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• Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15, 2015 Page 21 Using the City of Brooklyn Center and their purchase of a hotel for redevelop- ment as regional headquarters for the FBI was a good example of positive prob- lem solving, with the HRA's ability to serve as a standalone group but tied to the City's overall economic development plan. Chair Maschka agreed, noting the Roseville Visitors Association also had that ability to tie in as well. Commissioner Elkins expressed her excitement with the upcoming HRA strategic planning, and her hopes to further expand on ideas, particularly with mixed hous- ing and affordable senior housing options as applicable. Commissioner Wall gave credit to Chair Maschka for not mincing words in ad- dressing misperceptions about relationship issues between the City Council and HRA. Commissioner Wall expressed his disappointment that the HRA had not been able to hold their strategic planning before this joint meeting, opining that he thought the HRA may end up looking significantly different than it currently is. Commissioner Wall stated his anticipation that the HRA would come out as stronger, more cohesive and do a better job understanding its statutory powers to achieve end results. While it may prove challenging, Commissioner Wall agreed with Mayor Roe about the need to consider meeting frequency or format and vary schedules as projects come up. Commissioner Wall expressed hope that the up- coming strategic planning session would result in the HRA coming out with a sense of the challenges before it but not backing down from them; and as stated by Councilmember Laliberte letting developers know that Roseville is open for business and redefining the City's past bad reputation in working with developers. While recognizing that development involves some risk, Commissioner Wall opined that the key was to know how to allocate that risk, including that of the HRA. However, if sufficient risk/benefit analyses were done, Commissioner Wall opined that good decisions would result more often than not. Commissioner Wall expressed interest in learning what other HRA's are doing in the state and in other states, county HRA's, and improvements that area possible based on their experience within stator frameworks. Commissioner Wall opined that the HRA was a good and dedicated group of individuals. Mayor Roe suggested reviewing Economic Development Authorities as well giv- en their similarities Speaking on behalf of the City Council, Mayor Roe invited the HRA to come back before them to report on their strategic planning session even before the next quarterly meeting if they chose to do so. Commissioner Wall recognized the benefit of having a Councilmember serving on the HRA to provide that perspective as well.