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
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of August 18, 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.
Information
- Network Now Framework: 2026 Amendment (Ryan Heath, Manager, System Planning, Metro Transit and David Davies, Manager, Public Involvement – TMSA, Metro Transit)
- Immigrant Contributions to the Regional Economy (Baris Gumus-Dawe, Planning Analyst, Research, Community Development)
- Small Business Voices: OMS Effects and Business Contribution to Regional Resiliency (Dr. Darcie Vandegrift, Manager, Research, Community Development and Dr. Asha Warsame, Researcher, Community Development)
Reports – Standing committees
- Council Member John Pacheco: Management, Transportation, METRO Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee
- Council Member Toni Carter: Environment, Transportation, Community Development, Riverview Corridor Policy Advisory
- Council Member Yassin Osman: Management, Transportation, METRO Blue Line Extension Corridor Management Committee, Hennepin County Community Works Bottineau Steering
- Council Member Dr. Tyronne Carter: Environment, Transportation, METRO Green Line Extension Corridor Management Committee, Environmental Quality Board
Adjournment
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* Agenda item changed following initial publication