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Council adopts humane encampment-response ordinance requiring pre-closure notices, public‑health response and service coordination
Summary
Minneapolis approved an ordinance establishing humane, public‑health‑centered procedures for encampment closures, including a required pre‑closure notice, waste management plans and coordination with service providers; the measure passed 8–5 after heated debate about notice periods and safety.
The Minneapolis City Council adopted a Humane Encampment Response Ordinance on Dec. 11 that formalizes a public‑health approach to unsheltered encampments: it requires a pre‑closure notice (seven days in the ordinance text), coordination with service providers, waste‑management and public‑health responses when encampments reach defined thresholds, and improved property‑storage procedures for personal items.
Vice President (the ordinance sponsor in the transcript) said the ordinance…
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