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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15, 2015 Page 14 Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:15 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:23 p.m. Given the time, and with no dissention from his colleagues, Mayor Roe amended the agenda to first meet with the HRA and then move to budget discussions. 15. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Housing& Redevelopment Authority(HRA) Strategic Planning Discussion Mayor Roe welcomed Commissioners and thanked them for these quarterly meet- ings and improved communications between the two bodies. Chair Dean Maschka and Commissioners Susan Elkins and Dan Wall were pre- sent, along with Councilmember/HRA member Jason Etten. Community Devel- opment Director and Acting HRA Executive Director Paul Bilotta was also avail- able as needed; and HRA Consultant Barbara Raye was present as a precursor to upcoming HRA strategic planning efforts. Chair Maschka briefly reviewed accomplishments and programs of the HRA since the last joint meeting and as detailed in the RCA dated June 15, 2015. Chair Maschka opined that to-date, the HRA has demonstrated novel, creative ideas and working models on which to build; and had available to it time to dig into those issues that is not readily available to the City Council. However, Chair Maschka noted the current "elephant in the room," which he at- tributed to the Dale Street Project, which fortunately remained successful. As part of the HRA's upcoming discussion at the strategic planning meeting, Chair Mas- chka noted the need to openly and honestly discuss what went wrong with that process, its timeline and missing metrics in performing due diligence. Chair Mas- chka noted that the way the project had been removed from the HRA's auspices had been very disconcerting, and recognized that the City Council had come close to a mass resignation of acting Commissioners serving on the HRA, creating vari- ous and unfortunate communication issues and misperceptions. As a result, Chair Maschka uestioned what the ongoing HRA role and use of q their full authority was from the perspective of the City Council, whether it should remain fully functioning or become a non-essential entity. If the City Council was uncomfortable with the statutory authority of the HRA and levy ability, which seemed to be creating some tension, Chair Maschka suggested the City Council may wish to fill that role itself rather than second-guessing the efforts of the HRA. By its very nature, Chair Maschka noted that the HRA filled in where the private market place didn't work. Chair Maschka noted another area of concern was in the role of the HRA's Ex- ecutive Director and current status as a City of Roseville employee while the HRA paid the entire salary for the position without having any say or input in as- sessing or reviewing performance. Chair Maschka clarified that the HRA had no