€ #10
- Remove Future Land Use Plan from
current Comprehensive Plan discussion
for consideration at a later time
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #11
- Consolidate plan into fewer
chapters - not changing text of individual
chapters by passing this vote
• Town – Failed
• County - Failed
€ #46
– Focus on a predictable; measurable
Plan
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #50
– Add a Theme: Energy
Conservation - an have staff compile
principles and policies that belong in the
new theme including Principle 1.3
• Town – Failed
• County - Failed
€ #20
- Vision Statement: Preserve &
protect the area's unparalleled natural
ecosystem while meeting our
community's needs in an environmentally
responsible manner that celebrates this
significant and unique place on our
shared planet.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #21
- Split the Vision Chapter from the
Executive Summaries of each Theme
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #34
- Definition of Sustainability: A system of
practices that are healthy for our community
and the environment, economically viable
and can be maintained indefinitely.
• Town – Passed
• County - Passed
€ #25
- End of second paragraph, P 7 insert:
As a community, we have a unique
opportunity to lead by example, share our
values and influence opinions around the
world. We need to embrace this opportunity
and step up to the challenge of leadership
presented to us.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #35
- 3rd check on page 8 amended: The
impact of local decisions must be
understood in a regional and global context
because of the impacts that development
and other human activities have on
ecological processes
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #37
- On P8, first paragraph: Delete second
check: "ecosystem preservation does not
preclude . . ."
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #39
- P9 graphic - Community Vision.
Replace with a "Nortonian" Teeter Totter to
be brought back to PC's for final approval.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #41
- P9 after "...growth patterns." and
before "It recognizes..." insert: Ecosystem
and open space preservation may be
adversely affected by State Statutes and
private property rights which may not be
controlled or managed by the County or its
residents.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #22
- Add "without sacrificing the natural
environment" after second to last sentence
of paragraph 2 on page 7.
• Town - Failed
• County – Failed
€ #40
- P8, Amend second check, under
sustainability: Ecosystem preservation may
at times preclude growth and development
activities above and beyond those needed to
meet our community's human needs.
• Town - Failed
• County – Failed
€ “Vision
– Theme – Principle – Policy –
Indicator – Strategy” structure
€ Public
has not had a chance to comment on
8/20/09 recommendations
€ Sustainability
– What is the purpose of its
definition?
• Should conjugations throughout the document be
brought into line with the definition?
• Is “sustainability” the concept that delineates the
community’s prioritization of wildlife, natural, and
scenic resources
€ Teeter-Totter
Concept
€ Teeter-Totter
Concept Implications:
• Elimination of Plan-wide linear prioritization of
Themes
• Replaced by a vision of “weighted balance” of
community values through growth management
discussing
x Preserving natural element vs. Providing human element
x Proper weight and balance of each element
x Where the themes belong in the teeter-totter concept
x The context (local, regional, global) of the balance
€ Predictability
• Should the community’s desire for a predictable Plan be
a part of the Community Vision?
• Is the teeter-totter concept consistent with the
community’s desire for predictability?
€ Staff
overview, state statute discussion,
wildlife-vehicle collision presentation
€ Request for Brad Mead and Laurie Andrews
to speak
• On the agenda for the 9/3 meeting
€ Discussion
items tabled
• Review of the “Why is this Theme Addressed” language
• The community’s policy toward mineral rights
• Transferable Development Rights
• Incentives for the conservation of agricultural land use
€ #47
– Relocate Principle 1.4 and
associated strategies and indicators
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #48
– Amend the title of Theme 1 to:
“Practice stewardship of wildlife, natural
resources, and scenic vistas”
• Town – Passed
• County - Passed
€ #49
– “Maintain healthy populations…”
instead of “Maintain viable populations…”
in Statement of Ideal, throughout theme, and
add an indicator of “health’ with associated
strategies.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #52
– Staff will insert County
recommendations 2 and 3 into Principle 1.1
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #54
– Throughout the Theme do no limit
wildlife protection policies to
implementation in areas in the Natural
Resources Overlay
• Town – Passed
• County - Passed
€ #55
– Principle 1.1 sentence 3: “Without
supporting all native species within the
ecosystem the web of support for all native
species begins to weaken and the intact
ecosystem begins to break down.” or
similar, tighter language.
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #56
– Make no changes to Policy 1.1.a and
Principle 1.1 other than those already made
• Town - Passed
• County – Passed
€ #58
– Replace “behavioral best practices”
with “policy decisions” in 1.1.b
• Town – Passed
• County - Passed
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The 1994 Plan recognized the importance of agriculture in the community. This
Theme should better acknowledge ag preservation and ag preservation should be
enhanced as a strategy in this theme by promoting meaningful incentives for
conservation easements.
The group thought more emphasis should be placed on obtaining conservation
easements to protect natural resources and open space by inserting it as its own
principle.
The group agreed that connectivity of open space is important. Open space
preservation does not necessarily equate to preserving wildlife migration
corridors. Further explanation of what open space means and the importance of
connectivity should be incorporated in this theme. To accomplish this, future
regulation should maintain enough residential density to allow for clustering in
appropriate areas while providing essential conservation easements in identified
crucial habitat areas or migration corridors.
The group agreed that the indicator on conservation easements obtained needs to
focus on analyzing open space connectivity and that while it can be compiled
every year trends will only be seen in a 5-year period.
Policy 1.3.c needs to acknowledge the regional, national, and international factors
involved in achieving the goal of reducing greenhouse gases associated with
buildings and the possible unintended consequences of future regulation.
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Amend the title of Theme 1 to: “To promote stewardship of wildlife, natural
resources, and scenic vistas”.
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Designate areas appropriate for under- and over-passes and speed
reductions in heavy volume wildlife-crossing areas.
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Remove all exemptions to the wildlife friendly fencing ordinances and
develop penalties for failure to remove existing unfriendly fencing
throughout the county.
Include the language from Section 3010.A of the Land Development
Regulations with changes to indicate that tourism is one base of our
economy, to delete specific statistics, and replace “Land Development
Regulations” with “Comprehensive Plan”.
Recognize that abundant wildlife, daily interaction with nature, and
panoramic scenic vistas are central to the quality of life of Teton County
residents; and the quality of the visitor experience and the foundation of
our local economy.
Recognize that any and all growth in the valley impacts both wildlife and
natural resources.
€ Wildlife-Vehicle
Collisions – what we have:
• JHWF raw data 1990-2008
• 2003 Biota/JHWF study on wildlife crossing
€ NRO
update information:
• April, 2008 JHCA Study of NRO data
• June, 2009 JHCA South Park Study
€ Vegetative
Mapping:
• Private land data from EAs and Easements
• Public land data, but in different form
• TCD LiDAR data for westbank and Snake
• JHCA and Craighead/Beringia South awarded 1%
For the Tetons grant to research veg mapping
methodology using available data and do a pilot
project
€ Wildlife
Permeability
• Doug Wachob study of density affect on songbirds
• WGF will meet with Staff in Sept. to discuss help it can provide
• Theme 1 policy guidance needed to further define appropriate
permeability research
€ Structure: Four
€ Members:
• Paul Hanson
• Mike Whitcomb
• Armond Acri
• Scott Pierson
columns
• Base Zoning
• Accessory Residential Units
• Planned Residential
Developments
• Required Employee Housing
Units
€ Should
be able to report
by Sept. 10 meeting
€ White
paper on percentage of local
workforce vs. community character
• TCHA is researching existing literature
€ Inventory
of existing workforce housing
units by type
• TCHA researching existing data
• Assumptions will be needed to translate existing
data into request – Blue Ribbon Task Force may
be able to provide guidance
€ Traffic
Analysis Completed to date
• Appendix H Travel Demand Modeling
€ Transportation
Scenarios and Vision
Presentation prepared by Transportation
Consultant Carlos Hernandez, Fehr and
Peers
€ WYDOT
planned projects