Regular Meeting
October 8, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions
Minutes (PDF)
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
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of September 24, 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
- 2025-212: Lift Station L32A Real Estate Property Acquisition and Condemnation (Tim Wedin, 651-602-4571)
- 2025-213: Authorization to Hold a Public Hearing on the Draft Facility Plan for Interceptor 8253-327 Improvements, Phase 2, ES Project No. 802806 (Daniel Fick, 651-602-1061)
- 2025-214: Approval for Amendment to Contract 14I007 - Metro Water Conservation Utilizing MnTAP Interns (Greg Johnson, 651-602-1016)
- 2025-224: Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Edina (Edina Police Department) and the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD), Contract #25I094 (Interim Chief of Police Joseph Dotseth 612-349-7200, Acting Lieutenant Kadra Mohamed 612-349-7200)
- 2025-226: Joint Powers Agreement with Ramsey County (Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office) and the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD), Contract #25I089 (Joe Reichstadt 612-349-7181, Captain Erin Dietz 612-349-7200)
- 2025-237: Transit Control Center Motorola Radio Upgrade, Contract 25P187 (Carri Sampson 612-349-7311)
Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees
Community Development
- No reports.
Environment
- No reports.
Management
- No reports.
Transportation
- 2025-229: Transportation Policy Plan Amendment 1: Blue Line Extension and Gold Line Extension Public Comment Report and Adoption Consideration (Bradley Bobbitt 651-602-1724)
Joint reports
- No reports.
Other business
- No reports.
Information
- Imagine 2050 Outcomes Measurement Program Update – Regional Policies (Krysten Ryba-Tures 651-602-1821; Sarah Nelson 651-602-1396)
- Public Comment Budget Update and 2026-2031 Capital Program (Ned Smith 651-602-1162)
- Committee of the Whole Discussion (Sam O'Connell 612-373-3815, Michael Sund 651-602-1095)
Reports
- Chair
- Council Members
- Regional Administrator
- 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:
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:
Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222