Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.
Call to order
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of July 9, 2025, Special Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees
- 2025-174 SW: Council Property Insurance Renewal (Phil Walljasper, Deputy Regional Administrator, Enterprise Risk Officer, 651-602-1787)
- 2025-164: Building Controls Specialist: 24P204 (Greg Kaslow, Manager Central Services, 612-207-9586)
- 2025-176: Long Term Disability Insurance (Michelle Murray, Sr. Manager Benefits, 651-602-1390)
- 2025-175 SW: Legistar Software System – Contract 25M030 (Mee Cheng, Senior Manager, Administrative Services, 763-388-0993)
Information
- 2026 General Purposes Levy Strategy and Preliminary Regional Admin Budget Allocations (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162)
- Litigation Review (closed session)
- Jihad Hamoud v. Metropolitan Council
- Metropolitan Council v. 800 Prairie Center Drive LLC and Craig Oberlander et al. (Redstone American Grill Inc Parcels 215 and 2.215 – Green Line Extension)
- The Metropolitan Council and County of Hennepin v. DMJM Harris, Inc. d/b/a AECOM USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc (collectively “AECOM”)
- Metropolitan Council v. Crossroads Properties, Inc., et al. (Hartford Parcel 400 – Gold Line)
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Wasyihun Fanta v. Metro Transit, et al.
- Jamesia Sullen v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Stairstep Foundation v. State of Minnesota, et al.
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
Adjournment
Additional notes:
Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subdivision 3(b); Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City of Minneapolis, 310 Minn. 313, 251 N.W.2d 620 (Minn. 1976); and Star Tribune v. Board of Education, Special School District No. 1, 507 N.W.2d 869 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) which permit public bodies to close meetings to discuss attorney-client privileged matters.
Key:
JT: Joint business item; presented at two or more committees prior to being presented at Council
SW: Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
* Agenda item changed following initial publication