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• System Protection Policy: Protect public investment in acquisition and development by assuring that. every: component in the system is able to fully carry out its designated role: as long as a need for it can be demonstrated. • Recreation Activities and Facilities Policy: Provide a regional system of recreation opportunities for all residents and visitors while conserving the Integrity of the natural resource. base within. the Regional Parks System on which these opportunities depend. • Finance Policy: Provide adequate and equitable funding for the Regional Parks System units and facilities in a.manner that provides the greatest possible benefits to the people of the region. The 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan is the metropolitan system plan for regional recreation open space with which local comprehensive plans must conform. This systern statement summarizes changes to the system since 2015, highlights the changes that apply to your community, ,and provides guidance to ensure local comprehensive plans conform to regional system plans, as required by State taw. Find the complete text of the 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan on the Council's website: https:llmetrocountil org/Parks/Publications-And-ResourceslPOLICY-PLANS/204Q-REGIONAL-PAR_ KS= POLICY -PLAN- 2020-version 12040-Re ional-Parks-Polio-Plan.as x. Key Changes in the 2020 update to the 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan Adopted by the Metropolitan Council, in December 2020, the 2020 update to the 2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan incorporates. the following changes: Regional designations: The Council convened an evaluation process where implementing agency proposals were considered within a. larger regional context. As a. result of this process, 26 new regional .designations are recommended, including four regional park search areas; 17 regional trails, regional trail search corridors or search corridor extensions; one: special recreation feature — bridging facility search area', and four park' expansions (boundary adjustments). These elements have been. added to the Regional Park System map changes as shown in the next Line item. Regional Parks System map changes: Updated Regional Parks. system maps and system totals, including the following facts about the Regional Parks System units open to the .public:.. • 44 Regional Parks.(n❑ change) • 12.Park Reserves (no change). 8 Special Recreation Features (n❑ change) ■ 55 Regional Trails(increase of 6) o Carver County's Highway 5 a Saint Paul's Robert Pirarn Regional Trail o Scott County's Spring Lake: Regional Trail o Three Rivers Park. District's .BakerlCarver Regional Trail o Three: Rivers Park District's Crow River Regional Trail o Three Rivers Park District's CP Rail Regional Trail Segment A 0 2 Planned Regional Parks (no change) • 1 Planned. Park Reserves (no change) • 8 Planned Regional Trails (2.1ess than 2018) • 5 Boundary Adjustments (increase of 4) ■ 7 Regional Park Search Areas (increase of 4) 'l Special Recreational Feature - Bridging Facility Search Area (increase of 1) • 53 Regional Trail Search Corridors (increase of 8) System Plan; Policy refinement to describe the "desirable" services that regional parks and park reserves provide to regional trails. Regional Trails Open to the Public: Name change of Dakota County's Mississippi. River Regional Trail to Mississippi River Greenway Regional Trail: Page - 2. 1 MPTROPOUTAN COUNCtL