Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting

Special Meeting
September 3, 2026 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Mississippi Gateway Regional Park

Agenda

Location: Mississippi Gateway Regional Park, 10360 West River Road, Brooklyn Park, MN 55444
 
 
 
 
Public participation:
This meeting will not be streamed or recorded because it will be hosted outside of the Council offices. Members of the public are welcome to join the meeting in-person at the Park.  
For more information about the Commission or their meetings, please visit this link.

You may speak during the public invitation portion of this meeting. We encourage you to pre-register by emailing us at public.info@metc.state.mn.us
If you have comments, we encourage members of the public to email us at public.info@metc.state.mn.us
 

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 30, 2026, Special 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 public.info@metc.state.mn.us. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.


Business

 
  1. 2026-141, Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Program, Three Rivers Park District (Shoberg) (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  2. 2026-142, Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Park Acquisition Opportunity Fund Program, Three Rivers Park District (North Winds) (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  3. 2026-143, Regional Parks and Trails System Competitive Equity Grant Program: Notice of Funding Availability (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
  4. 2026-134, Lake George Regional Park Long-Range Plan, Anoka County (Colin Kelly, 651-602-1361 and Ginger Hofmaster, Parks Intern)

Reports

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

Adjournment

The Mississippi Gateway Regional Park Tour will begin immediately following the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting (approximately 5:30 PM)
 
Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication
 

Committee information

Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission

Committee contact:

Sandi Dingle
[email protected]
651.602.1312