City Council

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• The council approved an appeal for a 23-unit apartment building at 635 Van Buren, which had previously been denied by the Planning Commission.
• The council approved three mayoral nominations for high-level city employees, but postponed the nomination of Heather Johnston as City Coordinator to the June 16 meeting.
• The council referred the recommended layout for Hennepin Ave and a staff direction for 24/7 dedicated bus lanes back to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee for further consideration.
• The council created a new subcommittee of the Committee of the Whole to discuss items related to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights Investigation.
• The council approved $1.2 million settlements regarding police misconduct cases, settlements for Linda Tirado, a photojournalist blinded in one eye after being shot at by MPD, and Virgil Jackson, a man present with Jaleel Stallings and beaten by MPD officers.

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