Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.
Call to order
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of July 17, 2025, Land Use Advisory Committee minutes
Business
- Small Communities Planning Program and 2050 Planning Assistance Grant Eligibility Criteria Recommendations (Merritt Clapp-Smith, Senior Planner, 651-602-1567, and Angela R. Torres, Senior Manager, 651-602-1566)
- Presentation
- Additional materials
Information
- Greenhous Gas Emissions Reduction Tool Demonstration (Peter Wilfahrt, Principal Researcher, 651-602-1066)
- Plat Monitoring Program Update: Exploring Alternative Lookback Periods (MacKenzie Young-Walters, Senior Planner, 651-602-1373)
- Small Communities Planning Program and 2050 Planning Assistance Grant Program: Award and Funding Distribution Priorities (Merritt Clapp-Smith, Senior Planner, 651-602-1567, and Angela R. Torres, Senior Manager, 651-602-1566)
- Presentation (Items to be posted on 9/15/25)
- Additional materials (Items to be posted on 9/15/25)
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication