CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
Strategic & Racial Equity Action Plan
Final Adoption
City Coordinator’s Office – Division of Race & Equity
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July 24, 2019
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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS Strategic & Racial Equity Action Plan Final Adoption City Coordinators Office Division of Race & Equity July 24, 2019 1 Workforce: Increase the hiring and retention of People of Color and Indigenous
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
City Coordinator’s Office – Division of Race & Equity
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July 24, 2019
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Adopted by City Council in December 2018
Workforce: Increase the hiring and retention of People of Color and Indigenous People in the City’s workforce Process Owner: Human Resources Spending: Increase the percent count of, and spend with, racially and ethnically diverse suppliers across all departments Process Owners: City Coordinator, Civil Rights, Procurement Data: Improve the use of racially disaggregated data for decision making in the legislative process Process Owners: City Clerk, Race & Equity Community Engagement: Improve the capacity of appointed boards and commissions (ABCs) to advance the City’s racial equity work Process Owners: City Clerk & NCR
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Drafted by City Council in February 2019 for staff to refine through SREAP process
Public Safety: Eliminate the disproportionate impact of violence in Black, Indigenous, People of Color communities.
Process Owners: Health & Police
Housing: Reduce evictions among communities of color so that disparities are eliminated between Black, Indigenous, People of Color communities and white people.
Process Owners: Regulatory Services & CPED Housing
Economic Development: Increase the number of businesses owned by people of color so that the disparity between Black, Indigenous, People of Color communities and white people is eliminated.
Process Owner: CPED
issue
articulated problem refined by data
describe the performance of the Strategic Need
leading process metric that is most strongly correlated to the lagging indicators
activities that, once implemented, will have meaningful impact on meeting the desired
are successful
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Regulatory Services
Executive Director of Community Planning & Economic Development
Office of Violence Prevention – Health Department
City Clerk
Director of Strategic Initiatives, City Coordinator’s Office
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The City of Minneapolis relies on rental property owners to provide safe, stable housing for more than half of its
authority, the City has a unique relationship with rental property
leveraged in upstream activities to ensure racially and ethnically diverse residents who rent their homes are equitably supported in meeting their needs for safe, affordable and accessible housing.
HOUSING
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PROBLEM OVERVIEW
eviction rates.
also experience involuntary rental displacement outside of eviction process.
stability for BIPOC residents which can lead to increased displacement. METRICS OF URGENCY
in 55411, 55412 and 55404 that improve their Tier assignment
Regulatory Services by residents in 55411, 55412 and 55404
that attend the rental property owners management course
HOUSING
KEY LAGGING INDICATOR
and judgements
Vacate or other communication directing residents to move
whether the move is voluntary or involuntary VITAL FEW PROJECTS
leverage the relationship the City has with rental property owners to minimize involuntary displacement. GOAL Residents renting in zip codes 55411, 55412, and 55404 reside in safe, habitable, affordable, secure/stable, and respectful homes until they choose to leave.
Policy Guidance
Committee
Study
Relationship
Partnerships
Partnerships
Staffing
Apprenticeship Program
and Inclusion Team
Cultural Agility Development Plans
Regulatory
Ordinance
Ordinance
Assistance Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance
Ordinance Revisions
Premises
Sale Enforcement
Programmatic/ Operational
external)
Rental Licenses
Board
Revolving Fund
Owners Workshop
Education
Scheduling Pilot
Landlord Recognition Program
HOUSING
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BIPOC business ownership is an important strategy for increasing community and household wealth, and contributes to overall economic
businesses over time, racial gaps in business ownership, revenues, and employment persist. Reducing these gaps requires targeted support for both new businesses creation and retention
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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PROBLEM OVERVIEW
supportive programs available to BIPOC businesses, and while the City collects information about program participation, including demographics, current data collection, tracking, and evaluation practices limit our knowledge of how well these programs work for BIPOC businesses. METRICS OF URGENCY
contacts with City or our intermediaries, by business owner race/ethnicity
business owner race/ethnicity
BIPOC-owned businesses
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
KEY LAGGING INDICATOR
Minneapolis-based businesses that interact with the City started, by
Minneapolis-based businesses that interact with the City still in business, by owner race/ethnicity VITAL FEW PROJECTS
Business Team as a trusted first step for emerging, new, and existing BIPOC businesses.
issues/pain points for BIPOC businesses.
BIPOC businesses.
GOAL
BIPOC businesses that directly and indirectly interact with the City meet or exceed national average survival rate benchmarks.
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High quality youth development programs
young people at risk of involvement with
programs has been diminishing across
safety of all residents, including social and community protections. An absence of quality, sustainable, and culturally responsive programming may contribute to an overreliance on enforcement as the primary method of ensuring public safety. Youth development programs that provide key protective factors that buffer against violence must be a part of the City’s public safety approach.
PUBLIC SAFETY
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PROBLEM OVERVIEW
lead to substantial reductions in involvement with violence, even for young people who have significant risk factors for involvement with violence present.
youth program investment over the last 20+ years.
METRICS OF URGENCY
responsive youth development programs serving Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ages 10 to 24 in higher violence areas in Minneapolis
quality, culturally responsive youth development programs
PUBLIC SAFETY
KEY LAGGING INDICATOR
violence areas who are participating in high-quality, culturally responsive youth development programs
quality youth development programs in high violence areas of Minneapolis compared to the need
VITAL FEW PROJECTS
for supporting establishment, maintenance, and delivery of high-quality, culturally responsive youth development programs.
reporting the existence of, and participation in, programs in Minneapolis, by neighborhood.
GOAL
A decrease in the number/percent of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ages 10 to 24 living in higher violence areas who are reported as victims
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In the legislative process, standing committees play a critical role in exercising primary oversight of specific areas of municipal policy. Committees deliberate and recommend ordinances which regulate persons or property and usually relates to matters of a general and permanent
legislative process increases the effectiveness of this decision-making in advancing the City’s racial equity priority.
RACIALLY DISAGGREGATED DATA
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RACIALLY DISAGGREGATED DATA
Task Owner
2019
Q3
2019
Q4
2020
Q1
2020
Q2
2020
Q3
2020
Q4
Identify when Racial Equity Impact Analysis is required in the legislative process RE, Clerk Develop prototype for Racial Equity Impact Analysis tool RE Test prototype and gather feedback from departments and users RE Develop training and resources for departments/staff to effectively utilize the tool RE, Clerk Embed Racial Equity Impact Analysis into LIMS Clerk Roll out of Racial Equity Impact Analysis to all departments RE, Clerk Monitor and report utilization to Racial Equity Steering Committee and RECAC RE
Solution: Install and implement a new process that ensures all RCA’s include racially disaggregated data when it is appropriate.
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Racially and ethnically diverse businesses help drive the city’s economic growth. Diversifying our government’s vendor base increases
and services, supports competitive pricing, and ensures we are doing our fair share in supporting important sources of income and jobs in racially and ethnically diverse communities.
DIVERSE SPEND
standards for outcomes
department’s historical spend (Partnership w/City of
Minneapolis & Greater MSP)
Enterprise wide goal
tools
from Living Cities
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Percent of active vendors coded
Not coded Coded
DIVERSE SPEND
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Racial Equity Community Advisory Committee
community on City's progress in closing racial disparities.
Racial Equity Steering Committee
progress internally.
available to the public.
Other established reporting mechanisms
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