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Missoula, Montana reorganizes in face of “crushing” housing, development demand
With an overwhelming surge in demand for new housing and several huge subdivisions planned west of Reserve Street, the City of Missoula is undergoing a significant reorganization of its Community Planning, Housing and Development staff in order keep up.
On Wednesday, the Missoula City Council’s Land Use and Planning Committee voted unanimously to confirm Eran Pehan as the director of a new office, called Community Planning, Development, and Innovation. Pehan currently serves as the director of the Office of Housing and Community Development.
“We’ve been hit with a crushing development pace and there are pros and cons to that,” Pehan said. “We have a road map in place, and now it’s time to implement and time to move ahead.”
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Great administrative decision but how about Eran and Jeremy having desks facing each other in the same office? Having planning and transportation in two departments is like trying to bake a cake without a recipe, blindfolded in a blizzard. Even if they do schedule a daily discussion, they’ll never know as much as they will if they hear each other doing their job all day long. Transportation changes are coming quickly and they will enable an end to carcatecture – planning everything based on single occupant non-autonomous vehicle usage. Missoula must be proactive in preparing for the future.
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Council member Gwen Jones correctly stated that she’s always felt like they’ve been “a little bit behind” in terms of planning for growth. Missoula was playing catch up when I was on the Planning Board 15 years ago. We had a big fight over roundabouts. Look where we are now. The Board tried to encourage proactive instead of reactive planning. We’re still playing catch up with development individuals bringing proposals based on their own economic benefit instead of a long term plan for the entire community. Other cities are doing this. Missoula could/should be as well.
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