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Staff presented three options discussed in prior meetings: (1) purchase two hybrid and four diesel buses (staff recommendation), (2) pursue six hybrid buses (Council option), and (3) alternative mixes that were ultimately not viable under current grant conditions. Staff and START representatives said the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has indicated it would not likely approve a change from the awarded electric technology to a wholly diesel specification without high risk to the federal award. For that reason, and because hybrid vehicles provide an incremental step toward lower emissions while allowing earlier bus deliveries, staff recommended the mixed option.

\"Any major change could potentially put the federal funding at risk,\" said Jody Pond (staff), summarizing conversations with regional FTA staff. Bruce Abel, representing START, noted that a recent waiver has been granted in one other jurisdiction allowing early disposal of older Proterra vehicles without payback of federal share, and START is pursuing clarity and formal guidance from FTA on disposal and replacement rules.

The boards also discussed fuel choices and emissions. Town staff said they are evaluating renewable diesel blends at the town fueling yard; Connie Anderson, ecosystem stewardship administrator, said the town is considering up to a 10% renewable diesel blend as a winter‑safe starting point and will explore higher blends if feasible and available. Staff indicated that renewable diesel (a low‑carbon drop‑in fuel) differs from conventional biodiesel blends and that winter limitations must be taken into account in the Mountain West climate.

Council members noted operational and delivery timelines: diesel buses typically have shorter lead times than hybrid or fully electric buses, which supported the mixed option to maintain service reliability while beginning a transition to lower‑emission vehicles. Cost figures discussed during the meeting included local share estimates for grant‑funded vehicles; staff cited roughly $658,000 (local share) associated with one option and about $660,000 for another as part of the internal discussion, but staff noted figures and funding match will be finalized through the agencies’ budget adoption processes.

There was no formal joint motion; both bodies indicated they would proceed with their respective budget adoption steps and that budget amendments remain an option later if FTA provides new guidance or if implementation details change. Staff and START will continue to pursue FTA guidance on Proterra vehicles and potential waivers and will proceed with procurement consistent with the budget schedules and grant requirements.

The joint review was the last scheduled combined budget meeting; town and county staff said each body will proceed separately to adopt their respective budgets and can make later amendments if needed.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Teton County - Town Council Joint Information Meeting - Jun 02, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","After joint budget review, town and county staff recommended proceeding with a staff‑preferred START fleet option — two hybrid buses and four diesel buses — citing federal grant conditions, vehicle delivery timelines and an ongoing review about Proterra vehicles and waiver guidance from the FTA.","taxTitle","Teton County, Wyoming","taxId",63785,"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},6641818,"Town and county push YDOT for clarifications on Highway 22 design; staff to draft joint cover letter",1626,4704000,6330000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3626313-8177e50b4b0418861b4609ba208afcf4&start=4704&end=6330","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3626313-8177e50b4b0418861b4609ba208afcf4/thumbnail_4704000.jpg","/articles/6641818/Teton-County/Wyoming/Town-and-county-push-YDOT-for-clarifications-on-Highway-22-design-staff-to-draft-joint-cover-letter","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6641818-fefe380c7a2712572a41da035a4eb02b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959350&Signature=W-kwJZQ0A9dRyaIhSsEwTXS4DEW8CEfcwByWf8p-sUBSgNTILaGiXWiVYDassR07RQc9pSXQvyWipz6kUy~Bq5EfWDkaB0X-h19GWVa5Q9fndy~Jl5o4UciHoRJV2WmL2e5PaBsxg6Ez5M9i~c8TzL0WHVLA76bqHU4~SOxgvxb9aG53-YBv8e-X184DxXNIe67r1wHdZMcTRTlFbupawJM7XP81MYlx83JiajM1o~fxUISp5GU8epLcKfU7S8-4drYQ1jmQ-Ox2ou1vWluqYBr7vzmjBfQJCD03IqPeptXHx7hZZKYAAGWm-d1dQUi57pgNYBB-HfwzuwObb05YZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Town and county elected officials on June 2 reviewed a staff memorandum to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) about conceptual design options for Highway 22 and directed staff to draft a joint cover letter to WYDOT with clarifications and policy priorities.

Charlotte Frey, transportation manager, summarized staff’s role: the memorandum responds to WYDOT’s conceptual cross‑section and intersection alternatives for the corridor and flags concerns about footprints, design speed and visual impacts. Frey said the memo asks WYDOT to consider narrower footprints, context‑sensitive solutions and how cross‑section choices will affect wetlands, right‑of‑way and other community assets.

Council members and commissioners focused much of the discussion on design speed and intersection footprint. Staff noted that conceptual intersections at the Y could show seven or eight lane approaches because lane widths expand at intersections to provide turning and signalized movements; the town and county raised aesthetic and footprint concerns about such large intersections. Several elected officials suggested the corridor should be designed to reflect local context and to reduce design speeds where possible to improve safety and limit pavement footprint.

\"If 45 miles per hour or less doesn't gain the narrower widths and safety benefits we want, maybe we should advocate for 35 or less,\" Frey told the boards during the discussion, summarizing staff thinking after committee review. Commissioners and council members debated whether a 35‑mile‑per‑hour design speed was feasible for WY‑22, with several saying a 35 design would yield a different roadway character than a 45 design and raise tradeoffs for throughput and travel time.

Elected officials also asked about jurisdictional and environmental impacts. Members reiterated prior recommendations that WYDOT use context‑sensitive design, make every reasonable effort to maintain continuity of existing shared‑use paths, and evaluate wetlands and conservation easement impacts early in the process. Commissioner comments referenced earlier joint letters to WYDOT advocating for design approaches that protect pathways and recreational connectivity.

Public commenters at the meeting urged elected officials to submit a strong, early local response. \"It's really important to communicate our community's wants and needs for the Wyoming 22 Corridor to WYDOT early and often,\" said Sam Petrie, representing Friends of Pathways. Tim Young, a Wilson resident, urged adding more county villages into the study and recommended supplemental planning funds to extend the analysis beyond the town core.

Staff asked the boards how they wanted to proceed; the consensus was to continue endorsing staff’s technical memo and to prepare a joint cover letter for WYDOT that: (1) reiterates the town and county’s priorities for context‑sensitive design; (2) raises concerns about intersection footprints and aesthetics; (3) asks WYDOT to evaluate wetlands, conservation easements and right‑of‑way impacts; and (4) clarifies the board’s preference or guidance on corridor design speed after staff refines the language. Staff said they would return a draft cover letter for review; staff also noted public open house meetings for WYDOT conceptual designs were scheduled for June 4 and that written public comments and meeting records will be part of WYDOT’s documentation for the project.

The boards did not take a formal vote on the memo during the joint session but gave staff direction to prepare the joint cover letter and to clarify the design‑speed language for further review.","Council and commission reviewed a staff memorandum on WY‑22 conceptual designs, debated design speed and intersection footprint, and directed staff to prepare a joint cover letter to WYDOT before the public open house scheduled for June 4.",{"_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":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6641823,"Town and County adopt Safe Streets for All safety action plan to guide roadway safety projects",4246,240000,4486000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3626313-8177e50b4b0418861b4609ba208afcf4&start=240&end=4486","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3626313-8177e50b4b0418861b4609ba208afcf4/thumbnail_240000.jpg","/articles/6641823/Teton-County/Wyoming/Town-and-County-adopt-Safe-Streets-for-All-safety-action-plan-to-guide-roadway-safety-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6641823-f64a54c708b96083642cb0fab5f22b18/orig.mp4?Expires=1770959350&Signature=Lvd1BZCxd6iWWQR4E-prDV2yLTKLphVDULtroTapVu9Y5UUcKP~XR6u4yGuDXOieRmlzVW4-cHa49rT3V5dk5iwMjnvtrD6Nv9nBEGuv2-~lzQtR1xD67ejAsxFZbHoDzALsf9j~fV6CYhHuKbeI427NgXCQmfEYmMtImG6nCvkJPnCMWX0Ag9FNV2Oemzjuk8j~FCDWUIc~IEdZp-D0~vP-DPD4xV2obWpNs--JoxA~eEHReWf4BcIrljnqsUJFIy1uxH2DFvQBgEZaA8ShiRdKjYy3-o07iWSlqQ69Rh1YreplPu~znw-rH65w574IGNMAmrkoJAWSjAQOPAQQyQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Teton County and the Town of Jackson on June 2 adopted a jointly prepared Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan intended to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on local and state roadways.

The plan, supported by a $600,000 federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant, maps a local high‑injury network, identifies 10 corridors and 12 intersections for more detailed analysis, and recommends a mix of physical countermeasures and policy changes to improve safety and multimodal mobility. \"The primary aim [of the plan] is preventing roadway deaths and serious injuries,\" said Brian Schilling, pathways coordinator for the county, during the presentation.

The plan was adopted by the town council after a motion by Councilwoman Munster and a second by Councilwoman Speer; the town vote was unanimous. The county commission adopted the same plan in a separate motion, moved by Commissioner Gardner and seconded by Commissioner Carmen; that vote was unanimous as well. Both bodies discussed next steps for using the document as a guide for project selection, grant applications and coordination with WYDOT and other partners.

The action plan is a policy‑level, data‑driven document rather than a detailed capital improvement program. It includes a countywide crash analysis that produced a high‑injury network concentrated on higher‑speed state highways, a locally tailored mobility framework that identifies strategic flow corridors, and an equity scan that flags areas of relative need within the county. The plan also references a companion updated community streets plan and a transportation engineering design standards manual that would contain the site‑specific design details not included in the action plan itself.

Public commenters and board members praised the plan’s engagement process and urged quick follow‑through on implementation. \"Fully supporting the Safe Streets for All Safety action plan and hope you all support it today,\" said Sam Petrie of Friends of Pathways. Several residents and steering committee members described personal safety concerns and local near‑miss incidents; one commenter recounted being struck while crossing Broadway and Millward and urged the boards to move forward with safety fixes.

Several public and elected participants also flagged gaps and asked how the plan would address village and county needs beyond Jackson proper. Tim Young, a Wilson resident who served on the steering committee, called the plan \"a big disappointment\" for county villages and urged supplemental planning funds to extend the same level of analysis to places such as Hoback, Alta and other communities not covered at the same depth. Staff said the grant scope focused a deeper analysis on the town core and that extending the same level of study to all villages was a recommended next step in the policies and process section of the plan.

Board members and staff also discussed topics the plan intentionally left broad: e‑bikes (the plan recommends more education but deferred specific regulation), and the limits of the SS4A document (it is not a 10‑year CIP and does not include engineering design details for each location). Staff emphasized that the plan is intended as a resource to make projects eligible for future implementation funding and to inform design decisions when reconstruction or utility work creates opportunities to implement countermeasures.

With adoption complete, staff said they will use the plan when pursuing implementation grants and when coordinating with WYDOT, developers and future capital projects. The plan’s public engagement materials — including an online story map — will remain available for residents to review the recommended corridors and countermeasures.

Votes at a glance: Town of Jackson — Motion to adopt the Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, mover: Councilwoman Munster, second: Councilwoman Speer; outcome: adopted unanimously. Teton County Commission — Same motion, mover: Commissioner Gardner, second: Commissioner Carmen; outcome: adopted unanimously.

Next steps noted at the meeting included pursuing implementation funding, coordinating with WYDOT on state highway locations in the high‑injury network, and returning to elected officials with follow‑up recommendations or requests for supplemental planning funds for village‑level analysis.","Teton County and the Town of Jackson jointly adopted a federally funded Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan that identifies high-injury corridors, recommended countermeasures and a new mobility framework; staff will use the plan to pursue implementation opportunities and future grants.","actionData","errors"]

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