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.
Council members may participate in the meeting by interactive technology pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 13D.02, subdivision 1(a).
Call to order
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of October 13, 2025, Transportation Committee minutes
Public Hearing on Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) Amendment 2: Aviation System Plan Update
Employee recognition – Metro Transit
- Metro Transit General Manager
Reports
- Metropolitan Transportation Services Executive Director
- Metro Transit General Manager
- Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)
- Attachment: October 15, 2025 TAB Summary Report
Consent business
- 2025-264: Procurement of Four Small Buses for Transit Link Scott County, Contract 25P310 (Jodi Janssen 651-602-1103)
Non-consent business
- 2025-187: METRO Blue Line Extension – Kimley-Horn Amendment, Contract 22P103A (Alicia Vap 612-349-7079)
- Presentation: 2025-187: METRO Blue Line Extension – Kimley-Horn Amendment, Contract 22P103A
- 2025-240: Research Services, Contract 24P240 (Rachel Dungca 612-349-7536)
- 2025-257: Material Management Warehouse Facility Design, Contract 25P078 (Mark Oelrich 612-349-7135) *
- Presentation: 2025-257: Material Management Warehouse Facility Design, Contract 25P078
- 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)
- 2025-271: Approval of Minneapolis, FTA Pilot Program for TOD Planning (Blue Line Extension) 24I050 (Nick Thompson 612-349-7507)
- Presentation: 2025-271: Approval of Minneapolis, FTA Pilot Program for TOD Planning (Blue Line Extension) 24I050
- 2025-275: 2026-2029 Streamlined TIP Amendment Request – Reconnect Rondo’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Planning Grant (Robbie King 651-602-1380)
- 2025-276: East, West, and Crosstown Transit Service; Contract 20P099 – Amendment 7 (John Harper 651-602-1744)
Information
- There are no information items.
Adjournment
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