10/8/25, 12:19 PM Manage Survey Statistics - Text Report Submitter DB ID 7707
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1. First and Last Name
Lucy Neely
2. Email address (will not be publicly displayed)
3. Organization ( Enter name of organization, business, or non profit if you are submitting comments on their behalf.) Neely Wine
4. Street address (will not be publicly displayed)
5. City
Portola Valley
6. State
CA
7. Zip Code
94028
8. Date of Meeting you are submitting comment for.
10/08/2025
9. Agenda Item number or name
6c
10. Comment
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Dear Mayor Hasko and Town Council Members,
First and foremost, thank you for your service to our community.
Second, thank you for considering supporting the inclusion of Portola Valley in the formation of the Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Improvement District (SCMWID). We are at the northern end of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, and this is the wine growing region we are identified with and included in promotional efforts. Neely Wine asks that you please pass the resolution to include Portola Valley in the SCMWID.
The SCMWID will essentially create a 1% fee on Direct to Consumer sales, paid by the consumer, which will go towards the promotion of the Santa Cruz Mountains as a winegrowing region, via the SCMWID, to promote wine purchase and visitation. The Town Council of Portola Valley needs to consent to inclusion in the SCMWID in order for wineries in Portola Valley to be included. Doing so will essentially have no fiscal impact on the Town of Portola Valley.
Neely Wine supports the formation of the SCMWID and Portola Valley's inclusion in the SCMWID. Santa Cruz Mountains is a very cool, historic, and critically well-regarded wine growing region, but is less well known to consumers than regions like Napa or Sonoma. We would appreciate a boost in visibility and sales from the promotional efforts of the SCMWID.
On a non-SCMWID note, I wanted to check in and let you know that we are now two and a half years into operation of our Tasting Room, and it's going well. It is gratifying to us to hear increasingly from PV residents that they appreciate the availability of a local, place-based winery and feel we contribute positively to local culture. It is also gratifying to us that we have received zero hospitality-related complaints since opening the Tasting Room, and that our neighbors who, in our CUP process formed a legal-group to counter our proposal, have let us know that we have proved ourselves to be good neighbors.
Thank you for your support and, again, for your service to our town.
Sincerely,
Lucy Neely
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