Equity Advisory Committee Meeting

Regular Meeting
February 17, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual

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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 January 20, 2026, Equity Advisory Committee minutes

Public invitation

Invitation to interested persons to address the Equity Advisory Committee. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
 

Reports – Subcommittees

  1. Transportation
  2. Operations
  3. Affordable Housing

Information

  1. Imagine 2050 Outcomes Measurement Program- Sarah Nelson, Outcomes Measurement Researcher, Community Development and Krysten Ryba- Tures, Strategy & Product Design Manager, Community Development Research
  2. EAC End of Year Summary and 2026 Workplan- Torri Hampton, Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity, Senior Equity Officer

Council Members standing committees

  1. Council Member John Pacheco: Management, Transportation, Metro Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee
  2. Council Member Dr. Tyron Carter: Environmental, Transportation, Metro Green Line Extension Corridor Management, Environmental
  3. Council Member Toni Carter: Community Development, Transportation, Riverview Corridor Policy Advisory
  4. Council Member Yassin Ossman: Management, Transportation, Metro Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee, Hennepin County Community Works Bottineau Steering

Committee information

Equity Advisory Committee

Committee contact:

Lila Eltawely, Enterprise Equity Senior Manager
[email protected]