METROPOLITAN COUNCIL MEETING
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
390 Robert Street North | Council Chambers | 4:00 PM

 

AGENDA

I.          CALL TO ORDER  

 

II.         APPROVAL OF AGENDA

 

III.        APPROVAL OF MINUTES

June 14, 2017 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

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.
 

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.    2017-125   Financial Advisory Services (Rich Koop 651-602-1629)
2.    2017-126   2017 Small Bus Procurement – Metro Mobility Agency Services (Paul Colton 651-602-1668)
3.    2017-129   Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant Electrical Distribution Renewal Phase 1 Construction Contract (Tim Amstutz 651-602-1221, Rene Heflin 651-602-1077, Larry Rogacki 651-602-8225)
4.    2017-130   Telecommunications Equipment Contract for the Metro Plant (Tim Amstutz 651-602-1221, Rene Heflin 651-602-1077)        
 

VII.      REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

A. Community Development—No Reports
                                                             
B. Environment—Reports on Consent Agenda  
                                                                 
C. Management
1.    2017-127   Southwest Light Rail Transit (Green Line Extension) Internal Cash Flow Financing (Mary Bogie 651-602-1359)
2.    2017-128   Southwest Light Rail Transit (Green Line Extension) Amendment #2 to the Legal Services Contract (16P030) with Greene Espel, PLLP (Don Mueting 651-602-1463)  
                 
D. Transportation              
1.    2017-113   Blue Line Extension LRT Project – Subordinate Funding Agreement (SFA) No. 4 to the Master Funding Agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) for Bassett Creek Storm Sewer Utility Relocation (MarySue Abel 612-373-5376)
2.    2017-131 SW  2017-2020 TIP Amendment: MVTA Bus Acquisition (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)     
 

VIII.     OTHER BUSINESS

  1. 2017-117   Appointment to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission (Chair Duininck 651-602-1390)
  2. 2017-134   2017 Livable Communities Advisory Committee (LCAC) Appointments and Reappointments (Chair Duininck 651-602-1390)
  3. Information Item: State of the River Report by Friends of the Mississippi River and the National Park Service’s Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA) (Leisa Thompson 651-602-8101, Trevor Russell—Friends of the Mississippi River)
  4. Information Item: Release of the 2016 Generalized Land Use Inventory (Libby Starling 651-602-1135)

IX.       REPORTS

A.Council Members                                   
B.Chair                      
C.Regional Administrator    
D.General Counsel
 

X.        ADJOURNMENT
 

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
*               Additional materials included for items on published agenda
**             Additional business items added following publication of agenda
***            Backup materials available at the meeting