Approved Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

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 present next month ANNOUNCEMENT ADJOURNMENT  Kate moved to adjourn; Adrian seconded; all in favor      The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days before the meeting date. Please contact Stephanie Hayden at the Austin Public Health at (512) 972-5017 or email: stephanie.hayden@austintexas.gov, for additional information. TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711.