Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
February 25, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions
Minutes (PDF)

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Agenda

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 February 11, 2026, Metropolitan Council minutes

Public invitation

Interested persons may address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Pre-register at public.info@metc.state.mn.us. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
 

Consent business

  1. ​2025-311: Ratification of Emergency Declaration for Red Dye Release and Roadway Remediation at Metro WRRF (Amanda Cerne, 651-602-8296)
  2. 2026-29: Rice Creek North Regional Trail Long-Range Plan, Anoka County (Zoey Mauck, 651-602-1398)
  3. 2026-34: Master Contract for Electrical Distribution & Facilities Improvement Services (Heidi Hutter, 651-602-1076)
  4. 2026-35: Master Contracts for Interceptor Engineering Services, Contract 25P156 A-K (Chris Remus, 651-602- 4538)
  5. 2026-36: Intergovernmental Agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Tim Wedin, 651-602-4571)
  6. 2026-38 SW: 2026-2029 TIP Amendment: NEVI Charging Station (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
  7. 2026-39 SW: 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – MN 77 Bridge Rehabilitation (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
  8. 2026-42: Contract 25P082, Mechanical Pipefitting Services for all Metropolitan Council Environmental Services at all Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF) locations (John Tierney, 651-602-8307)
  9. 2026-44: Master Contracts for Wastewater System Planning Services, Contract 25P170 (John Chlebeck, 651-602-4527)
  10. 2026-51: City of Lino Lakes Main Street Master Plan Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22387-4 (Emma Dvorak, 651-602-1399)
  11. 2026-52: City of Dayton Unsewered Rural Residential Interim Use Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File 22507-4 (Freya Thamman, 651-602-1750)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

  1. 2026-50: Forecast adjustments following 2025 System Statements (Todd Graham, 651-602-1322)

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. No reports.

Transportation

  1. 2026-32 SW: 2550 University Ave Lease, Contract 25I069 for Engineering and Construction (Kristin Mason, 612-349-7186)
  2. 2026-33 SW: METRO Blue Line Extension – Master Utility Agreement (“MUA”) #24M045 with Northern States Power Company (Annie Xiong, 651-602-1996)

Joint reports

  1. No reports.

Other business

  1. No reports.

Information

  1. Network Now Progress (Adam Harrington, 612-349-7797)
  2. Safety & Security Action Plan, Q4 Update (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513, Shannon Engstrom, Patricia Hopkins-Smith, Shamara Baggett 612-289-5296, and Interim Chief Joseph Dotseth 612-349-7269)

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
Mee.Cheng@metc.state.mn.us
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]