Missoula Wayfinding FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION Community Gateway Signs District Gateways Vehicle Directional History First

 Community conversation began in 2011 around branding and wayfinding  Survey of 25 agencies and organizations indicated 100% support for wayfinding, but only 50% support for branding  City of Missoula and Destination Missoula partnered to a committee and a process to develop a comprehensive, community-wide wayfinding system for Missoula  Destination Missoula lead agency on the planning process  National RFP process with seven (7) respondents; MERJE chosen as consultant in December 2012 Wayfinding Steering Committee

 Barbara Neilan, Destination Missoula  Jessica Morriss, City Transportation Division Manager

 Greg Oliver, North Fork Consulting  Kent Watson, MDA Board of Directors

 Linda McCarthy, Partnership  Laval Means, City Planning & Grants

 Anne Guest, Missoula Parking Commission  Matt Ellis, DT Master Plan Implementation Team

 Barbara Martens, Missoula County Development  General Manager, Authority  Nancy Rittel, County Planning & Grants  Ben Weiss, City Bicycle Pedestrian Manager  Theresa Cox, A for Missoula  Donna Gaukler, City Parks & Recreation  Tom Bensen, Missoula Cultural Council  Glen Cameron, Montana Dept. of Transportation

 Gregg Wood, City Development Services Wayfinding Technical Advisory Committee

 Ed Toavs, Montana Dept. of Transportation  Mike Brady, City Police  Glenn Cameron, Montana Dept. of Transportation  Jason Diehl, City Fire  Kevin Slovarp, City Public Works & Engineering  Kledia Colenso, City Development Services  Doug Harby, City Public Works & Engineering  Alan White, City Parks & Recreation  Bob Hayes, City Public Works & Engineering  Neil Miner, City Parks & Recreation  Greg Robertson, Missoula County Public Works  Ellen Buchanan, Missoula Redevelopment Agency  Brent O’Connor, Missoula County Public Works  Alexandria Stokman, Missoula in Motion  Bill Lake, Missoula Parking Commission  Kyle McGowan, Windfall Technologies  Cris Jensen, Missoula Airport Authority  Barbara Koostra, Montana Museum of Art & Culture  Jeff Logan, Mountain Line Agencies that funded the Plan

FUNDER AMOUNT City of Missoula Development Services $25,000 Missoula Redevelopment Agency $25,000 Missoula Parking Commission $10,000 Missoula County Development Authority $10,000 The $5,000 Mountain Line $5,000 Missoula Downtown Association $2,500 Downtown Business Improvement District $2,500 City of Missoula Parks & Recreation $2,000 Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) $1,500 TOTAL SPENT ON PLANNING PROCESS $88,500 Planning Process Overview

 Consultant MERJE from West Chester, Pennsylvania:  John Bosio, Glen Swantek, Peter Reed plus Joe Gilpin of ALTA  Wayfinding Steering & Technical Advisory committees  Four Visits to Missoula: 3 Public Open Houses & 44 Stakeholder Meetings  Timeline: March 2013-November 2014  Final Steps:  Federal Highway Administration written support of the plan  Final transfer of complete and original documents Next Steps

 Final plan presented to funding agencies; final documents distributed  Transition to implementation  City of Missoula to take ownership of bidding process for fabrication and installation  Focus FIRST on pedestrian directional, parking & airport business district  Acquisition of funding through budget allocations over time  Vehicle directional, community gateways, district gateways, pedestrian kiosks and maps, parks and trails, interpretive, and bicycle routes in subsequent phases Pedestrian Layer Parking Layer Parks & Trails Layer Trails & Interpretive Signs Implementation Estimates: Sign Types

LAYER NUMBER OF SIGNS TOTAL City Gateways 5 $160,000 District Gateways 15 $180,000 Vehicle Directional 110 $390,000 Pedestrian Directional 43 $120,000 Information Kiosks 9 $90,000 Parking 27 $85,000 Parks & Trails 52 $215,000 Interpretive & Pedestrian Maps 31 $90,000 Airport Business Park 27 $155,000 PROJECTED TOTAL $1,500,000 Other Recommendations

 Reduce sign clutter by removing unnecessary signage. Examples noted by MERJE include:  Missoula Aquifer signage  Power to Pedestrian signage  Bike Lane signage where appropriate  Relocate all community designation and award signs to one central location such as Caras Park; frame board designed by MERJE  Consolidate and update mandatory traffic signs where appropriate Community Board Other Recommendations

 Inclusion Criteria that is well understood and reviewed periodically  Work with MDT and other partners to acquire funding for implementation  Include Wayfinding in future construction projects, including:  Russell Street Corridor  Van Buren Interchange  Orange Street Interchange  Broadway Corridor, Riverfront Triangle, Old Sawmill District, Missoula College  Brooks Corridor  Missoula to Lolo Bike Trail  Ft Missoula Park Today’s Goal

 Close out planning process for Missoula Wayfinding Plan  Inform and thank all funding agencies for supporting the plan and engaging in the process  To build financial support through the budgeting process over the next three years to fully fund implementation  Acquire assistance in fundraising if necessary

Additional Items

 Parks & Recreation will implement wayfinding for parks and trails as needed and budget allows  Missoula Wayfinding Plan provides bicycle signage design that can be used by Development Services for the new bicycle route system that is currently being mapped out Moving to Implementation: Phase 1

 Funds Available Now:  Montana Office of Tourism TIIP Grant: $51,200  Downtown Business Improvement District: $60,000  Missoula Downtown Association: $60,000  Missoula Parking Commission: $80,000-$120,000  Missoula Redevelopment Agency: Up to $250,000  Missoula County Development Authority: $155,000  Based upon funding availability, Phase 1 Implementation will focus on pedestrian directional, parking and airport business park Missoula Wayfinding

Matt Ellis & Anne Guest On behalf of the Missoula Wayfinding Committee February 2015