Excuse me can you see this question
prove that
In a metric space Borel sets satisfying :
a) $G$ contains the open sets
b) countable intersection of elements of $G$ belong to $G$
c) countable union of elements of $G$ belong to $G$
" Open can be replaced by closed "
An important observation is that in a metric space every closed set can be written as a countable intersection of open sets, and dually, every open set as a countable union of closed sets. This will allow you to show ( I think) that any family that fulfills $a,b,c$ minimally will have to be closed under complementation too, and will thus be a $\sigma$-algebra containing the open sets (hence, in my definition, if minimally so, equal to the Borel sets).