Commission on Immigrant Affairs Regular Meeting of the Commission on Immigrant Affairs

Agenda — original pdf

Versión en español a continuación. Special Meeting of the Commission of Immigrant Affairs Monday, October 5, 2020 Commission on Immigrant Affairs to be held October 5, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance Sunday, October 4, 2020 by noon. All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the October 5, 2020 Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-401-7801 or connie.gonzales@austintexas.gov no later than noon, Sunday, October 4, 2020. The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to connie.gonzales@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del Commission of Immigrant Affairs FECHA de la reunion Monday, October 5, 2020 La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación Sunday, October 4, 2020 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: junta en 512-401-7801 or • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de connie.gonzales@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por correo electrónico una solicitud para hablar al …

Approved Minutes — original pdf

COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS Monday, October 5, 2020 6:30 PM VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING Meeting Minutes Montserrat Garibay Joseph Ramirez-Hernandez Rennison Lalgee Nicole Merritt Glen Rosales Banafsheh Madaninejad Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch Board Members in Attendance: Karen Crawford, Chair Juan Vences-Benitez Adrian De La Rosa Board Members not in Attendance: Krystal Gomez, Vice Chair Sam Adair Staff in Attendance: Sinying Chan, Staff Liaison & Health Equity Unit Program Coordinator/APH Connie H. Gonzales, Staff Liaison & Health Equity Unit Program Coordinator/APH Estephanie Olivares, Health Equity Unit Supervisor/APH CALL TO ORDER at 6:40 pm 1. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES  No minutes available for review  Table to next month 2. NEW BUSINESS: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS: A. APD Office of Community Liaison presentation on their work – Sadot Azzua – Immigrant and Refugee Community Liaison; Mei Fung – Asian Liaison; and Veronica Saldate – Crime Prevention, NNO, and Seniors Liaison  Presentation on their work and what they have done amid COVID-19  4 regions and 9 liaisons with different focus such as immigrant and refugee, Asian, crime prevention, Black, and LGBTQ etc.  Main outreach tasks include safety fairs, town hall, community engagement meetings, and community presentations with presence of APD police officers  Funding for programs of the APD Community Liaison Office is not in city budget and is raised by fundraiser – asking for recommendations on how to apply grants and funding  Operation Blue Santa, for example, is one of the many signature and at-risk programs of the APD Community Liaison Office due to lack of fundraisers during COVID-19  Mike Sheffield, manager of APD Community Liaison Office, spoke about current situation of funding and would be the point person for further discussion B. Vote on meeting schedule for January 2021 – December 2021  Rennison moved to keep meeting on first Monday of each month at 6:30 pm  Adrian seconded  Discussed about the difficulty of room reservation and holidays/election on first Mondays of certain months  Rennison amended motion to second Monday  Adrian seconded  All in favor (8-0) 3. OLD BUSINESS A. Update on budget recommendations for FY21, information on next steps for FY22  Most of our budget items were not funded. Increase of 1.1 million to Austin Public Health (APH) for mental health services, family violence prevention and immigrant legal services  Next Joint Inclusion Committee budget retreat is tentatively moved to October …