Grant Creek Crossing Targeted Economic Development District
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The Missoula County commissioners are considering establishing a Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) at Grant Creek Crossing.
The TEDD designation enables a local government to address infrastructure deficiencies that have impeded economic growth. The creation of a Grant Creek Crossing TEDD will enable Missoula County to help build infrastructure to support value-adding enterprises, which will contribute to the overall economic well-being of the County.
To further the establishment of the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD, Missoula County entered into a contract with Pioneer Technical Services to assist the County. A map of the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD is below, outlined in dark red:
The process
The first step in establishing the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD is to conduct a review of infrastructure deficiencies and adopt a resolution of necessity for the area, which occurred at a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The documentation of these conditions, in accordance with state law, provides the necessary foundation for a local government to establish a TEDD.
Types of infrastructure identified as deficient are:
transportation
water
wastewater
stormwater/drainage
life safety services
broadband
workforce housing
dry utilities
general improvements
Comprehensive Development Plan
Click here to view the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) for the Grant Creek Crossing area.The CDP discusses types of infrastructure projects that are eligible for Tax Increment Financing at the Grant Creek Crossing. The CDP sets forth a series of goals and strategies that Missoula County can undertake to rectify the infrastructure deficiencies in support of value-adding economic development, such as manufacturing, technology research or tourism. It also links the effort to create a TEDD to the County’s overall vision for itself as defined in the Missoula County Growth Policy, the key land use document, and other associated documents, such as other plans and studies, including zoning.
The Missoula County commissioners are considering establishing a Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) at Grant Creek Crossing.
The TEDD designation enables a local government to address infrastructure deficiencies that have impeded economic growth. The creation of a Grant Creek Crossing TEDD will enable Missoula County to help build infrastructure to support value-adding enterprises, which will contribute to the overall economic well-being of the County.
To further the establishment of the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD, Missoula County entered into a contract with Pioneer Technical Services to assist the County. A map of the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD is below, outlined in dark red:
The process
The first step in establishing the Grant Creek Crossing TEDD is to conduct a review of infrastructure deficiencies and adopt a resolution of necessity for the area, which occurred at a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The documentation of these conditions, in accordance with state law, provides the necessary foundation for a local government to establish a TEDD.
Types of infrastructure identified as deficient are:
transportation
water
wastewater
stormwater/drainage
life safety services
broadband
workforce housing
dry utilities
general improvements
Comprehensive Development Plan
Click here to view the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) for the Grant Creek Crossing area.The CDP discusses types of infrastructure projects that are eligible for Tax Increment Financing at the Grant Creek Crossing. The CDP sets forth a series of goals and strategies that Missoula County can undertake to rectify the infrastructure deficiencies in support of value-adding economic development, such as manufacturing, technology research or tourism. It also links the effort to create a TEDD to the County’s overall vision for itself as defined in the Missoula County Growth Policy, the key land use document, and other associated documents, such as other plans and studies, including zoning.
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Good morning, The Missoula Rural Fire District is concerned about the proposed Grant Creek Crossing TEDD based on the following reasons. We have additional concerns that can be discussed, but we were limited by the amount of typed content we could make in the "comments" section. 1.) The Missoula Rural Fire District is and has been the responsible fire and life safety agency for a number of TEDDs/TIFs in the County. The Fire District has provided building inspections, sprinkler inspections, code enforcement, emergency responses, etc. to the TEDD and TIF areas for years at a time with the cost responsibility being carried by the Fire District and thus the taxpayers of the Missoula Rural Fire District. Not only does this place an increased, unfunded liability on the Fire District, but also reduces the availability of our rigs and crews for those that pay taxes to the Fire District. At the sunset of the most recent TIF/TEDD (Momont/airport) the City of Missoula then annexed the area leaving the Missoula Rural Fire District with nothing but the burden of the previous 20 plus years. 2.) The Missoula Rural Fire District does not currently have stations/ staffing and resources near enough to the proposed TEDD to adequately serve the area in the event of an emergency. The nearest Missoula Rural Fire District station would be responding from the area of South Avenue and Reserve. Dependent of traffic, this could be a considerable amount of time as we navigate northbound on Reserve. A Missoula Fire Department station is closer, and discussions could take place between the two agencies for a closest station response, but that further taxes an already very busy station and compromises available resources further that serve already existing agreements between the two agencies. 3.) In our most recent tax valuation, the Missoula Rural Fire District saw a negative impact of more than $100,000 to our voted mills as a result of the TEDDs and TIFs within our area. In 2017 we hired firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics with these voted mills. If similar circumstances continue in coming tax cycles, our staffing and abilities will be further jeopardized by this impact. Thank you for the opportunity to comment from the agency responsible for fire and life safety. Sincerely,
Paul Finlay Fire Chief Missoula Rural Fire District
Good morning, The Missoula Rural Fire District is concerned about the proposed Grant Creek Crossing TEDD based on the following reasons. We have additional concerns that can be discussed, but we were limited by the amount of typed content we could make in the "comments" section.
1.) The Missoula Rural Fire District is and has been the responsible fire and life safety agency for a number of TEDDs/TIFs in the County. The Fire District has provided building inspections, sprinkler inspections, code enforcement, emergency responses, etc. to the TEDD and TIF areas for years at a time with the cost responsibility being carried by the Fire District and thus the taxpayers of the Missoula Rural Fire District. Not only does this place an increased, unfunded liability on the Fire District, but also reduces the availability of our rigs and crews for those that pay taxes to the Fire District. At the sunset of the most recent TIF/TEDD (Momont/airport) the City of Missoula then annexed the area leaving the Missoula Rural Fire District with nothing but the burden of the previous 20 plus years.
2.) The Missoula Rural Fire District does not currently have stations/ staffing and resources near enough to the proposed TEDD to adequately serve the area in the event of an emergency. The nearest Missoula Rural Fire District station would be responding from the area of South Avenue and Reserve. Dependent of traffic, this could be a considerable amount of time as we navigate northbound on Reserve. A Missoula Fire Department station is closer, and discussions could take place between the two agencies for a closest station response, but that further taxes an already very busy station and compromises available resources further that serve already existing agreements between the two agencies.
3.) In our most recent tax valuation, the Missoula Rural Fire District saw a negative impact of more than $100,000 to our voted mills as a result of the TEDDs and TIFs within our area. In 2017 we hired firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics with these voted mills. If similar circumstances continue in coming tax cycles, our staffing and abilities will be further jeopardized by this impact.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment from the agency responsible for fire and life safety.
Sincerely,
Paul Finlay
Fire Chief
Missoula Rural Fire District