and welcome, cyndy andrus. >> that's right senator tester. senator sinema will introduce the mayor of tempe. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing today i am leased to introduce my friend the honorable corey woods who serves as the mayor of everye. s also the chief of staff at -- he earned his b.a. from the university of michigan. and his m.a. from arizona state university's mary lieu fulton college of education. the city of tempe has prioritized a multiple mobile atroech to transit helping the city be more livable and walkable and improving the quality of life for residents. like many cities in arizona and across country they face challenges taking good ideas like the vita car bringing them to life. the federal government needs to continue to be a reliable capable partner that helps cities and towns across arizona grow and thrive. i am so pleased to have an arizona witness in today's hearing. i am committed to ensuring that the infrastructure needs ofs as communities are met now and into the future. thank you mr. chai

the speaker is cyndy comerford. documents and resolution file 2021-04-coe for planning process and establish department roles and responsibilities. for discussion and possible action. >> commissioner sullivan: thank you. as you all know, the development of the climate action plan is well underway and tonight we're going to get a look at the process. we'll hear from cyndy and rich about the amazing work and collaboration they have done. this is closely connected to the proposed updates to chapter 9 of the environment code. the policy committee got to hear about the changes to chapter 9 on may 10th. at that time the ordinance was not introduced yet at the board of supervisors. the ordinance was introduced may 18th. we'll hear presentations on the climate action plan and proposed updates to chapter 9 and i look forward to the discussion around the resolution. i'll turn it over to cyndy and rich and then hear from laura feinstein the sustainability director at spur. >> thank you commissioner sullivan. i apologize for no

and we'll hear from mayor cyndy andrus of bozeman, montana. she'll tell you that high housing prices aren't just a problem in wealthy neighborhoods in big cities, her city's housing shortage is driving up home prices and leaving families without options. all of these mayors, and the local leaders i talk to in ohio, will tell you they've tried to make it on their own because they have to, not because they want to, not because they don't need investment. they want to be part of a broad national project. they want to build thriving, equitable and resilient communities. it's time for all our communities, and the workers and the families that call them home, to share in our country's prosperity. in part it begins with are doing our job in washington and extend thatat helping hand to these grt cities across our country. senator toomey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you to our witnesses, especially my fellowy. pennsylvanian, josh parsons from lancaster county. our last hearing about infrastructure was almost a month ago. i noted a group of re

as far as cyndy andrus goes at the pleasure to have her before the committee. she's an incredible leader of the state of montana and she has been on the city council of boseman since 2010 and served as mayor in -- and the fact is she's been a great leader for the boseman region which by the way is one of the highest fastest-growing areas in our state. she has worked in the tourism industry for over 25 years and we all know how important tourism is far great state of montana she also served on the border to years for the national league of cities and towns. she is also the past chair of the treasury counsel. as mayor i will visit with her about participating in this hearing. she pointed out it's incredibly complex and critical challenge in a rapidly growing boseman. as it is another areas across this country so to address this and other of the structure challenges it's important to hear from people like cyndy andrus another local officials on the ground about what's working and what isn't working. both of those are critically important but i look forward to this

the speaker is cyndy comerford.-coe for planning process and establish department roles and responsibilities. for discussion and possible action. >> commissioner sullivan: thank you. as you all know, the development of the climate action plan is well underway and tonight we're going to get a look at the process. we'll hear from cyndy and rich about the amazing work and collaboration they have done. this is closely connected to the proposed updates to chapter 9 of the environment code. the policy committee got to hear about the changes to chapter 9 on may 10th. at that time the ordinance was not introduced yet at the board of supervisors. the ordinance was introduced may 18th. we'll hear presentations on the climate action plan and proposed updates to chapter 9 and i look forward to the discussion around the resolution. i'll turn it over to cyndy and rich and then hear from laura feinstein the sustainability director at spur. >> thank you commissioner sullivan. i apologize for no video. i was able to call in. thank y

cyndy, good to have you here. i very much appreciate your commitment to the cause on housing. senator -- from the bozman perspective, can you tell me number one, if you have done this i apologize, can you tell me what kind of shortage you have in bozeman? is there a number of units you are short on? if you could tell me that. then tell me what we can do at the federal level to address the affordability challenge? look, i have read some of the testimony. i have heard some folks have said here. i may get to pint where we ask that question is affordable housing even available. it's not in montana. i don't think montana is an outliar. i think it's this way all over the country. could you tell me what you're short in bozeman? and what federal program do you look at and say, you know what, that's doing good things for us. mayor andrus: thank you, senator tester. we over the last year have done a study to look at our housing inventory and we need approximately 6,000 homes to be constructed by 2030. at the pace we are going that's a lot of housing to provide. what i believe can help,