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Shakopee Planning Commission Regular Meeting – August 7, 2025: Healing Center MUSA Amendment Approved

City Council & Commissions — Thursday, August 7, 2025
BodyShakopee, Minnesota
SessionCity Council & Commissions
DateThursday, August 7, 2025
StatusFILED
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0:00

Alright.

0:04

Sorry, I don't want the agenda.

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Commissioner Court said it.

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Here.

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Commissioner Wild.

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Commissioner Stand.

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Here.

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Commissioner Redden.

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Here.

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Commissioner Renner.

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Here.

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Commissioner.

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Here.

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Commissioner Robin.

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Here.

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Okay.

0:21

Two approval to general any changes or additions to the planning agenda.

0:25

Thank you.

0:26

With that on our motion approving the agenda.

0:28

Sound do the motion meeting second.

0:31

Second.

0:35

Hearing none, all in favor of proving the agenda.

0:38

I oppose.

0:46

Anybody here that wants to talk about it that's not on the agenda?

0:50

And we'll go to it for the extent agenda.

0:52

The only thing I think it's got an agenda is the uh plant enterprise meeting minutes from last month by 10.

0:57

Are there any changes or additions to the planning minutes?

1:02

Alright, there are any approved.

1:05

So motion?

1:07

Second.

1:08

Is that possible?

1:16

Any discussion on approving minutes?

1:18

Hearing them all in favor?

1:22

Alright.

1:23

And we'll move on back in five general business that does not plan the public hearings alright?

1:31

I think it is.

1:36

The healing center room set is the public hearing.

1:38

Okay.

1:39

Great.

1:41

So since it's in public hearing, uh I wouldn't have notion to open a public hearing.

1:45

Well, okay.

1:48

Any discussion on opening public hearing?

1:51

Hearing none all in favor.

1:53

I have any opposed.

1:55

Is there a not really this is like just um extending the news that is through the healing side of property, which is in the city that's super important that helps the city checkers?

2:11

Okay.

2:12

Um questions for study staff about this.

2:19

Just a check is it just for extension of utilities that basically appointment that landing some trust is not controlled as well, but it's super good at standard use.

2:31

Okay.

2:37

Do you have somebody type intact with the audience?

2:38

Can you answer any questions or offer uh summary of the project if you're interested in the case?

2:43

If you wouldn't mind it's not a rated project, very name and uh information on it on there.

2:52

Mr.

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Chair, appointing commissioners, my name is Steve Walker, I'm the Charter of Operations Administrator for the Shock Bad Walking Community.

2:59

Um here tonight, uh thank you for having us tonight.

3:03

Uh I know before you are is the SC's healing center.

3:07

Um this facility is doing the planning for more than a decade uh by the SNC and the other three important tribes in the state of Minnesota.

3:15

Um the purpose of the facility, the facility is just under 50,000 square feet, you know, two levels, is to provide um inpatient and outpatient care for Native Americans, decoding in Americans who are suffering from negative health outcomes, like the health addictions from uh generational trauma and other issues.

3:34

Um so working together with four tribes who are building this facility, SBC is lost to the facility, the operating facility, the other three tribes will be working with us.

3:44

Um based on the location remote and SMSC along sewer water and heating facilities that are already available to the city um at this time because it's a little bit further away from our existing uh service area.

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Summary of Proceedings

Shakopee Planning Commission Regular Meeting – August 7, 2025

The Shakopee Planning Commission met on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 6:00 PM at City Hall, 485 Gorman Street, and adjourned at 6:12 PM. The primary business was a public hearing and unanimous recommendation to the City Council for a comprehensive plan amendment to expand the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) to serve a proposed healing center.

Consent Calendar

  • Approved the Planning Commission meeting minutes from July 10, 2025, without changes, by unanimous vote.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • No members of the public spoke during the public hearing. The only testimony came from the project sponsor, Steve Walker, Charter of Operations Administrator for the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC), during the discussion period.

Discussion Items

  • Healing Center MUSA Comprehensive Plan Amendment (Resolution 2025-090): The commission held a public hearing on a request by the SMSC, in partnership with three other Minnesota Dakota tribes, to amend the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan (Figure 4.60) to extend the MUSA boundary to a property at the southwest corner of Crest Avenue and Mullenhart Road. Mr. Walker described the planned facility: just under 50,000 square feet, two levels, providing both inpatient (up to 40 patients at a time) and outpatient care for Native Americans suffering from addiction and mental health issues rooted in generational trauma. The facility will include a cultural Dakota healing component. The amendment is needed to allow the city and Shakopee Public Utilities to extend water and sewer services to the site, which lies outside the current service area. The SMSC has secured necessary easements from a neighboring church and coordinated with Scott County for road access. Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the facility’s scope and patient population, and Mr. Walker confirmed it is similar to a PrairieCare facility but with cultural programming, and that initially it will serve Dakota members with potential expansion to all Scott County Native Americans.

Key Outcomes

  • Motion and Vote: Commissioner Robin moved, and Commissioner Weiler seconded, a motion to recommend approval of Resolution 2025-090 to the City Council, adopting the comprehensive plan amendment for the healing center. The motion passed unanimously (7-0) on a roll call vote.
  • Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 6:12 PM, with the next regular meeting scheduled for September 4, 2025, at 7:00 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Alright. Sorry, I don't want the agenda. Commissioner Court said it. Here. Commissioner Wild. Commissioner Stand. Here. Commissioner Redden. Here. Commissioner Renner. Here. Commissioner. Here. Commissioner Robin. Here. Okay. Two approval to general any changes or additions to the planning agenda. Thank you. With that on our motion approving the agenda. Sound do the motion meeting second. Second. Hearing none, all in favor of proving the agenda. I oppose. Anybody here that wants to talk about it that's not on the agenda? And we'll go to it for the extent agenda. The only thing I think it's got an agenda is the uh plant enterprise meeting minutes from last month by 10. Are there any changes or additions to the planning minutes? Alright, there are any approved. So motion? Second. Is that possible? Any discussion on approving minutes? Hearing them all in favor? Alright. And we'll move on back in five general business that does not plan the public hearings alright? I think it is. The healing center room set is the public hearing. Okay. Great. So since it's in public hearing, uh I wouldn't have notion to open a public hearing. Well, okay. Any discussion on opening public hearing? Hearing none all in favor. I have any opposed. Is there a not really this is like just um extending the news that is through the healing side of property, which is in the city that's super important that helps the city checkers? Okay. Um questions for study staff about this. Just a check is it just for extension of utilities that basically appointment that landing some trust is not controlled as well, but it's super good at standard use. Okay. Do you have somebody type intact with the audience?

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