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 June 10, 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.
 

Discussion

1. Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Welcome and Discussion
   • Presentation

Joint reports

1. 2026-78 JT SW: 2026 Unified Budget Amendment – 2nd Quarter (Stewart McMullan, Director, Budget) Roll Call Vote

Consent business

1. 2025-102: City of Minnetrista Boll Property and Residential Low-Medium Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21758-6 (Shawn James, 651-602-1233)
2. 2026-103: Baylor Regional Park Long-Range Plan, Carver County (Colin Kelly, 651-602-1361)
3. 2026-104: City of Columbia Heights 4300 Central Avenue NE Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 21956-3 (Amber Turnquest, 651-602-1576)
4. 2026-106 SW: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – Four Project Adjustments (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
5. 2026-108: Disposition of Property and Joint Powers Agreement with the City of Hopkins and Hopkins Housing and Redevelopment Authority for Redevelopment near Shady Oak Station (Jason Schmidt, 612-349-7509)
   • Exhibit A

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

1. 2026-86: Community Tree Planting Grant Notice of Funding Availability (Gillian Greenberg, 651-602-1726)

Environment

1. No reports.

Management

1. No reports.

Transportation

1. 2026-107: METRO Green Line Extension Aldridge Parsons Joint Venture Change Order to Contract 17P000 (Jim Alexander)

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]