In an encouraging move
during their regular joint information
meeting on Sept. 8, county commissioners
and town councilors decided to hold special
joint meetings on the Comp Plan update
each month. The first of these was held
Sept. 29, when the electeds agreed to a
revised timeline for the update process.
For now, the release of the next draft
has been put on hold until at least December,
with public comment expected to last through
January. Planners say this release will
include a draft in its entirety -- an introduction,
future land use plan maps, theme-based
chapters, and a concluding action and implementation
plan chapter (12 chapters in all) -- rather
than piecemeal releases as previously scheduled.
This welcome change should make it easier
assess the plan as a whole.
In addition to the electeds’ special
monthly joint meetings, both the town and
county have stepped up workshops to independently
consider the Comp Plan. The Teton County
Planning Commission held a workshop with
the Teton Board of County Commissioners
on Sept. 23, and the town will start a
similar process this month. Interestingly,
so far it doesn’t look like the planning
team is asking town and county planning
commissioners to meet jointly to discuss
the plan.
Here’s a tentative schedule of upcoming
meetings:
Oct. 6, 3 to 5 p.m., County Commissioners’ chambers,
200 S. Willow -- Town and county elected
officials haven’t set a special Comp
Plan meeting date for October yet, but
their regularly scheduled joint meeting
on Oct. 6 should include a brief update
on the plan. For the agenda, check the
town website at www.townofjackson.com (look
under Jackson government, meeting agendas,
Town Council agendas, Oct. 6 meeting).
Oct. 7, 4 to 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers,
150 E. Pearl -- The Town Council and Town
Planning Commission are scheduled to hold
a special workshop to discuss the Comp
Plan.
Oct. 14, 3 to 5 p.m., County Commissioners’ chambers,
200 S. Willow -- The Teton Board of County
Commissioners and the County Planning Commission
will hold their second meeting to discuss
the Comp Plan.
Even though the deadline for online comments
on the first draft of the Jackson/Teton
County Comprehensive Plan was July 31,
general comments are still being accepted
throughout the update process. Public comments
are available at www.jacksontetonplan.com;
the Conservation Alliance’s detailed
comments on the first draft are also available
by clicking
here.
For a list of people to share your comments
with, please click
here. You might also
want to check out our recent article on
the Comp
Plan and sustaining Jackson Hole.
The Alliance will continue to keep you posted
and to work on the Comp Plan throughout the
update process. As part of the Comp Plan
stakeholder group (STAG), we’ll be
meeting with other STAG members in October
and November to discuss “big
picture” items related to the update.
If you’d
like to be kept current more often than
once a month, please write Conservation
Alliance community planning director Kristy
Bruner at Kristy@jhalliance.org and
ask to be added to our Comp Plan email
list.
Meanwhile,
please check out “Balancing
Act,” our publication on growth
and the Comp Plan update. Pick up a copy
at the Conservation
Alliance office, 685 S. Cache, or download
the PDF.
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