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Missoula County approves transfer of four development-park parcels to City of Missoula
Summary
The Board approved quick-claim deeds transferring Butler Creek Park parcels 1 East/West and Kestrel Park parcels 2 East/West to the City of Missoula after removing blanket utility easements and confirming no recorded water rights.
The Missoula County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve quick-claim deeds transferring four development-park parcels — Butler Creek Park 1 East and 1 West and Kestrel Park 2 East and 2 West — to the City of Missoula.
County staff presented the deeds and said the transfers follow a 2023 interlocal agreement with the city. The county removed blanket utility easements from parcels 1 East, 1 West and 2 East on April 3, and staff reported that there are no water rights recorded for these parcels; a well on the Kestrel Park parcel will transfer with ownership.
Vlada, a county staff member who presented the parcels, showed maps of the slender parcels along Butler Creek and described the conditions required by the interlocal agreement before transfer. A commissioner moved approval of the quick-claim deeds; the motion was seconded and the board voted unanimously in favor.
The action transfers management responsibility for the parcels to Missoula Parks and Recreation, per the interlocal agreement. The county staff said the conditions required by the 2023 agreement — removal of blanket utility easements and assurance concerning transfer of any associated water rights — have been met. The county noted that the DNRC (Department of Natural Resources and Conservation) has no water-right filings for the parcels on record.
No public comment or substantive opposition to the transfer was recorded during the discussion.
County staff and the commissioners did not provide an implementation timeline for the city’s management of the parcels in the meeting.
Details recorded in the meeting: the easement removals were attached to the subdivision plat by resolution on April 3; the existence of a well on Kestrel Park was noted but no water right was documented.
