Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
October 22, 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 October 8, 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.


Other business

  1. 2025-239: Metropolitan Council Public Comment Draft of the 2026 Unified Budget (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162) non-consent, roll call

Consent business

  1. 2025-242: West Mississippi River Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Meyer), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  2. 2025-243: Minnesota River Bluffs Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (CCRRA Phase 2), Carver County (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  3. 2025-247: METRO G Line – Joint Powers Agreement (25I038) with City of Saint Paul (Reed Sherlock 612-349-7455)
  4. 2025-248: METRO G Line – Joint Powers Agreement (25I048) with City of Little Canada (Reed Sherlock 612-349-7455)
  5. 2025-249: METRO G Line – Joint Powers Agreement (25I049) with Ramsey County (Reed Sherlock 612-349-7455)
  6. 2025-250: METRO G Line – Joint Powers Agreement (25I050) with Dakota County (Reed Sherlock 612-349-7455)
  7. 2025-251: METRO G Line – Joint Powers Agreement (25I066) with City of West Saint Paul (Reed Sherlock 612-349-7455)
  8. 2025-254: Authorize Grant Agreement with Plymouth for their NW Greenway Park and Ride Transit Facility Improvements (Arin Knutson 612-349-7643)
  9. 2025-255: Solid Waste and Recycling Contract 24P267 (Jeff Freeman 612-349-7527)
  10. 2025-265: Programmable Logic Controller Procurement – 25P004 (Mark Lundgren, 651-602-1868)
  11. 2025-266: High Strength Waste Hauling, Contract 25P064 (Heidi Hutter, 651-602-1026)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. 2025-267: Small Communities Planning Program and 2050 Planning Assistance Grant Program Eligibility Criteria Recommendations (Merritt Clapp Smith 651-602-1567)

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. 2025-126 SW: Labor Agreement with the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council 82 AFL-CIO (Alexis Baker, Labor Relations Program Manager, 651-602-1437)
  2. 2025-252 SW: 2025 Policy Update: FM 14-1 (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer, 651-602-1144; Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, Finance, 651-602-1162; Ashanti Payne, Assist. Director, Equity & Equal Opportunity, 612-349-766)
  3. 2025-263 SW: 2025 Policy Update: OEEO 5-1 (Jody Jacoby, 651-602-1144; Ned Smith, 651-602-1162; Ashanti Payne, 612-349-7660)

Transportation

  1. 2025-246: METRO G Line – Real Estate Acquisition and Condemnation, Resolution 2025-23 (Adam Smith 612-349-7160)
  2. 2025-256: Northstar Replacement Service - Big Lake and Elk River, Contract 25I100 (Adam Harrington 612-349-7797)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Other business

  1. 2025-274: Release the draft amendment to Imagine 2050, Imagine 2050 Outcomes Measurement Program, for public comment and set public hearing date (Krysten Ryba-Tures 651-602-1821)

Information

  1. Regional Indicators Presentation (Greater MSP - Nathan Arnosti and Julia Silvis)

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:
Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]