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1 The combination of uses had been established by staff interpretation in 2 1987. • 3 Staff Report 4 The Acting City Manager had advised the Commission in her May 12 , 1989 5 memorandum that since the retail operation had been closed in January, 6 the entire operation was no longer in conformance with the conditions 7 imposed by David Childs the former City Manager, which allowed the 8 combination of uses to exist. Her memorandum also reported the store 9 owners were now requesting the City grant a temporary delay of 10 enforcement for at six to 12 months to allow Mid-America to find a 11 subleasing retail use which would bring them into conformance with that 12 condition or to locate a tenant to sublease the entire space. 13 Ms. VanderHeyden told the Commissioners she perceived the 14 warehouse aspects of the combination would be valid only if there was 15 a retail use in the front portion of the store. 16 Commissioner Wagner commented that he perceived the understanding Mr. 17 Childs had with Mid-America was that the same business would operate 18 both portions of their space and if that was correct, Option A in Ms. 19 VanderHeyden's memorandum would be almost impossible since it would 20 probably be very difficult to find another retail type of business to 21 sublease the empty retail space for the two and a half years remaining 22 on Mid-America's lease with the shopping center. &3 Proponents: 24 James Gammill, Manager of Member Services for Mid-America Dairymen, 25 reported 26 -The mix of uses in the St. Anthony Cheese Store was the same as that 27 carried out in 17 cooperatives for dairy farmer stores in South 28 Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 29 -The main function of the St. Anthony Store had been to provide 30 supplies for the dairy farmers to operate their farms in a sanitary 31 manner by the distribution of materials like soap, sanitizers, 32 filters, paper towels, brushes, etc. 33 -Retail stores like the one in St. Anthony were intended to give the 34 farmers the opportunity to buy back some of the dairy products Mid- 35 America manufactured from their produce at locations where the 36 supplies were also assembled. 37 •In 1986, when the company was looking at the St. Anthony location as 38 a distribution center, they also perceived a little retail business 39 in conjunction with the distribution of supplies might be as 40 successful as other operations had been in other small towns like 41 Watkins, Winsted, Fergus Falls, Zumbrota, etc. . 4