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 20, 2026 and May 4, 2026, Community Development Committee minutes
Consent business
- 2026-86 City of Bayport Bayhaven 2nd Addition Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22164-4 (Emma Dvorak, 651-602-1399)
Information
- American Indian Park and Trail Place Names Series Info Item (Tracey Kinney, 651-602-1029 and Allison Waukau, 651-602-1590; Place Name Partners: Maggie Lorentz, Executive Director, Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi; Carrie Day Aspinwall, Special Project Consultant, CDA Enterprises; Alice Messer, Manager, Design and Construction, Saint Paul Community Development / Regional Parks and Trails
- Modernizing Community Profiles to Meet Regional Data Needs (Krysten Ryba-Tures, Community Development Research Manager, 651-602-1821)
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