Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee  
Consider:  
Who benefits? Who is burdened?  
Who does not have a voice at the table?  
How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?  
This meeting is being conducted on land now known and recognized as Dane County, Wisconsin. We  
acknowledge that this land is at the same time the ancestral, traditional, & contemporary land of the  
Ho-Chunk, Sauk & Kickapoo nations.  
Thursday, May 30, 2024  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Moraine Room; attend virtually via zoom.  
Interpreters must be requested in advance; please see the bottom of the agenda for more information.  
Los intérpretes deben solicitarse con anticipación; consulte el final de la agenda para obtener más  
información.  
Yuav tsuam tau thov txog cov neeg txhais lus hau ntej; thov saib hauv qab kawg ntawm qhov txheej  
txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.  
The May 30th Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources meeting will be a hybrid meeting. Members  
of the public can either attend in person or virtually via Zoom.  
The public can attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Court, Madison WI 53718, Moraine Room.  
The public can access the meeting virtually with the Zoom application or by telephone.  
To join the meeting in Zoom, click the following link (after you fill out the form, the meeting link and  
access information will be emailed to you):  
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This link will be active until the end of the meeting.  
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PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
IN PERSON: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
can register in person at the meeting using paper registration forms. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO  
REGISTER VIA THE ZOOM LINK ABOVE EVEN IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING IN PERSON.  
In person registrations to provide public comment will be accepted throughout the meeting.  
VIRTUAL: Any members of the public wishing to register to speak on/support/oppose an agenda item  
MUST REGISTER USING THE LINK ABOVE (even if you plan to attend using your phone). Virtual  
registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the  
meeting.  
In order to testify (provide public comment) virtually, you must be in attendance at the meeting via Zoom  
or phone, you will then either be unmuted or promoted to a panelist and provided time to speak to the  
body.  
If you want to submit written comments or other materials for this meeting, please email them to:  
lwrd@danecounty.gov. Staff will forward the email and materials to members of the committee.  
A. Call To Order  
Meeting called to order by Chair Chawla at 5:30 pm.  
Youth governance members present: Olivia Morsbach  
Registrants: Joleen Stinson, Amanda DePagter  
Staff present: Laura Hicklin  
4 - YOGESH CHAWLA, PATRICK DOWNING, SARAH SMITH and KERRY MARREN  
Present:  
1 - STEVEN PETERS  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the May 16, 2024 Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources  
Committee  
1. 2024  
MIN-058  
Environment and Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: EANR 05-16-24  
A motion was made by DOWNING, seconded by SMITH, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote, 4-0 (YGP 1-0).  
C. Fund Transfers  
FRIENDS LTE LAND MANAGEMENT FUND TRANSFER  
1. 2024  
FTR-005  
Attachments: 2024 FTR-005  
A motion was made by DOWNING, seconded by SMITH, that the Fund Transfer be  
recommended for approval. The motion carried by a voice vote, 4-0 (YGP 1-0).  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
PLACING WARNING SIGNS AT ALL STORM WATER RETENTION BASINS  
ON COUNTY PROPERTY  
1. 2023  
RES-320  
ROSE, RITT, SCHAUER, KIGEYA, EICHER, YANG and PELLEBON  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-320  
SUB_____TO 2023 RES-320 (PROPOSED CHAWLA)  
SUB 1 TO 2023 RES-320  
2023 RES-320 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by CHAWLA, seconded by MARREN, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be Sub. 1 to the resolution be recommended for approval.  
The motion carried by a voice vote, 4-0 (YGP 1-0).  
A motion was made by DOWNING, seconded by MARREN, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval as amended by Sub 1. The  
motion carried by a voice vote, 4-0 (YGP 1-0).  
AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING  
ADDENDUM FOR 2024 FROM THE WI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL  
RESOURCES  
2. 2024  
RES-029  
CHAWLA, POSTLER, ENGELBERGER and YANG  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2024 RES-029  
2024 RES-029 Fiscal Note  
A motion was made by DOWNING, seconded by SMITH, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a  
voice vote, 4-0 (YGP 1-0).  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
1. Dane County Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Pilot  
Hicklin gave an brief update on the program status. $300,000 was established in  
the 2023 County Budget or provide matching grants of 25% of project costs for  
agricultural conservation easements. The Land & Water and Planning &  
Development Departments are working together along with local area experts on  
program details and standards and expects to release additional information  
later this year.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next meeting will be June 27th or at the call of the Chair.  
Chair Chawla noted that the committee will meet jointly with Land Conservation  
Committee and the Lakes & Watershed Commission for lake level and PFAS  
reports. Exact meeting dates have not been established.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
A motion was made by DOWNING, seconded by SMITH, that the be adjourned.  
The motion carried unanimously.  
Meeting adjourned at 5:55 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Hicklin and subject to committee action  
at a future meeting.  
K. Adjourn  
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Sau tseg: Yog koj xav tau ib tug neeg txhais lus, txhais ua ntaub ntawv, cov ntaub ntawv uas nyob rau  
lwm yam kev lawm los sis lwm yam kev pab nkag rau qhov kev pab no, kev ua si los sis kev pab  
cuam, thov hu tus xov tooj rau hauv qab no—xav kom hu li peb hnub ua ntej tuaj tab sis tsis pub tsawg  
tshaj 24 xuab moos ua ntej rau lub rooj sib tham no.  
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