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 December 3, 2025, 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.
 

Consent business

1. ​2025-295: City of Norwood Young America Residential Densities Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22238-7 (Shawn James 651-602-1233)
2. ​2025-302: Plat Monitoring Program Update Recommendation (MacKenzie Young Walters 651-602-1373)
3. 2025-307: Voestalpine LVT Block Procurement, Contract 25P323 (Wyatt Jackson 605-359-4436)
4. 2025-309: 2026-2028 Title VI Program (Shirin Edwin 651-602-1713 )
5. 2025-310: Accept the Public Comment Report and Adopt the Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan, Modernizing Mapping Project (Tracey Kinney 651-602-1029; Kevin Phan 651-602-1345)
6. 2025-312: Management of Regional Assets Policy, FM 8-1 (Larry Phillips, 651-602-1025)
7. 2025-316: Right-of-Way Acquisition Loan Fund Repayment from City of Ramsey and Write-off (Tony Fischer 651-602-1703)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Joint reports

1. 2025-277 JT: Loan Agreement with MnDOT for Coordinated Corridor Projects, Contract 25R012 (Ned Smith 651-602-1162, Katie Roth 612-349-7772, Kristin Prescott 612-373-3812)

Community Development

1. 2025-304: 2050 Planning Assistance Grant Program and Small Communities Planning Program Funding Award Recommendations (Angela R. Torres 651-602-1566)
2. 2025-315 SW: Adoption of Livable Communities Act Affordable and Life-Cycle Housing Goals for 2021-2030 for the Cities of Anoka, Champlin, and Norwood Young America, Resolution No. 2025-40 (Emily Seddon 651-602-1023)

Environment

1. No reports.

Management

1. 2025-292: 2026 Non-Represented Plan Changes (Cassandra Tabor, 651-602-1417)
2. 2025-303 SW: Municipal I/I River Grant and Municipal I/I Grant Guidelines (Christine Dwyer, 651-602-1115 & Aaron Boaitey, 651-602-1426)
3. 2025-306: Award Wastewater, Parks and Transit Bonds within established financial parameters. Resolutions; 2025-37, 2025-38, 2025-39 (Mark Thompson, 651-602-1629)

Transportation

1. No reports.

Other business

1. No reports.

Information

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:
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:

Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]