Transportation Advisory Board Meeting

Regular Meeting
April 15, 2026 | 12:30 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

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 (12:30)

  1. Approval of the Agenda

Public Invitation

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

Reports (12:35-1:00)

  1. TAB Chair’s Report – Jim Hovland, Chair
  1. Agency Reports – MnDOT, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Metropolitan Council, Suburban Transit Association (2 minutes per report)
  2. TAC Report (Molly McCartney, TAC Vice-Chair)

Approval of Minutes (1:00-1:05)

  1. Approval of March 18, 2026, Transportation Advisory Board minutes

Non-Consent Business (1:05-1:40)

  1. 2026-17: Dakota Acknowledgement Reading (Jim Hovland, TAB Chair, Elaine Koutsoukos, TAB Coordinator)
  2. 2026-22: Approving RBTN and RBBs changes for the 2026 Regional Solicitation (Molly McCartney, TAC Chair)
  1. 2026-24: Adoption of Functional Classification Map for use in 2026 Regional Solicitation (Molly McCartney, TAC Chair)

Information (1:40-2:20)

  1. Impact of Road Closures on Other Transportation Modes (Jim Hendrickson and Molly McCartney, MnDOT)
  2. Regional Solicitation Update (Bethany Brandt-Sargent, MTS)

Items of TAB members

Other Business

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Committee information

Transportation Advisory Board

Committee contact:

Elaine Koutsoukos
[email protected]