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ATTACHMENT 3 Steve Otto From: Mary Roberts Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:17 AM To: Steve Otto Cc: Donna Decker; Jerry Iserson; Nelson Fialho Subject: sarich Steve, I understand that there has been some discussion with Tom and the Sariches about the use of our shared well. Why in heavens name hasn't this discussion included Ford and I? All units including existing homes, the house that is there, are required to connect to City water and sewer. (P.78 of VCSP) The SP seemed to be ignorant of shared wells and their attendant easements when it stated that OS lots can retain well water for general irrigation and vineyard watering. The well use for vineyards was specifically directed to the Vineyard District, that is the flat lands where Centex and Greenbriar are building, not home vineyards. Any use of our shared well water will likely prevent us from drawing water since this well is not adequate for two families. The Staff comments of 2003 asked that they address the matter of the shared well. This has never been addressed. The Sarich property is not in the Vineyard District and thus doesn't need to use well water to irrigate a proposed vineyard. Our grapes are dry farmed . We are able to do so primarily because they sit on Livermore Valley soils suited to grape production. The 40+' removed from the top of the hill will not be such suitable soil, and will have to be irrigated with City water. Should this soil be off-hauled? Because of the absence of dependability of the well, we dug another that is inadequate for house usage, but allows us to irrigate landscaping. There is absolutely no way we could irrigate a vineyard with our well water. In the packet to the Commissioners, please include Jerry's Memorandum of Oct. 23, 2006 as well as the original Staff comments of November 20, 2003 (Heidi Kline's). Mary 11 /7/2007