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1 Missoula’s Open Space Program: Making Missoula a Better Place Open Space Over Time • 1980- $500,000 City Open Space Bond • 1981- Open Space Advisory Committee forms to recommend bond acquisitions • Kim Willams trail (former Milwaukee RR) & 125 acres on Mt. Jumbo purchased & 501 acres on face of Mt. Sentinel protected with a conservation easement ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 Open Space Over Time Contd. • 1993- $16,000 Open Space planning pilot project, and City Open Space planning position funded • 1995- Missoula Urban Area Open Space Plan adopted by both City & County • 1995- $5 Million City Open Space Bond passed by City voters Existing and Potential Cornerstones: As of 1995 KEY: Protected Areas Potential Cornerstones ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 Open Space Bond Priorities • Mount Jumbo • Mount Sentinel • Fort Missoula • South Hills • North Hills • Clark Fork & Bitterroot River Corridors • Recreational playing fields • Community trails Cornerstone: Mount Jumbo $2 million 1,465 acres 1995-96 ---PAGE BREAK--- 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- 5 ---PAGE BREAK--- 6 Cornerstone: Mt. Sentinel Cox Property $175,000 473 acres April, 2000 ---PAGE BREAK--- 7 Mt. Sentinel Backside • 474 Acres $100,000 in P/S with FVLT, FS, & TPL 2002 Conservation Lands: Mt. Sentinel Cox Property ---PAGE BREAK--- 8 Cornerstone: North Hills $580,000 467 acres October, 1996 ---PAGE BREAK--- 9 Waterworks Hill (North Hills) Randolph Homestead 467 Acres $580,000 ---PAGE BREAK--- 10 ---PAGE BREAK--- 11 Cornerstone: Schilling Property (adjoining the Randolph North Hills Property) $7,000 120 acres December, 1997 ---PAGE BREAK--- 12 Agricultural Lands MASTEL FARM – GRASS VALLEY 343 acres - $90,000 contribution towards conservation easement ---PAGE BREAK--- 13 ---PAGE BREAK--- 14 Clark Fork River Corridor Tower Street Conservation Area ---PAGE BREAK--- 15 ---PAGE BREAK--- 16 Spring Clean-up Day Parks: Fort Missoula ---PAGE BREAK--- 17 Cornerstone: Fort Missoula $700,000 97 acres August, 1998 ---PAGE BREAK--- 18 The Open Space Bond Supports Missoula’s Trails • Bitterroot Branch- McCormick Park to Southgate Mall • Kim Williams Trail- extension to Bonner • Milwaukee Railroad Trail - McCormick Park to Mullan Road Bicycle Commuter Network $435,000 1996 - present ---PAGE BREAK--- 19 ---PAGE BREAK--- 20 ---PAGE BREAK--- 21 Bandmann Flats Mount Dean Stone- 1998 ---PAGE BREAK--- 22 Mount Dean Stone- today ---PAGE BREAK--- 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 25 Eastern South Hills ---PAGE BREAK--- 26 South Hills – Mt Dean Stone North Hills from Hillview Way ---PAGE BREAK--- 27 North Hills from McCormick Park North Hills from Benson Farms ---PAGE BREAK--- 28 North Hills viewed from Mt. Jumbo North Hills viewed from Grant Creek ---PAGE BREAK--- 29 N. Hills between Grant Crk & Bulter Crk ---PAGE BREAK--- 30 N. Hills between Butler Crk & Wye ---PAGE BREAK--- 31 ---PAGE BREAK--- 32 The “Big Hill” as viewed from Lolo ---PAGE BREAK--- 33 The “Big Hill” from Upper Miller Crk ---PAGE BREAK--- 34