Chair:  
Marion Greene, District 3  
FINAL COMMITTEE MINUTES  
Vice Chair: Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Members: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Angela Conley, District 4  
HENNEPIN COUNTY REGIONAL RAILROAD  
AUTHORITY  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024  
1:30 PM  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Commissioner Heather Edelson, Vice-Chair, called the meeting of the Hennepin County  
Regional Railroad Authority for Thursday, December 12, 2024 to order at 3:20 p.m.  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde, Irene Fernando, Commissioner Angela Conley,  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Kevin Anderson, and Commissioner Heather  
Edelson  
Present  
1.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to approve the Agenda.  
Approval of the Agenda  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Aye  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Greene  
Absent  
2.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
November 19, 2024 Minutes  
2.A.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Aye  
Greene  
Absent  
3.  
Claims Register  
3.A.  
Claims Register for the period ending November 21, 2024  
APPROVE/RATIFY  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to approve/ratify the Resolution.  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Aye  
Greene  
Absent  
4.  
New Business  
4.A.  
Neg Amd 12 to Agmt PR00000689 with Met Council and Hennepin County for METRO  
Green Line Ext LRT (CP 1000899), ext end date to 12/31/28; incr NTE by $90,047,888,  
with no new funding provided by HCRRA  
ADOPT  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela  
Conley, to adopt the Resolution.  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Aye  
Greene  
Absent  
4.B.  
Neg Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005488 with Met Council and HC for Blue Line Extension  
Project, extend to 06/30/26, incr NTE to $248,905,000  
ADOPT  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde, to adopt the Resolution.  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Aye  
Greene  
Absent  
4.C.  
ADOPT  
Approval of 2025 Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority levy and budget  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde, to adopt the Resolution.  
Commissioner Lunde Fernando Commissioner Conley Commissioner  
Goettel Anderson Commissioner Edelson  
Aye  
Greene  
Absent  
There being no further business, the Regional Railroad Authority for Thursday,  
December 12, 2024 was declared adjourned at 3:24 p.m. until Tuesday, January 7,  
2025.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board  
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