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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina City Council to Hold Special Meeting to Discuss Citywide Masking Policy
Edina, Minn., June 26, 2020 – The Edina City Council will hold a special meeting 4 p.m. Monday, June 29, to discuss legal strategy and a possible citywide masking policy.
The City Council will start with a closed session to discuss legal strategy in the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. litigation. R.J. Reynolds filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court
for the District of Minnesota seeking to prevent the City from implementing a Sept. 1 ban on flavored tobacco.
After the closed session, the City Council will discuss a possible citywide masking policy to slow the spread of COVID-19. That portion of the meeting will be broadcast live on Edina
TV (Comcast Channels 813 or 16), Facebook.com/EdinaMN and the City’s “Watch a Meeting” web page at EdinaMN.gov/LiveMeetings.
View the agenda online at https://edina.novusagenda.com/AgendaPublic/meetings.aspx.
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