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 April 22, 2026 Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2026-81: Joint Powers Agreement with State of Minnesota, Department of Management and Budget for Employee Experience Services (Larry Phillips, Acting Controller)
- 2026-82: Joint Powers Agreement with State of Minnesota, Department of Management and Budget for Strategic Plan Support (Larry Phillips, Acting Controller)
- 2026-92: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Small Business Element (Ashanti Payne, Director, Civil Rights and Small Business Programs; Megan Solberg, Sr. Manager, Civil Rights and Small Business Programs)
- 2026-99: Joint Powers Agreement with Omnia Partners, Contract 26I038 (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer)
Information
- 2026 Bond Sale Results (Mark Thompson, Director – Treasury)
- Investment Review – First Quarter 2026 (Mark Thompson, Director – Treasury)
- Litigation Review (Ann Bloodhart, General Counsel) (closed session)
- 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
- Kayla Kester v. Metropolitan Council
- Myron Denny v. Metropolitan Council, Metro Transit Police, Kham Yang, Angela Kruyer
- Stairstep Foundation v. State of Minnesota, et al.
- Jihad Hamoud v. Metropolitan Council
- 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)
- The Metropolitan Council and County of Hennepin v. DMJM Harris, Inc. d/b/a AECOM USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc (collectively “AECOM”)
- Brooke Blakey and Sidney Jones v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Fiorito v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Blake Pederson v. Metropolitan Council
- Michael Janish v. Metropolitan Council, et al.
- Metropolitan Council v. 800 Prairie Center Drive LLC and Craig Oberlander, et al. (Redstone American Grill – Parcels 215 and 2.215 – Green Line Extension)
- Metropolitan Council v. Crossroads Properties, Inc., et al. (Hartford Parcel 400 – Gold Line)
- The Metropolitan Council v. CRW Woodbury, LLC; et al. (Parcel 401 – Gold Line)
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