Metropolitan Council 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

1. Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
2. Approval of the agenda
3. Approval of August 12, 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.
 

Joint Reports:

1. 2026-125: Preliminary 2027 Budget and Property Tax Levies; Resolutions 2026-5, 2026-6, 2026-7, 2026-8, 2026-9, 2026-10, 2026-11 (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer) Roll-Call Vote

Consent business

1. 2026-137: City of Minnetrista Mixed Residential South Area Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21758-8 (Shawn James)
2. 2026-139: Forecast Revisions Following System Statements Reconciliation (Todd Graham)
3. 2026-144: Transit Link Service for Scott and Carver Counties, Contract 26P221 (Sheila Holbrook-White, Sheila Williams)
4. 2026-153: City of Greenfield Bleck Property Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21991-3 (Freya Thamman)
5. 2026-154: City of Bloomington South Loop Future Land Use Designations Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21953-21 (Amber Turnquest)
6. 2026-160 SW: Stormwater Reuse Grant Program (Steve Christopher)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

1. 2026-156: 2026 Bring It Home Project Based Voucher Award Recommendation (Chong Lao)

Environment

1. No reports.

Management

1. 2026-89: AMCL Professional Services Agreement, Contract 22P018 – Amendment 4 (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer; Sam Paske, Assistant General Manager - Environmental Services; Kristin Thompson, Director of Asset Management, Metro Transit)

Transportation

1. 2025-151 SW: METRO G Line – Construction Contract 26P075 (Evan Owens-Ambrogio)

Information

1. Green Line Extension Project Update (Lesley Kandaras, Jim Alexander, Brian Funk, Chief Joseph Dotseth, Andrew Brody, Sophia Ginis)
   • Presentation
2. Safety & Security Action Plan, Q2 Update (Lesley Kandaras, Carol Gronfor, Chief Joseph Dotseth)
   • Presentation

Other Business:

1. No reports.

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:
SW:      Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Council contact:
Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
RAOffice@metc.state.mn.us
651-602-1842

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]