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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 27, 2014 Page 20 and for a period of time, those employees already hired for the Roseville store not being employed in Roseville. Therefore, Mr. Jacobson opined that, if the city Council granted the stay, the people of Roseville wouldn't get the benefit of the decision the City Council made several months ago. In specifically addressing the bond or security, Mr. Jacobson sought to clarify that the reason for a bond is simple, that a stay is unusual, and if the City Council granted one, even though having originally supported the license, but now taking it away until the Court of Appeals made a decision; the bond served as an obliga- tion to make the party whole if the Appeals Court agrees with the City Council decision, including Total Wine& Spirits and their landlord. Referencing the comments of City Attorney Gaughan in his correspondence, Mr. Jacobson noted that, whatever decision the City Council made on the stay, it would be appealed; also any decision of the Court of Appeals, probably to the Su- preme Court, thereby making a realistic timeframe for resolution a minimum of one year. Mr. Jacobson provided a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof providing estimated costs if such a delay was to occur, of critical importance to his clients. David Tron Mr. Tron reviewed the bench handout by category for real estate-related costs, fa- cility operating expenses, carrying costs, and payroll costs. Mr. Tron stated that their team members, a/k/a/ their employees, were a key part of their company's success. Mr. Tron advised that his family had been in the business for 30 years; 22 years since the first wine, beer and spirits store was opened; having gone from a one-store operation building to over 100 stores over 15 states, with approvals across the county. Mr. Tron opined that the success of their business is their fo- cus on the customer, from hiring the best and training, training, training; with 40- 50 employees per store—depending on volume—and 75% of those team members being full-time employees. Mr. Tron opined that their company was company was committed to providing their employees with benefits, a crucial step in get- ting the best people and service. Mr. Tron noted that this was often not appreciat- ed by their competitors. Through their firms' selection and focus on customers, Mr. Tron noted that they had been named by three different trade groups in the industry as the Best National Retailer three times. Mr. Tron noted that their firm donated over $4 million to nonprofits in communities in which they work, and further noted that they believed in becoming involved in those communities. Mr. Tron noted that this business model had met with long-term success and never having had to close a store. Mr. Tron advised that this cost is significant if opening is delayed; but the firm would work to hold those employees on board if already invested in and trained,