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PUBLIC DRAFT MAY 2019 was created by: MISSOULA DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MISSOULA DOWNTOWN FOUNDATION The Downtown Missoula Partnership Dover, Kohl & Partners a collaboration of: planning team lead | town planning & urban design The Downtown Business Improvement District of Missoula Six Pony Hitch branding and outreach Missoula Downtown Association Territorial Landworks Missoula Downtown Foundation infrastructure Other major partners on this project include: Kimley Horn parking Missoula Redevelopment Agency Charlier Associates, Inc. Missoula Parking Commission transportation City of Missoula Cascadia Partners scenario planning Gibbs Planning Group retail market analysis Daedalus Advisory Services economics Urban Advantage photo simulations ... and thousands of participants from the Missoula community! Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan | Draft Steering Committee Our thanks to the following leaders who guided this process through the Master Plan Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Committee: Ellen Buchanan, Chair, Missoula Redevelopment Mike Haynes, Development Services Director Agency Donna Gaukler, Missoula Parks & Recreation Director Matt Ellis, Co-Chair, MDA & MPC Board Member Jim McLeod, Farran Realty Partners Owner Dale Bickell, City Chief Administrative Officer Eran Pehan, Housing & Community Development Dan Cederberg, Property Owner; BID Board, MDF Director Board Dave Strohmaier, Missoula County Commissioner Nick Checota, Property/Business Owner; Arts & Bryan Von Lossberg, Missoula City Council Entertainment Scott Whittenburg, UM VP Research/Creative Cathy Cole, UM VP of Enrollment and Scholarship Communications Technical Advisory Committee Scott Hoffman, Missoula Assistant Police Chief Donny Pfeifer, Montana Department of Grant Kier, Missoula Economic Partnership Director Transportation Engineer Chase Jones, Missoula Energy Conservation Corey Aldridge, Mountain Line Transit Director Coordinator Steve Clawson, Northwestern Energy Community Jeff Brandt, Missoula Fire Chief Relations Director Cindy Farr, Missoula Health Promotion Division Ed Wetherbee, Old Sawmill District Owner & Director Developer Emy Scherrer, Missoula Historic Preservation Officer Travis Hoffman, Summit Independent Living Advocacy Coordinator Lori Davidson, Missoula Housing Authority Director Maggie Angle, University of Montana Ops & Tiffany Brander, Missoula Parking Commission Engagement Director Director Laura Marshall, Blackfoot VP Community Relations & Neil Miner, Missoula Parks & Trails Manager HR Laval Means, Missoula Planning Services Manager Pat McHugh, Missoula County Public Schools Dennis Bowman, Missoula Public Works Deputy Operations Director Troy Monroe, City Engineering Chris Behan, Missoula Redevelopment Assistant Ross Lane, Montana Rail Link Communications Director Director Aaron Wilson, Missoula Transportation Planning Manager Acknowledgements Donors Nearly 60 businesses, organizations and individuals supported this plan with a financial contribution. On behalf of the community and the Downtown Missoula Partnership, we are grateful for the financial support from these entities: Missoula Parking Commission Missoulian Southgate Mall Missoula Redevelopment Agency Mountain Line Missoula Housing Authority City of Missoula University of Montana Pattee Street, LLC Downtown Business Improvement Washington Development Tom & Mary Lou Stergios District A&E Architects Urban Renewal Associates Missoula Downtown Association Blackfoot Betty’s Divine Destination Missoula & Tourism Boone Karlberg Big Dipper Ice Cream BID Garlington, Lohn & Robinson Black Coffee Farran Realty Partners Missoula Federal Credit Union Boyher, Erickson, Beaudette & First Interstate Bank Old Sawmill District Tranel First Security Bank Partners, Inc. Boyle, Deveny & Meyer Providence St. Patrick Hospital PayneWest Financial Group Gatewest Property Management & Advanced Technology Group Parkside Apts. Terry Payne Anderson Construction Kembel, Kosena & Co. Stockman Bank Checota Foundation MMW Architects S. Bank Community Medical Center MIF Partnership WGM Group Holiday Inn Missoula Downtown Missoula Building Industry Wipfli, LLC HomeBase Montana: Missoula Association Mercantile Morrison Maierle Missoula Osprey Baseball Jackson Contractor Group Caras Real Estate & Access Rocky Mountain Development Property Management Missoula County Group EcoGeek & VidCon Missoula Economic Partnership Williams Law Firm, P.C. Colin Hickey Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan | Draft Special Thanks Special thanks to the following leaders and staff. Mayor Mayor John Engen Downtown Missoula Partnership Staff: Linda McCarthy, Executive Director April Sommers, Membership and Events Director John Corwin, Business Development Director Kalina Wickham, Operations Coordinator Pam Udall, former Business Development Director Lincoln Mansch, Marketing and Events Director Robert Giblin, Director of Finance and Administration Bram Moore, Customer Service Coordinator Mirtha Becerra, Director of Giving John Corwin, Business Development Director to DMP STAFF Business Improvement District Board Ellen Buchanan Charlie Beaton, Vice President Carma Gilligan Tim France, President Scott Stearns Dan Cederberg, At-Large Representative Kirk Bodlovic, BID Representative Missoula Downtown Association Board Tom Snyder, Vice President Advocacy Kim Klages-Johns, Mamber Bob McGowan, Member Jeff Kuchel, Member Aimee McQuilkin, Vice President Marketing & Events Ashley Larkin, Mamber Ellen Buchanan, Vice President Master Plan Jed Liston, Member Josh Eder, Member Paige Livingston, member Rachel Golden, Trasurer Matt Mellott, Member Brooke Redpath, President Zachary Millar, member Anders Brooker, Past President Heidi Starrett, member Lynda Brown, Vice President Membership Corey Aldridge, Member Bob Burns, Member Tiffany Brander, Interim Director Matt Ellis, Member Donnie Pfeifer, Preconstruction Engineer Katie Ghen Simpson, Member Grant Kier, Executive Director Missoula Dountown Foundation Board Alan Newell, President Craig Burns Jared Kuehn, Vice President - Treasurer Nick Cara Anne Guest Dan Cederberg Josh Eder, Past President Sheila Mischke Geoff Badenoch Christine Littig Libby Brunell Acknowledgements Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan | Draft TABLE OF CONTENTS 1: Background & Process 2: Downtown Needs to be More than One “Postcard” Street Urban Design 3: Improve Mobility, Health & Safety Transportation, Parking, Infrastructure 4: Stay Original. Stay Authentic. Be Green. And Create Opportunity. Arts & Culture, Economic Development, Historic Preservation 5: Better Utilize the River & Enhance Parks Parks & Open Space, River Access, Sustainability 6: Downtown for Everyone Inclusiveness, Regional Affordability 7: Implementation 2 Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan | Draft 1: BACKGROUND & PROCESS Introduction 1.2 How This Plan Relates To Other Plans 1.3 History & Context 1.6 Preliminary Analysis 1.8 Site Visit 1.14 Inclusive Engagement 1.16 Online Engagement 1.17 Public Participation Charrette 1.18 Downtown Walking Tour 1.18 Charrette Kick-off and Hands-on 1.19 Design Session Open Design Studio 1.24 Work-in-Progress Presentation 1.28 Additional Outreach and Engagement 1.30 Five Big Ideas 1.32 Chapter 1 | Background & Process 1.1 Introduction Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan creates a A Vision Defined by the Community community-driven vision and plan for the future of Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan is the result Downtown Missoula. of many ideas and consensus gathered from the citizens of Missoula throughout a public process. In 2009, the first Missoula Downtown Master Plan This public process included site visits, hands- set an ambitious path for economic development on design sessions, listen sessions, stakeholder and prosperity. This update to the Master Plan will interviews, technical meetings, surveys, tours, build on the success of the past and serve to guide online engagement and on-site presentations. decisions over the next 10 years, impacting the city’s Through these methods, the community was able historic downtown and adjoining neighborhoods. to participate and add their ideas, concepts, and Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan establishes priorities to the development of the plan. priorities for public-sector action while at the same Off-site planning team representatives traveled to time providing direction for complementary private- Missoula on numerous occasions to meet with local sector decisions. The Plan and its guidelines serve team members, community members, business as a tool to evaluate new development proposals, and property owners as well as with various direct capital improvements, and guide public policy stakeholders, public officials and staff. in a manner that ensures Missoula continues to be the community that its residents want it to be. The The centerpiece of the public process was a week- Plan contains illustrative plans, diagrams, maps and long charrette where the planning team presented pictures to make concepts clear and accessible to initial findings, held a hands-on design session, community leaders and stakeholders including City conducted technical meetings, and worked in officials, non-profit community groups, developers an open studio to assemble initial concepts for and residents. Downtown Missoula. Missoula’s Downtown Master Plan is a project of the Downtown Missoula Partnership (DMP). The Downtown Missoula Partnership itself is a collaboration between the Downtown Missoula Business Improvement District, the Missoula Downtown Association, and the Missoula Downtown Foundation.