Metropolitan Council Meeting

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

1. Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
2. Approval of the agenda
3. Approval of May 14, 2025, 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. 2025-24: Procurement of 5 transit vans utilizing the State of North Dakota, Contract 25P212 (Jodi Janssen 651-602-1103, Paul Colton 651-602-1668)
2. 2025-97: Authorization to Apply for Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas Funding, (Sheila Williams, 651-602-1709) Resolution 2025-9
3. 2025-117: Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Brooklyn Center (Chris Remus, 651-602-4538)
4. 2025-119: Metro WRRF Primary & Secondary Rehabilitation & Renewal Phase 1, Contract 24P096 (Rene Heflin 651-602-1077, Luke Holifield 651-602- 6017)
5. 2025-120: Fridley Interceptor 4-NS-521 Rehabilitation Real Estate Property Acquisition and Condemnation (Tom Jauquet, 651-602-4542) Resolution 2025-12
6. 2025-121: Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Fund repayment from City of Ramsey for Parcel along US 10 east of Ramsey Blvd NW (Tony Fischer, 651-602-1703)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

1. No reports.

Environment

1. No reports.

Management

1. 2025-124: Railroad Liability Insurance for Northstar Operations (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162)
2. 2025-130 SW: Joint Powers Cooperative Agreement 25I057 with the State of North Dakota (Jodi Janssen, 651-602-1103; Paul Colton, 651-602-1668)

Transportation

1. No reports.

Joint reports

1. No reports.

Other business

1. 2025-38: Appointments to the Audit Committee (Charles A. Zelle)

Information

1. No reports.

Reports

1. Chair
2. Council Members
3. Regional Administrator
4. General Counsel

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:
SW:      Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Council contact:
Ginger Fride, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1842
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]