North Reserve-Scott Street Urban Renewal District Boundary Amendment 2026

What is being proposed now

• On December 4, 2025, MRA staff submitted a memo recommending that the MRA Board instruct staff to forward a recommendation to the Missoula City Council to adopt a “Resolution of Intention” — the first formal step — to amend the NRSS URD Plan to add approximately 93.24 acres of property to the NRSS boundary. ci.missoula.mt.us
  • The MRA Board Approved Recommendation to City Council for Adoption
• The property in question (accessed via 3300 Raser Drive) is part of a larger 235-acre tract that used to house a particle-board manufacturing plant operated by Roseburg Forest Products.
• Earlier in 2025, a portion (47 acres) of that property was sold to Story House Montana LLC.
• The property now includes parcels owned by both Story House Montana LLC and Roseburg Resources Co. The property is currently under Missoula County jurisdiction — but is expected to be annexed into the City of Missoula in January 2026 (“Phase I” of what is anticipated to be a two-phase annexation process).
• Including the property in the NRSS URD boundary would make the URD boundary a contiguous extension of its existing footprint. Other comparable boundary expansions in the NRSS URD occurred in the past (for example, for properties now owned by Diversified Plastics, Inc. and Consumer Direct, Inc.) after those parcels were annexed into the city.

What this enables

• Bringing it into the NRSS URD after annexation makes it eligible for TIF-assisted public investments. While the scale of needed infrastructure upgrades may exceed what MRA alone can fund, TIF dollars will play a critical role in enabling the infrastructure build-out.
• Expanding the URD boundary is consistent with the City’s broader Land Use Plan objectives — including promoting health and safety through appropriate infrastructure, supporting efficient use of land, and redevelopment rather than sprawl.

What comes next

Tentative schedule:

• 5 Dec, 2025: Send initial notification to Montana Department of Revenue (MDOR) regarding MRA’s intent to modify, subject to City Council approval
• 7 Jan, 2026: Council HRCP Committee: Resolution of Intention to amend NRSS URD boundary line
• 12 Jan, 2026: Council action – Adopt a Resolution of Intention and preliminarily adopt the Ordinance
• 17 Jan, 2026 - 24 Jan, 2026: Legal advertisement of public hearing
• 27 Jan, 2026: Submit final package of materials to MDOR for review
• 25 Feb, 2026: Effective date of Ordinance
• Aug 2026: DOR certified values to reflect added NRSS URD property

A formal opportunity for Public Comment will be available. A link will be posted when the Public Hearing has been scheduled to collect Public Comment.