Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission Meeting

For in-person meetings held at the Robert Street location: As of 1/20/26, to enter the building, simply press the call button located at the west side doors (nearest Robert Street). Our front desk team will be promptly alerted and will assist you with entry.

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 December 4, 2025, 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. 2026-29 Rice Creek North Regional Trail Long Range Plan, Anoka County (Zoey Mauck, 651-602-1398)
   • Presentation

Information

1. American Indian Place Names Series and Draft Toolkit (Tracey Kinney and Allison Waukau, Metropolitan Council; Emma Pachuta and Carrie Day Aspinwall, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; Alice Messer, City of Saint Paul)
   • Presentation
2. Bridging Facilities Workgroup Results and Proposed Language Changes for the Next Policy Plan Update (Jessica Lee, 651-602-1621)
   • Presentation

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