Dane County  
Minutes - Final  
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?  
Thursday, January 12, 2023  
5:30 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Room Moraine; 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.  
This 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 the Lyman F. Anderson Agriculture & Conservation Center, 5201 Fen  
Oak Drive, Madison, WI 53718, Room Moraine.  
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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PROCESS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT:  
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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.  
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Virtual registrations to provide public comment will be accepted until 30 minutes prior to the beginning of  
the meeting.  
A. Call To Order  
Vice Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.  
Youth governance member Marcella Simmons present.  
Supervisors Collins, Hatcher and Downing and YGP member Simmons  
participated virtually.  
Staff present: Laura Hicklin  
4 - PATRICK DOWNING, HOLLY HATCHER, AARON COLLINS and SARAH SMITH  
Present:  
1 - YOGESH CHAWLA  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the December 7, 2022 Environment, Agriculture & Natural  
2022  
Resources Committee  
MIN-478  
Sponsors:  
Environment and Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee  
Attachments:  
EANR 12-7-22  
A motion was made by HATCHER, seconded by COLLINS, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote MC 4/0, YGP 1/0.  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
2022  
RES-281  
1.  
AUTHORIZING RECLASSIFICATION OF AN ACCOUNT CLERK II  
TO AN ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT IN THE LAND AND WATER  
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT  
Sponsors: CHAWLA and VELDRAN  
Attachments:  
2022 RES-281  
2022 RES-281 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by HATCHER, seconded by COLLINS, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a  
voice vote MC 4/0, YGP 1/0.  
ACCEPTANCE OF A 2023 URBAN FORESTRY GRANT FROM THE WI  
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES  
2022  
RES-285  
2.  
Sponsors:  
CHAWLA, RIPP, JOERS, VELDRAN, HATCHER, RITT and ENGELBERGER  
Attachments:  
2022 RES-285  
2022RES-285 FISCAL NOTE  
A motion was made by HATCHER, seconded by COLLINS, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a  
voice vote MC 4/0, YGP 1/0.  
AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A LAND USE AGREEMENT  
BETWEEN THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL  
RESOURCES AND DANE COUNTY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A  
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAIL  
2022  
RES-286  
3.  
Sponsors: CHAWLA, RIPP, JOERS, VELDRAN, WRIGHT, HATCHER, RITT, ENGELBERGER,  
HUELSEMANN and COLLINS  
Attachments:  
2022 RES-286  
2022 RES-286 FISCAL NOTE  
2022 RES-286 CONTRACT #14946  
A motion was made by HATCHER, seconded by COLLINS, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a  
voice vote MC 4/0, YGP 1/0.  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
The next meeting will be January 26th or at the call of the Chair. The Land Conservation Committee will  
also meet that evening.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
Supervisor Downing requested a presentation from the Upper Sugar Watershed  
Association on Badger Mill Creek at the next meeting.  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by HATCHER, seconded by DOWNING, that the Meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 5:42 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Hicklin and subject to committee action  
at a future meeting.  
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to access this service, activity or program, please call 08.224.3730 at least three business days prior  
to the meeting.  
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hom ntawv los sis lwm cov kev pab kom siv tau cov kev pab, cov kev ua ub no (activity) los sis qhov  
kev pab cuam, thov hu rau tus xov tooj hauv qab yam tsawg peb hnub ua hauj lwm ua ntej yuav tuaj  
sib tham.