Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
April 23, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions

Agenda

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

  1. Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
  2. Approval of the agenda
  3. Approval of April 9, 2025, Metropolitan Council minutes

Public invitation

Interested persons may address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
 

Consent business

  1. 2025-23: Procurement of 10 Metro Mobility Buses, Contract 25P038 (Jodi Janssen 651-602-1103, Paul Colton 651-602-1668)
  2. 2025-71: METRO Green Line Extension Communications System Contract 17P085 – Amendment No. 3 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  3. 2025-81: Authorize Grant Agreement with Minnesota Valley Transit Authority for Information Technology Software (Arin Knutson 612-349-7643)
  4. 2025-82: METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit, Contract 19P385F – Amendment 2 (Mike Ullmer 651-602-1957)
  5. 2025-89: Metro HRA Administrative Plan Revision (Stephanie Paulson 651-602-1584)
  6. 2025-90: Amendment to Employee Strategies LLC Contract 23P115
  7. 2025-92: Purchase Bulk Caustic Chemical, Contract 24P293 (Joe Ward, 651-602-8302)
  8. 2025-94: Forest Lake Interceptor 7029 Rehabilitation Real Estate Property Acquisition and Condemnation (Chris Remus, 651-602-4538) Resolution 2025-10
  9. 2025-95: Lift Station and ERS Communications Upgrades – Phase 1, Contract 25P227 (Tim Wedin 651-602-4571, Gretchen White 651-602-1443)
  10. 2025-96: Transit Planning Software, Contract 24P233 (Shaun Morrell 612-349-7706)
  11. 2025-99: MNIT Services Authorization for Circuit Management, Contract 25P247 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
  12. 2025-100: METRO Green Line Extension Freight Rail Dispatch Contract 18P402 – Amendment No. 5 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. No reports

Environment

  1. No reports

Management

  1. 2025-105 SW: Authorization for Internal Loan for Environmental Services Capital Fund (Mark Thompson, 651-602-1629 and Kyle Colvin, 651-602-1151)

Transportation

  1. 2025-110: Federal Transit Administration Authorizing Resolution 2025-11 (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513, Ed Petrie 612-349-7624, Julie Matthews 612-349-7707)

Joint reports

  1. No reports

Other business

  1. 2025-111: Appointment to the Land Use Advisory Committee (Charles A. Zelle)
  2. 2025-112: Appointment to the Equity Advisory Committee (Charles A. Zelle)

Information

  1. Metro Transit Capital Maintenance Overview (Brian Funk 612-349-7514, Kristin Thompson 612-349-7782, Marilyn Porter 612-349-7689, Bruce Cardon 612-349-7516, Kelci Stones 612-349-7686)
    • Presentation
    • Additional materials

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Council Members
  3. Regional Administrator
  4. General Counsel

Adjournment


Additional notes:
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item could be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.
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

Council contact:
Ginger Fride, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1842
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]