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MUTD Board Meeting (August 2025)

MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
Board of Directors’ Meeting
September 4, 2025 / 12:00 P.M. 
MUTD Conference Room, 1221 Shakespeare St. 

Agenda

1.0 Call to Order & Roll Call (12:00)

2.0 Public Comment

3.0 Approval of Minutes and Financial Statements

  • 3.1. Minutes of the July 24, 2025, Board of Directors Meeting (Sebastian Strauss)
    • Recommended Motion: Approve the minutes of the July 24, 2025, Board of Directors meeting.
  • 3.2. Minutes of July 11, 2025, Special Board of Directors Meeting (Sebastian Strauss)
    • Recommended Motion: Approve the minutes of the July 11, 2025, Special Board of Directors meeting.
  • 3.3. June 2025 Financial Statements (Jason Wiener) 
    • Recommended Motion: Accept the unaudited June 2025 financial statements as presented. 

4.0 Reports and Presentations (12:05)

5.0 Regular Business

6.0 Adjournment (2:00)

MUTD Finance Committee Meeting (August 2025)

MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
MUTD Finance Committee Meeting
September 4, 2025 / 11 A.M. 
MUTD Conference Room, 1221 Shakespeare St. 

Agenda

1.0 Call to Order & Roll Call (11:00)

2.0 Public Comment

3.0 Approval of Minutes and Financial Statements

  • 3.1 Minutes of May 22, 2025, Meeting – Approved at June Finance Committee meeting incorrectly showing Rocke as a member of the Finance Committee.
    • Recommended Motion: Approve the minutes of the May 22, 2025, Finance Committee meeting striking out Rocke.
  • 3.2 Minutes of June 26, 2025, Meeting – Revised to reflect the correct Finance Committee members.
    • Recommended Motion: Approve the revised minutes of the June 26, 2025, Finance Committee meeting.
  • 3.3 Minutes of the July 24, 2025, Meeting
    • Recommended Motion: Approve the minutes of the July 24, 2025, Finance Committee meeting.
  • 3.4 June Financial Statements
    • Recommended Motion: Recommend approval of the unaudited June financial statements at the September 4, 2025, Board of Directors meeting as presented.

4.0 Reports and Presentations (11:10)

5.0 Adjournment (11:45)

9/1: Sunday Schedule on Labor Day

Mountain Line will be running on a Sunday schedule on Monday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day. Please be in touch with any questions or for help planning your trip.

8/22: Route 3 Detour to Become Permanent

The Route 3 detour used during Scott Street construction this summer will remain in place as the new permanent route, connecting the Northside directly to downtown. Temporary stops used during the construction detour will remain in use and eventually be built as permanent route stops.

The elimination of the previous one-way loop route along Scott Street and Spruce will help Northside residents connect more directly to the rest of the transit system, making transfers easier and serving more riders with more convenient service.

Mountain Line’s recent Transit Service Plan proposed two-way travel for Route 3 as a possible improvement, and the construction detour demonstrated that this change would work. Rather than returning to previous routing, then making another change with service updates next summer, Route 3 passengers will be able to continue planning their trips with the adjusted route.

This change will appear as a detour rider alert in Transit and the Bus Tracker until some technical updates are completed early this fall.

Please be in touch with any questions at 721-3333 or [email protected].

MUTD Planning Committee Special Meeting (August 2025)

MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
MUTD Planning Committee Special Meeting
August 21, 2025 / 9:30 A.M. 
MUTD Conference Room, 1221 Shakespeare St. 

Agenda

1.0 Call to Order & Roll Call (9:30)

2.0 Public Comment

3.0 Action Items (N/A)

4.0 Discussion Items / Reports / Comments

  • MOAB Update/Overview of Source and Uses, Critical Path and Financing (Colin Woodrow) (9:35 a.m.)

5.0 Adjournment (11:00)

MUTD Finance Committee Special Meeting (August 2025)

MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
MUTD Finance Committee Special Meeting
August 21, 2025 / 11 A.M. 
MUTD Conference Room, 1221 Shakespeare St. 

Agenda

1.0 Call to Order & Roll Call (11:00)

2.0 Public Comment

3.0 Approval of Minutes and Financial Statements (N/A)

4.0 Reports and Presentations (11:05)

  • Baker Tilly and Dorsey & Whitney will discuss draft financing options for MOAB construction and shared infrastructure (Steve Scharff and Courtney Ellis)

5.0 Adjournment (1:00)

MUTD Planning Committee Meeting (August 2025)

MISSOULA URBAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING
August 6, 2025 / 11:00 a.m. 
MUTD Conference Room, 1221 Shakespeare St. 

Agenda

1.0 Call to Order & Roll Call (11:00 a.m.)

2.0 Public Comment

3.0 Action Items:

  • 3.1 Minutes of the April 9, 2025, Planning Committee Meeting 
    • Recommendation: Approve the minutes of the April 9, 2025, Planning Committee meeting. 

4.0 Discussion Items / Reports / Comments:

  • 4.1 MOAB 60% Design Cost Estimation (Colin Woodrow) (11:05 a.m.)
  • 4.2 Bus Stop Improvement Plan (Spencer Starke/Colin Woodrow) (11:40 a.m.)
  • 4.3 Recreation Shuttle Update (Jordan Hess) (12:45 p.m.)

5.0 Adjournment (1:00 p.m.)

7/18: Transfer Center to Reopen Friday

Downtown Transfer Center operations will return to the passenger loading island on Friday, July 18, from the temporary location on Woody Street. Thank you for your patience as we’ve completed necessary updates. Please be in touch with any questions at 721-3333.

7/4: Holiday Closure

Mountain Line will be closed on Friday, July 4. No bus or Paratransit service will be available, so please plan accordingly. Customer service will also be closed.

Normal Saturday service will resume on July 5.

7/7: Scott Street Construction Detours

Routes 2 and 3 will be running with detours during construction of the roundabout at Scott Street and Phillips, expected to begin July 7.

While the Scott & Phillips intersection is closed, Route 3 will follow most of its outbound route back to downtown, as shown in the map below. (There will be marked temporary stops along this inbound route.)

To get from the Northside to Lowell School or destinations along Spruce Street, take Route 3 to Downtown, then transfer to Route 2, running every 15 minutes on weekdays. When possible, it’s advisable to let your driver you plan to transfer so they can radio ahead and make sure the connecting bus driver knows to expect transferring passengers.

Please keep in mind that Route 1 turns into Route 2 at the Transfer Center (and vice versa), so the head sign of the correct incoming bus will say Route 1 before it switches over, while the bus that says Route 2 as it’s pulling in will turn into Route 1 and go to the university. (Route 2 departs the Woody Street temporary transfer center from the east side of the street, facing north to Spruce.)

Route 2 will also be running with a minor detour, missing the Westside Park and inbound Lowell Elementary stops but making temporary stops on Scott Street between Cooper and Sherwood.