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Montana case flagged: ordinance excluding assisted‑living found discriminatory

Presenter reviewed a Montana decision where an ordinance's authorized‑use table excluded assisted‑living and elder‑care facilities from several districts; the court found the provision facially discriminatory toward people with disabilities.

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Fun.: Some Nights [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

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Bridge-grants representative says Treasure County’s bridge currently ranks lower for Better Local Bridges funding

A grants representative told commissioners Treasure County’s bridge—posted above the 5-ton threshold—falls into a lower-priority category for the Better Local Bridges grant. The representative encouraged adding letters of support and said resubmission is expected in early October.

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Staff reviews TIF balances and potential 2027 bond

City staff presented estimated TIF balances since inception, noted growth of increment after 2020, and said the city is anticipating a bond around 2027 to capitalize on the district's funds.

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City outlines cleanup and reuse plans for "Big Red" grain elevator

City staff described plans to assess and remediate the recently acquired "Big Red" grain elevator using layered Brownfields and TIF funds, emphasizing structural analysis, Phase 2 sampling for regulated materials, and community design charettes to explore reuse options.

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Missoula County urges Forest Service to retain 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule

County staff presented a comment letter urging the U.S. Forest Service to retain the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, citing about 6,000,000 acres of roadless lands in Montana, watershed and wildlife concerns, and possible cumulative effects with concurrent travel-management rulemaking; the comment period closes Sept. 21.

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Commission to gather materials to explore National Historic Landmark nomination for Livingston depot

A commissioner said a National Park Service reviewer called the depot a strong candidate; the commission agreed to collect historic documentation and may hire a consultant (estimated $10,000–$12,000) if the NPS signals interest.

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Board keeps energy‑resilience microgrid grant on the radar, not recommending immediate application

The board reviewed the Energy Infrastructure Resilience grant option (microgrid/solar farm) and agreed to keep it on their radar rather than recommend applying now; Jeremy will raise the matter with city council as a potential future option.

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Health department outlines strategic-plan wrap-up, regional collaboration and research partnerships

Health department staff outlined steps to close out the current strategic plan, run an internal staff engagement survey, and pursue regional collaboration and practice-based research-network (PBRN) partnerships with university researchers to expand training and research capacity.

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Water-quality dashboard launched; deeper wells showing recent drops near White Oak Beach

Water-quality staff demonstrated a new dashboard for ~45 monitoring wells and reported recent water-level declines at a long-term well and a deeper recently instrumented well; staff plan to deploy hourly transducers next month on five residential wells.

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Missoula health department plans CASPER door-to-door survey and regional CHA reports

Health department will use the MAP framework, University of Montana secondary data and a CASPER-style door-to-door sampling (210 interviews, Oct. 13–17) plus focus groups to produce a regional report and a Missoula-specific community health assessment that aims to be smaller and more actionable than prior multi-hundred-page reports.