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
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of March 10, 2025, Transportation Committee minutes
Employee recognition – Metro Transit
- Metro Transit General Manager
Reports
- Metropolitan Transportation Services Director
- Metro Transit General Manager
- Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee (TAAC)
Consent business
- 2025-81: Authorize Grant Agreement with Minnesota Valley Transit Authority (Arin Knutson 612-349-7643)
Non-consent business
- 2025-23: Procurement of 10 Metro Mobility Buses, Contract 25P038 (Jodi Janssen 651-602-1103, Paul Colton 651-602-1668)
- 2025-71: METRO Green Line Extension Communications System Contract 17P085 – Amendment No. 3 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
- 2025-82: METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit, Contract 19P385F – Amendment 2 (Mike Ullmer 651-602-1957)
- 2025-96: Transit Planning Software, Contract 24P233 (Shaun Morrell 612-349-7706)
- 2025-100: METRO Green Line Extension Freight Rail Dispatch Contract 18P402 – Amendment No. 5 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
- 2025-110: Federal Transit Administration Authorizing Resolution 2025-11 (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513, Ed Petrie 612-349-7624, Julie Matthews 612-349-7707)
- 2025-108: Transportation Committee Agenda Guide (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513, Charles Carlson 651-602-1761)
Information
- Regional Solicitation Workgroup Update (Steve Peterson 651-602-1819)
- 2025 Transit Information Modernization (Ben Rajkowski 612-349-7397, Laura Matson 612-349-7771, Bre Grand 612-349-7355)
Adjournment
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