Public Services Committee - 10-19-26

The City of Cheyenne Public Services Committee met on October 19, 2026. The principal capital-project item was a one-year, no-cost easement from the Air Force for approximately 36.5 acres at F.E. Warren Air Force Base to construct, use, and maintain a Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD) park-and-ride facility. The proposed lot has about 2,868 aggregate-surfaced stalls, including 39 paved ADA stalls. CFD is funding construction, with no public construction dollars identified at this stage. The city would assume insurance, compliance, and site-restoration responsibilities, and the Air Force may restrict access or terminate the easement on 120 days’ notice. The committee approved advancing the easement. City-CFD construction and long-term maintenance/use agreements are expected to come forward later; a committee member requested that they return to this committee. No contract awards or vendor selections were made in the transcript.

The committee also advanced several annexation and zoning ordinances and amendments concerning agricultural uses, livestock, and parking requirements. The parking amendment allows certain infrequently used lots—generally those used no more than 55 times annually—to use alternative gravel surfacing, while retaining ADA requirements. The electric-fencing amendment was advanced on second reading despite public safety questions; staff agreed to research an appropriate voltage limit and bring the matter back at a future committee meeting. These land-use and code changes may affect future development and site requirements, but no purchasing or procurement approvals were identified.