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U,,/'oppe,rford, LLLII�z <br /> 12470 Locke Road, Bldg. 100 - Lockeford, CA 95237 <br /> TSI: (209) 727-9770 - Fax: (2o9) 727-9773 <br /> May 14, 2001 <br /> Jim Van Buren Fax (209) 468-3163 <br /> San Joaquin County 1 Page <br /> Community Development Department <br /> 1810 East Hazelton Ave. <br /> Stockton, CA 95205-6232 <br /> Re: Site Approval No. SA-00-36 for the Olde Lockeford Winery. <br /> Dear Jim: <br /> Per our discussions earlier this week please find outlined below several requested <br /> modifications to our existing Site Approval. <br /> Based on the needs of the local winemaking community we have determined that our <br /> facility would be better served by providing additional but smaller winemaking units. <br /> Our initial Site Approval was for six micro-wineries and tasting rooms. The current need <br /> is now 10 to 14 micro-wineries and tasting rooms. The same buildings and locations <br /> would be used, but the individual spaces would remain smaller. These 10 to 14 micro- <br /> wineries combined would crush less than 2,000 tons of grapes per year, which is <br /> currently approved under our existing Site Approval. <br /> We have also determined that the reuse of the existing 2.3 million gallons of concrete <br /> tanks for bulk wine storage is not economically feasible or desirable by the current wine <br /> industry, which is moving towards more smaller hand crafted lots of wine. These tanks <br /> would better serve the current industry needs at our facility as barrel storage units, small <br /> winemaking units and tasting rooms for which they are already naturally suited. <br /> In summary we wish to eliminate 2 million gallons of bulk storage from Phases 1, 2 & 3 <br /> and add six additional micro-winery units and tasting rooms to be completed during our <br /> Phase 2 construction work. Please call me if you have any questions or need additional <br /> information. <br /> Sincere' " <br /> n ' chfield <br /> Principal <br />