Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
October 28, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions

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 14, 2026, Metropolitan Council minutes

Public invitation

Interested persons may address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.


Other business

  1. 2026-186: Adoption of the Metropolitan Council’s Public Comment Draft of the 2027 Unified Budget (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer) roll call vote
    • Additional material: Public Comment Draft

Consent business

  1. 2026-173: City of Chaska Big Woods Business Park Phase 1 Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22303-4 (MacKenzie Young Walters)
  2. 2026-184: City of Minnetrista Gothmann/Segner Property Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21758-9 (Shawn James)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

Community Development

  1. No reports.

Environment

  1. 2026-196 SW: Metro WRRF EPS Electrical / EPS & WSE2 Buildings Improvements, Contract 26P103 (Rene Heflin)

Management

  1. No reports.

Transportation

  1. 2026-171 SW: Disposition of 13 Properties in the Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Fund Program (Tony Fischer, Planning Analyst)
  2. 2026-183 SW: Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Oakdale and Oakdale Economic Development Agency for Redevelopment Near Helmo Station (Margaret Perez)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Information

  1. Fare Policy Update (Tom Randall, Dustin Crescini)
    • Presentation

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Council Members
  3. Regional Administrator
  4. General Counsel

Adjournment


Additional notes:
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item could be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.
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


Council contact:
Megan Burchett, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]