Costco, Apartments and mostly drive-thru restaurants is approved. (Plot map linked above) 

MPCA put out 2 surveys about this development. The first asked if residents wanted a large park with a bandshell versus a bigbox store (generic). That survey result was 95% - 5% in favor of the park, with over 350 taking the survey. Later when Costco was the apparent anchor store, the second survey asked about a true Multi-use Retail-Office-Housing (MU-R) development versus a Costco, 300 apartments and drive thru restaurants. That result was 58% - 42% in favor of the MU-R, with only 120 taking the survey. The county still chose to award the Costco development.  MPCA has submitted an Open Records request with the county to try and understand how a once-in-a-generation “dream project” ended as just another 31 acres of traffic gridlock, pavement and urban sprawl. Multiple stipulations had to be added at the approval meeting, like no Vape Shops, Car Parts stores, etc. This is because the revised Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) was approved 2 weeks prior and changed many conditions imposed on developers. Without those being manually added for all future developments, more options will be available to developers and retailers than existed previously.