Hillcrest Community Advisory Committee

The Hillcrest Community Advisory Committee provided feedback to City staff and consultants throughout the master planning process. Topics include land use priorities, street and trail networks, open space and neighborhood connections. Members are expected to engage with and speak on behalf of the communities they represent.

The Community Advisory Committee typically met every third Tuesday of the month, originally at Hayden Heights Library and then remotely during the pandemic.

In spring 2020, the Community Advisory Committee adopted community priorities based on community engagement at community meetings and online. The City and its partners drafted site approaches based on the community priorities document, technical considerations and City policy priorities.

In their final meeting, they approved the contents of a letter that conveys their opinions on the staff-recommended draft master plan.

Committee members were:

• Anne DeJoy (Planning Commissioner and Saint Paul resident)
• Osman Egal (Maplewood resident)
• Jon Fure (Saint Paul resident)
• Kathryn Murray (Saint Paul resident)
• James Westin (Saint Paul resident)
• Rachel Finazzo Doll (District 2 Community Council representative and Saint Paul resident)
• Linda Martinez-Higgins (Maplewood resident)
• Tiffany Scott Knox (Maplewood resident)
• Tong Thao (Business representative and Saint Paul resident)
• Que Vang (Housing representative)
• Ethan Osten (Multimodal transportation representative and Saint Paul resident)

CAC Meeting Materials