Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
December 11, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

Agenda

Call to order

 
  1. Approval of the agenda
  2. Approval of November 13, 2024, 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. 2024-116: METRO Green Line Extension Civil Construction Cumulative Change Order Authority Increase, Contract 15P307A (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  2. 2024-221: Minnesota River Bluffs Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (CCRRA), Carver County (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  3. 2024-247: METRO Blue Line Extension Subordinate Funding Agreement No. 3 (#21I032C) with Hennepin County Staffing Services for 2025 (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
  4. 2024-249: METRO Blue Line Extension Project Subordinate Funding Agreement No. 10 (#14l044J) with MnDOT for 2025 Staffing Services (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
  5. 2024-261: Metro Mobility Premium On-Demand Contract Award (Gerri Sutton 651-602-1672)
  6. 2024-284: METRO Green Line Extension Freight Rail Flagging Services, Contract Emergency Flagging Services, Contract 21P271 – Amendment No. 5 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  7. 2024-285: METRO Green Line Extension Advanced Design Consultant, Contract 14P125 - Amendment No. 16 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  8. 2024-286: METRO Green Line Extension Construction Management Support Services, Contract 17P060 – Amendment No. 6 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  9. 2024-287: METRO Green Line Extension Quality Management Services, Contract 18P018 – Amendment No. 5 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  10. 2024-293: METRO Blue Line Extension – Contract #22M024 Amendment with CBRE, Inc and Middleton Partners, LLC to extend Blue Line Project Office Lease (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
  11. 2024-295 SW: Grant Agreement #24I051 with Hennepin County Anti-Displacement Community Prosperity Program for the Blue Line Extension Light Rail Transit Project (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507) 
  12. 2024-296: METRO Green Line Extension Project Office Lease Agreement, Contract 12P008 – Amendment No. 5 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  13. 2024-299: Saint Paul Downtown Alliance, Contract 24P265 (Berry Farrington 612-349-7378)
  14. 2024-306: Scott County, Louisville-Merriam Junction Regional Trail Long-Range Plan, Scott County (Tracey Kinney, 651-602-1029)
  15. 2024-307: Scott County, Shallow Waters Regional Trail Long-Range Plan, Scott County (Kevin Phan, 651-602-1333)
  16. 2024-308: Elm Creek Park Reserve, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Lasher), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  17. 2024-309: Diamond Lake Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Boggs), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  18. 2024-314: 2023 Newport Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Grant (Matt Gsellmeier, 651-602-1802)
  19. 2024-315 SW: METRO E Line - Amendment 1 to Hennepin County Joint Powers and Cooperative Construction Agreement 23I083 (Katie Roth 612-      349-7772)
  20. 2024-316 SW: METRO G Line - Ramsey County Funding Agreement 24I059 (Katie Roth 612-349-7772) 
  21. 2024-317 SW: METRO G Line – Cooperative Construction Agreement 24I001 with Ramsey County for Rice Street Visioning & Reconstruction Project (Adam Smith, 612-349-7160, Reed Sherlock
  22. 2024-318 SW: METRO G Line – Cooperative Construction Agreement 24I013 with the City of St. Paul for Robert Street Reconstruction (Adam Smith,   612-349-7160; Reed Sherlock, 612-349-7455)
  23. 2024-319: Metro Mobility On Demand Services, Contract 19P049A – Amendment 5 (Gerri Sutton 651-602-1672)
  24. 2024-321: Blue Line State of Good Repair – Phase 3, Contract 24P207 (Wyatt Jackson, 605-359-4436)
  25. 2024-326: 2025 Authorized Financial Institutions (Mark Thompson, 651-602-1629)
  26. 2024-328: Rosedale Transit Center Agreement (Anna Flintoft, 612-349-7377)
  27. 2024-331: Authorize Grant Agreement with University of MN (Nicole Clapp 651-602-1723
  28. 2024-336: 2025-2028 Streamlined TIP Amendment: Six 2024 Regional Solicitation Projects (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
  29. 2024-337: Streamlined 2025-2028 TIP Amendment: Rest in Red Ramsey County Traffic Signal Proof of Concept Project (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)
  30. 2024-338 SW: TSP Mobile Hardware Upgrade, Contract 24P288 (Claire Curd, 612-349-7574)​
  31. 2024-339: Adoption of Transportation Planning Area Boundary (Dave Burns 651-602-1887)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

  1. 2024-342: Funding Recommendations for 2024 Livable Communities Demonstration Account Affordable Homeownership Grants (Emily Seddon, 651-602-1023)

Environment

No reports.

Transportation
  1. 2024-246: METRO Blue Line Extension - Capital Grant Agreement #22I038 Amendment No. 1 with Hennepin County and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)       
  2. 2024-312: METRO Blue Line Extension – Limited Notice to Proceed No. 3 for Engineering Services Contract #22P103A
  3. 2024-329: METRO Green Line Extension Hennepin County and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority Capital Grant Agreement, Contract 18I094 – Amendment No.12 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  4. 2024-330: METRO Green Line Extension Budget and Schedule (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  5. 2024-335 JT SW: METRO B Line – Resolution 2024-26 establishing project contingency for state bond encumbrance (Katie Roth 612-349-7772, Ed Petrie 612-349-7624)
  6. 2024-340 JT SW: Transit Funding Allocation Policy (Charles Carlson 651-602-1761, Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513)

Management

  1. 2024-332 JT SW: 2024 Budget Amendment – 4th Quarter Budget Amendment (Council Member Judy Johnson)
  2. 2024-344 SW: Annual Sole Source Hardware and Software Maintenance Services (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
  3. 2024-345 SW: Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, Contract 21P057 Amendment 2 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
Joint Reports
No reports.
 

Other business

No reports.
 

Information

No items.
 

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Council Members
  3. Regional Administrator
  4. General Counsel
 
6:00 p.m. Public Comment on Budget and Levies
  1. 2024-327: Council Adopts Final Budget Resolutions 2024-20, 2024-21, 2024-22, 2024-23, 2024-24, 2024-25, (Ned Smith, 651-602-1162) roll call after 6:00 p.m.

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:
Mindy Shipman, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1370
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]