TAB Technical Advisory Committee Meeting

Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgement

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. Approval of the Agenda (Agenda is approved without vote unless amended)
2. Approval of the July 2, 2025, TAB Technical Advisory Committee minutes - roll call

Public Comment on Committee Business
TAB Report
Committee Reports and Business

1. Executive Committee (Joe MacPherson, Chair)
2. TAC Transit Techncial Working Group (Bradley Bobbitt, MTS Planning)
3. Planning Committee (Gina Mitteco, Chair)
   1. 2025-26: Recommending release of the draft 2050 Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) Amendment 2: Aviation System Plan update for public comment – roll call
      • Presentation
      • Attachment 1: Aviation System Plan update, public comment draft
      • Attachment 2: Aviation Supporting Information update, public comment draft
   2. 2025-27: Recommending adoption of the draft 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) and its release for public comment – roll call
      • Presentation
      • Attachment 1: Draft 2050 Unified Planning Work Program (federally-funded)
      • Attachment 2: Draft 2050 Regional Transportation Planning Work Program (regionally-funded)
4. ​ Funding & Programming Committee (Paul Oehme, Vice Chair)
   1. 2025-18: Scope Change Request – Minnesota Valley Transit Authority’s Technology and ADA Enhancements Project - Roll Call
   2. 2025-28: Saint Paul Arlington Avenue Sidewalk Infill Project Program Year Extension Request - Roll Call

Information

1. Minnesota GO Vision Update (Whitney Mason, MnDOT)
   • ​​Presentation
   • Attachment: Welcome Board
2. 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program Public Comments (Joe Barbeau, MTS)

 

Other Business

 

Adjournment

 

Full Packet 

Committee information

TAB Technical Advisory Committee

Committee contact:

Joe Barbeau
[email protected]
651-602-1705