City Council January 30, 2025   1/30/2025

Attachments

  • Call to Order

  • Introduction & Referral Calendar

  • Civil rights ordinance

    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 7 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Civil Rights, amending provisions to add new protected classes, bolster enforcement of current protections, and amend procedures for efficiency and ease of use: Chapter 139 In General. Chapter 141 Administration and Enforcement.
    • Passed 5-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 7 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Civil Rights, amending provisions to add new protected classes, bolster enforcement of current protections, and amend procedures for efficiency and ease of use: Chapter 139 In General. Chapter 141 Administration and Enforcement.
    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 7 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Civil Rights, amending provisions to add new protected classes, bolster enforcement of current protections, and amend procedures for efficiency and ease of use: Chapter 139 In General. Chapter 141 Administration and Enforcement.

  • Boards and commissions attendance and reporting ordinance

    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 2, Chapter 10 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Administration: Boards, Commissions and Advisory Bodies, amending Section 10.70 regarding member attendance and Section 10.110 regarding reporting requirements.

  • Resolutions

  • Black History Month honorary resolution

    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Resolution honoring February as Black History Month.

  • Closed Session

  • Litigation matter of Patricia Day v. City of Minneapolis, et al.

    • Passed 10-0-0 Approving the settlement of all claims, including claims for attorneys’ fees and costs, asserted against the City of Minneapolis in Day v. Chauvin et al., United States District Court File No. 24-cv-01862 (JRT/TNL) in the amount of $600,000, payable in two checks, one in the amount of $175,000 to Patricia Dawn Welch Day and another in the amount of $425,000 to Robins Kaplan LLP, from Fund/Org. 06900 1500100 145400; and authorizing the City Attorney’s Office to execute any documents necessary to effectuate this settlement.

  • Addendum

  • George Floyd Square Pedestrian Mall ordinance

    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 17, Chapter 439 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Streets and Sidewalks: Nicollet Mall, reorganizing Chapter 439 by renaming the chapter “Pedestrian Malls,” establishing Nicollet Mall within Article I, and creating a new Article II to be titled “George Floyd Square Pedestrian Mall” as part of the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Reconstruction Project.
    • Passed 7-4-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 17, Chapter 439 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Streets and Sidewalks: Nicollet Mall, reorganizing Chapter 439 by renaming the chapter “Pedestrian Malls,” establishing Nicollet Mall within Article I, and creating a new Article II to be titled “George Floyd Square Pedestrian Mall” as part of the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Reconstruction Project.
    • Passed 13-0-0 Passage of Ordinance amending Title 17, Chapter 439 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Streets and Sidewalks: Nicollet Mall, reorganizing Chapter 439 by renaming the chapter “Pedestrian Malls,” establishing Nicollet Mall within Article I, and creating a new Article II to be titled “George Floyd Square Pedestrian Mall” as part of the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Reconstruction Project.

  • 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square: Concept layout approval and easements

    • Passed 8-5-0 Approving the concept layout for the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square project.
    • Passed 4-2-0 Approving the concept layout for the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Approving the concept layout for the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Approving the concept layout for the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square project.
    • Passed 9-4-0 Approving the concept layout for the 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, George Floyd Square project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Authorizing negotiation with private property owners to acquire easements and additional right-of-way, if necessary, for the project.
    • Passed 4-2-0 Authorizing negotiation with private property owners to acquire easements and additional right-of-way, if necessary, for the project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Authorizing negotiation with private property owners to acquire easements and additional right-of-way, if necessary, for the project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Authorizing negotiation with private property owners to acquire easements and additional right-of-way, if necessary, for the project.
    • Passed 9-4-0 Authorizing negotiation with private property owners to acquire easements and additional right-of-way, if necessary, for the project.
    • Passed 8-5-0 Passage of Resolution expressing a statement of position pertaining to George Floyd Square.

  • Announcements

  • 2025-2026 Minneapolis Poet Laureate

  • Adjournment