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
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of June 11, 2026, Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee minutes
Information items and committee work
- Infrastructure project update (Jess Collin-Pilarski)
- Rate study project update (Kristen Poppleton)
- Local official controls toolkit (Lunetta Osterhaus)
- Water equity mapping tool (Lucia Zuvela)
- MAWSAC report to Legislature and Met Council (Lanya Ross)
- Legislative update (Judy Sventek)
- Chair’s update (Wendy Wulff)
Next steps
- Next meeting: joint meeting of MAWSAC and Water Supply TAC 12/10/2026 at Met Council Regional Maintenance Facility (3565 Kennebec Dr., Eagan)
- Upcoming meetings of interest:
- Regional Integrated Water Planning Workshop – October 8, 2026, at Chaska Event Center
- PlanIt Conference – November 19, 2026 at Plymouth Community Center
Adjournment