Community Development Committee Meeting

Regular Meeting
June 15, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

Agenda

Public participation:
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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

  1. Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
  2. Approval of the agenda
  3. Approval of June 1, 2026, Community Development Committee minutes

Consent business

  1. 2026-103 Baylor Regional Park Long Range Plan, Carver County (Colin Kelly, 651-602-1361)
  2. 2026-104 City of Columbia Heights 4300 Central Avenue NE Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21956-3 (Amber Turnquest, 651-602-1576)
  3. 2026-102 City of Minnetrista Boll Property Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21758-6 (Shawn James, 651-602-1233)

Non-consent business

  1. 2026-86 Community Tree Planting Program Notice of Funding Availability, Gillian Greenberg (651-602-1726)

Information

  1. Fiscal Disparities Program 2026 Annual Report (Maia Guerrero-Combs 651-602-1060; Sarah Rodman 651-602-1953)
  2. Immigrant Economic Contributions and Small Business Metro Surge Impact​ (Darcie Vandegrift 651-602-1669, Baris Gumus-Dawes 651-602-1331, and Asha Warsame 651-602-1825)
  3. 2027 Preliminary Community Development Operating Budget (Heather Giesel 651-602-1715)
    • Presentation (to be linked on 6/15/2026)

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
 

Committee information

Community Development Committee

Committee contact:

Sandi Dingle
[email protected]
651-602-1312