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

Agenda — original pdf

Versión en español a continuación. Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting Tuesday, July 6, 2021 Commission on Immigrant Affairs to be held July 6, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (July 5, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the July 6, 2021 Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting, members of the public must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-972-5117 or sinying.chan@austintexas.gov no later than noon, July 5, 2021. The following information is required: speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, email address and telephone number (must be the same number that will be used to call into the meeting). •Once a request to speak has been made to the board liaison, the information to call on the day of the scheduled meeting will be provided either by email or phone call. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start time 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 sinying.chan@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 the meeting is broadcast live, it may be viewed here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live Reunión del Commission on Immigrant Affairs FECHA de la reunion (Martes, Julio 6, 2021) 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 (Julio 5, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de junta en 512-972-5117 o sinying.chan@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). Se requiere la siguiente información: nombre del orador, número (s) de artículo sobre el que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutral, dirección de correo electrónico (opcional) y un número de teléfono (debe ser el número que se utilizará para llamar ). • Una …

Approved Minutes — original pdf

COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:30 PM VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING Meeting Minutes Board Members in Attendance: Krystal Gomez, Chair Adrian De La Rosa Rennison Lalgee Board Members not in Attendance: Nicole Merritt, Vice-Chair Karen Crawford Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch Mehraz Rahman Joseph Ramirez-Hernandez Juan Vences-Benitez Montserrat Garibay Glenn Rosales Staff in Attendance: Sinying Chan, Staff Liaison & Health Equity Unit Program Coordinator/APH CALL TO ORDER 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL 2. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 7, 2021  Rennison moved to postpone approval of June minutes; Adrian seconded; all in favor 3. NEW BUSINESS: DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS: A. Interim Chief of Police, Joseph Chacon, Sadot Azzua, Austin Police Department (APD) Neighborhood Liaison, and other members of APD to discuss: (1) U-Visa Numbers and Policy, (2) Freedom Cities Resolutions Reports, and (3) new APD initiatives and policies B. Faisal Al-Juburi, RAICES, history in Austin and anticipated scope of work  Faisal was having technical difficulties and trying to reconnect; Kate moved to move Faisal to the bottom of New Business to let him reconnect; Adrian seconded; all in favor  Presenter was not able to present due to technical difficulties C. Update from Rocio Villalobos on her work with the Equity Office  Two naturalization ceremonies will be happening in July at the Twin Oaks Branch Library; with library card and voter registrations and COVID-19 vaccine administration Immigrant Integration Mini Grant will be launched tomorrow on 7/7/21   Talks and meetings on enhanced library cards are still going on; still need to follow up with City Legal D. Vote on a representative to attend Austin Public Health Asian Pacific Islander Task Force meetings  Adrian moved to have Rennison be the representative; Kate seconded; all in favor E. Discussion and possible action regarding the Commission on Immigrant Affairs Yearly Report  Krystal will send out future goals for the commission to staff liaison to forward to all commissioners for feedbacks  Mehraz will help Krystal with the writing 4. OLD BUSINESS A. Budget updates  No budget updates B. Report back from ISNA and the RST quarterly consultations C. Joint Inclusion Committee meeting update – Karen  No updates  No updates D. Update of Texas Legislative session – Krystal  In special session; no information on anything immigrant related FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS  Have APD come present quarterly  Check if RAICES would like to come …