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Ms. Nelson stated this is a challenging project for the City to take on as a developer. We have day -to -day challenges of trying to keep this HRA business operating in the structure it was intended. Some of the challenge is how do we keep the City regulatory side in one place and the development side in another. There is a challenge amongst the HRA as well as sharing of information — what's public — what's closed. There are varying levels of engagement with seven HRA members. She did not know what the fix is or if there needs to be a fix. But if the HRA desires to have separate operating entity to have support for that — there has to be trust and some latitude to continue to work on this. Commissioner Ramsey said it frustrates him sometimes that he hears some members are getting information and some are not. That is true, but some of the members are here asking questions - anyone can ask anyone questions. Commissioner McGlone sated he was looking for discussion on now that you have experience under your belt — is there anything about it that could be tweaked. We have to sell property this spring that we have not even platted yet. Are we on track — or what can we do to get on the fast track. Commissioner Elvig said the HRA started — bought property - worked on agreements and we all had some expectations. Through our own lack of experience we realized that's not working but we never came back and changed our expectations. If there are still expectations on the table, maybe we need to go back and look at what works and what our expectations are. Mr Lazan stated that this is a large scope project with large fees — especially for the first six months. After a year, he feels we have our arms around this. We went through the normal dashboard — then it "sprung" all over the place. He feels it is a great idea to have expectation discussions. The biggest challenge — positive leadership is the number one component for success of this project. We have to be positive leaders on the outside all the time. We need to take this down to staff level. He stated he is very impressed that staff recognizes this is a project. Use our development team as much as we have to offer. We need help from staff but he did not feel 100 percent that the buy in is there — it feels like a tug of war. Commissioner Ramsey stated the hot list is an issue we have to resolve and the dashboard and he did not see why individuals cannot see it. We have to trust Heidi and Kurt to make sure that information is accurate There has to be a trust level. Chairperson Jeffrey stated, with regard to lack of support — if we have staff that is not supporting the direction of this project and direction of the City then we have a problem. He stated he is not sure he wants Mr. Lazan calling people out and saying he's not getting what he needs from people. He asked if maybe we are understaffed. Mr. Lazan stated he is not calling anyone out or that there is any real problem but he wants the level of trust from staff. He stated we struggle with this balance and reiterated the need for a level of positive leadership. Housing and Redevelopment Authority / January 4, 2011 Page 4 of 5