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From YouTube: June 19, 2019 Intergovernmental Relations Committee
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Minneapolis Intergovernmental Relations Committee Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
I'm
gonna
call
to
order
this
regularly
scheduled
inter
governmental
relations
committee
meeting
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
committee,
comes
from
Oh
Johnson
I'm
joined
today
by
a
quorum
of
our
committee,
members,
council,
member
Sami,
Schrader
and
council
president
bender,
and
we
have
before
us
four
items
today,
two
of
which
are
consent
items
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
move
those
consent
items
first.
The
first
item
is
the
biennial
budget
process
charter
amendment
setting
a
public
hearing
for
July
24th
to
consider
this
subject
matter
ordinance
amending
the
city
charter.
A
The
second
item
is
local
approval
of
the
special
law.
This
is
a
passage
of
a
resolution
approving
a
law
related
to
a
tax,
increment
financing
district
for
the
upper
harbour
terminal
development
and
we'll
see
if
committee
members
have
any
questions
or
comments
on
those
items
now
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
those
opposed
all
right.
The
motion
carries
mr.
Ranieri,
yes,
I.
A
C
You
committee,
chair
Johnson
community
members
on
my
name,
is
Michele
Rome,
the
director
of
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
Affairs
within
neighborhood
and
community
relations,
and
I'm
very
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
the
city's
resolution
recognizing
June
20th
as
World
Refugee
day.
First
I
would
like
to
mention
that
there
are
a
couple
of
small
changes
in
the
resolution.
I
believe
you
may
have
those
before
you
in
the
second-to-last,
whereas
on
the
first
page,
where
little
read
less
is
struck
out
and
replaced
by
fewer,
and
there
was
an
additional
word.
C
Current
refugee
type
of
30,000
individuals,
so
World
Refugee
day,
was
established
in
the
year
2000
to
recognize
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Convention
on
the
status
of
refugees.
A
refugee
is
someone
who
has
suffered,
who
has
a
well-founded
fear
of
persecution
on
the
basis
of
their
race,
religion,
nationality,
political
opinion
or
membership,
and
a
particular
social
group.
C
It's
important
to
call
attention
to
the
fact
that
our
United
States
government
refugee
program
is
currently
resettling
the
fewest
number
of
refugees
in
its
history
for
the
latest
fiscal
year,
2019,
which
goes
from
October
2018
to
September
2019,
the
United
States
set
a
refugee
ceiling
of
only
30,000
people.
This
is
in
line
with
the
current
presidential
administrations
annual
reduction
in
refugee
ceiling.
As
for
fiscal
year
2018,
the
ceiling
was
only
45
thousand
refugees
and
keep
in
mind
also
that
the
ceiling
is
the
maximum
number
for
2018
fiscal
year.
C
The
total
number
of
people
actually
resettled
was
approximately
22,000
exactly
twenty
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
ninety-one
people,
and
these
figures
represent
a
radical
departure
from
the
last
refuge
in
the
last
presidential
administration,
which
was
a
hundred
and
ten
thousand
people
to
translate
this
into
Minnesota
terms.
As
I
said,
for
fiscal
year,
2019
we've
resettled
521
people
according
to
the
office
of
the
state
refugee
coordinator,
Rochelle
King,
our
resettlement
rate
for
fiscal
year.
2016
was
three
thousand
fifty
nine
people
for
2017.
C
Refugees
make
important
contributions
to
our
society.
A
2017
study
by
the
partnership
for
a
new
American
economy
found
that
refugee
households
earned
seventy
seven
point:
two
billion
dollars
in
2015,
resulting
in
six
point:
four
billion
dollars
in
state
and
local
taxes
and
fourteen
point
five
billion
dollars
in.
D
C
Taxes,
today's
young
refugees
are
tomorrow's
workforce,
civic
leaders
and
business
owners,
refugees
bring
culture
and
wisdom
of
life
experience
and
survival
to
this
country
and
refugees
have
among
the
highest
naturalization
rates
of
any
immigrant
category.
A
recent
Department
of
Homeland
Security
report
indicates
that
of
adult
refugees
who
obtained
permanent
resident
status
between
the
year
2000
and
2010,
sixty
percent
naturalized
or
obtained
US
citizenship
within
six
years.
C
The
definition
of
a
refugee,
a
person
who
has
a
well-founded
fear
of
persecution
on
account
of
a
protected
ground
also
applies
to
the
many
asylum
seekers
who
come
to
the
United
States
Asylum
applicants
are
also
displaced
people
as
they
come
here
because
they
cannot
remain
in
their
home
countries.
The
most
recent
statistics
available
for
2017
indicate
that
over
250,000
asylum
applications
were
presented
in
the
u.s.
with
that
being
fairly
evenly
divided
between
US
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
affirmative
applications
and
I'm
sorry
and
defensive
applications
presented
before
an
immigration
court.
C
So
as
far
as
countries
of
nationality
for
individuals
following
affirmative
applications
in
the
primary
countries
of
nationality
include
Venezuela,
China,
Guatemala,
New,
Mexico,
El,
Salvador,
Honduras,
India,
Haiti
and
Columbia
for
affirmative
for
defensive.
The
main
countries
are
El
Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico,
Haiti,
India,
China,
Ecuador
Brazil.
C
This
past
March.
These
temporary
programs,
under
which
thousands
of
residents
of
the
state
of
Minnesota,
reside
in
the
US
for
years,
if
not
decades,
are
not
a
permanent
solution
and
our
briefly
make
mission
of
the
American
Dream
and
promise
act,
hr6,
which
recently
passed
the
House
of
Representatives
and
was
received
in
the
Senate
early
this
month,
which
identifies
a
pathway
to
u.s.
permanent
residence
for
these
individuals
who
have
long
residents
clean
records
and,
in
many
cases,
family
relationships
tying
them
to
this
country.
C
The
World
Refugee
day
resolution
reaffirms
the
city's
commitment
to
promote
the
safety,
health
and
well-being
of
individuals
fleeing
war,
persecution
and
torture,
and
commits
the
city
to
ensuring
that
refugees
and
other
displaced
persons
find
material,
social
and
legal
protections
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
as
these
are
ways
to
honor
our
commitment
to
being
a
welcoming
city.
This
concludes
my
statement
and
I'm
available
to
answer
any
questions.
Wonderful.
A
Thank
you.
Do
we
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
committee
members
I'll
just
note
here,
because
this
resolution
deals
with
policy.
That's
why
I'm
bringing
it
forward
is
the
author.
Normally,
when
we
have
symbolic
resolutions,
we
have
all
council
members
on
them.
I
know
that,
with
this
resolution,
this
is
something
every
one
of
my
colleagues
is
supportive
of
and
so
I'd
like
the
clerk
to.
A
D
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
thank
you
for
authoring.
This
resolution
and
I
would
like
to
thank
director
Rivera
for
the
hard
work
she's
done
and
around
this
issue.
You
know
as
a
former
refugee.
This
is
very
important
resolution
and
it's
a
very
difficult
time.
You
know
across
America
and
the
Western
world
in
terms
of
the
way
people
feel
about
refugees
and
the
fact
that
we
have
the
largest
displaced
and
largest
number
of
human
beings
seeking
refuge
any
time
in
the
world
and
we're
closing
our
doors.
It's
a
very
difficult
moment.
So
thank
you
for
look.
A
B
Chairman
and
committee
members,
not
much
is
happening
at
the
Capitol
these
days,
the
legislature
adjourned
back
on
the
end
of
May.
We
don't
see
very
many
interim
hearings,
but
there
are
a
couple:
things
happening:
the
legislative,
Commission
city's
legislative
citizens,
Commission
on
Minnesota
resources,
started
their
process
back
in
January
soliciting
for
proposals
and
projects
they've
about
66
million
dollars
to
appropriate
this
year
to
recommend
projects
for
that
come
from
the
environmental
trust
fund,
which
I
think
comes
in
a
lottery.
B
There
are
now
here
having
hearings
and
one
of
the
projects
is
from
is
in
the
city
and
that's
from
the
Friends
of
the
Lock
and
Dam
they're
requesting
some
funds
for
some
improvements
now
along
the
river
they're
hearing
is
next
week.
What's
interesting
in
this
process,
they
go
through
a
filtering
process.
Every
proposal
that's
submitted
is
reviewed,
but
not
every
proposal
is
presented
to
the
Commission
so,
and
we
would
you
know
in
July
if
which
completes
projects
would
be
approved.
B
What
happened
with
our
life
legislative
liason
team,
as
well
as
outlining,
is
the
timeframe
and
the
process
for
submitting
proposals
having
embedded
on
which
the
legislative
whyisign
team
into
the
council
and
this
committee,
the
liason
team,
consists
of
representatives
from
all
city
departments,
mayor's
office.
Some
council
members,
council
offices,
where
we
just
discuss
issues,
go
through
the
proposals
and
come
up
with
some
ideas
to
recommend
to
the
council,
and
now
it
will
start
next
week.
Thank
you.
Excellent.