Metropolitan Council Committees

Standing Council Committees

Council members serve on special Council Committees that meet regularly and make recommendations to the full Council. The public is encouraged to attend the Council and committee meetings and hearings and express their points of view on matters before the Council. The Council also has citizen advisory committees on specific topics.

Standing Council Committee meetings are the best place to provide comment on specific agenda items. To provide testimony at a committee meeting, contact the committee’s recording secretary.

• Community Development Committee

• Environment Committee

• Management Committee

• Transportation Committee

Advisory and other committees

Other Council committees, work groups and task forces that meet occasionally are listed below. These committee members may include local elected officials, representatives of partnering organizations, members of the public with expertise in specific areas, and people who represent specific geographic areas.

• Audit Committee

• Equity Advisory Committee 

• Land Use Advisory Committee

• Livable Communities Advisory Committee

• Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission

• Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee (TAAC)

• Transportation Advisory Board TAB

• TAB Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

  • TAC Funding & Programming Committee

  • TAC Planning Committee

• Water Supply Advisory Committee

Special project or short-term committees

• Southwest light rail project: Management Committee, Business & Community Advisory Committees, and Executive Change Control Board

• Blue Line Extension light rail project: Management Committee