Conciliation: A process convened by the department for the purpose of negotiating a mutually agreeable
remedy between the applicable parties and the department after a finding of probable
cause.
Complainant: A person who has filed an allegation of unlawful discrimination with the Minneapolis
Department of Civil Rights, or the director when the director files a charge.
Contract: For the purposes of ordinance provisions governing contracts with the city, "contract"
means any contract or agreement entered into by the city for the provision of goods,
services, buildings, improvements and other public works or development property in
excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00).
Department: The Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights.
Development contract: Any contract or agreement entered into by the city pursuant to which the city or
the Minneapolis Community Development Agency provides direct or indirect financial
assistance in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to a developer
or owner of real property to facilitate construction or rehabilitation.
"Development contract" shall not include:
(1)
Low income housing tax credits provided pursuant to 26 U.S.C., Section 42.
(2)
Taxable or tax-exempt financing issued for projects located outside of the City of
Minneapolis.
(3)
Small business loan programs where public dollars are leveraged or supplemented with
private dollars of a participating lender that originates, services and collects the
public and private loan payments under an agreement with the city.
(4)
Neighborhood revitalization program funds used for the construction or rehabilitation
of seven (7) or fewer residential units where the amount of the assistance is one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or less.
(5)