Park County’s technical advisory group has begun its work to go over development standards and regulations. 

In November the group, made up of surveyors, developers, farmers and a couple government officials, met for the first time to determine what changes are needed. 

Park County commissioners chair Dossie Overfield said the first meeting covered residential standards, while future meetings will focus on commercial and industrial standards. 

“The meeting went really well,” she said during a mid-month commissioners meeting. 

Along with the advisory group, consultants from Logan Simpson continue to work with planning and zoning commissioners to go through the large amount of feedback received over the year from the public to determine appropriate land uses for different areas. 

While the process to approve Phase 1 ended in August with the commissioners approving the phase after making some changes as the result of critical comments in meetings prior, Phase 2 is still far from finished. After these meetings to hash out details, a draft will go back out to the public for perusal during another round of public input sessions. 

During the first round of public meetings in Powell members of the public expressed their thoughts for what the future of the area should be, with a number sharing concerns about the loss of farmland, and others concerns about the loss of private property rights. 

There were also concerns from a number of people about how much land south of Powell was designated as industrial in a zoning map prepared by consultants  based on previous feedback from the public and the City of Powell’s Master Plan.

Technical advisory group members:

Colin Simpson — Cody lawyer

Cody Schatz — Cody engineer and land surveyor

Curt Bales — Southfork rancher

Tracy LaFollette — Park County Title owner and Powell rancher

Bill O’Mara — Clark contractor

Harold Musser — Cody developer and auction business owner

Brian Edwards — Park County engineer

Mary McKinney — Assistant supervisor at Park County Weed and Pest

Paul Hansen — Cody contractor

Dennis Reed — Cody farmer

Dave Shultz — Owner of Sage Civil Engineering in Cody

Spencer George — Heart Mountain farmer

Adam George Heart Mountain  farmer

Ed Reed land surveyor