2050 Comprehensive Plan Update
Summary
Every metro city must update its comprehensive plan and submit it to the Metropolitan Council by December 31, 2028. Edina plans to hire a consultant (RFP out this summer) and has $350,000 budgeted across 2027–2028. This plan will shape land use, housing, transportation, parks, and climate policy for the next couple of decades.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Apr 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
The city has budgeted $250,000 in 2027 and $100,000 in 2028 for the plan update.
Everyone — the plan sets the long-range vision for growth, housing, transportation and parks that affects all residents.
City officials feel cities have been 'villainized' in the housing debate and worry bills could strip local zoning authority permanently.
Mentions & discussions (2)
City Council Work Session - Apr 21, 2026
Every metro city must update its comprehensive plan and submit it to the Metropolitan Council by December 31, 2028. Edina plans to hire a consultant (RFP out this summer) and has $350,000 budgeted across 2027–2028. This plan will shape land use, housing, transportation, parks, and climate policy for the next couple of decades.
City Council Work Session - Jan 20, 2026
Legislators and city advocates traded views on the "Yes to Housing" bills, performance-based zoning, ADUs, condo law and affordable housing trust funds. Bottom line: cities fear losing local control, everyone's fatigued, and with a tied House and one-seat Senate majority, major reform is a long shot.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Edina
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.