"We're going to have a talk about it - whether those targets are broad enough, ambitious enough," Mr Yule said.
"The question is are they the right targets and are they aggressive enough. I suspect that will be part of tomorrow's conversation."
The targets have been panned by Napier's Labour MP, Stuart Nash, and the party's Tukituki spokeswoman, Anna Lorck as being too mediocre.
They include having provincial job growth the "same or better than" the New Zealand average and road deaths the "same or lower than" the country's average by 2025.
Mr Nash and Ms Lorck said the region should be setting more ambitious goals.
That view was echoed by Napier Mayor Bill Dalton yesterday.
"I don't think they are aspirational enough but in saying that, Craig [Foss] at least had the initiative to come up with a target," Mr Dalton said.
He supported Mr Foss' goals "with a very strong caveat that I don't think even those very modest targets are achievable if amalgamation goes ahead. I think amalgamation will be so disruptive and so divisive that achieving those targets would be impossible".
The chief executive of the Hawke's Bay Chamber of Commerce, Wayne Walford, said the goals were "a fantastic start" and the chamber supported any initiative which was aligned with its support for business growth in the region.
Mr Walford, who stood as National's Napier candidate in this year's general election, said he did not accept Ms Lorck's criticism that the targets had avoided reference to improving average household income in the region, which is well below the national average.
He said the targets had a commercial focus and the wealth of Hawke's Bay families would improve if the environment for businesses in the region picked up.