Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting

Special Meeting
June 30, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Robert Street Room 1A - Directions

Agenda

Public participation:
This meeting will be streamed and recorded.
Watch the meeting online.

You may speak during the public invitation portion of this meeting. We encourage you to pre-register by emailing us at [email protected]
If you have comments, we encourage members of the public to email us at [email protected]
 

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 June 4, 2026, Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission minutes

Public invitation

Invitation to interested persons to address the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.


Business

 
  1. 2026-110 SW, Annual Metropolitan Regional Parks Operation & Maintenance Allocation (Rachel Neuville, 651-602-1216)

Information

  1. 2025 Regional Parks and Trails System Annual Use Estimate (Ismael Ramirez, 651-602-1831)
  2. Regional Parks and Trails System 2027 Competitive Equity Grant Program Draft Notice of Funding Availability (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  3. Midtown Greenway Regional Trail Expansion Planning Study (Colin Kelly, 651-602-1631 and Steve Elmer, 651-602-1756)
    • Presentation
    • Midtown Greenway Planning Study (to be linked as soon as its available)

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Committee Members
  3. Council Liaison
  4. Staff

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Committee information

Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission

Committee contact:

Sandi Dingle
[email protected]
651.602.1312