Planning for Oil and Gas Development

Bio: Marcy Hamburg serves as the County Planner and Planning Director for Richland County and the City Planner for the Town of Fairview, Montana located in the Bakken oil industrial region. Marcy has been the County Planner for 12 years and the Planning Director for 6 years. She served as the City Planner for the City of Sidney and the Town of Fairview (Montana) for 6 years.

Education: Ms. Hamburg received her Associate’s Degree of Applied Science Office Technology in 2000. She received her education on land use planning over the past 12 years with on the job training and by attending the Montana Association of Planners Conference, Western Planner Conference, Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors (MARLS) State Conference, Western Seminars/BLM Road Law Seminar and by participating in the following classes or sessions: • Montana Association of Counties (MACo) Joint Powers Insurance Authority (JPIA) workshops that include, “Regional Information/Risk Management”, “Basic Training in Land Use Issues” • Lorman Education Services workshops that include: A Practical Approach to Land Use in Montana, Plat & Subdivision Law in Montana, Zoning, Subdivision, and Land Development Law, Storm water drainage • Montana Department of Commerce Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) training sessions that included: Planning 101, Subdivision Review Training, Temporary Housing Ordinance, Annexation Policy and DEQ Review of Workforce Housing, and Planning Tools for Managing Growth and Development in Your Community.

Key Publications: Ms. Hamburg contributed to various news articles on oil impacts, published in the local area newspaper and distributed within the Bakken region.

Past Assignments: Ms. Hamburg was asked to provide an overview on the oil development impacts Richland County, cities and communities are experiencing at the Montana Housing Partnership Conference, Montana Leadership Program and other various local and State organization.

Bio: President of Cossitt Consulting, Inc. Ms. Cossitt has been providing land use and strategic planning services in Montana and surrounding states since 1991. Her work in western North Dakota includes project management for the Little Missouri National Grasslands Oil and Gas Leasing EIS in the 1990s. She has been providing land use planning and subdivision consultation in eastern Montana counties since 2006.

Education: Masters of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Bio: Current Employment: Community Planning Bureau Chief for the Community Development Division of the Montana Department of Commerce - Manages the Community Technical Assistance Program (CTAP) providing planning-related technical assistance to local governments, planning departments, private developers and non-profit organizations as well as members of the public to encourage sustainable development throughout Montana communities. Much of the technical assistance over the past 18 months has focused on eastern Montana communities, providing local government and planning staff the appropriate tools and knowledge to address increased population growth and related impacts resulting from oil and gas development in the Bakken region. Also manages the Montana Main Street Program, a state-wide program based on the model developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This program encourages and supports the revitalization of traditional business districts and downtown cores through organization, promotion, design and economic restructuring (otherwise known as the Four Point Approach™), and can be directly linked to effective long range planning through the implementation of historic preservation and economic development tools and policies. In addition to these two programs, the Planning Bureau facilitates the review and administration of a variety of state and federal grant programs in support of comprehensive planning activities throughout the state of Montana. Previouse Employment: Planner II in Flathead County, MT; Land Planner for Equestrian Services, LLC in Charlottesville, VA; Graduate Associate with the Institute for Environmental Negotiation in Charlottesville, VA; Planning Consultant for the Northwest Ohio Greenways Initiative based in Toledo, OH.

Education: Master of Urban & Environmental Planning - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Bachelor of Arts in Architecture - Miami University, Oxford, OH

Key Publications: "Land Use Planning Impacts in Eastern Montana: Result of Renewed Oil & Gas Development in the Bakken" - Montana Policy Review, Fall 2012

Past Assignments: APA Webinar - "Fracking and Resource Extraction and Community Planning", February 2013; "Exemptions from the Montana Subdivision & Platting Act (MSPA)" - presentation for the Montana Association of Registered Land Surveyors in Missoula, MT; 2012 Western Planner Conference Session - "Energy Resource Development Impacts" panel in Billings, MT; "Land Use and Subdivision Regulations in MT" - presentation for the Jim Tillotson Service Program for city attorneys in Billings, MT.

Bio: Brent is the Planning Manager for CTA, responsible for directing community development activities related to long-range planning, growth management and development services. Brent’s work focuses on place-making and public facilitation of complex issues related to a community’s history and visions for change.

Education: Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Florida State University Bachelors from Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Key Publications: "Planning Across Boards" in Montana Policy Review, Montana Local Government Center, Vol. 16, #2, Fall 2012.

Past Assignments: Miles Community College Energy Conference: “A Windshield Tour of Community Change during a Boom.” Miles City, MT, March 2012. Rural Community Conference: “A Windshield Tour of Community Change during a Boom.” Bozeman, MT, May 2012. Western Planner’s Conference: “Planning in the Bakken.” Billings, MT, August 2012.