At a meeting convened at 1:35 PM and adjourned at 1:58 PM, the Community & Economic Development Committee (all five members present) considered five agenda items, including three appointments to Business Improvement Districts, a funding resolution for a back-to-school festival, and a resolution establishing the 2027 federal grant Funding Allocation Plan. The meeting opened with a welcome to ten Common Council youth interns.
Um, uh, um, uh, I think that's what I'm doing. If we don't know what we can do, then we'll see. I don't know what we're gonna do. I don't know how much I'm uh, you can do it. Everyone. Welcome to the community and Economic development committee. I am the chairman Alderman Russell Stanford the second to my furthest right, as Alderman Mark Chambers. To his left is older woman. Well we're gonna do Dmitrievich. To my immediate left is our staff assistant, Miss Carmen Roman. And to her left is Older Woman Moore, and to her left is Alderman Jackson. Welcome. So I am delighted to see this many young people here. I understand that you're a guest of Alder Woman Moore. Please raise your hand if you are a leader. No leaders. That should be everybody. Okay, leaders, all the leaders come on up. Leaders come on up. Only leaders. If you're a leader, come on up. I'm only calling up leaders. Everybody else can sit back and follow. But let me see some leaders. All right, leaders. Yeah, you look like a leader. And chair. This is the this is the common council youth intern. So these are all of our interns. Awesome. Awesome. So young people, thank you for coming down to witness aldermen at work. The city of government. This is how the city of Milwaukee does business. We're more than welcome and happy and more than happy to have you. Order one more, these are your guests. I would like for you to introduce them and let us know what's going on. Unless we have a leader that would like to introduce and let us know uh why you guys are here today. Where's the leader? Can I get a leader? My man, look, you got the goal of chain. Let's do it. You got the gold chain on like me, man. You could be just right here just like me one day since you got the goal changing. Please introduce yourself and let us know who you guys are. I'm the Andrew at Riverside University. A little closer to you. Okay. I'm D'Angelo. I go to Riverside.