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City planners present South Fifth area‑wide plan; Brownfields grant funds study, recommends multimodal upgrades and housing changes
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft South Fifth Avenue area‑wide plan at a Pocatello City Council work session, describing recommended mobility, housing and public‑space strategies developed with Stantec and funded by an EPA Brownfields grant.
Jennifer Flynn, assistant planner for Pocatello's planning department, presented the draft South Fifth Avenue area‑wide plan — developed by Stantec and funded through an EPA Brownfields grant — to the City Council during a work session. The plan covers a study area along South Fifth Avenue and adjacent neighborhoods and lays out priorities, policy tools and draft design concepts for future redevelopment.
Flynn described Brownfields program basics: the city received $500,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2023 to support Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments and planning; the grant runs through September 2026 and the city has used about half of the funds to date. The EPA funding stops at assessment (Phase II) and does not cover physical cleanup, Flynn said; the Southeast Idaho Council of…
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