Environment Committee Meeting

Regular Meeting
January 13, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

Amended 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 28, 2025 Environment Committee minutes

Consent business

  1. 2026-1 JT: 2026 January Budget Amendment (Christine Dwyer 651-602-1115, Ward Brown 651-602-1263)

Non-consent business

  1. 2025-305: Ratification of Declaration of Emergency Repair of Plymouth Interceptor 7027-1 (Chris Remus, 651-602-4538)
  2. 2025-311: Ratification of Emergency Declaration for Red Dye Release and Roadway Remediation at Metro WRRF (Amanda Cerne 612-568-2950, Craig Edlund 651-602-8383)
    • Presentation
  3. 2026-11: Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Hastings (Chad Davison, 651-602-4031)

Information

  1. Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) Implementation Guidelines Update (MacKenzie Young-Walters, 651-602-1373)
  2. Federal Fiscal Year 2025 EPA Report Summary for Environmental Services (Rajan Nayar 612-349-7161, Ashanti Payne 612-349-7660)

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Committee
  3. General Manager

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
 

Committee information

Environment Committee

Committee contact:

Nneka Onah
[email protected]
651-602-8101