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Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority Meeting - August 18, 2026

Board of Commissioners & Authorities — Tuesday, August 18, 2026
BodyRamsey County, Minnesota
SessionBoard of Commissioners & Authorities
DateTuesday, August 18, 2026
StatusNEW · FILED
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1:29

I'd like to call to the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority roll call.

1:34

Jeffin Singh?

1:36

Here.

1:36

McGuire.

1:37

Here.

1:38

Mick Murtry.

1:39

Here.

1:39

Miller.

1:40

Here.

1:40

Moran.

1:41

Here.

1:42

Zhang.

1:42

Here.

1:43

And Ortega.

1:44

I.

1:44

I'll entertain a motion on the agenda of August 18th, 2026.

1:49

So moved.

1:50

Second.

1:52

See no discussion roll call.

1:54

Jeff and Singh?

1:56

Aye.

1:56

McGuire.

1:57

Aye.

1:57

McMurtry.

1:58

Aye.

1:59

Miller.

1:59

Aye.

2:00

Moran.

2:00

Aye.

2:01

Zhang.

2:01

Aye.

2:02

And Ortega.

2:03

Hi.

2:03

I'll entertain a motion on the minutes of May 19th, 2026.

2:08

So moved.

2:08

Second.

2:10

See no discussion roll call.

2:12

Jeffin Singh.

2:13

Aye.

2:13

McGuire.

2:14

Aye.

2:15

McMurtry.

2:16

Miller.

2:16

Aye.

2:17

Moran.

2:18

Aye.

2:18

Zhang.

2:19

Hi.

2:19

And Ortega.

2:20

Hi.

2:21

Item number three capital grant agreement with Metropolitan Councilman and Ramsey County Regional Authority for the Engineering phase of the Bronze Line.

2:33

So move.

2:34

Second.

2:35

Any discussion, Commissioner Shaw.

2:38

Um thank you, Mr.

2:39

Chair.

2:39

I wanted to use this space to um speak about this some more too, because I know that my colleagues, you all have been getting emails as well, and um there have been um uh coverage around the bronze line and the impacts that it would have um uh in my district.

2:56

So I just wanted to uh just uh say that like this is where we're taking us up to continue moving forward with the project hand in hand with meeting community members where they are at uh about this project.

3:11

And additionally, we are just at three percent design.

3:15

So um if I'm if I uh uh if um uh uh staff would like to come up and um just speak more about this, um, and then also just name um what some of those engagements would would look like in addition to um what we have planned.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Engineering And Infrastructure███████████████████████████████████35%
Transportation Safety███████████████████████████████████35%
Community Engagement██████████████████████████████30%
Summary of Proceedings

Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority Meeting - August 18, 2026

The Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority met on August 18, 2026, and approved the agenda, minutes, and three action items unanimously. Commissioners discussed the Bronze Line engineering phase, a fund balance transfer for River's Edge, and transit research funding.

Consent Calendar

  • Approval of the agenda for August 18, 2026, passed by unanimous roll call.
  • Approval of the minutes from May 19, 2026, passed by unanimous roll call.

Discussion Items

  • Capital Grant Agreement for Bronze Line Engineering Phase (Item 3): Commissioner Shaw expressed support for continuing the project while acknowledging constituent concerns about the bridge along Johnson Parkway. Jennifer Jordan, Public Works, explained that the project is at 3% design and that consultants will resume design work in fall 2026, engaging stakeholders to refine details such as bridge placement. The motion passed unanimously.
  • Fund Balance Transfer for River's Edge (Item 4): A fund balance transfer to complete land survey, title work, and legal assistance for the River's Edge project was approved unanimously without discussion.
  • Transit Impacts Research Program 2026 Funding Requests (Item 4): Commissioner Shaw urged the research program to include evaluation of past projects like the Green Line, focusing on development impacts, home values, traffic changes, and crash data. The commissioner suggested a workshop to outline the vision. The funding request was approved unanimously.

Key Outcomes

  • All three action items were approved unanimously by roll call: 7 ayes for each.
  • The Bronze Line engineering phase will proceed with community engagement on design specifics.
  • The transit research program will consider including evaluations of completed projects.

Meeting Transcript

I'd like to call to the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority roll call. Jeffin Singh? Here. McGuire. Here. Mick Murtry. Here. Miller. Here. Moran. Here. Zhang. Here. And Ortega. I. I'll entertain a motion on the agenda of August 18th, 2026. So moved. Second. See no discussion roll call. Jeff and Singh? Aye. McGuire. Aye. McMurtry. Aye. Miller. Aye. Moran. Aye. Zhang. Aye. And Ortega. Hi. I'll entertain a motion on the minutes of May 19th, 2026. So moved. Second. See no discussion roll call. Jeffin Singh. Aye. McGuire. Aye. McMurtry. Miller. Aye. Moran. Aye. Zhang. Hi. And Ortega. Hi.

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