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Comment Letter St. Jorge 97nery "Site Approval Application"PA-1200063 Response: The facts are that the wine tasting room will be open every day of the year from 7:00 in the morning to 5:00 at night. The assumption is I00 people per day visiting the wine tasting room,which is up to 700 people a week,which equates to around 36,000 people a year (excluding a few holidays). The twenty-eight"marketing"and"special events"proposed per year will occur only between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. when the wine tasting room is closed. These twenty-eight events will each generate up to 150 people(assuming the Vierras' illegal advertisements that the"St. Jorge Winery can accommodate 200 guests"are not met). This is an additional 4,200 people (5,600 at the advertised"200 guests"max.) In total,the Expansion Application itself proposes that: • Up to 40,000 people a year will use the St.Jorge Winery facilities, Coming and going seven days a week. • From 7:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the evening,plus • "Events"occurring at an average of(slightly more than)every other week,with • Amplified music and all other associated impacts, • From 6:00 in the evening until 10:00 at night. The to is that"because the development project isnot expected to exceed fifty vehicles during any hour"for these 40,000*-people,the Department of Public works can determine that"traffic impacts are expected to be less than significant." There is no basis given for the Department's `determination'other than an`expectation.' There are neither data nor argument to support this conclusion. 5. 1113. band Use" The Initial Study reads as follows: "13.a. A small winery is a conditionally permitted use in the AG-40 zone subject to an approved Site Approval application. A marketing event is a permitted accessory use to a small winery pursuant to [San Joaquin County Code] Development Title 1075.5(m) and marketing events may be conditionally approved for any number of people. The Lodi area has existing wineries with marketing events. It will not set a significant land use precedent in the area. Therefore,this project is not a growth-inducing action." (Initial Study, "13. Land Use."pg.9;emphasis added.) Response: It does not follow that simply because a) "The Lodi area has existing wineries with marketing events"that b) This expansion project"will not set a significant land use precedent in the area" and that c) "Therefore,this project is not a growth-inducing action." There are neither data nor argument to support this conclusion. It ignores any mention, let alone analysis or discussion,of any numbers or other facts of any kind. The conclusion rests upon nothing at all. 20