Transportation Committee Meeting

Regular Meeting
January 26, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Council Chambers - Directions

1/20/26 Building access update: To enter the building, simply press the call button located at the west side doors (nearest Robert Street). Our front desk team will be promptly alerted and will assist you with entry.

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 12, 2026, Transportation Committee minutes

Employee recognition – Metro Transit

  1. Metro Transit General Manager

Reports

  1. Metropolitan Transportation Services Director
  2. Metro Transit General Manager
  3. Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) 121725 012126

Consent business

  1. 2026-30 SW: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request – Three Project Adjustments (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1750)
  2. 2026-31 SW: Streamlined 2026-2029 TIP Amendment Request: Minneapolis Safe Streets for All (Joe Barbeau 651-602-1750)

Non-consent business

  1. 2026-2: 2026 Xcel Energy Metropass License Renewal (Blia Xiong 612-349-7713)
  2. 2026-16: Blue Line Lake Street/Midtown Renovation Design Contract Amendment #2, Contract 23P050 (Christina Morrison 612-349-7690)
  3. 2026-20: Metro Transit Customer Support, Text for Safety, and Outreach Technology Modernization, Contract 25P148 (Kelly Morell 612-349-7563)
  4. 2026-22: Metro Transit Agency Safety Plans (ASP) (Andrew Brody 651-602-1671)
  5. 2026-23: Metropolitan Transportation Services (MTS) Agency Safety Plan (ASP) (Andrew Brody 651-602-1671)

Information

  1. Midtown Greenway Trail Expansion Study (Steve Elmer 651-602-1756)

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]