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the Planning Commission contained in their May 16 , 1989 minutes . • Council Member Makowske asked whether this was a last-minute addition to the agenda , and acting City Manager VanderHeyden replied that a public hearing was not. required on the issue . Jim Gammill , Mid-America Dairymen, Inc . , requested that the Council adopt the recommendation of the Planning Commission, and offered to answer questions . Council Member Marks asked Mr . Gammill whether Mid-America Dairymen had signed a long-term lease , and whether they were searching for a subtenant to use up the remaining term of the lease . Mr . Gammill replied that they are actively engaged in soliciting a suitable tenant to fill their position in the shopping center . Council Member Makowske asked whether "suitable" meant that they were looking for someone who could take the entire area or just the front portion . Mr . Gammill replied that two out of the three prospects who had expressed an interest in the location would like to use the entire square footage , resulting in Mid-America Dairymen completely vacating the premises . Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo questioned whether six months would be an adequate amount of time in which to resolve the situation, and Mr . Garrmiill indicated that he understood the Planning Commission to have recommended a six- to twelve-month deferral of enforcement of zoning requirements . Commissioner Hansen indicated that Hid-America Dair_me has a lease which expires in November of 1991 , and that Mid-America would ideally like to have seen a deferral in enforcement until that time . Charles Diessner , Attorney for Mid-America Dairymen, Inc . , indicated that Mid-America is currently not in compliance with zoning requirements because they are not operating the retail portion of the space together with the warehouse . He clarified the fact that Mid-America ' s original request of the Planning Commission was a delay of enforcement of non-conformance with the zoning requirements for the term of the lease. Their options would be to either.- lease the entire space to one user , or to lease only the retail space .to one user , thereby allowing Mid-America to continue to operate the warehouse . Mr . Diessner also indicated that , because of some concerns expressed by the Planning Commission and because of the lack of some background information at the time of the meeting , the Planning Commission recommended delay of enforcement of zoning requirements for six :months , which is acceptable to Mid-America . Mid-America ' s intent is to attempt to lease the entire space , because if they can lease the entire space they will not need to appear before the Planning Commission and the City Council again with further requests . They feel six months will give them adequate time to determine what they can do in the marketplace . 0 Mayor Pro Tem Ranallo referred to a situation several years ago involving a print shop which was asked to move out by the Council because they were not engaged in retail activity and were in