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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE PROPOSED GOLF CLUB AND VINEYARDS Do the proponents intend to develop or build a residential subdivision once the golf course is complete? Absolutely not. The proponents simply intend to develop a premiere public golf course to enhance the surrounding community, as well as farm the remaining portion of the property with prime wine- producing grapes. Why do we need another golf course in San Joaquin County? It is a well documented fact there is a shortage of public golf courses in both San Joaquin and Sacramento Counties. The closest public golf courses to this site include Dry Creek in Galt, La Contenta in Valley Springs and Micke's Grove in Lodi. Aren't three golf coarses in the general vicinity enough? Note quite. All three of these courses play between 70,000 to 90,000 rounds f golf per year. The minimum wait-time for tee-off reservations is one week. In order to maintain a high quality, well- maintained public golf course with accessible tee times,golf play should not exceed 70,000 rounds per year. What affects will a golf course have on the area's biological resources? The project site is not diverse in terms of plant communities or wildlife habitants. The land primarily consists of 106 acres of Tokay grapes and 198 acres of walnuts. Both crops were planted in the mid-to-early 1940's. A majority of the walnuts have Black Lime disease and will have to be removed and the Tokay grapes are old and nearly sterile. They will be replanted with 150 acres of high quality varietal grapes. An addition seventeen oak trees, thirteen orange trees, five olive trees, four cedar trees, and one pine tree exist on the property, all of which will remain and be incorporated into the landscape. Are there any wetlands to protect? There are no wetlands on the project site. The land has been farmed and leveled to drain into the Bear Creek Irrigation Canal which runs through the property. The Canal holds water for irrigation from April to November. During the remaining moths, it is used for drainage from the surrounding farms for flood control purposes. It is maintained by San Joaquin County and is under lease to the North San Joaquin Irrigation District. How will the irrigation canal be affected? Bear Creek Irrigation Canal was improved by the State Reclamation Department in 1967_ It was designed and built by the Corp of Engineers to provide flood control for the easterly part of Lockeford, Clements, and Victor areas. Currently, these is only a modest flow contained in the canal and much of the surface is covered with duckweed. In order to maintain flood-control, the County keeps the levees rocked with rip-rap and clear of small trees and vegetation. How much water does a golf coarse use? Where will the Golf Club obtain and release its water? An average golf course will use approximately three acre feet of water per year. A vineyard or walnut orchard uses nearly the same amount, ranging between two and three acre feet of water per year. The site currently has two 600' deep irrigation wells and a domestic well at the existing home site. The property is located within the North San Joaquin Irrigation District and has water rights from t