the next 20 to 30 years.

This is the first master plan for the park and open space district. A review of the current master plan will be done in 2011 and then every three years after that.

“Basically we have gone from a new district with no plan, to this — a draft to guide us for the next 20 to 30 years,” said John Woodbury, general manager of the agency that was formed in 2006, when voters passed Measure I.

Woodbury said the draft includes 56 projects in no specific priority. “Some of the projects may not pan out. This is intended as a framework of what we will be focusing on.”

He said just because a project is listed in the master plan does not guarantee it will be implemented.

Woodbury said there may be some tweaking of the plan after public comments. A special meeting to review it is set for Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Yountville Community Center, 6516 Yount St. and at the district’s regular board meeting on Dec. 8, 2 p.m., at the Napa County Administration building on Third and Coombs streets, third floor.

Then in January, the board will consider adopting the plan. “A lot depends on the comments we get,” Woodbury said.

Some of the projects listed in the master plan include the Oat Hill Mine Trail improvements, Milliken Creek trails and picnic area development, Camp Berryessa redevelopment, improvements for Skyline Park, development of the Napa River Ecological Reserve Environmental Education program, the Napa River and Bay Trail Interpretive Path development and creation of a public information program.

“This is not a precise science,” Woodbury said. “These are just some of the projects that may or may not be worked on. So much of what we are doing is based on opportunities. And we have to take the opportunities when they come.”

Priority as to what gets done when depends upon when funds becomes available.

What does Woodbury expect from public comment?

“We want to know if there is something important that we missed. From an educational point, this lets people know the range of projects we feel are important. This gives them a sense of where the district is headed.”

The operational funding budget for the park and open space district comes out of a piece of the transient occupancy (hotel) tax. The district’s share amounts to about $300,000 a year for parks and open space development.

For 2007-08, the district is looking at a budget of $264,863 for its operations. In 2008-09, it is expected to be $278,100.

If the hotel tax continues to go up, Woodbury would like to increase the staff from the current two to four-and-a-half employees by 2013 — for an increase of about one-half an employee per year. But, he added, that will not happen if the district’s portion of the TOT does not go up. “We need to be flexible as we move forward.”

Money for open space and park projects come from grants and private donations.

“I hope people will take a look at the projects ... there are a lot of great opportunities ... we can’t do them all, but will certainly do some of them,” Woodbury said.