Calistoga, CA

Enchanted Resorts – A luxury resort project on Diamond Mountain in Napa wine country.

On August 21, 2012, the Calistoga City Council approved the Enchanted Resorts project and Environmental Impact report for a 110-unit luxury resort hotel and associated amenities, as well as 20 Residence Club units, and 13 custom residences. The resort hotel is set in a forested hillside setting on Calistoga’s Diamond Mountain. It is anticipated to employ as many as 200 persons in full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions. The project will incorporate a significant number of environmentally-friendly features including solar technology, electric vehicle use, and water-efficient landscaping. Abbott & Kindermann, LLP, with Diane Kindermann as lead counsel, represented the developers of the Calistoga Enchanted Resort project through the city’s approval process and successfully secured EIR certification, as well as land use entitlements which included: a general plan amendment, tentative map, rezone, conditional use permit, and a development agreement.Continue Reading Two Major Projects Approved in Calistoga and Lincoln, California.

Abbott & Kindermann, LLP represented three clients in successful appeals before the Third Appellate District. William Abbott represented Siskiyou County and the Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District inMount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, et al. v. County of Siskiyou, et al. and Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center, et al. v. Siskiyou County Air

Abbott & Kindermann’s 12th Annual Land Use, Real Estate, and Environmental Law Update

Reserve your seat for one of three seminars taking place in 2013.

In January and February 2013 Abbott & Kindermann, LLP will present its 12th annual complimentary educational program for clients and colleagues interested in current land use, environmental, and real

The development team of RCH Group in Roseville (David Cook), Grass Valley’s King Engineering, Inc. (Russell King, P.E.) and Bill Abbott of Abbott & Kindermann, LLP recently secured key approvals for the Amazing Facts Ministry campus to be located in Granite Bay in Placer County. This Facility consists of approximately 120,000 square feet of religious

Diane Kindermann Henderson, a partner at the firm, will be speaking at the Lorman Seminar on Current Issues in Stormwater Regulation on August 16, 2012, in Redding.  This seminar will discuss changes in Stormwater regulations including the new Draft Industrial NPDES Permit released in July, permitting processes, compliance and legal issues and the effects of

Vested Rights, Vesting Maps and Development Agreements

William Abbott

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Thursday, August 23, 2012, 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sutter Square Galleria

Sacramento, CA

Development agreements are an effective avenue for a community and developer to come together and process a project. Both sides of the table need to carefully consider the terms of these contracts and

Instructors: Diane Kindermann, Bruce Baracco, Bob Klousner, Amanda Olekszulin, and Terry Rivasplata

The program is designed to give LAFCO, city and special district staff the ability to prepare, initiate, administer, review and comment on environmental documents required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). For more information, including Registration details, please visit www.Calafco.org

This seminar will guide winery, vineyard owners, operators and legal professionals through cost-effective strategies to address current environmental, business and technical challenges.

Two Dates and Locations:

November 6, 2012 – Oak Ridge Winery, Lodi; and

November 14, 2012 – Cielo Estate, Shingle Springs

More information, tentative agenda and registration coming soon.