NOTICE: Governor Walz has declared a peacetime emergency (Emergency Executive Order 20-01) in response to COVID-19 and the Metropolitan Council Chair has determined it is not practical or prudent to conduct an in-person meetings for reasons stated in the Governor’s Emergency Executive Order. Accordingly, committee members will participate in this meeting via telephone or other electronic means and the meeting will be conducted under Minnesota Statutes section 13D.021 at the date and time stated above. We encourage you to monitor the meeting remotely. If you have comments, we encourage members of the public to email us at
[email protected]. We will respond to your comments in a timely manner.
AGENDA [
Handouts] [
Presentation]
1. CALL TO ORDER - Roll Call
2. REVIEW MEETING MINUTES
a. May 20, 2021 of the regular meeting of the DBE & Workforce Advisory Committee
3. BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES UPDATE
4. SWLRT PROJECT UPDATE
5. DBE ACHIEVEMENT REPORTING
a. DBE Progress Reports and Disaggregated DBE Data
b. Civil: LMJV DBE Activities
c. Systems: APJV DBE Activities
d. Franklin O&M: LS Black DBE Activities
6. WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION REPORTING
a. Workforce Participation Reports and Disaggregated Workforce Data
b. Civil: LMJV Workforce Activities
c. Systems: APJV Workforce Activities
d. Franklin O&M: LS Black Workforce Activities
7. USING SMALL CONTRACTS TO ADVANCE EQUITY
a. Presentation by Mary Schmidt - MnDOT
8. ADJOURN
Next Scheduled Meeting: July 15th, 2021 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm
If you have comments, I encourage members of the public to email the Co-chairs Ashanti Payne at
[email protected] or Salima Khakoo at
[email protected]. We will respond
to your comments in a timely manner.