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, July 24, 2025  
5:15 PM  
Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Moraine Room; attend virtually via zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Chair Downing called the LCC Meeting to order at 5:15 pm.  
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Present:  
Excused:  
PATRICK DOWNING, YOGESH CHAWLA, MICHELE DOOLAN, KERRY MARREN  
and COLIN BARUSHOK  
2 - STEVEN PETERS and SARAH SMITH  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the April 24, 2025 Land Conservation Committee  
Attachments: LCC 04-24-25  
A motion was made by DOWNING that the Minutes be approved. The motion  
carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
AUTHORIZING A MASTER CONTRACT WITH WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT  
OF AGRICULTURE TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR SOIL AND  
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  
DOWNING, BOLLIG and ENGELBERGER  
Sponsors:  
Attachments: 2025 RES-061  
A motion was made by CHAWLA that the Resolution be recommended for  
approval. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 4-0. Doolan abstained.  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
G. Reports to Committee  
APPROVED PAYMENTS REPORT - JULY 2025  
Piaget reported on the approved payments since the April LCC meeting.  
APPROVED CONTRACTS REPORT - JULY 2025  
Piaget reported on the approved contracts since the April LCC meeting.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Next LCC meeting is scheduled for August 21, 2025 or by call of the chair.  
A committee tour will be held on August 21, 2025 starting at 6:00 pm at the Sime Farm, 936 Starr School  
Rd.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by DOOLAN that the LCC Meeting be adjourned. The motion  
carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0.  
Meeting adjourned at 5:22 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Amy Piaget and subject to committee approval.  
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business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.  
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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  
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Amy Warner or Paul Eder, 608-224-3730, TTY WI RELAY 711