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This was pulled from the June 5th version of the applicant's website. Their award winning wine is not once mentioned in coordination with any of the above advertised events. A tour of the facility perhaps, but it appears the wine has taken the back seat. Furthermore, the suite that is mentioned, is that being used as a hotel room? And lastly, it appears that this winery is in the catering business too. Seems to be a bit of a stretch in upholding an ordinance that is supposed to have marketing events that are subordinate to the overall winery functions. We would respectfully request that the Community Development Department and the Planning Commission place as a Condition of Approval for this application to limit the all storage buildings to wine production and storage only. If the intent of these buildings is for the expansion of their wine making operations, we believe this should be of no concern to the applicant. Farm Bureau supports a winery first approach and supports the needs of wineries to conduct important normal activities like wine club events. This application appears to shift the emphasis from wine production to event production. To add to this inconsistency with the County's Winery Ordinance where events are supposed to be clearly subordinate, the facility is asking the County to permit these facilities that have already been illegally built. The Farm Bureau will not support the "back track" permitting for any facility, and would urge the Planning Commission to do the following: 1. Deny the current application for site approval as written. 2. Bring the existing and built out facilities that are unpermitted into compliance if they can achieve the proper building permits, but deny a Planning Permit for use of these facilities for any activity other than wine production. 3. As a Condition of Approval, do not allow the applicant to re-file for a site approval for the use of the commercial kitchen and wine garden/amphitheater facilities for a period of no less than one year from the date of approval. 4. As a Condition of Approval, do not allow for the increased number of attendees for a period of no less than one year from the date of approval. 5. As a Condition of Approval, allow permitting for the Phase 1- 1,600 square foot storage building and 336 square foot wine storage building; and Phase-2 construction of a 1,200 case storage building. All of these with the Condition of Approval that marketing events cannot be held within these buildings and they must be used exclusively for the storage and production of wine. 6. We would request that a full analysis be completed to determine the compatibility of the proposed amphitheater for open-air concerts in the agricultural zone and specifically on this property.