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 June 24, 2026 Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2026-119: Voluntary Vision Plan Services (Michelle Murray, Senior Manager - Benefits)
- 2026-132: Joint Powers Cooperative Agreement with Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer)
Information
- 2027 General Purposes Levy Strategy and Preliminary Regional Administration Budget Allocations (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer)
- Litigation Review (Ann Bloodhart, General Counsel) (closed session)
- Beatrice Moore as Trustee v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Lizette Cordero v. Metropolitan Council
- Ahmed Jama, as Trustee for Next of Kin of Mahad Osman v. Metropolitan Council, Metro Transit and Anthony Troy Moore
- The Metropolitan Council and County of Hennepin v. DMJM Harris, Inc. d/b/a AECOM USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc (collectively “AECOM”)
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Michael Fiorito v. Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Metropolitan Council, et. Al
- Michael Fiorito v. George Henry and Token Transit
- Blake Pederson v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Metropolitan Council v. 800 Prairie Center Drive LLC and Craig Oberlander, et al. (Redstone American Grill – Parcels 215 and 2.215 – Green Line Extension)
- Metropolitan Council v. Crossroads Properties, Inc., et al. (Hartford Parcel 400 – Gold Line)
- The Metropolitan Council v. CRW Woodbury, LLC; et al. (Parcel 401 – Gold Line)
Adjournment
Additional notes:
Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subdivision 3(b);
Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City of Minneapolis, 310 Minn. 313, 251 N.W.2d 620 (Minn. 1976); and
Star Tribune v. Board of Education, Special School District No. 1, 507 N.W.2d 869 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993) which permit public bodies to close meetings to discuss attorney-client privileged matters.
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