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-3- Response to Appeal Statement No. 1 The Community Development Department and the PIanning Commissioners are aware of the size and scope of this project. This project is a Revisions of Approved Actions to increase the number of people per inarketing event and to change the hours of operation for wine tasting. The revision is in response to the changing business environment, ABC requirements, and County ordinances. Since purchasing this property, the applicant has remodeled and enlarged the house, completed a Lot Line Adjustment, established an off-site wine cellar with 24 marketing events, received approval for a winery, applied to cancel 1.2 acres of their 33-acre Williamson Act contract, and applied for the conversion of a single family residence into a bed and breakfast inn. The Community Development Department and other public agencies have been involved in each step. The Public Works Department required a traffic study for this Revisions of Approved Actions application. The traffic study did not recommend any mitigation for the surrounding public roads. The complete history and all the uses on a parcel are part of the research done for approval of subsequent projects. Therefore, this project has been fully analyzed. At the public hearing, Matthew Perman, Jack Hamm, and Katie Patterson each brought ` up issues regarding the surrounding'agricultural parcels. Commissioner Vllapudua said that he had no problem with the project. Commissioner Morri said that he could make all the findings. Commissioner Johnson said'that this project does not have a significant impact on farming. Commissioner Nickerson said that the wine industry in Lodi needs all the help it can get. The Community Development Department,Public Works Department, and the Environmental Health Department modified the Conditions of Approval in response to the Revisions of Approved Actions. All four Planning Commissioners present could make the Findings and support approval of the Revisions of Approved Actions request. Appeal Statement No. 2 The Farm Bureau states: "We are concerned with Staff Report Finidifigs 1. and 2 and Williamson Act Principles of Compatibility Findings 1 and 2." [Ending No. 1: The proposed use is consistent with the goals, policies, standards, and maps of the General Plan, any applicable Master Plan, Specific Plan, and Special Purpose Plan, and any other applicable plan adopted by the County.