METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING
December 9, 2015
390 Robert Street North | Council Chambers | 4:00 PM

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

November 18, 2015 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

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.    2015-258   2016 Sole Source Procurement of Maintenance Services for Software and Hardware (Pancho Henderson 651-602-1627)
2.    2015-274   Land Exchange and Boundary Amendment, Spring Lake Park Reserve, Dakota County (Jan Youngquist 651-602-1029)
3.    2015-275   Land Exchange Agreement Extension, Cottage Grove Regional Ravine Regional Park, Washington County (Jan Youngquist 651-602-1029)
4.    2015-276   Lake Waconia Regional Park Boundary Amendment, Carver County (Michael Peterka 651-602-1361, Jan Youngquist 651-602-1029)
5.    2015-278   Authorized Financial Institutions – Annual Review (Rich Koop 651-602-1629)
6.    2015-279   Affirmation of 2015 Transaction-Based Financial Contracts (Rich Koop 651-602-1629)
7.    2015-296   Approval of Non-Represented Plan Effective January 1, 2016 (Marcy Syman 651-602-1417)
8.    2015-298   2016-2019 TIP Amendment: Ladders of Opportunity Award to Improve, Replace, and Construct Bus Facilities (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
9.    2015-299   2016-2019 TIP Amendment: I-35W Pavement Rehabilitation Scope Change (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
10. 2015-300   2016-2019 TIP Amendment: Bassett Creek Regional Trail Cost Increase (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
11. 2015-302   Amendment One to the Restated and Amended Cooperative Funding Agreement with Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (HCRRA) (Mark Fuhrmann 612-373-5330, Nani Jacobson 612-373-3808)
12. 2015-303   Authorization to Execute Sole Source Agreement for Red Line BRT Transit Service (Bruce Dreier 651-602-1708, John Harper 651-602-1744)
13. 2015-305   Authorization to Enter into an Agreement with Taxi Services Incorporated (Airport Taxi, Town Taxi, Minneapolis Yellow Cab) to Provide Metro Mobility Premium Same Day (PSD) Service (Dana Rude 651-602-1663, Andrew Krueger 651-602-1689)
14. 2015-306   Amend Bus Rapid Transit Ticket Vending Machine Contract No. 14P205 (Ed Petrie 612-349-7624)
15. 2015-312 SW 2016-2019 TIP Amendment: Hennepin County Cedar Lake LRT Regional Trail Crossings (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
16. 2015-313 SW Authorization to Acquire Permanent/Temporary Easements and File Condemnation Petitions, 2016 Trenchless Rehabilitation Projects, Resolution #2015-33 (Karen Keenan 651-602-4561)
17. 2015-314 SW Authorization to Purchase Polymer for the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant – Contract No. 15P142 (Larry Rogacki 651-602-8225)

VII. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

A. Community Development
1.    2015-292   Livable Communities Act Transit Oriented Development Tax Base Revitalization Account Site Cleanup and Livable Communities Demonstration Account Development Grant Recommendations (Erin Heelan 651-602-1633
2.    2015-293   Livable Communities Act Livable Communities Demonstration Account Grant Recommendations (Erin Heelan 651-602-1633)
3.    2015-294   Livable Communities Act Local Housing Incentives Account Grant Recommendations (Paul Burns 651-602-1106)
4.    2015-295   Project Based Voucher Award Recommendations (Terri Smith 651-602-1187)
5. 2015-311 Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Grant Request for Nokomis-Minnesota River Regional Trail from Three Rivers Park District (Emmett Mullin 651-602-1360)

B. Environment—Reports on Consent Agenda

C. Management—Reports on Consent Agenda

D. Transportation
1.    2015-280   Blue Line Extension (Bottineau Light Rail Transit) Revised Scope and Cost Estimate, Municipal Consent Plans, and Public Hearing (Mark Fuhrmann 612-373-5330, Dan Soler 612-373-5371) presentation
2.    2015-307   Authorization to Execute 2016 Agreements with Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) (Heather Aagesen-Huebner 651-602-1728)
3.    2015-308 SW   Cooperative Construction and Lease Agreement with MnDOT for the Cedar Grove Transit Station (Claudius Toussaint 612-349-7770)

E. Joint Report of Management and Transportation Committees
1.    2015-301   Authorization to Amend the 2015 Unified Budget Downtown East Area Enhancement (Paul Conery 651-602-1374, Ed Petrie 612-349-7624) Roll Call

VIII. OTHER BUSINESS

1.    2015-282   Appointments to the Transportation Advisory Board (Chair Adam Duininck 651-602-1390)
2.    Information Item: Areas of Concentrated Poverty: What do the newest ACS data tell us? (Libby Starling 651-602-1135, Matt Schroeder 651-602-1513)
3.    Information Item: Comprehensive Water Quality Assessment of Metropolitan Area Streams (Karen Jensen 651-602-1401)
4.    2015-304   Adoption of the 2015, Payable 2016, Tax Levy for General Purposes, Livable Communities Demonstration Account, Livable Communities Tax Base Revitalization Account, Transit Debt Anticipation, Parks Debt Anticipation, Cancellation of Tax Levies for General Obligation Transit and Parks Bonds, and the Metropolitan Council’s 2016 Unified Budget (Mary Bogie 651-602-1359) After 6pm, Roll Call
·         Review of public comments received to date and changes to proposed budget
·         Open public comment
·         Final adoption of budget

IX. REPORTS

A.    Council Members
B.    Chair
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