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Ms. Nelson stated that communication was listed as an issue. The Council wanted to have a discussion relating to this and then put together some other items for the HRA to do its own planning. Chairperson Jeffrey stated that in looking at the bulleted items, he did not know if the new Councilmembers have ever seen Mr. Lazan's contract. He asked staff to get that out to the new members so they can read it ahead and will be ready to discuss it. Commissioner Elvig stated he is anxious to make sure we have a conversation about performance and get the structure laid out long before we look at the contract. Commissioner Tossey stated he was in a committee meeting and he heard a City staff member refer to The COR as Darren's COR. He stated he wanted to think of it as our COR and that kind of talk is destructive. He wished some of these items could be addressed. He stated that he was at a meeting and we were trying to convince a pizza business to come and he saw Cronk and Greeby reel that guy back in. He said what they did was pretty fantastic. Ms. Nelson stated that this is our charge and our structure. The goal of the HRA was to create a separate development arm of the City and to create some autonomy so we could work as a separate piece. She knew there would be some issues with that. The structure we set up has some conflicts with that. We are looking for the HRA to say yes we should continue to work on this private side and we will, or redirect us to structure it differently. Mr. Lazan stated that he feels a genuine appreciation that we are set up like this. We mean business — he feels this structure is fundamental to that success. This is your project — my name is on your card - we have created this entity. This is a team. If we want to lay too much bureaucracy, we will undermine what we have done. Commissioner Backous asked what type of efforts did we take with staff to make sure they were not blind- sided. Ms. Nelson stated we have had a lot of discussions on what we are doing. We are bringing them along so they are not completely in the dark. She felt we have made a real effort to communicate. City Administrator Ulrich stated we are making it up as we go along too because this is all new to us as well. If we have communication issues, we try to address them. Too much communication — not enough communication — this project should have a big advantage because it is a City project. We are working as we go along and he felt it's been a gradual acceptance. Commissioner Backous asked about a major push back and morale — and he asked what Mr. Ulrich's sense of morale is. Mr. Ulrich replied that this was never a City project to begin with. This is a high profile project to be involved with; it's probably a little bit of wanting to be more involved and they cannot be Housing and Redevelopment Authority / February 1, 2011 Page 9of12