Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
July 23, 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 July 9, 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. 2025-158: City of Edina Lincoln and Londonderry Small Area Plan Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22400-3 (Amber Turnquest 651-602-1576)
  2. 2025-159: City of Minneapolis 1501 Johnson Street NE Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22166-18 (Amber Turnquest, 651-602-1576)
  3. 2025-160: City of Forest Lake Land Use Tables Update Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 222270-7 (Merritt Clapp-Smith 651-602-1567)
  4. 2025-162: Blakeley Bluffs Park Reserve, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Riesgraf), Scott County (Jessica Lee 651-602-1621)
  5. 2025-163: Lake Rebecca Park Reserve, Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Award (Van Horn), Three Rivers Park District (Kevin Phan 651-602-1333)
  6. 2025-165: METRO Green Line Extension Construction Support Legal Services Contract 20P007 – Amendment No. 3 (Lesley Kandaras, 612-349-7513; Nick Thompson, 612-349-7507; Jim Alexander, 612-373-3880; Nic Dial, 612-373-3974; Patrick Lee O’Halloran, 651-602-1689)
  7. 2025-166: Authorize Grant Agreement with the City of Plymouth for Match to the City's Federal RAISE Grant (Arin Knutson 612-349-7643)
  8. 2025-171: Metro Mobility Free Fares on Regular Route (Gerri Sutton 651-602-1672)
  9. 2025-172: Janitorial Services for Environmental Services Facilities, Contract 24P248 (John Young, 651-602-8281)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. No reports.

Environment

  1. 2025-157: Adoption of Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (ES) Wastewater Rates and Charges (Matt Gsellmeier, 651-602-1802)

Management

  1. 2025-174 SW: Council Property Insurance Renewal (Phil Walljasper, 651-602-1787)
  2. 2025-175 SW: Legistar Software System – Contract 25M030 (Mee Cheng, Senior Manager, Administrative Services, 651-602-1222)

Transportation

  1. 2025-154: Blue Line Lake Street/Midtown Renovation Design Contract Amendment, Contract 23P050 (Derek Berube 612-349-7560)
  2. 2025-155: Blue Line Franklin Ave Renovation Design, Contract 25P213 (Liz Morice 612-474-4353)
  3. 2025-179: St Paul and Anoka County (SPaAC) Transit Service, Contract 25P010 (John Harper 651-602-1744)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Other business

  1. 2025-173: Appointment to the Transportation Advisory Board (Charles Zelle)

Information

  1. Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Plan Update (Kyle O’Donnell Burrows 612-349-7749)
  2. 2024 Population Estimates (Matt Schroeder)

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:
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]