Community Development Board

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Community Development Board Agenda 316 N 26th St, Billings, MT 59101 406.657.8281 Relay: 711 BillingsMT.gov/ComDev Board Members: Presented below is the agenda for the upcoming Community Development Board Meeting. If you have any additional items to add to the agenda, if you have questions, or if you are unable to attend the meeting, please call Jordan Langton at 406-860-9126 or notify via email at langtonj@billingsmt.gov. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD AGENDA 3:00 pm, Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Beartooth Meeting Room – 5th Floor, City Hall, 316 N 26th St, Billings, MT Order Agenda Items Person(s) Process I. Welcome / Introduction / Announcements Ali Pistora - Public Comment Period – As Required: Public II. Ali Pistora Three-Minute Maximum per Person Comment III. Meeting Minutes: June 2026 Ali Pistora Action IV. AmeriCorps VISTA Project Review: Montana Center at MSU-Billings Melanie Phelps Report V. AmeriCorps VISTA Project Review: Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains Kamlack Tesfa Report Staff Reports CD Staff Report VI. Staff will report on current programs and progress on projects: • Jordan: First Time Home Buyer; Affordable Housing Development • Carly: Billings Metro VISTA Project; HOME-ARP Expenditure and Program Updates CD Board Discussion VII. The Board and staff will discuss updates to programs and expenditure timelines. Board & Commission Annual Report to City Council Ali Pistora Development VIII. The Community Development Board is required to make a written report of board activity to the Mayor and City Council as authorized by majority vote of the entire membership of the CD Board. See form on the following page and last year’s report. CD Board Meeting Schedule Discussion CD Board Discussion IX. An opportunity for board members and staff to discuss the possibility of shifting CD Board meetings from Tuesdays to Thursdays. September Meeting Discussion CD Board Action X. A time for board members to discuss agenda items for a meeting to be held in July and determine if the meeting can be cancelled, as it has been in previous years. Neighborhood Concerns & Happenings CD Board Updates XI. An opportunity for board members to share information or concerns. Set Next Meeting Agenda & Adjournment: Next Meeting: Pending CD Board Action Note: Additional information on any of these items is available in the Community Development Office. Public meetings are accessible to individuals with physical disabilities. Special arrangements for participation in the public meetings by individuals with hearing, speech, or vision impairment may be made upon request at least three days prior to the meeting. Please notify Jordan Langton at 406-860-9126 (711 TTY) or email at langtonj@billingsmt.gov. “Quorum” is defined as a simple majority of the appointed members. REMOTE ATTENDANCE Remote attendance can be requested at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting for the following reasons: illness or health condition; personal emergency, travel, or other circumstances reasonably limiting ability to participate in person; fire, flood, earthquake or other community emergency making attendance impractical. Please email langtonj@billingsmt.gov; beckettb@billingsmt.gov; collinsc@billingsmt.gov; chair; and vice chair with request, citing one of the above-listed reasons (no explanation necessary). If zoom invitation follows, the request has been approved. Members are limited to two consecutive remote attendances and are limited to four remote attendances per calendar year. Board approval is required for remote participation over four meetings per calendar year. Board members attending remotely must: • Ensure equipment, technology, and venue used is materially comparable to in-person participation and not a distraction. • Be able to see and hear staff and other Board members. • Be able to reasonably observe all materials discussed during the meeting. • Refrain from communicating with others, not in the meeting, regarding matters of the agenda.