Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
September 24, 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 September 10, 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. 2025-127: Labor Agreement with the International Union of Pipefitters Union, Local Union No. 455 AFL-CIO (Alexis Baker, 651-602-1437)
  2. 2025-220: Release the Draft Amendment to the 2050 Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan, Modernizing Mapping, for Public Comment and Set Public Hearing Date, All (Tracey Kinney 651-602-1029; Kein Phan 651-602-1333)
  3. 2025-222: City of Maplewood 1300 McKnight Road North Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22007-9 (Patrick Boylan 651-602-1438)
  4. 2025-225: 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) (Bethany Brandt-Sargent 651-602-1725)
  5. 2025-227: E-Builder Software Maintenance Agreement, Contract 18M120 – Amendment Two (Sue Hauge, 651-602-1443)
  6. 2025-228: Release of Draft 2050 Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) Amendment 2: Aviation System Plan Update for Public Comment (Joe Widing 651-602-1822)
  7. 2025-230: City of Mendota Heights Business and Industrial Park Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22395-2 (Patrick Boylan 651-602-1438)
  8. 2025-231: City of Bayport Bayhaven Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22164-3 (Emma Dvorak 651-602-1399)
  9. 2025-232: 2026 Public Housing Agency (PHA) Annual Plan Approval (Stephanie Paulson 651-602-1584)
  10. 2025-233: Board Resolution - Bring It Home Statewide Rental Assistance Program (Terri Smith 651-602-1187)
  11. 2025-234: Green Line Extension Builder’s Risk Property Insurance (Ray Engler; Phil Walljasper, 651-602-1787)
  12. 2025-235: Livable Communities Act 2026-2027 Fund Distribution Plan (Emily Seddon 651-602-1023; Hannah Gary 651-602-1633)
  13. 2025-236: Adoption of Utility Allowance Schedule for Metro HRA Rent Assistance Programs (Terri Smith 651-602-1187; Steve Victorey 651-602-1461)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. No reports.

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. No reports.

Transportation

  1. 2025-238 SW: 23P201 – Airport Employee Dial-a-Ride Service Contract Amendment (John Harper 651-602-1744)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Other business

  1. 2025-241: Amendment to Metropolitan Council Member Committee Assignments
  2. 2025-253: Release Regional Climate Action Plan for Public Comment (Gillian Greenberg 651-602-1726; Peter Wilfahrt 651-602-1066)

Information

  1. No reports.

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]