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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager or Designee to Execute Amendment No. 1 to the Industrial Waste Connection MOU with Van Ruiten Family Winery, LLC (ED)
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MEETING DATE:
June 17, 2026
PREPARED BY:
Luis Aguilar, Economic Development Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the Interim City Manager or Designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Industrial Waste Connection MOU with Van Ruiten Winery Family Winery, LLC to expand the Downtown Lodi definition.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On July 7, 2005, the City entered into an Industrial Waste Connection MOU with Van Ruiten Family Winery, LLC to allow for the winery to connect into the City’s industrial wastewater system as a business attraction incentive to support downtown revitalization.
The MOU included a condition that the winery establish and maintain a downtown tasting room. At that time, the MOU’s definition for “Downtown Lodi” used the boundary bounded by Church Street, Lodi Avenue, Pacific Railroad, and Lockeford Street. The tasting room was established as Cellardoor, (a collaboration by Van Ruiten Winery and Michael David Winery) at 21 N School Street.
The City Council has since adopted a Downtown Specific Plan. The plan area reflects an expanded downtown geography and includes the historic downtown core and extends east of the Union Pacific Railroad corridor to Main Street, consistent with City's recent expansion of the Downtown Mixed Use (DMU) zoning district. The Downtown Specific Plan area generally extends from Lodi Avenue to the south, Lockeford Street to the north, Pleasant Avenue to the west, and Washington Street to the east.
The winery is in the process of relocating its tasting room to the corner of Elm and Main Street, which is within the Downtown Specific Plan area. Because the MOU requires the tasting room to be located within the defined “Downtown Lodi”, the winery requested an amendment to the section of the MOU that defines “Downtown Lodi” to reflect the expanded Downtown Specific Plan area. This allows the tasting room to remain compliant while maintaining all other requirements as outlined in the original MOU.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Not applicable.
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
Not applicable.