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CITY COUNCIL ROUNDUP | Coverage of the Denver City Council this week

The Denver City Council on Monday approved the first votes on three impactful ordinances, which included designating a new historic cultural district, prohibiting discrimination based on protective hairstyles and removing “illegal alien” from city law.

The final project list for Mayor Michael Hancock’s proposed $450 million bond package, however, did not gain such fast approval, receiving mixed reactions from the City Council’s finance committee.

Check out the coverage on the Denver City Council as reported by Hannah Metzger below:

Here’s what’s coming next week:

  • The FINGOV Committee meeting on Aug. 3 has an early start time of 1 p.m.
  • The SAFETY & HOUSING Committee meeting on Aug. 4 has an early start time of 10 a.m. with public comment scheduled.
  • The BIZ Committee meeting on Aug. 4 has public comment scheduled.
  • The BUDGET & POLICY Committee meeting on Aug. 5 has been canceled.

Find schedules and agendas for the Denver City Council meetings here.

The Denver City Hall building is pictured on Oct. 3,2020. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Denver Gazette)
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