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Committee approves consent agenda including grants, contract amendments and greenway easements
Summary
The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved a multi-item consent agenda covering federal grant applications, contract amendments with local vendors and several greenway and utility easements; items were approved as read and will advance to the full council.
The Metropolitan Council Transportation & Infrastructure Committee approved a consent agenda that included multiple resolutions and ordinances related to transportation, water and greenway projects.
Among the consent items read and approved were: an amendment to a sole-source agreement with Vanderbilt University tied to a U.S. Department of Transportation grant (RS2025-1645), a healthy and sustainable communities grant application for curbside composting (RS2025-1646), contracts and contract amendments for Metro Water and Central Water Reclamation facility parts and services (several RS items), and multiple ordinances authorizing conservation easements, public water and sanitary sewer acceptances, and site-specific encroachment permits. Sponsors for the items were listed during the readout.
A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; the chair called a show-of-hands and recorded committee approval. No separate debate was held on the individual consent items during this meeting.
What happens next: The listed items will proceed to the council calendar in the usual sequence for final action and any required contract execution or grant application steps will follow standard departmental processes.
