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, August 22, 2024  
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 5:16 pm.  
Staff Present: Hicklin, Piaget  
Public: Theodore Callis, Steve Books, Michael Farin, Cheryl Elkinton  
5 -  
Present:  
PATRICK DOWNING, YOGESH CHAWLA, MICHELE DOOLAN, KERRY MARREN  
and SARAH SMITH  
1 - STEVEN PETERS  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the July 25, 2024 Land Conservation Committee  
2024  
MIN-160  
Attachments: LCC 07-25-24  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by CHAWLA, that the Minutes be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote. Downing abstained. MC 4-0  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
F. Presentations  
OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER 49, DCCO  
2024  
PRES-058  
Attachments: Presentation  
Chapter49  
Piaget presented an overview of the requirements in Chapter 49: Agricultural Performance  
Standards and Manure Management, Dane County Code of Ordinances.  
Downing requested hyperlinks in the ordinance text be updated as some of the links are  
broken.  
G. Reports to Committee  
COST-SHARE CONTRACTS APPROVED  
1. 2024  
RPT-211  
Attachments: Contracts_August2024  
Piaget presented the cost-share contracts that have been approved since the July  
meeting.  
COST-SHARE PAYMENTS APPROVED  
2. 2024  
RPT-212  
Attachments: Payments_August2024  
Piaget presented the cost-share payments that were approved since the July meeting.  
DISCONTINUATION OF ROAD  
3. 2024  
RPT-213  
Attachments: Notice of Hearing Vacating Rd.--George Rd.  
Piaget reported on the upcoming public hearing on the Town of Springfield to discontinue  
George Rd.  
Downing noted that towns historically managed farm roads to the milkhouse for milk  
pick-up but that practice is no longer occurring.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
September 26, 2024 or call of the chair  
Smith noted she will not be able to attend on September 26th.  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by SMITH, seconded by MARREN, that the LCC meeting be  
adjourned. The motion carried unanimously. MC 5-0  
The meeting adjourned at 5:50 pm.  
Minutes respectfully submitted by Amy Piaget and subject to committee approval.  
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