Mics are hot, everyone.

Oh, I uh I hijacked the chair that you were sitting in, and Britt's now sitting in it.

Sorry.

And I'm like, I'm not sitting in one of those screen chairs.

Very proud of him.

Next time, Brian.

Welcome, Deputy Mayor.

Hello.

Hello.

You know, the deputy mayor's chair is right there, but he wouldn't know if you moved it if he's not in the room.

I've been on that side of the day as long enough to steal the deputy mayor.

Yeah, I'll just say, you know, the transportation advisory board does not get the slides.

I am calling this meeting to order.

This is the time for the regularly scheduled meeting of the economic vitality board.

If you're attending this meeting in person, thank you.

This meeting is also uh viewable via video conference with information on the website for how to access that.

It is streamed on public TV channel one ninety.

And um, if none of those options are available, uh tuning in via phone call on the website is also available.

With that out of the way, uh, want to open the floor for any disclosures we have tonight.

Go ahead.

Just one.

Um, I participated in a conversation about the Fowler Housing Project.

The city hired a consultant to do uh some one-on-one conversations about this consensus process, so I participated in that um not as an economic vitality board member, but as someone who previously advocated for a public housing authority and followed the Fowler Avenue Connector Project.

Um, but just want to make that disclosure since that project might come in front of us later this year or next year.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I'll make the same disclosure.

Okay.

Last call for disclosures.

And with that concluded, we will move on to changes in the agenda.

Thank you, Chair.

So um I do have a of just a couple of changes that I want to make the board aware of.

And it really really relates to the the amount of um work planning that will be done tonight.

Unfortunately, half or some portion of our team couldn't make it this evening.

Um, our communications manager to Conn Clark, who manages the belonging and boseman program, and um Max uh Ziegler, our um art person in facilities who manages the art public art couldn't make it tonight.

And so I would I'm asking the board to um please uh move those items to next month, and we can we can fulfill the totality of the work plan next month.

But if we could just tonight focus on economic development and housing, and uh if the board could consider those work plan items and then motion and vote on those two items, and then we'll we'll kick the other two to next month if the board is okay with that.

Excellent.

Do we believe that change requires a motion?

I'm sorry, Chair, could you say that again?

Do we believe that change requires a motion?

I don't think it requires a motion.

I think it's uh just uh an uh administrative change to the agenda tonight.

Okay.

Well, in the interest of time, I think it makes all the sense in the world.

Thank you.

Any other changes to the agenda?

Hearing none, we'll move on to the public comment section of tonight's meeting.

This is the time to comment on any non-agenda matter falling within the scope of the Economic Vitality Board.

There will also be time in conjunction with each agenda item for public comment related to that item, but please only speak once per topic.

Please note the board cannot take action on any item which is does not appear on the agenda.

All persons addressing the board should speak in a civil and courteous manner, and members of the audience should be respectful of others.

When you speak, please state your name and state whether you are a resident of the city or a property owner within the city in an audible tone of voice for the record and limit your comments to three minutes.

Do we have any public comments?

Uh good evening.

Um Daniel Cardi, Bozeman resident.

I'm going to make a comment out ahead of the uh special presentation on your board's onboarding.

So I'm speaking tonight to ask this board to record dissenting opinions in its meeting minutes and forward both majority and dissenting opinions to the city commission for the commission's consideration.

My reasons for making these two requests are as follows.

Resolution 5323, section two number six states that the city advisory board members shall adhere to the one-body one voice principle in communications to the city commission on matters under the advisory board's purview, or that may come under the advisory board's purview.