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Staff outlines high-level timeline and requirements for Oakdale's 2050 comprehensive plan update
Summary
Hannah Dunn briefed the EMC on the early stages of Oakdale's 2050 comprehensive-plan update, explaining state/Met Council requirements, required plan elements, a tentative schedule (consultant hire soon; draft public hearing by 2027; final submission by 12/31/2028) and opportunities for EMC engagement.
At the Feb. 9 meeting, Hannah Dunn, community development staff and EMC liaison, delivered a high-level introduction to Oakdale's upcoming comprehensive-plan update tied to the Met Council's Imagine 2050 regional framework.
Dunn said the state requires municipalities in the seven-county metropolitan area to update their comprehensive plans every 10 years and that the Met Council provides regional system plans that local plans must not conflict with. She described the eight required plan elements (land use, housing, transportation, water resources, parks and trails, climate, natural systems, and implementation) and said the city's existing 2040 plan will serve as the starting point. "It is a plan that defines the vision, goals, and aspirations of a community for the long term redevelopment and development that is to come for the next 20 years," Dunn said.
Dunn outlined a tentative schedule: the city must submit a compliant plan to the Met Council by Dec. 31, 2028; staff expects to hire a consultant in the coming months to support data analysis and modeling; a draft is expected to be completed with a required public hearing in 2027, and affected jurisdictions will have a six-month review period. She noted the Met Council recently published the official system statement for Oakdale and that adopting any targets or policies beyond the minimum requirements (for example greenhouse gas reduction targets or prioritizing vulnerable populations) would be at the city's discretion.
Commissioners asked how ongoing corridor studies (the Highway 120/Century Avenue study led by MINDA) intersect with the comp-plan timeline; Dunn said multiple stakeholders are at the table and offered to follow up by email with more specifics. She also said the city has applied for two Minnesota Pollution Control Agency climate grants that, if awarded, would help the city meet or exceed climate-related plan minimums.
Dunn told commissioners the EMC will be kept informed and engaged throughout the process, including public engagement and consultant work on transportation modeling and site inventories.
