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• Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15,2015 Page 16 enhanced. If that was needed, Mayor Roe agreed that the HRA may need to deal with it through Community Development Department staff on the City's side. Chair Maschka admitted that this was an area needing further work. Mayor Roe stated that he didn't have a personal problem with the HRA issuing debt, while also understanding the mechanisms and limitations of it. Mayor Roe noted it may need to be an area of compromise between the City Council as a whole and the HRA. Chair Maschka noted the need for a good working relationship between the two bodies; opining that if the City Council was opposed in general to the HRA using debt instruments it was a different issue. However, Chair Maschka noted it was one tool to fill in a gap if and when such a situation arose. Mayor Roe agreed with that role, as defined by Chair Maschka, for the HRA. Councilmember McGehee agreed with the creativity of the HRA as a group; and lauded the success of the Dale Street Project in involving the community and done well. Whether or not the City Council stepping in to salvage the project was premature or not, Councilmember McGehee opined the product remained an ex- cellent one; and that the entire process and resulting project was to the HRA's credit, not attributable to the City Council. Chair Maschka noted that the HRA was not concerned with where the credit end- ed up, but only with the need for better communication with and among all par- ties. Councilmember McGehee agreed that the City Council taking those steps may not have been correct,but the HRA could take credit for the process. Councilmember McGehee noted the many successes of the HRA, including the Neighborhood and Business Enhancement Programs, Rental Registration and In- spection processes and limited complaints heard given the number of multi-family units initially receiving poor grades. In terms of the HRA's bonding authority, Councilmember McGehee stated she would not be opposed, but would prefer good communication with the City Council to authorize such bonding at a specific dollar amount. Councilmember McGehee opined that the HRA had been extremely fiscally responsible to-date, and given all the budgets she reviewed, appreciated the HRA's budget above all, and clear identification for each program they undertook. Councilmember McGehee opined that the City Council did not have the collective experience or time to do the projects initiated by the HRA, and assured that the HRA served to fill that gap for the City Council beyond simply in an advisory capacity.