JACKSON, Wyo. — The Jackson Town Council will meet Monday at 6 p.m. for a regular meeting and will take public comment on a number of community development items.
Seven items are on the consent calendar including the selection of Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc. (AESC) to conduct an energy audit on eleven Town-owned buildings and the staff’s suggestion to reject all bids for fall street patching and rebid at a later date.
Public hearings and discussions will be held for four action items.
The council will consider releasing a request for proposal (RFP) to relocate the Mercer Cabin off the Karns Meadow property. If council approves the release of an RFP, the proposed timeline would have the cabin removed by Oct. 31.
According to the staff report, the Mercer Cabin was originally built on Cache Street in 1938 by Phil Baux. The Cabin was moved by the Mercer family to the Sagebrush Motel and then to 265 E. Broadway where they ran the Alpine Pawn Shop. In 2014, the Cabin was moved to Karns Meadow. The intent was for the Cabin to be stored temporarily at Karns Meadow and potentially moved to May Park to be a cross-country skiing warming hut but the plan to use it never came to fruition. It has been stored at Karns Meadow, unused, since 2014.
Storage of the Cabin at Karns Meadow is out of compliance with the Town’s conservation easements for the property, states the staff report.
Local building relocation service, Shacks on Racks, shared photos of the cabin on their Instagram page over the weekend. According to the post, Shacks on Rack is preparing to help move the cabin if an RFP is released, but “think it’s a shame” and is advocating for the cabin to stay in Karns Meadow.
“If you think this iconic old cabin that’s spent all of its 85 years in Jackson deserves a second chance as part of a public park, please let the Town Council know,” the post says.
Council will also discuss a pathway easement agreement across the Virginian RV Park and the Virginian Lodge, a zoning map amendment for Karns Meadow and a proposed land development regulation (LDR) amendment to the Town’s bicycle parking requirements, proposed by the Pathways Department.
According to the staff report, the proposed text amendment includes provisions for long-term and short-term bicycle parking spaces to both residential and nonresidential uses with the amount of required spaces varying by use.
The Council will be taking public comments on all four items.
Finally, the council will hear the first reading of three ordinances related to short-term rental use, amending pathways speed limits and repealing pathways penalty provisions. Following the ordinances, there will be time for the council to discuss matters from the mayor and council and matters from the town manager. The town manager will also have time to present a report before adjourning.
