Commission Meetings & Agendas

Access commission meeting dates, agendas and recordings. Learn about upcoming meetings and locations.

Commission meetings and agendas

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is a board of seven citizen volunteers appointed by the governor. It holds four regular meetings in pre-determined locations around the state, four virtual meetings and one planning meeting a year. Time for public comment is provided at all regular meetings and may be virtual, written or in person, depending on the meeting.

The commission typically meets in a work session from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the day prior to the regular meeting in the same location or at a location near the regular meeting location. Work sessions are educational sessions on park operations and issues that eventually may go before the commission. The commission may also tour area sites or parks the day following the regular meeting. No public comment and no formal action are taken at work sessions and tours.

Public Comment

In person Public Comment

We will be accepting in-person oral public comment at the Commission meeting. If you wish to comment at a meeting, please fill out a comment card and provide it to staff at the sign in table. The Chair will call you up to the front at the appropriate time.

Virtual Public Comment

Virtual public comment will be accepted for our public meeting. To provide virtual comment you will need to be able to join the Attendee Web link from your computer (no phone option available). Pre-registration is required. To register email commission@parks.wa.gov by 5 pm on April 10. Please provide the name you will be logging in under, contact phone number as well as the agenda item or general topic you will be speaking on. You will receive an email by April 13 with specific instructions around virtual testimony.

Written Public Comment

Written public comment will be accepted for all agenda items until 5 p.m. on April 10by comment form or mail. Any comments received after the cutoff will be given to the commission before its next meeting.

Commission Public Comment Form

Mail: WSPRC, Attn: Becki Ellison, PO Box 42650, Olympia, WA 98504.

Public Access

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will be holding their regularly scheduled work session and commission meeting on April 16, 2026.

You may participate remotely by listening and/or watching using the following links:

April 16, 2026 Work Session and Commission Meeting on TVW

Work Session and Commission meeting agendas

Regularly scheduled commission and work session agendas are posted online at least two weeks in advance of meetings, and actions/recordings are posted within a week after the meeting.

Agenda April 16, 2026, Commission Work Session and Commission Meeting

Commission meeting agenda items

Work Session PowerPoint presentations

Commission Meeting PowerPoint presentations

Upcoming commission meetings and locations

April 16, 2026
Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino
14300 W SR-2 Hwy
Airway Heights, WA 99001
May 20, 2026
Virtual
July 8-9, 2026
Parks HQ Auditorium
300 Desmond Dr. SE
Lacey, WA 98503
August 26, 2026
Virtual
October 14-15, 2026
Parks HQ Auditorium
300 Desmond Dr. SE
Lacey, WA 98503
November 18, 2026
Virtual
December 9-10, 2026, Commission Planning Meeting for 2027
Parks HQ Auditorium
300 Desmond Dr. SE
Lacey, WA 98503