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In regards to Menards, I (along with Brian) met with them several times. They never <br />officially submitted any plans so I am not sure what they took away from the meetings. I <br />would say we were interested in helping them get thru the process, but Menards never <br />seemed that motivated to make a quick decision. The Diamonds site was pretty tight to <br />fit all of what they wanted on it (the huge store, the storage yard, stormwater, and <br />parking). There was also some access problems that they would need to have worked out <br />with MnDOT. One of the things I recall is that they wanted the City to vacate the right- <br />of-way for the future frontage road along Hwy. 10 (they wanted it for parking). We said <br />that we needed that area for when Hwy. 10 was rebuilt. We had several meetings to <br />discuss. I don't recall them ever saying that our position was a deal killer. I don't <br />remember them saying that they were not coming before I left. I think it was still a <br />possiblity when I left in the fall of 2007. Also Gary Gruber was asking for all types of <br />special events permits at the time, so I am not sure how serious the ownership was in <br />selling it to Menards in the first place. <br />Hope that helps. Brian could shed some light on it too. <br />