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Infrastructure Funding. What are maintenance districts?. Created by Ordinances through City Council Have specific boundaries Provide funds for specific types of maintenance—be it streets, parks, or trees.
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What are maintenance districts? • Created by Ordinances through City Council • Have specific boundaries • Provide funds for specific types of maintenance—be it streets, parks, or trees. • Very Prevalent: Of the largest 6 cities in Montana, only Missoula lacks parks or street maintenance districts.
Types of Maintenance Districts • Parks • Streets • Open Space/Storm Drain • Lights/Fire Hydrants • Trees • Urban Forest Community Forum is interested in what you think about Parks and Streets
What to Expect • General understanding of what street maintenance is and how you feel the City of Missoula is doing. • General understanding of what street improvement means and what you would like to see in Missoula. • Costs and what you would want to pay • Policy decisions you would want to see
Street Maintenance Districts • MCA 7-12-4401: Street Maintenance Districts Includes:
Improvement within a Street Maintenance District • MCA 7-12-4405: Improvements Include:
Missoula Street Maintenance Funding Funds all maintenance and some personnel Property Taxes/General Fund $2,500,000 Funds materials and personnel Gas Tax $1,000,000 Maintenance District $51,000 Dwntown
What to Expect • General understanding of what park maintenance is and how you feel the City of Missoula is doing. • Costs and what you would want to pay • Policy decisions you would want to see
Park Maintenance Districts • MCA 7-12-4001: Park Maintenance Includes Petition of 10% of electors for City Council to consider or a resolution can be initiated by City Council to take before the electors.
Missoula Park Maintenance Funding Funds all maintenance and personnel Property Taxes/General Fund $2,370,000 Maintenance District $0
Questions?LaNette Diaz, Neighborhood Liaison(406) 552-6081ldiaz@ci.missoula.mt.uswww.missoula-neighborhoods.org