Transportation Committee Meeting

Regular Meeting
February 23, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - 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 January 26, 2026, Transportation Committee minutes

Reports

  1. Metropolitan Transportation Services Director
  2. Metro Transit General Manager
  3. Transportation Advisory Board (TAB)
  4. Transportation Accessibility Advisory Committee (TAAC)

Consent business

  1. 2026-38 SW: 2026-2029 TIP Amendment: NEVI Charging Station (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
  2. 2026-39 SW: 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – MN 77 Bridge Rehabilitation (Joe Barbeau, 651-602-1750)
  3. 2026-58: Authorization to Apply for Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas Funding – Resolution 2026-4 (Sheila Williams 651-602-1709)

Non-consent business

  1. 2026-32 SW: 2550 University Ave Lease, Contract 25I069 for Engineering and Construction (Robert Rimstad 612-349-7768, Kristin Mason 612-349-7186)
  2. 2026-33 SW: METRO Blue Line Extension – Master Utility Agreement (“MUA”) #24M045 with Northern States Power Company (Alicia Vap 612-349-7079)
  3. 2026-55: METRO Blue Line Extension - Utility Relocation Agreement #25M010 with Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC (Alicia Vap 612-349-7079)
  4. 2026-41: OnRoute Equipment and Software Maintenance Agreement, Contract 20P218 – Amendment 2 (Jacob Dada 612-349-7394, Josh Alswager 651-602-1065)
  5. 2026-46: Arterial Bus Rapid Transit Plan Update Final Recommendations (Kyle O'Donnell Burrows 612-349-7749)
  6. 2026-47: Metro Transit Hybrid Bus Procurement (Jeremiah Riter 612-349-5005)
  7. 2026-49: Metropolitan Airport Commission Bus Garage Facility Lease Agreement Amendment (Claudius Toussaint 612-349-7770)
  8. 2026-45: Transit Link Service for Anoka and Hennepin Counties, Contract 25P197 (Sheila Williams 651-602-1709)

Information

  1. 2026 Transportation Committee Workplan (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513, Charles Carlson 612-605)
  2. Metro Transit Forward Update (Lesley Kandaras 612-349-7513)
  3. Quarterly Service Change/Workforce (Adam Harrington 612-349-7797, Shanta Hejmadi 612-349-7107)

Adjournment

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

Committee information

Transportation Committee

Committee contact:
Becky Gorell
612-349-7515
[email protected]