Transportation Committee Meeting

Call to order

1. Approval of the agenda
2. Approval of June 24, 2024, Transportation Committee minutes

Employee recognition – Metro Transit

1. Metro Transit General Manager

Reports

1. Metropolitan Transportation Services Executive Director
2. Metro Transit General Manager
3. Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)
   • Attachment: July 17, 2024 TAB Summary Report
4. Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee (TAAC)

Consent business

1. 2024-186 SW: Streamlined 2024-2027 TIP Amendment Request – MnDOT’s MN 121 and CSAH 22 Improvements Project (Robbie King 651-602-1380)
2. 2024-187 SW: 2024-2027 TIP Amendment Request – I-94 Bridge Over Wright County Road 19 (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1705)

Non-consent business

1. 2024-122 SW: METRO Blue Line Extension (BLE) – Authorize Municipal Consent Joint Public Hearing (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
2. 2024-153: METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit - Vehicle Use and Guideway Maintenance Agreements with Washington County (Mike Ullmer 651-602-1957)
3. 2024-167: Pocket Schedule Printing, Warehousing & Distribution, Contract 24P009 (Jacob Brown 612-349-7348)
4. 2024-178: METRO Green Line Extension BNSF Construction Agreement, Contract 17M155 – Purchase Order Increase (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
5. 2024-179: METRO Green Line Extension Master Utility Agreement with CenterPoint Energy, Contract 16M143 – Amendment 4 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
6. 2024-190: METRO Green Line Extension Cubic Transportation Systems Fare Collection - Contract 24P214 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
7. 2024-132: Regionally Significant 2024-2027 TIP Amendment Request – US 10 Expansion Project (Robbie King 651-602-1380)
   • Additional Material
8. 2024-180 SW: Microtransit Service, Contract 24P029 (John Harper 651-602-1744)
   • Presentation: Microtransit Service
9. 2024-192 JT: Imagine 2050 Transportation Policy Plan Release for Public Comment (Cole Hiniker 651-602-1748, Amy Vennewitz 651-602-1058)
   • Presentation: Imagine 2050 Transportation Policy Plan
   • Overview/Imagine 2050 Transportation Chapter
   • Policies and Actions
   • Regional Transportation Finance
   • Highway Investment Plan
     • Functional Classification
     • Preliminary Interchange Approval Process
     • Congestion Management Process
   • Transit Investment Plan
     • Transit Design and Performance Guidelines
   • Bicycle Investment Plan
   • Pedestrian Investment Plan
   • TDM Investment Plan
   • Freight Investment Plan
   • Aviation System Plan
     • Aviation Supporting Information
   • Evaluation and Performance
   • Work Program
   • Long-Range Highway and Transit Capital Project Lists
   • Environmental Justice Analysis

Information

1. State Fair Service, Workforce and Quarterly Service Changes Update (Jessica Cross 612-349-7362, Antoinette Brasson 612-349-7309, Brian Funk 612-349-7514, Erin Mitchell 612-349-7787)
   • Presentation: State Fair Service, Workforce and Quarterly Service Changes Update
2. Light Rail Training Overview (Ona Pradhan 612-341-5642)
   • Presentation: Light Rail Training Overview

Adjournment

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

Committee information

Transportation Committee

Committee contact:

Jenna Ernst
651-602-1758
[email protected]