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?  
Wednesday, December 6, 2023  
5:15 PM  
HYBRID MEETING: In-person at 5201 Fen Oak Drive  
Driftless Room or virtually via Zoom  
A. Call To Order  
Vice Chair Smith called the meeting to order at 5:17 pm.  
Staff Present: Hicklin, Piaget, Ottelien, Minks, Jopke  
Others Present: Sup. McCarville, Phil Gaebler, Lyle Updike, Arthur Watkinson (DNR),  
Josh Leslie (YGP), Sup. Castillo, Chin Wu, David Cutter  
5 -  
Present:  
PATRICK DOWNING, YOGESH CHAWLA, AARON COLLINS, SARAH SMITH and  
MICHAEL ENGELBERGER  
1 - HOLLY HATCHER  
Excused:  
B. Consideration of Minutes  
Minutes of the November 9, 2023 Land Conservation Committee  
Attachments: LCC 11-9-23  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER, seconded by CHAWLA, 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  
DATCP COST-SHARE CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUEST  
Attachments: 2023 ACT-222  
Piaget presented the draft list of DATCP cost-share agreements to be extended into  
2024. Staff will make necessary end of year adjustments prior to submitting to DATCP.  
The final list will be presented at the January 2024 LCC meeting.  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER, seconded by CHAWLA, that 2023 ACT-222  
be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0  
COUNTY COST-SHARE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS  
Attachments: 2023 ACT-223  
Piaget presented the draft list of County funded cost-share contracts to be extended into  
2024. Staff will make necessary end of year adjustments and present the final list at the  
January 2024 LCC meeting.  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER, seconded by CHAWLA, that 2023 ACT-223  
be approved. The motion carried by a voice vote. MC 5-0  
Supervisor Chawla requested item H1 and H3 moved as the next items on the agenda for the joint  
meeting. There were no objections.  
5:23 pm: LCC went into recess until the start of the joint meeting with EANR and LWC.  
5:30 pm: Supervisor Smith called the LCC meeting back into session. Meeting was joint with EANR and  
LWC.  
F. Presentations  
1. AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT (APM) UPDATE ON YAHARA LAKES  
Yahara Lakes Aquatic Plant Management  
Pete Jopke, Water Resource Planner for Dane County LWRD, presented on the Aquatic  
Plant Management Update for the Yahara Lakes.  
G. Reports to Committee  
1. QUARTERLY LAKE LEVELS REPORT  
Yahara Lakes Management Quarterly Report  
Attachments: Quarterly Update  
Hicklin presented the Quarterly Lake Levels Report.  
H. Future Meeting Items and Dates  
1. JOINT COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND DECISION ON 2024 LAKE LEVELS REPORT JOINT MEETING  
SCHEDULE  
Supervisor Chawla presented the draft 2024 EANR and LCC meeting schedule and  
requested the 2024 Lake Levels Report Joint Meeting Schedule be changed to two joint  
meetings per year with each respective committee to have the option of adding additional  
join meetings as necessary. A resolution will be drafted for this proposal.  
2. Next meeting is scheduled for January 25, 2024 or at the call of the chair.  
2024 DRAFT EANR and LCC Meeting Schedule  
I. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda  
J. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law  
K. Adjourn  
A motion was made by ENGELBERGER, seconded by CHAWLA, that the LCC  
meeting be adjourned. The motion carried unanimously. MC 5-0  
Meeting Adjourned at 6:36 pm.  
Minutes are subject to committee approval. Respectfully submitted by Amy  
Piaget.  
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