Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

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 [email protected]. 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 (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)

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

1. Approval of May 20, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes

Consent Business (1:05-1:10) Joe MacPherson

1. 2026-33: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – Four Project Adjustments

Non-Consent Business (1:10-1:40)

1. 2026-30: Release of draft 2050 Transportation Policy Plan (TPP) Amendment 3 for public comment (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)
   • Document: Draft 2050 TPP Amendment 3
   • Document: Appendix A Resolutions of Support
   • Presentation (Bradley Bobbitt, MTS Planning; Craig Lamothe and Kyle O’Donnell Burrows, Metro Transit)
2. 2026-32: Potential Regional Solicitation Scoring Adjustment for the Excessive Delay Measure (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)

Information (1:40-2:20)

1. EV Public Charging Needs Analysis (Tony Fischer, MTS Planning and Siri Simons, HDR)
2. Regional TDM and Minneapolis TMO (Cole Hiniker and Wendy Duren, MTS; Kathleen Mayell, Minneapolis)

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]