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• Planning policy: Promote long-range planning and help provide integrated resource planning <br />across jurisdictions in order to create a seamless system that connects everyone to the <br />outdoors. <br />• System Protection policy: Protect public investments in acquisition and development by <br />assuring that every component in the system is able to fully carry out its designated role. <br />• Recreation, Facilities, and Programming policy: Foster a sense of belonging by providing a <br />wide spectrum of leisure and play opportunities while connecting people, places, and the natural <br />world. <br />• Finance policy: The Met Council administers, provides financial oversight, and collaborates <br />with a range of partners to fund the ten regional park implementing agencies in support of the <br />Regional Parks and Trails System. <br />The 2050 Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan is the metropolitan system plan for regional recreation <br />open space with which local comprehensive plans must conform. This system statement highlights the <br />elements of the system plan which apply specifically to your community. Find the complete text of the <br />2050 Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan at the following url: <br />https://imagine2O5O. metrocouncil. org/chapters/regional-parks-and-trails. <br />Key Changes in the 2050 Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan <br />Adopted by the Met Council in February 2025, the 2050 Regional Parks and Trails Policy Plan <br />incorporates the following changes: <br />Unit name changes <br />o Anoka County <br />■ "Northwest Search Area" changed to "Sugar Hills Search Area" <br />o Dakota County <br />■ "Lebanon Hills -Big Rivers Greenway Trail Search Corridor" changed to "Lebanon <br />Hills -Minnesota River Greenway Trail Search Corridor" <br />■ "Lebanon Hills -Mendota Greenway Regional Trail, Highway 62 segment" <br />changed to "Lebanon Hills Greenway Regional Trail" <br />o Scott County <br />■ "Scott West Regional Trail" changed to "Big Woods Regional Trail" <br />■ "Minnesota River Bluffs Extension and Scott County Connection Regional Trail" <br />changed to "Merriam Junction Regional Trail" <br />■ "Louisville Trail Search Corridor" changed to "Merriam Junction Regional Trail" <br />■ Portion of "Southern Scott Trail Search Corridor" changed to "Shallow Waters <br />Regional Trail" <br />Trail refinements <br />o Three Rivers Park District's Dakota Rail Regional Trail Search Corridor Extension <br />moving the trail terminus from Highway 494 to Minnetonka City Hall <br />o Three Rivers Park District is transferring a portion of the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail <br />to Carver County <br />Future 2028/2029 system additions process candidates <br />o Ramsey County's Rice Creek North Regional Trail Boundary Adjustment adding 2,407 <br />acres to the current 792 acres at the former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant <br />o Three Rivers Park District's 5.5-mile West Minnehaha Creek Trail Corridor Study Area <br />o Dakota County's 58-acre Thompson County Park Study Area in West St. Paul serving <br />the outdoor recreational needs of the more than 50,000 residents who live in the <br />northern portion of Dakota County <br />2025 SYSTEM STATEMENT REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS 33 36 <br />