Committee of the Whole Meeting

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 November 5, 2025 and November 19, 2025, Metropolitan Council’s Committee of the Whole minutes

Public Hearing

1. 2025-313 Public Hearing: Imagine 2050 Outcomes Measurement Program

 

Information

1. METRO Bronze Line Project Update (Craig Lamothe 651-602-1978, Morgan Abbott 651-602-1044, Liz Jones 651-602-1977)
   • Presentation
2. Open Meeting Safety Plan and Discussion (closed session) (Chief Dotseth, Sam O'Connell and Mee Cheng)

Adjournment

Key:
* Agenda item changed following initial publication
 
NOTICE

This portion of the meeting will be closed as permitted by Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subd. 3(d), to receive briefings and discuss recommendations from an open meeting safety plan report prepared by the Axtell Group.

Council contact:
Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222

Committee information

Committee of the Whole

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]