Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
September 10, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions
Minutes (PDF)

Agenda

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 agenda

  3. ​Approval of August 27, 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.
 

Regional Leadership Award (Presented by Chair Charles Zelle)

 

Joint Reports

  1. 2025-194 JT:  3rd Quarter Budget Amendment (Stewart McMullan, 651-602-1374) Non-Consent, Roll Call
  2. 2025-170 JT: Transit Funding Allocation Policy (Charles Carlson 651-602-1761) Non-Consent

Consent business

  1. 2025-195: West Mississippi River Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Steinke), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  2. 2025-196: West Mississippi River Regional Trail, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Lennander), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  3. 2025-201: METRO E Line – Amendment 1 to Engineering and Construction Administration Contract 21P364 (Adam Smith 612-349-7160)
  4. 2025-202: MNIT Services WAN Hosting Agreement, Contract 25I067 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
  5. 2025-203: E-911 Independent Emergency Services, Contract 20P022 Amendment #2 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443 and Josh Alswager, 651-602-1065)
  6. 2025-205: Corridors of Commerce Local Screening and Recommendation: City of Anoka’s Highway 47/BNSF Railway Crossing Project (Bethany Brandt-Sargent 651-602-1725, Steve Peterson 651-602-1819)
  7. 2025-207: METRO Green Line Extension Site Maintenance, Contract 25P074 (Nic Dial 612-373-3974)
  8. 2025-209: Signature Authorization for State Fiscal Year 2026 Regional Parks Grant Programs (Erin Acton 651-602-1938)
  9. 2025-210: Master Contracts for Sustainability Services, Contract Project No. 24P275 (Judy Sventek, 651-602-1156)
  10. 2025-217: Mitel Systems Maintenance Services, Contract 25P043 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
  11. 2025-218: Vehicle Area Network Refresh, Contract 25P254 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443)
  12. 2025-219: Green Line Extension Rail Liability Insurance (Phil Walljasper, 651-602-1787; Ray Engler)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

  1. 2025-221: City of Bayport ISD 834 School Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22164-2 (Emma Dvorak 651-602-1399)
  2. 2025-223: Funding Recommendations for 2025 Livable Communities Act Pre-Development and Policy Grants (Marcus Martin 651-602-1054, Olivia Boerschinger 651-602-1327)

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. No reports.

Transportation

  1. 2025-137: METRO Blue Line Extension – Adequacy Determination (Kelcie Young 612-349-388)
  2. 2025-216: 2026-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1705)

Other business

  1. No reports.

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:
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
Mee.Cheng@metc.state.mn.us
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]