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Shakopee City Council panel approves comprehensive plan amendment to allow Native American healing center
Summary
A presenter described a 50,000-square-foot inpatient and outpatient healing center led by four tribes; the panel voted unanimously to recommend a comprehensive plan amendment to allow the project at Crest Avenue and Mullen Hart Road.
A project presenter described a planned Native American healing center and the governing panel voted unanimously to recommend a comprehensive plan amendment to allow the development.
The presenter said the center would offer both inpatient and outpatient services "for Native Americans who are suffering from negative health outcomes, mental health, addictions from generational trauma and other issues," and that the facility would initially focus on Dakota tribal members while potentially expanding to serve Native Americans across Scott County. The presenter added that the building would be about 50,000 square feet and could house up to 40 inpatients at a time, and that the project team had worked with neighbors and secured an easement from a nearby church for a turn lane.
The motion recorded in the meeting recommended that the City Council approve a comprehensive plan amendment to Figure 4.6 (Metropolitan Urban Service Area) of the 2040 comprehensive plan to allow the proposed healing center at the southwest corner of Crest Avenue and Mullen Hart Road. Commissioner Robbins was recorded as making the motion and Commissioner Wyler seconded. The body then proceeded to a roll-call vote.
During roll call, Commissioners Foresight, Wyler, Sandhu, Redding, Ranawal, Sepulvedo and Robin were recorded as voting "Aye." The motion passed unanimously. The transcript did not provide a clear resolution number; the motion text was read into the record as the committee member described it.
The presenter said the center would include a cultural component for Dakota people to support healing, distinguishing the facility from a conventional hospital or clinic and likening the clinical component to a Prairie Care–style behavioral health facility but with added tribal cultural services. The presenter also said the project is being developed in partnership with four tribes and that current plans would prioritize tribal members for admission while leaving open potential expansion to serve a broader Native American population in Scott County.
The panel closed the public hearing after hearing the presentation and no additional public comments, moved the recommendation, and adjourned at 6:12 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.
