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
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Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
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Approval of the agenda
- Approval of January 28, 2026 Special Management Committee minutes
Information
- Quarterly Procurement & MCUB Goals Review ((Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer, 651-602-1144; Ashanti Payne, Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity Assistant Director, 612-349-7660)
- Investment Review - Fourth Quarter 2025 (Mark Thompson, Director of Treasury, 651-602-1629)
- Litigation Review (Ann Bloodhart, General Counsel, 651-602-1105) (closed session)
- In re City of Cottage Grove’s Decision on the adequacy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Amrize (Formerly Holcim – MWR, Inc.) Nelson Mine Backwater Project
- Hay Holding Company, LLC v. Metropolitan Council, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and City of Corcoran; Maple Hill MHP LLC and GBH Property, LLC (Intervenors) v. Metropolitan Council, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, City of Corcoran (Defendants in Intervention)
- Beatrice Moore as Trustee v. Metropolitan Council, et al
- Robert Starr and Andrea Walker, as co-trustees and next of kin of Kendrick Starr v. Metropolitan Council
- Jihad Hamoud v. Metropolitan Council
- The Metropolitan Council and County of Hennepin v. DMJM Harris, Inc. d/b/a AECOM USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Blake Pederson v. Metropolitan Council
- Stairstep Foundation v. State of Minnesota, et al.
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Leslie Davis v. Metropolitan Council
- Metropolitan Council v. 800 Prairie Center Drive LLC and Craig Oberlander, et al.
- Metropolitan Council v. Crossroads Properties, Inc., et al.
- The Metropolitan Council v. CRW Woodbury, LLC; et al.
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.
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