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 April 21, 2025, Community Development Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2025-122 Adopt the 2025 Community Development Committee Work Plan (Lisa Barajas 651-602-1895)
Information
- Decennial System Statements (Amber Turnquest 651-602-1576)
- Local Planning Handbook Update (Emma Dvorak 651-602-1399)
- Planning Assistance Grant Program and Small Communities Planning Program (Angela R. Torres 651-602-1566; Merritt Clapp-Smith 651-602-1567)
Adjournment
Key:
JT: Joint business item; presented at two or more committees prior to being presented at Council
SW: Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
* Agenda item changed following initial publication