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 March 9, 2026, Transportation Committee minutes
Employee recognition – Metro Transit
- Metro Transit General Manager
Reports
- Metropolitan Transportation Services Director (link to TAB report)
- Metro Transit General Manager
Consent business
- 2026-61 SW: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – I-394 Lighting Systems Replacement (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
- 2026-71 SW: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – Cost Decrease for MnDOT’s MN 77 Bridge Rehabilitation (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1750)
- 2026-15: Metro Freeway Approval: TH 610/East River Road in Coon Rapids (Bethany Brandt-Sargent 651-602-1725)
Non-consent business
- 2026-69: Joint Powers Agreement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension/Minnesota Fusion Center (Contract #26I001) (Chief of Police Joseph Dotseth, Captain Richard Raymond, 612-649-7200, Acting Lieutenant Kadra Mohamed 612-349-7200)
- 2026-70: West Metro Transit Service, Contract 25P218 (John Harper 651-602-1744)
Information
- Customer Experience: Improving the end-to-end Customer Journey (Ben Rajkowski 612-349-7397)
- METRO H Line Draft Corridor Plan (Jake Knight 612-349-7546)
Adjournment
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