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Commissioner Wise commented that we have had this gentleman at about four different locations so far and he wondered how strong this truly is. He was not in favor of spending money if nothing was happening. HRA Executive Director Nelson stated that we have not finished this through the engineering and code perspective. With pulling this piece in and putting it in the development contract, all of these over there would be paid like in The COR and she wanted to make sure everyone is aware of that. Chairperson Dehen asked if there are projects in the City that we can do on our own, without a Development Manager. Ms. Nelson replied we had an Economic Development person doing that type of work. Chairperson Dehen stated so because we do not have an Economic Development person we have our Development Manager out there. If we get someone in, what's the cost for Darren and our internal costs. If this business comes in here are there vibration issues with the rail stop this close to the range. Does that have any effect on shooting. Commissioner Ramsey stated the train has nothing to do with it. He stated that Mr. Lazan was working with this gentleman when he was going to go into The COR. Commissioner Elvig stated that part of the problem of paying a large commission up front without knowing what the deal is — he would be reluctant to say just make it work. He stated he does not have a problem with Darren doing it when we do not have anyone on staff that can. His concern is when we have the Development Manager and are paying him, then there is the engineering — he would rather have someone else doing engineering. Ms. Nelson stated we could put this on hold and when we hire and bring that Economic Development Marketing Manager board, he could be brought in on this project. However, this person probably will not be on board until the end of November and you need time to get some feet under you. She stated she wanted to differentiate that the role of the Economic Development Manager is the whole City versus just our downtown center. There is a fair value in Darren working with this but we do not want to diminish the fact that we can put this on hold for the Economic Development Manager. Chairperson Dehen stated that whether it's Darren Lazan or someone coming on board — what difference does it make. Its EDA or HRA — someone still has to do it. Ms. Nelson stated we have moved this gentleman around about four times. From a site perspective — what makes sense. It appears Sergio has the funding so do you want the Development Manager to do this work now? Housing and Redevelopment Authority / October 5, 2010 Page 7 of 11