St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announced Nov. 20 a 24-member committee to advise city planners and policy-makers on redevelopment plans around the future Minnesota United stadium.

The team’s owners plan to privately finance a $120 million stadium on 10 acres of Metro Transit’s vacant bus barn site near University and Snelling avenues.

The Snelling-Midway Redevelopment Community Advisory Committee will represent the community’s interest as policy makers and city planners make plans for the remainder of the 34.5-acre site.

The stadium “gives us the catalyst needed to redevelop the entire site at Snelling and University Avenues,” Coleman said in a statement.

The committee will be chaired by Eric Molho, the Union Park District Council’s former land use committee chair, and Julie Padilla of the St. Paul Planning Commission. The committee will include representatives of Minnesota United, RK Midway and the Metropolitan Council.

Of the 24 members, 21 live in St. Paul and their backgrounds include economic development, higher education, organized labor, affordable housing, community organizing and advocacy. In addition to the chairs, the members are Rick Birdoff, Jon Commers, Bill McGuire, Abdi Barkat, Adrian Perryman, Becky Landon, Daud Mohamed, Emily Goellner, Eric Lamott, Gene Goddard, Gerard Lagos, Greg Nielsen, John Young, Jonathan Oppenheimer, Julia Donnelly, Kirk Wythers, Noel Nix, Patty Thorsen, Renee Spillum, Rob McCready, Tiffany Vang, and Va-Megn Thoj.

The public can learn about stadium planning progress and priorities from city planners at a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at the Midpointe Event Center, 415 Pascal St. N., St. Paul.

Youssef Rddad can be reached at 651-228-5578