Project Phases and Work Products
Phase 1: Start-up / Public Participation Strategy (through August 2007)
This phase is complete. We have kicked-off the project, launched this website, identified preliminary issues the plan update will need to address, and prepared the public participation strategy and project schedule.
If you have ideas about public participation that you’d like to share, please contact the project team.
Phase 2: Inventory and Issues (through Fall 2007)
During this phase, the planning team will analyze current trends, issues, and conditions in the community and prepare inventory maps. Documents will summarize:
- Relevant plans/policies,
- Community data (GIS maps, demographics, economic),
- Regulations and connection to the plan, and
- 1994 Plan Assessment.
DOCUMENTS:
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Existing Conditions Snapshot - 1994 Comprehensive Plan Analysis
- Defining Issues & Concepts
- Plan and Policy Summary
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
- Guiding Principles: Community “Working” Vision
- Guiding Principle 1: Stewardship of Natural, Scenic and Environmentally Sensitive Areas
- Guiding Principle 2: Meet our Community’s Diverse Housing Needs
- Guiding Principle 3: Comprehensive, Integrated Transportation Strategy
- Guiding Principle 4: Manage Growth Responsibly
- Guiding Principle 5: Jackson as “Heart of the Region”
- Guiding Principle 6: A Diverse and Balanced Community
Phase 3: Vision, Goals, and Policies (through Fall 2007)
During this phase, the planning team will work with the public to refine and update the 1994 Plan Vision Statement and begin to update goals and policies of the plan, relating to a variety of topics (housing, land use, transportation, sustainability, etc.)
DOCUMENTS:
Phase 4: Future Land Use Plan, Scenarios, and Policies (through Spring 2008)
During the land use planning phase, the planning team will work with the community to prepare growth and conservation scenarios, prepare a draft future land use plan, and refine the plan’s goals and policies. The community will have several opportunities to give ideas and comments.
DOCUMENTS:
- Scenarios Packet – low resolution (2.5MB)
- Scenarios Packet – high resolution (25.8MB)
- Themes and Policies (draft)
- Outline for Jackson/Teton Plan
- Travel Demand Modelling
Phase 5 & 6: Implementation Strategies and Draft Plan Document (through Summer 2009)
The planning team will prepare strategies or actions necessary to implement the plan, based on input from the community and an understanding about “what is the community willing to do?” During this last phase, the team will put the earlier pieces of the plan together. This will be a final opportunity for the public and committees to review the plan and make final refinements.
DOCUMENTS:
- Themes and Policies (draft)
- Preferred Plan Description
- Outline for Jackson/Teton Plan
- Town Subarea Issues and Opportunities – Worksheets
- Map – Focus Area
- Map – Stable Areas
- Themes and Policies
- Future Land Use Plan
- Jackson Valley Future Land Use Plan
SOON TO BE RELEASED:
- Draft Jackson/Teton County Comprehensive Plan