Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
November 12, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions

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 the agenda
  3. Approval of October 22, 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

  1. 2025-211: Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Rosemount, Contract 28I084 (Chad Davison 651-602-4031)
  2. 2025-240: Research Services, Contract 24P240 (Rachel Dungca 612-349-7536)
  3. 2025-245: Cleary Lake Regional Park Long-Range Plan, Scott County (Tracey Kinney 651-602-1029)
  4. 2025-257: Material Management Warehouse Facility Design, Contract 25P078 (Robert Rimstad 612-349-7768)
  5. 2025-258: Benefit Consulting Services (Michelle Murray, 651-602-1390)
  6. 2025-260: Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Brooklyn Center (Brooklyn Center Police Department) and the Metro Transit Police Department, Contract #25I102 (Interim Chief of Police Joseph Dotseth 612-349-7200, Acting Lieutenant Kadra Mohamed 612-349-7200)
  7. 2025-264: Procurement of Four Small Buses for Transit Link Scott County, Contract 25P310 (Jodi Janssen 651-602-1103)
  8. 2025-268: City of Lakeville Dakota Waste Solutions and Olam Holdings1 Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22077-16 (Patrick Boylan, 651-602-1438)
  9. 2025-269: Gale Woods Farm Special Feature, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Pieper), Three Rivers Park District (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  10. 2025-270: Risk Management Information System, Contract 19P142 - Amendment 3 (Gretchen White, 651-602-1443, and Josh Alswager, 651-602-1065)
  11. 2025-271: Approval of Minneapolis, FTA Pilot Program for TOD Planning (Blue Line Extension) 24I050 (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
  12. 2025-272: Securian Office Lease, Contract 25M098 (Kelly Jameson, 651-602-1556; Ben Bruenjes, 651-602-1975)
  13. 2025-275: 2026-2029 Streamlined TIP Amendment Request – Reconnect Rondo’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program planning grant (Robbie King 651-602-1380)
  14. 2025-276: East, West, and Crosstown Transit Service; Contract 20P099 – Amendment 7 (John Harper 651-602-1744)
  15. 2025-283: Metro HRA Administrative Plan Revision – Housing Quality Standards (Stephanie Paulson 651-602-1584)
  16. 2025-287: Approval of Payment Standards for Metro HRA Rent Assistance Programs (Terri Smith 651-602-1187)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

  1. 2025-288: Funding Recommendations for 2025 Livable Communities Demonstration Account and Transit Oriented Development Grants (Hannah Gary 651-602-1633; Nate Kabat, Livable Communities Advisory Committee Member)

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. 2025-261 SW (Amended): 2025 Policy Update: FM 14-2 (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer, 651-602-1144; Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, Finance, 651-602-1162; Ashanti Payne, Assist. Director, Equity & Equal Opportunity, 612-349-7660)
  2. 2025-262 SW (Amended): 2025 Policy Update: 15-1 (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer, 651-602-1144; Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, Finance, 651-602-1162; Ashanti Payne, Assist. Director, Equity & Equal Opportunity, 612-349-7660)

Transportation

  1. 2025-187: METRO Blue Line Extension – Kimley-Horn Amendment, Contract 22P103A (Alicia Vap 612-349-7079)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Other business

  1. 2025-289: Release of CEDS for Public Comment and Set Public Hearing Date (Baris Gumus-Dawes 651-602-1331)
  2. 2025-298: Authorize submittal of the Regional Climate Action Plan (Gillian Greenberg, Peter Wilfahrt)
  3. 2025-299: Resolutions Setting Regular Council and Committee Meeting Days and Authorizing Closed Committee Meetings (Chair Barber)
    • Additional materials

Information

  1. E Line Activiation (Adam Smith 612-349-7160, Bob Westgate)
  2. Arterial BRT Plan Update (Kyle O’Donnell Burrows 612-349-7749)

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
[email protected]
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]