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Charlotte Fry, the town/county transportation manager, told the council that the parking garage’s final testing was expected around Sept. 30 and that staff sees parking management as one of the town’s strongest levers to influence travel behavior and reduce “cruising” for parking that contributes to congestion and emissions. “Parking is the longest lever local governments have to influencing travel behavior,” Fry said.

What staff found: In August 2024 staff walked roughly 90 hours and collected turnover and occupancy data in downtown off-street lots and at Home Ranch. Among the 23 standard stalls sampled at Home Ranch during a weekday survey, staff counted 76 unique license plates; the average stay across all plates was about three hours, and average stays for Wyoming-plated vehicles were longer (about six and a half hours in the sampled stalls), suggesting a mix of employee and longer-term uses in the lot. Fry and Travel Demand Manager Miles Contreras emphasized that a 70–85% occupancy threshold is used to indicate when cruising and constraint become problematic, and their mapping shows substantially higher utilization in 2024 than in 2018 for many off-street lots.

Daylighting and safety: Miles Contreras explained an intersection daylighting effort to improve visibility by removing parking within the statutory clearance near intersections. Wyoming law requires no parking within 20 feet of intersections with traffic control signals; the staff motion prioritizes five high-entry intersections for immediate daylighting work in 2025 (Jackson & Kelly; Jackson & Deloney; Jackson & Broadway; Berlin & Glenwood; Cache & Broadway) and a broader program for high-injury-network locations in 2026. Staff warned that painting curbs is straightforward but moving existing sign posts and bases is more labor- and cost-intensive.

Recommended actions and implementation: Staff recommended advancing four actions from the 2019 Downtown Parking Management and Mobility Plan and continuing to evaluate others. The near-term package approved by council includes:
- Implement priority daylighting (20-foot intersection clearance) at five intersections in 2025 and rollout of 58 additional locations on the high-injury network in 2026.
- Advance short-term parking priority in the town core (target: 3 hours or fewer) and implement a three-hour limit at Home Ranch as an option to shift employee/long-stay parking to the garage and free curbside space for customers and short visits.
- Initiate a conceptual design study for a Home Ranch mobility hub that would integrate multimodal access, transit, and additional parking capacity (potentially structured), and evaluate feasibility, costs and funding.

Costs and funding: Fry presented preliminary per-space cost estimates for structured parking of roughly $45,000–$50,000 per space and cautioned that seismic/engineering needs could raise per-space costs. Staff said they had applied for a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5339 grant for design and for a separately named rural assistance grant (grant program name not fully specified in the presentation) to help fund design and feasibility. Staff also said technology for real-time monitoring would reduce labor intensity of annual occupancy surveys and support dynamic pricing, enforcement and winter-parking decisions.

Public comment: Resident Daniel Ragsdale urged the council to implement paid parking and to eliminate off-street parking mandates, arguing that market-priced parking and removal of minimum parking requirements would reduce cruising, pollution and housing costs.

Council response and vote: Councilors asked clarifying questions about enforcement capacity, where displaced vehicles would park if Home Ranch were timed, and whether demand management could avoid structured-parking costs. Members emphasized adaptive management — implementing near-term, reversible changes while collecting data to decide next steps. Councilor Beeman moved the staff recommendation and the council voted unanimously in favor.

Ending: Council asked staff to return with implementation details and recommended workshop follow-ups in the next quarter; staff flagged that some timeline items (winter restrictions, technology deployment) will require additional analysis and potential budget or grant funding before full implementation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Jackson - Town Council Workshop","oneSentenceSummary","At a workshop Sept. 15 the council heard a parking action plan update and unanimously approved measures to daylight key intersections, pilot 3-hour limits at Home Ranch, pursue data-driven parking management, and initiate a conceptual design study for a Home Ranch mobility hub with additional parking capacity.","taxTitle","Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming","taxId",63787,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_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":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6472363,"Jackson council holds midyear governance check-in; directs staff to compare town procedures with WAM and add retreat agenda item",5545,5000,5550000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5776612-d4aeca6027d6cabdf7ed1097f8166ff2&start=5&end=5550","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5776612-d4aeca6027d6cabdf7ed1097f8166ff2/thumbnail_5000.jpg","/articles/6472363/Jackson/Teton-County/Wyoming/Jackson-council-holds-midyear-governance-check-in-directs-staff-to-compare-town-procedures-with-WAM-and-add-retreat-agenda-item","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6472363-5fa2356efa922efbdff436de67258473/orig.mp4?Expires=1775942696&Signature=kCH2wpsT8HEyaRg66SxQ-4PIT0YVQITfI80kADec9eFAr~ctDw2KNc6DJPc~92JWrY9A8z5Ca2crBJQ7Exam8mGFfhpw6-v40r~svCf1BJSipkIO0QyVuHPPf6~E0eUcz4P5a35PHxy-7dA78paCJ8yrdnOJC5fUf0BXUGblo1QKOL4csAhbqSSJMySIlHh1wC2yzpHFp~h~DubrYiJoUROQSU4AAE8NpDTKK~EST0hbOqiLVHt7RXa-5KI9q~Ld8OvLEpAQViEqxlUq1k1f6cyNc-NHlTC8gcoih-PmqS6FUtQHSc5gTWUzAzrtlxdkU6di6VReA90sq9Tl9p3J9Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jackson Town Council on Sept. 15 devoted a workshop to a midyear check-in on council purpose, roles, rules and working agreements, and unanimously directed staff to analyze whether the town’s procedures should be brought into alignment with the Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM). Council also voted to add a retreat agenda item to examine the council’s role and the information councilors need to perform their duties.

The workshop began with Town Manager Tyler presenting best-practice principles for high-performing governing bodies and an overview of the council’s statutory and policy roles. “The high performance board is competent, coordinated, collegial, and focused on unambiguous goals,” Tyler said, explaining the purpose of the session as a “safe space” to evaluate how the council and staff are working together.

Why it matters: Councilors and staff said clarifying shared expectations — about agenda setting, staff reports, meeting cadence and working agreements — will help the council prioritize limited meeting time and reduce friction when complex policy or development issues arrive. Several councilors said they want more structured guidance about what the council is legally required to do, what it takes on by choice, and what information is necessary for deliberative decisions.

Council discussion emphasized four themes: clarifying the mayor’s chair role and council rules of order; improving public engagement and proactive planning; rethinking the structure and purpose of staff reports so the council receives decision-ready information; and evaluating whether town policies align with WAM best practices.

Councilwoman Sperry thanked staff for the presentation and described the workshop as normalizing the council’s development process: “I feel like this is helping to normalize what we do,” she said. Multiple councilors echoed appreciation for staff availability while raising concerns about information flow, meeting fatigue and the need to keep the council’s attention on strategic priorities rather than reacting to frequent, detailed agenda items.

Motions and outcomes
- Motion: “Direct staff to bring back a report identifying in the Town of Jackson’s policy and procedures specific items that can be brought into alignment with WAM’s policies and procedures by 12/31/2025.” Moved by Ramona Deaver; second not recorded in the transcript. Vote: motion passed unanimously (aye recorded; no individual roll-call names given). The motion appears in the staff report and was read into the record at the meeting.

- Motion: “Include on the agenda of the 2026 town council retreat an item exploring the role of council and the information needed by council to most effectively do its job, with particular emphasis on staff reports.” Moved by Councilor Jonathan Schechter; seconded (second recorded orally). Vote: passed unanimously.

Staff follow-up: Town Manager Tyler and Town Attorney Leah Kosso offered to prepare a scoping chart for the WAM items and a proposed retreat agenda. Tyler told the council staff would flag “easy lifts” versus more complex items and estimate staff effort for each suggested change so the council can prioritize without creating unmanageable staff workloads.

Context and next steps: The council has been together about six months since swearing in. Staff and councilors agreed October workshop time and the January/February retreat are logical places to continue the conversation; several councilors asked staff to return to the council with scoped options in advance of the retreat so the council can decide what to act on and what to phase into future budgets or work plans.

Ending: The council framed the decisions as midcourse corrections rather than wholesale changes; members emphasized the value of transparency and the desire to maintain an effective working relationship with staff as the group implements prioritized improvements.

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Council advances parking action plan: daylighting intersections, short-term limits at Home Ranch and conceptual mobility-hub study

Jackson council holds midyear governance check-in; directs staff to compare town procedures with WAM and add retreat agenda item