Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
June 26, 2024 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions
Minutes (PDF)

Agenda

Call to order

  1. Approval of the agenda
  2. Approval of June 12, 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.

Joint reports

  1. 2024-110 JT: 2nd Quarter Budget Amendment (Stewart McMullan, 651-602-1374)  Non-Consent, Roll Call

Consent business

  1. 2024-128: METRO Green Line Extension:  Emergency Flagging Services, Contract 21P271 - Amendment 3 (Jim Alexander, 612-373-3880)
  2. 2024-129: Northstar Corridor Funding Agreement with State of Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Resolution 2024-8 (Ed Petrie, 612-349-7624)
  3. 2024-140: Vermillion River Greenway Regional Trail (Hastings), Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Dakota County Community Development Agency), Dakota County (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  4. 2024-142: Light Rail Vehicle – Type 2 Pantographs, Contract 24P038 (Mike Rood, 612-341-5612)
  5. 2024-143: Real-Time Sign Replacement Pilot & Implementation Project, Contract 21P366B (Jacob Brown, 612-349-7348)
  6. 2024-151: Programmable Logic Controller Procurement, Contract 23P244 (Roger Rehbein, 651-602-1568)
  7. 2024-154: Partial Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Repayment from City of Ramsey (Tony Fischer, 651-602-1703)
  8. 2024-158 SW: Streamlined TIP Amendment Request – Two Project Adjustments (Robbie King, 651-602-1380)
  9. 2024-159 SW: Streamlined TIP Amendment Request – MnDOT’s US 169, CSAH 9, and & MN 282 Interchange Improvements (Robbie King, 651-602-1380)
  10. 2024-160: FM 14-2 Expenditures for the Procurement of Goods, Services, and Real Estate Policy version six (Jody Jacoby, 651-602-1144; Kelly Jameson, 651-602-1556) 
  11. 2024-161: City of Lake Elmo’s Chavez Parcel Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22215-14 (Emma Dvorak, 651-602-1399)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. 2024-157: Funding Recommendations for 2024 Round One Tax Base Revitalization Account Grants (Marcus Martin, 651-602-1054)
  2. 2024-141: West Mississippi River Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Rife), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)

Environment

  1. No Reports

Management

  1. No Reports

Transportation

  1. 2024-148: MnDOT Funding Grant Agreement for Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Matching Funds for FTA FY23 Low or No Emissions Grant, Agreement 24I026 (Carrie Desmond 612-349-7798)
  2. 2024-150: METRO Green Line Extension:  Hopkins Rail Support Facility Construction, Contract 23P171 (Jim Alexander 612-373-3880)
  3. 2024-162 SW: METRO Blue Line Extension - Authorize SDEIS Public Hearings (Kelcie Young 612-373-3886)

Other business

  1. No Other Business

Information

  1. Art + Policy Update (Amanda Lovelee, 651-602-1375; Eleanor Hohulin, 651-602-1053)
    • Presentation

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:
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

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]