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Residents urge council to revisit MRA rink study and review parking‑permit enforcement
Summary
Three public commenters told the Missoula council their concerns: a longtime resident criticized parking‑permit enforcement and towing practices, a neighborhood resident urged overturning a $50,000 MRA feasibility study for a proposed Carys Park ice/roller facility, and another speaker raised unresolved security and grievance issues.
Missoula — During the public‑comment portion of the Dec. 1 Missoula City Council meeting, three speakers pressed the council on separate community concerns: parking‑permit enforcement for people living in vehicles, oversight of a Missoula Redevelopment Agency (MRA) feasibility study, and unresolved grievances involving a private security company.
Martin Reinbold, who identified himself as homeless in Missoula for 17 years, described receiving a parking permit for a site in the industrial area and later discovering his camper and truck marked for tow while he was jailed. Reinbold said photographs were on file showing his permitted vehicles and told the council, “Currently, my camper has been towed. My truck has been towed... they are guilty of harassment. They are guilty of abuse of the law.” He asked the council to review actions by the parking‑permit (PPV) code enforcement group.
Barbara Pulley addressed the council about a recent Missoula Redevelopment Agency decision to fund a $50,000 feasibility study for an "outdoor multi‑season recreational ribbon" at Carys Park. Pulley said the project is a poor fit for Missoula’s climate and urged the council to overrule the MRA decision to save the $50,000. She also asked for clarity about a reported MRA remittance of $4,526,035 to the city and who benefits from those funds.
Earlier in the public‑comment queue, Big K Montana Spitzmacher recounted a prior dispute involving Black Knight Security and said he filed electronic grievance forms that went unread; he suggested oversight should fall to the sheriff’s office rather than local police for that facility.
What the record shows: All three commenters made their remarks during the early 20‑minute public‑comment period; no council action on their requests was taken that night. The mayor and clerk thanked the speakers for their comments.
Next steps: The transcript records requests for council review (for PPV and for the MRA feasibility decision) but does not record follow‑up assignments, so the matters remain open on the record and may be taken up in future meetings or via staff follow‑up.
