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
- Approval of the agenda
Public invitation
Invitation to interested persons to address the Transportation Advisory Board. Pre-register at
[email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
Reports (12:35-1:00)
- TAB Chair’s Report – Jim Hovland
- Agency Reports – MnDOT, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Council, Suburban Transit Association
- TAC Report – Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair
Approval of Minutes (1:00-1:05)
- Approval of September 17, 2025, Transportation Advisory Board minutes
Consent business
- 2025-29: 2026-2029 Streamlined TIP Amendment Request – Reconnect Rondo Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program planning grant
Information (1:05-2:30)
- Arterial BRT Update (Kyle O’Donnell Burrows, Metro Transit)
- Travel Behavior Inventory Overview (Dennis Farmer, MTS)
- Regional Solicitation Evaluation
- Policymaker Workgroup (Jim Hovland, Chair, Steve Peterson, MTS, and Molly Stewart, SRF, Alison Bell, Bellwether Consulting)
- Active Transportation (Glen Johnson, Chair, Joe Widing, MTS)
Items of TAB members
Other business
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication