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
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of April 23, 2025, Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees
- 2025-83: 2025 Salary Adjustments for the Regional Administrator and General Counsel (Cassandra Tabor, Chief Human Resources Officer, Human Resources, 651-602-1417)
- 2025-124: Railroad Liability Insurance for Northstar Operations (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162)
Information
- Litigation Review (Ann Bloodhart, General Council, 651-602-1105) (closed session)
- Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County v. DMJM Harris, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
- Metropolitan Council v. Crossroads Properties, Inc., et al. (Hartford Parcel 400 – Gold Line)
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council
- Steven Glasford, et al. v. City of Minneapolis and/or Metro Transit (Metropolitan Council)
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council
- Abdirahman Yonis v. Transit Metro, Metro Transit
- Wasyihun Fanta v. Metro Transit, et al.
- Jamesia Sullen v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Metropolitan Council v. CSM RI Eden Prairie, LLC (Parcel 223, Green Line Extension)
- Stairstep Foundation v. State of Minnesota, et al.
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
Adjournment
Additional notes:
Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subdivision 3(b); Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City of Minneapolis, 310 Minn. 313, 251 N.W.2d 620 (Minn. 1976); and Star Tribune v. Board of Education, Special School District No. 1, 507 N.W.2d 869 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) which permit public bodies to close meetings to discuss attorney-client privileged matters.
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