Dane County  
Minutes - Final Unless Amended by  
Committee  
Land Conservation 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 16, 2024  
5:15 PM  
HYBRID Meeting: In-person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive or  
virtually by Zoom  
A. Call To Order  
Supervisor Chawla called the meeting to order at 5:15 pm.  
Staff present: Piaget, Hicklin, Ottelien  
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Present:  
PATRICK DOWNING, YOGESH CHAWLA, MICHELE DOOLAN, KERRY  
MARREN, STEVEN PETERS and SARAH SMITH  
B. Election of Officers  
1. Chair  
Supervisor Doolan nominated Supervisor Downing for Chair of the Land Conservation  
Committee. No other nominations were offered.  
There were no objections to the nomination; Supervisor Chawla announced Supervisor  
Downing as Chair of the Land Conservation Committee by unanimous consent.  
2. Vice-Chair  
Supervisor Smith nominated Supervisor Peters for Vice-Chair of the Land Conservation  
Committee. No other nominations were offered.  
There were no objections to the nomination; Supervisor Chawla announced Supervisor  
Peters as Vice-Chair of the Land Conservation Committee by unanimous consent.  
C. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the March 14, 2024 Land Conservation Committee  
Attachments: LCC 3-14-24  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by DOWNING, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 6/0  
D. Fund Transfers  
E. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
ACCEPTANCE OF AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST SOIL HEALTH  
STEWARDS GRANT  
CHAWLA, DOWNING, ENGELBERGER, YANG and DOOLAN  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2023 RES-400  
A motion was made by DOOLAN, seconded by PETERS, that the Resolution  
Requiring 2/3rds Vote be recommended for approval. The motion carried by a  
voice vote. MC 6/0  
F. Items Requiring Committee Action  
G. Presentations  
H. Reports to Committee  
COST-SHARE CONTRACTS APPROVED MARCH-APRIL 2024  
Piaget presented the cost-share contracts approved since the March LCC meeting.  
APPROVED PAYMENT MARCH-APRIL2024  
Piaget presented the cost-share payments approved since the March LCC meeting.  
I. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next meeting is June 27, 2024 or by call of the chair.  
J. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
K. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
L. Adjourn  
A motion was made by PETERS, seconded by DOOLAN, that the LCC meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 6/0.  
Meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm.  
Respectfully submitted by Steven Ottelien and Amy Piaget. Minutes are subject to  
committee approval.