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
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of March 26, 2026, Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee minutes
Information items and committee work
- New member introductions (Wendy Wulff)
- Subregional engagement update (Steve Christopher)
- Water Efficiency Grant Program update (Jen Kostrzewski)
- White Bear Lake Area Comprehensive Plan Work Group update (Greg Johnson)
- TAC meeting update (Greg Johnson)
- MAWSAC report update and committee work (Lanya Ross)
- Legislative update (Judy Sventek)
- Chair and committee updates – round robin (Wendy Wulff, committee)
Next steps
- Next meeting – September 24, 2026 at Regional Maintenance Facility
- Promote and attend upcoming water planning events:
- October 8, 2026 Regional Water Planning Workshop
- November 19, 2026 PlanIt Conference
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication