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, August 21, 2025

5:00 PM

Hybrid Meeting: Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive

Moraine Room; attend virtually via zoom.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the committee will tour the Sime Farm at 936 Starr School Road,

Stoughton, WI 53589 starting at 6:00 pm. The public is welcome to attend the tour. A quorum of the

committee may be present but no business will be conducted.

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.

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txheem rau cov ntaub ntawv ntxiv.

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The August 21, 2025 Environment, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 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 Drive, Madison in the 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):

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ppp_fWXZQVSKQPYPn9rhzA

This link will be active until the end of the meeting.

To join the meeting by phone, dial-in using one of the following toll-free phone numbers:

1-833-548-0276

1-833-548-0282

When prompted, enter the following Webinar ID: 932 4075 0231

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

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

Chair Chawla called the meeting to order at 5:10 pm.

Staff present: Amy Piaget, Laura Hicklin

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Present:

YOGESH CHAWLA, PATRICK DOWNING, KERRY MARREN and COLIN

BARUSHOK

1 - STEVEN PETERS

Excused:

B. Consideration of Minutes

Minutes of the July 24, 2025 Environment, Agriculture & Natural Resources

2025

Committee

MIN-207

Environment and Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

Sponsors:

Attachments: 7-24-25 EANR

A motion was made by DOWNING that the Minutes be approved. The motion

carried by a voice vote 4-0.

C. Fund Transfers

D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)

AUTHORIZING THE BIDDING AND SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE OF 7874 FISH LAKE ROAD

2025

RES-129

DOOLAN, ENGELBERGER, POSTLER and BLAZEWICZ

Sponsors:

Attachments: 2025 RES-129

2025 RES-129 FISCAL NOTE

2025 RES-129 AREA MAP

2025 RES-129 SUBJECT MAP

A motion was made by MARREN that the Resolution be recommended for

approval. The motion carried by a voice vote 4-0.

E. Items Requiring Committee Action

F. Presentations

G. Reports to Committee

H. Future Meeting Items and Dates

The next meeting will be September 11th or at the call of the Chair.

I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

K. Adjourn

A motion was made by BARUSHOK that the Meeting be adjourned. The motion

carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 5:19 pm.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Hicklin and subject to committee action

at a future meeting.

Note: If you need an interpreter, translator, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations to

access this service, activity or program, please call the phone number below—preferably at least three

business days but no fewer than 24 hours prior to the meeting.

Nota: Si necesita un intérprete, un traductor o materiales en formatos alternativos o cualquier otra

adaptación para tener acceso a este servicio, actividad o programa, llame al número de teléfono que

puede encontrar a continuación — de preferencia con al menos 3 días de anticipación y como mínimo

24 horas antes del evento en cuestión.

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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

24 xuab moos ua ntej rau lub rooj sib tham no.

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Amy Warner or Paul Eder, 608.224.3730 TTY WI RELAY 711