Transportation Advisory Board 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 (12:30)

1. Approval of the Agenda

Public Invitation

Invitation to interested persons to address the Transportation Advisory Board. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.

Reports (12:35-1:00)

1. TAB Chair’s Report – Jim Hovland, Chair
2. Agency Reports – MnDOT, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Council, Suburban Transit Association (2 minutes per report)
3. TAC Report (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)

Approval of Minutes (1:00-1:05)

1. Approval of June 17, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes* 

Non-Consent Business (1:10-1:40)

1. 2026-37: 2027 Unified Planning Work Program (Joe MacPherson, TAC Chair)*
   • Document: Draft 2027 Unified Planning Work Program 
   • Document: Draft 2027 Regional Planning Work Program 
   • 2027 Unified Planning Work Program Presentation (Frank Alarcon, MTS Planning)*
2. 2026-38: 2027-2030 Transportation Improvement Program Public Comments and Approval (Joe Barbeau, MTS Planning)
   • Document: 2027-2030 Transportation Improvement Program *
   • Document: 2027-2030 Transportation Improvement Program Public Comment Report 
   • Presentation (Joe Barbeau, MTS Planning) 

Information (1:40-2:20)

1. EV City Support Project (Rebecca Heisel, Great Plains Institute and Tony Fischer, MTS Planning)
   • Presentation 
2. Regional Solicitation Update (Steve Peterson and Joe Widing, MTS Planning)
   • Regional Solicitation Summary Table*
   • List of Submitted Projects*
   • Presentation*

Items of TAB members

Other Business

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Committee information

Transportation Advisory Board

Committee contact:

Elaine Koutsoukos
[email protected]