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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 27, 2014 Page 21 such as they had done in the City of Bloomington, with those management em- ployees still being paid but traveling elsewhere to their other locations in order for the firm to retain them. As stated by Mr. Jacobson, Mr. Thon stated that he found no reason to grant a stay, which would hurt their firm significantly. If the City Council was to grant a stay, Mr. Thon opined that a bond should be required to make their firm whole if the court concurs that the City Council had made the right decision in the first place. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Tron confirmed that the man- agement employees hired in Bloomington had been provided an opportunity to work at their facilities elsewhere. Mr. Tron noted that merchandisers and cash- iers, their lowest paid employees, had to be laid off, but all management and ser- vice people were now working elsewhere in other states. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Tron responded that merchan- disers and cashiers were typically paid in the range of$10 to 13, with overtime of- fered if interested; and store managers typically made about $60,000 to $90,000. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Tron advised that the intent had been to open in middle or late march of 2014, with the store currently under con- struction. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Tron clarified that the landlord was doing the remodeling, with the license holder responsible for the costs of the F/F/E (fixtures, furniture and equipment) of approximately $1.1 million, with in- ventory purchases anticipated at approximately $2 million. While the landlord could speak for themselves, Mr. Tron estimated that they would be investing be- tween $1 million and $1.5 million in the build-out of the facility. Ms. Erin Mathern, Attorney with Larkin Hoffman, representing the land- lord, Tanner Development at Rosedale Marketplace As tenants go, from a landlord's perspective, Ms. Mathern opined that Total Wine & Spirits was a good anchor tenant for Rosedale Marketplace to bring traffic to the shopping mall as well as into Roseville generally. Ms. Mathern confirmed that her client had agreed to expend $1.5 million in landlord improvements to the leased space, as part of the 158-page lease agreement between the parties. Ms. Mathern noted that a good portion of the lease was related to tenant improve- ments, and what the landlord intended to do so the tenant could operate in that space. Based on the actual changes being made to the building, and potential economic injury to the landlord if a stay was granted, Ms. Mathern advised that the landlord was definitely opposed. No matter the decision of the City Council regarding the stay, Ms. Mathern ad- vised that the landlord would need to continue with the construction in order to