Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

Regular Meeting
October 21, 2026 | 12:30 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

Agenda

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 (12:30)

  1. Approval of the Agenda

Public Invitation

Invitation to interested persons to address the Transportation Advisory Board. Pre-register at public.info@metc.state.mn.us. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.

Reports (12:35-1:00)

  1. TAB Chair’s Report – Jim Hovland, Chair
  2. Agency Reports – MnDOT, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Council, Suburban Transit Association (2 minutes per report)
  3. TAC Report (Molly McCartney, TAC Vice-Chair)

Approval of Minutes (1:00-1:05)

  1. Approval of August 19, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes* 

Consent Business (1:05-1:25)

  1. 2026-45: Streamlined 2027-2030 TIP Amendment Request - 193rd Avenue NW Roundabout
  2. 2026-46: Streamlined 2027-2030 TIP Amendment Request – Metro Transit Hybrid-Electric Bus Replacement
  3. 2026-47: Streamlined 2027-2030 TIP Amendment Request – Six Southwest Transit projects
  4. 2026-48: Streamlined 2027-2030 TIP Amendment Request – Four Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Projects
  5. 2026-49: Streamlined 2027-2030 TIP Amendment Request – Three Project Adjustments
  1. 2026-39: Program Year Extension Request - Three Rivers Park District Shingle Creek Regional Trail Reconstruction Active Transportation Pilot Project
  2. 2026-40: Program Year Extension Request - Richfield 64th Street Sidewalk Active Transportation Pilot Project
  3. 2026-41: Program Year Extension Request - Dakota County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 42 Trail Gap and Underpass Active Transportation Pilot Project
  4. 2026-42: Program Year Extension Request - Farmington North Creek Greenway Active Transportation Pilot Project
  5. 2026-43: Program Year Extension Request - Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Center High School Pedestrian Improvements Active Transportation Pilot Project
  6. 2026-44: Program Year Extension Request - Arden Hills Old Highway 10 Safe Routes to School Active Transportation Pilot Project

Information (1:25-2:20)

  1. Regional Solicitation Update (Amy Vennewitz, Steve Peterson, and Joe Widing, Transportation Planning)
    1. Scott County Letter to USDOT Secretary 3-30-2026
    2. Met Council Response Scott County 4-03-2026
    3. USDOT response Scott County 8-26-2026
    4. USDOT letter to Met Council 8-26-2026
    5. Council Response to USDOT 10-02-2026
    6.  Regional Solicitation Proposed Revision
  2. TPP 2050 Amendment 3 Public Comments (Cole Hiniker, Transportation Planning)

Items of TAB members

Other Business

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Committee information

Transportation Advisory Board

Committee contact:

Elaine Koutsoukos
[email protected]