METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
390 Robert Street North | Council Chambers | 4:00 PM

 

AGENDA

I.

CALL TO ORDER

II.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

III.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES    

April 30, 2014 Metropolitan Council Special Meeting

IV.

PUBLIC INVITATION

Invitation to interested persons to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Public comment on the agenda items has occurred in the respective committees (each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation).

V.

BUSINESS

Note: 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 will be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.

VI.

CONSENT AGENDA

Note: 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 will be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.
  1. 2014-85  Anoka County Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan Amendment, Anoka County (Jan Youngquist 651-602-1029)
  2. 2014-86  Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Grant for Intercity Regional Trail (6 Easements), Three Rivers Park District (Tori Dupre 651-602-1621)
  3. 2014-87  Amend Scope of Park Grants SG-2012-053 and SG-2013-089, Anoka County (Tori Dupre 651-602-1621)
  4. 2014-90  SWLRT (Green Line Extension) Southwest Station MOU (Mark Fuhrmann 651-602-1942) Exhibit
  5. 2014-91  SWLRT (Green Line Extension) Hopkins Term Sheet (Mark Fuhrmann 651-602-1942)
  6. 2014-92  Authorization to Amend and Extend Operations Contract C-3439 with New England Fertilizer Company (NEFCO) for the Heat Drying Facilities at the Blue Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant (Mike Mereness 651-602-8296)
  7. 2014-93  Authorization to Negotiate and Execute a Reconveyance Agreement and Determinations with the City of Bloomington (Scott Dentz 651-602-4503)
  8. 2014-94  Authorization to Acquire Fee Title and Permanent and Temporary Easements and File Condemnation Petitions, Corcoran/Rogers Gravity Connection of the Elm Creek Interceptor, Project No. 808510, Resolution 2014-7 (Bryce Pickart 651-602-1091)
  9. 2014-95  Authorization to Increase the General Manager’s Delegated Change Order Authority for the MWWTP Solids Process System Improvements, MCES Project No. 805946, Contract No. 12P005A (Bryce Pickart 651-602-1091)
  10. 2014-96  Authorization to Award and Execute a Construction Contract for Trenchless Phase 3 Interceptor Rehabilitation, MCES Project Nos. 806930, 802870, and 808640, Contract No. 13P260 (Karen Keenan 651-602-4561)
  11. 2014-97  Authorization to Award and Execute a Contract for Construction of the North Area Interceptor Rehabilitation Phase 2—Elm Creek West, Project No. 808620, Contract No. 14P006 (Karen Keenan 651-602-4561)
  12. 2014-98  2014 Small Buses Procurement (Paul Colton 651-602-1668, Andrew Krueger 651-602-1689, Micky Gutzmann 651-602-1741)

VII.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

  A. Community Development—Reports on Consent List
  B. Environment—Reports on Consent List
  C. Management—No Reports
  D. Transportation
      2014-76  Midtown Corridor Alternatives Analysis – Recognize Policy Advisory Committee Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) Recommendation (Michael Mechtenberg 612-349-7793) PowerPoint

VIII.

OTHER BUSINESS

 

1. 2014-99  Approval of Appointments to the Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee (TAAC) Districts B, E, F, and H (Chair Susan Haigh 651-602-1453)

 

2. Information Item: Thrive MSP 2040 (Libby Starling 651-602-1135)

 

3. Information Item: Green Line Light Rail Transit: Operational Readiness (Mark Fuhrmann 651-602-1942, Vince Pellegrin 612-349-7511)

 

4. Information Item: Draft 2040 TPP (Cole Hiniker 651-602-1748, Arlene McCarthy 651-602-1754, Amy Vennewitz 651-602-1058)

IX.

REPORTS

  A. Chair
  B. Council Members
  C. Regional Administrator
  D. General Counsel

X.

ADJOURNMENT

         
 
 
 
SW      Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
*           Additional materials included for items on published agenda
**         Additional business items added following publication of agenda
***        Backup materials available at the meeting