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- Consent calendar approved (unanimous). Items included minutes (April 7 and April 9 meetings), disbursements, March municipal court report, and a construction staging sublease for the Gregory Lane project. Motion made and seconded; council voted aye.

- Demolition permit stay (DEM‑25‑001, East Broadway): Council approved a 60‑day stay on relocation or demolition of specified historic structures (ending May 11, 2025). Motion by Councilman Schechter; seconded by Councilman Regan; passed unanimously.

- North Cache sketch plan (P24‑170): Council continued the sketch plan for a large mixed‑use hotel and condominium proposal to the May 5, 2025 meeting to allow submission and review of updated geotechnical/remedial and traffic studies and DEQ coordination. Motion by Councilman Schechter; seconded by Councilman Regan; passed unanimously.

- Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM) summer convention travel: Council authorized registration and travel funding for members planning to attend the WAM summer convention (June 11–13, 2025). Motion passed unanimously.

- WAM interim priorities: Council affirmed a short list of interim priorities for WAM advocacy, including (1) increase allowable fees for retail liquor licenses, (2) add county‑specific inflation figures to state reports, and (3) other revenue/local authority items proposed in staff materials. Motion passed unanimously.

- Ordinance (first reading): Council approved on first reading an ordinance to allow fee schedules to be changed by resolution (staff said the change streamlines budget and fee schedule updates); motion to approve first reading passed unanimously.

- King Street condominium waivers (revolving rights of first purchase): Council approved waivers of the fourth and fifth revolving rights of first purchase for King Street condominiums (subject to minor staff changes). Motion passed unanimously.

- Town manager report: Council accepted the town manager’s report as presented. Motion passed unanimously.

Votes were recorded as unanimous throughout the meeting. Where a mover and seconder were given in the record, they are listed above; tally counts in the detailed article records match the council’s verbal roll calls as captured in the transcript.

Ending: The meeting produced several procedural approvals and one land‑use stay; the large North Cache sketch plan was continued to permit further technical study and DEQ coordination before the council makes a final land‑use decision.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Jackson - Town Council - Apr 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Council approved consent business, a 60‑day demolition stay for the East Broadway hospital site and continued a large North Cache sketch plan to May 5, and also approved administrative and WAM items.","taxTitle","Jackson Town Council, Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming","taxId",68752,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":46,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6576656,"Council continues large North Cache mixed‑use sketch plan after lengthy public comment on benzene plume, alley access and housing",2953,2223000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074680-3893a99d3715c702ff9ee8a3816993a4&start=2223&end=5176","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074680-3893a99d3715c702ff9ee8a3816993a4/thumbnail_2223000.jpg","/articles/6576656/Wyoming/Council-continues-large-North-Cache-mixeduse-sketch-plan-after-lengthy-public-comment-on-benzene-plume-alley-access-and-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576656-80bd6a53d60f6b209c6fd73650134cb3/orig.mp4?Expires=1770491289&Signature=mGtaITKm1Ex-W~kOJpZwDmFKfL9jVJrxdzB96-LnLuX9VKVgrWvb-TIujHMaPvYs87Wb1r7IM~uMOr7~eCYxzOn0ogQ7DKsIF4kSyFbNkM0RoV8HqIOWVI0rYXYQ8Cc7lFwVPZD~uhHLouiGQn2xbEO~Ys1ttGKzDHZiDhrT2qDOjFIC8OPEiMRyMZbMTTwmgLJ-ikY0~YgNPuhBhtTgpDP9y1jvjqbpgikThtX9BwWo3BLgNDoQFkGAu9pQnBKsAwTuXt1fPQOSRJ~vm5cuFGFzVYbdprjlxMXATsIEUJtubK50~Nb5FXBcXW6zEPBC7WqQtg34JMozpGNQfyIctQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Jackson Town Council voted unanimously to continue consideration of a sketch plan for a proposed mixed‑use redevelopment of the North Cache block — a multi‑building hotel and condominium project presented by Old Capital — to the council’s May 5, 2025 meeting.

Staff framed the application as a conceptual “sketch plan” review under the town’s land development regulations to test general consistency with standards and to identify studies and conditions that will be required at development‑plan stage. Heather Valentine, the town planner, and planning staff said the revised proposal is smaller and more broken into multiple buildings than an earlier iteration that prompted a temporary moratorium on large commercial buildings in downtown Jackson.

Developer representatives said the project has been under active planning for years, that they have reduced basement depths and building massing compared with prior versions, and that they have advanced workforce‑housing mitigation. Brad Leistat, representing Old Capital, described removal of deeper excavation in the contaminated area and said the team had retooled the design in response to public and staff feedback.

The meeting turned into an extended public‑comment period: speakers urged stronger environmental safeguards and more on‑site affordable housing, expressed support for redevelopment to replace a largely vacant and failing block, and raised technical questions about groundwater, treatment of a historic benzene plume, and stormwater/sediment control. Major themes raised by commenters and council questions:

- Benzene plume and groundwater: The site includes a historic petroleum contamination plume discovered after tank removal in 1990. Town and applicant materials noted prior remediation work, and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has engaged on remedial options. Planning staff and the applicant said DEQ’s most recent recommendation (as of spring 2025) favors not excavating the contaminated soils and instead using engineering and institutional controls (for example, vapor barriers) and a monitored ‘‘bathtub’’ approach that walls and seals the contaminated area, pumps and treats groundwater, and discharges treated water at a controlled rate. Public commenters asked for clear treatment and monitoring plans, a treatment facility for produced water, and assurance that sediment and volatile organic compounds would not be discharged to Flat Creek, which is already sediment‑impaired.

- Alley access and maintenance: The applicant proposes to improve and operate the public alley that bisects the site (improvements could include higher‑grade paving, snow‑management systems and other pedestrian‑oriented upgrades). Planning staff said the alley currently lacks standards in the LDRs and presented alternatives (leave alley unmodified to town standards; require applicant to improve and maintain it under a development agreement). Representatives of a neighboring motel indicated conditional support for improvements provided their access remains intact.

- Housing and parking: The sketch materials showed roughly 109 hotel keys and a mix of residential units, with credits and mitigation proposed for four required affordable units off‑site at the South Park Loop project. Staff noted the project relied on workforce‑housing bonuses and that the applicant has already built or planned other employee housing units.

- Geotechnical and traffic studies: Staff recommended updated geotechnical and traffic analyses at development plan stage and third‑party review of remediation and groundwater plans. Planning commission and the design‑review committee had both recommended approval of the sketch plan with conditions; staff recommended continuing to development plan with specific conditions attached (updated traffic analysis, geotechnical report with remedial action plan, DEQ permitting, construction‑management plan, alley agreement if council desires improvements, and shared‑parking/ phasing assurances).

Council action: Councilman Schechter moved to continue the sketch plan application (P24‑170) to the May 5, 2025 regular meeting; Councilman Regan seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

What council did not decide: The continuation preserves the record and gives staff, applicant, DEQ and third‑party reviewers time to produce required studies. Council did not grant development‑plan approval or finalize conditions at the sketch stage.

Ending: The council’s continuance allows additional technical review and another public hearing; the record will be supplemented with updated geotechnical, groundwater remediation and traffic work before a development‑plan decision.","After a multi‑hour presentation and extensive public comment about groundwater contamination, alley improvements and housing, the Jackson Town Council continued the sketch plan for the proposed North Cache mixed‑use hotel and condominium development to May 5, 2025.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6576662,"Town council approves 60-day historic-preservation stay for demolition at East Broadway hospital site",1401,831000,2232000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074680-3893a99d3715c702ff9ee8a3816993a4&start=831&end=2232","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074680-3893a99d3715c702ff9ee8a3816993a4/thumbnail_831000.jpg","/articles/6576662/Wyoming/Town-council-approves-60-day-historic-preservation-stay-for-demolition-at-East-Broadway-hospital-site","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576662-409d08c8b253e91dbecdda329ff0c864/orig.mp4?Expires=1770491289&Signature=d3nBDjSkcR6n42zdhArOnQlsWBB8kuSTb5NkPMeHlzeXcZRW~FYiveaCpCYe-U9im-qpKUx5xdBEOybR6u9Tscwm7vOQHeOplhpOHHFLe0HgFACSqTIB8PUGBU-vEyJ-qRTZvfA9j03EKj~AxAyvzaIZmHEVjZtsJr6Gn5O7ftmzl6S42Ubk8kaI5KRFPh88ZSCvDYumXuxQ2yoZzlbcYvxsrV~OOBcrteIEKezzRaIO96~QOLVKRssv4vu7X~feEUh~Q618Qwa1Oi7izDOq59VqzMSGZQ0fuKGOe0tREojTS0IKPMgxcQt56FrZbeU8QYa5tkaq28irOuaLJ7ZweA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Jackson Town Council voted unanimously to approve a 60‑day stay on demolition and relocation of historic structures at the St. John’s Health project on East Broadway, with the stay scheduled to end May 11, 2025.

The stay, authorized after a motion by Councilman Schechter and seconded by Councilman Regan, prevents the applicant from relocating or demolishing the buildings that are identified as historic while the preservation review proceeds. Paul Lantz, the town’s planning and building director, told council the revised request from the applicant narrowed the scope to a 60‑day stay (ending May 11) rather than an earlier 90‑day option and that the stay period begins on the date of the Teton County Historic Preservation Board’s recommendation rather than the council meeting date.

A representative for St. John’s Health (identified in the record as Hutchinson) said the health system has sought relocation options for several years and had narrowed which structures are viable for relocation. Hutchinson asked the council to grant the 60‑day stay, saying additional 30 days would not materially change relocation prospects and that longer delays would increase project costs and impede employee housing construction tied to the hospital project.

Members of the Teton County Historic Preservation Board urged improvements to how demolition reviews are integrated into the building permit and pre‑application process so applicants better understand the preservation review timeline and to strengthen coordination on relocations. Board president Michael Stern and vice chair David Gannenberg told council their board is available for consultation and recommended quarterly reporting to the council on preservation activities.

Council discussion acknowledged the limitations of the demolition review tool but generally supported using it as one mechanism to slow demolition and create opportunity for relocation or other preservation outcomes. Multiple council members — including Mayor R.M. Jorgensen, who commented as both mayor and an architect — said they supported the 60‑day stay while urging better, earlier coordination between applicants, planning staff and the preservation board.

Motion and vote: Councilman Schechter moved to approve a 60‑day stay ending May 11, 2025, for the demolition/relocation permit for the East Broadway site; Councilman Regan seconded. The motion passed unanimously (ayes recorded). The staff report described the application as DEM‑25‑001 and showed the site and revised relocation plan submitted by the applicant.

Context: The council and preservation board noted the town’s demolition ordinance and its historic‑preservation review process have slowed demolitions in the past and sometimes enabled relocation of structures out of town or to county locations. Several preservation board members urged the town to better integrate demolition review at pre‑application stages and to adopt a comprehensive preservation plan to make the ordinance more effective. Councilmembers and staff emphasized applicants should anticipate the preservation review period in multi‑year project planning.

What the council did not decide: The council did not adopt changes to the demolition ordinance at this meeting; it approved only the requested 60‑day stay for the East Broadway application.

Ending: The council’s approval preserves a defined set of historic structures for the 60‑day period while St. John’s Health, the Teton County Historic Preservation Board, the town and state agencies continue to coordinate options for relocation, remediation and project sequencing.","Jackson Town Council voted unanimously to approve a 60‑day stay preventing relocation or demolition of certain historic structures at the St. John’s Health project at East Broadway, after hearing from the hospital, the Teton County Historic Preservation Board and council members.","actionData","errors"]

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