Committee of the Whole Meeting

Regular Meeting
March 18, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions

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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 18, 2026 Metropolitan Council’s Committee of the Whole minutes

Proclamations: Transit Employee Appreciation Day

 

Information

  1. Transit Oriented Development Policy (Michael Krantz – Metro Transit, Jon Commers - SRF, Thatcher Imboden - AECOM, Yonah Freemark - Urban Institute)

    • Presentation
  2. American Indian Advisory Council Annual Report (Angela Torres, Senior Manager - Local Planning Assistance; Allison Waukau, 
    Tribal Liaison & Native Relations Coordinator)

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

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

Committee information

Committee of the Whole

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]