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 September 23, 2026 Special Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2026-200: Defeasance of General Obligation Transit Bonds: Resolution 2026-20 (Mark Thompson - Director, Treasury)
Information
- 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
- Minnesota Minority Trades Council and Bush Companies v. Nancy Daubenberger, et al.
- Kenneth Bush v. Nancy Daubenberger, et al.
- Jose Aguilar v. Metropolitan Council
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council (two matters)
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Michael Fiorito v. Lockridge Grindal Nauen, Metropolitan Council, Pam Steffen, William Hultberg, Timothy Ballman, et al.
- Michael Fiorito v. George Henry, Token Transit, Inc.
- Blake Pederson v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- The Metropolitan Council and County of Hennepin v. DMJM Harris, Inc. d/b/a AECOM USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (collectively “AECOM”)
- 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)
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.
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication