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, January 22, 2026  
5:15 PM  
Attend in person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive Driftless Room;  
attend virtually via zoom.  
A. Call To Order  
Supervisor Chawla called the LCC meeting to order at 5:16 pm.  
Staff Present: Piaget, Hicklin  
5 -  
Present:  
PATRICK DOWNING, YOGESH CHAWLA, KERRY MARREN, STEVEN PETERS  
and COLIN BARUSHOK  
2 - MICHELE DOOLAN and SARAH SMITH  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
DECEMBER 3, 2025 LCC MINUTES  
Attachments: Minutes_12-3-25  
A motion was made by PETERS that the Minutes be approved. The motion  
carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0  
C. Fund Transfers  
D. Referrals (Resolutions & Ordinance Amendments)  
E. Items Requiring Committee Action  
2025 WILDLIFE DAMAGE CLAIMS  
A motion was made by DOWNING that the 2025 Wildlife Damage Claims be  
approved. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0  
F. Presentations  
FPP PRESENTATION  
Attachments: FPP Presentation  
Piaget presented on a proposed fee structure for status reviews for the  
Farmland Preservation Program.  
G. Reports to Committee  
2025 FPP REPORT  
Attachments: FPP_NON_2025  
Piaget reported on the 2025 Farmland Preservation Program certificates of  
compliance, notices of noncompliance, and cancellation of noncompliance  
notices issued during 2025.  
DATCP EXTENSION REQUESTS - FINAL  
Piaget reported on the final version of the DATCP extension requests for 2025.  
COUNTY EXTENSION REPORT - FINAL  
Piaget reported on the final County cost-share extension requests for 2025.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
Thursday, February 26, 2026 or by 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 PETERS that the LCC meeting be adjourned. The motion  
carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0.  
Meeting adjourned at 5:57 pm.  
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