North Reserve-Scott Street Master Plan Update
| Location: | Montana |
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| Posted: | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Due: | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Agency: | City of Missoula |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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| Bid Title: |
North Reserve-Scott Street Master Plan Update
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| Category: | Request for Proposals (RFPs) |
| Status: | Open |
| Bid Recipient: | Annie Gorski 406-552-6155 or Email: gorskia@ci.missoula.mt.us |
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NORTH RESERVE - SCOTT STREET
COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION FUTURE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REPORT
June 2023
REGIONALLY-DIRECTED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
This project was performed through regionally-directed
technical assistance supported by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization (OBLR) and U.S. EPA Region 8.
The project was supported by the dedicated staff of
the City of Missoula. Successful brownfields reuse and
redevelopment often depends on early consideration of the
range of potential future uses for each brownfields site. Local
community priorities, market conditions, infrastructure
availability, environmental contamination, public health
issues, and local ordinances shape brownfield site reuse
opportunities. Having this Brownfields Revitalization Plan
grounded in these local conditions will directly influence
how that site is characterized, assessed, and cleaned up.
TA Provider:
Consultant Team:
STROMBERG/GARRIGAN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Landscape Architecture | Urban Design
TA Recipient:
City of Missoula
Site Address:
Area bounded by Scott Street, Interstate 90, North
Reserve Street, and the Montana Rail Link railyard,
Missoula, MT
Previous U.S. EPA Brownfield Grant:
FY2018 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant
Disclaimer:
This report reflects the Consultant Team’s analysis of data obtained from the City
of Missoula as well as other external publicly accessible data sources. The report
was developed for the City of Missoula under contract EP-W-12-020 with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization.
This is a contractor-prepared report and does not represent EPA’s position. Any
publication, distribution, or use of this report beyond the stated purpose is outside of
the Consultant Team’s control.
CONTENTS
1
Introduction
8
Draft Purpose and Need
9
Project Approach
10 Intent & Potential Impacts
11
Transportation Improvements and Potential Alternatives
23 Outcomes
Introduction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S.
EPA) Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(OBLR) and U.S. EPA Region 8 provided technical
assistance to the City of Missoula in advancing its
brownfields redevelopment goals for the North
Reserve-Scott Street area, specifically related to
transportation network improvements needed to
support recent and pending reinvestment. This
document is intended to serve as a resource for
the City of Missoula leadership, Missoula County,
and other stakeholders to evaluate potential ways
to advance focused transportation improvement
concepts developed through previous planning
activities.
PROJECT AREA
The North Reserve-Scott Street study area is an
approximately 1.3-square-mile area bounded by Scott
Street to the east, North Reserve Street to the west,
the Montana Rail Link railyard to the south, and I-90
to the north (See Figure 1). The study area includes
land both within City limits and land outside the
City that is governed by Missoula County. The area
is very close in proximity to the downtown and
surrounding areas that have experienced significant
development, yet the area has historically suffered
from a lack of investment.
With the creation of the North Reserve-Scott Street
Urban Renewal District (NRSS URD) in 2014,
which corresponds to the study area of this report,
there was a renewed interest in investment and
development in the area. The 2016 North Reserve-
Scott Street (NRSS) Master Plan (See Figure 2) was
prepared as community-driven planning effort to
vision the future development and investment in the
area, including extensive potential transportation
system improvements (See Figure 3). Since 2016, the
NRSS study area has been experiencing a significant
amount of new development investment, with
hundreds of new residential units developed or
planned in the area (See Figure 4).
SUMMARY OF THE
BROWNFIELDS
BACKGROUND & STATUS
There are several large brownfield properties
located within the study area boundary that have
a long history of industrial uses dating back to
the early twentieth century, ranging from lumber
mills, chemical plants, and fuel depots. There are
also several large active industrial businesses that
are anticipated to continue operation well into the
future and would benefit from the transportation
improvements discussed in this report should they
be implemented (See Figure 5).
In 2016, a Regional Environmental Site Assessment
(ESA) was completed by WGM Group, Inc. for
the Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) “to
provide a general understanding of environmental
factors and conditions affecting or potentially
affecting the future development and growth” of
the NRSS. The 2016 ESA identified several vacant
industrial brownfield properties associated with the
North Reserve-Scott Street Master Plan. Brownfield
properties of note include the former Missouri
White Pine Sash Facility, the former LS Jensen
Construction sand and gravel mining operation, and
a former Class III landfill.
FORMER MISSOULA WHITE PINE
SASH FACILITY
The Missoula White Pine Sash (MWPS) facility was
a former lumber mill and wood treatment operation
located at approximately 1301-1705 Scott Street
(Missoula County parcels 0003510502, 0422214002,
0422214003, 0003609004, 0003609106, 0003608908,
and 0001447502), at the southeast corner of the study
area. The facility operated from approximately 1905
to 1996 and has been under environmental regulatory
supervision since 1980, as a listed facility in the
State Superfund Program. Environmental concerns
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include groundwater contamination at the south
end of the site where the bulk of wood processing
and treatment took place, leaking underground
storage tanks (LUSTs), and release of hazardous
materials associated with wood treatment and
disposal of wood processing byproducts. The site is
now being targeted for new mixed-use development,
a consolidated public works facility for the City of
Missoula, and an extension of Turner Street to better
facilitate truck traffic through the area.
FORMER LS JENSEN
CONSTRUCTION SAND AND
GRAVEL MINE
This former sand and gravel mine at the end of
Howard Raser Drive (approximately 3700 Howard
Raser Drive; Missoula County parcels 0418005001,
0417219001, 0001705607, 0422040002, 0421334001,
and 0421334002) was closed around 2015, when
final reclamation of the facility was approved by the
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ). The site is now home to the headquarters
of Consumer Direct, a home healthcare company.
Other than the reclamation of the opencut mine,
there are no environmental concerns associated with
the site.
FORMER CLASS III LANDFILL
Located at approximately 1335 Rodgers Street,
between Rodgers and Otis streets (Missoula County
parcels 0005908370, 0000316300, 0006172802, and
0005856592), this former landfill for construction
waste closed in 2003 and is now owned by the City of
Missoula. The 2016 ESA noted that the nature of the
wastes allowed in the landfill do not pose significant
environmental concerns but that the decomposition
of the wood waste may have produced methane in
the subsurface, warranting further investigation if
development is to take place. The site is currently
surrounded by new residential development and
will be adjacent to a new city park next to the
Resurrection Cemetery. A Phase II ESA was recently
completed for this site and, according to a May 9,
2022 press release from the Montana DEQ, this site
is now cleared for redevelopment by the agency.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Given the history and industrial character of much
of the area, the number of potential brownfields are
not limited to only the locations outlined above. The
lumber industry has occupied many sites in the area
in the past and present, and the added presence of
the railyard and adjacent fuel depots means that
environmental factors will be a consideration when
exploring redevelopment/reuse scenarios and right-
of-way acquisition for the purposes of implementing
transportation improvements. Environmental due
diligence will be an important component of future
efforts, especially where state or federal funds are
necessary for implementation.
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