Meeting notice posted in the DAnbury news times

Candlewood Lake boat sticker forums scheduled
By Robert Miller STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 02/29/2008 03:54:35 PM EST


The spectrum of people who use and love Candlewood Lake - anglers, boaters, swimmers, residents - will get two chances to speak their minds on the proposed boat sticker program.
The program, if it comes into being, will require that all boaters buy an annual sticker before setting out on Candlewood. The stickers will cost state boaters $50 a year and out-of-state boaters $100 a year. Those who use the lake only once or twice a year can buy temporary stickers - $20 for state residents, $30 for out-of-state residents.
The first forum will be held March 8 at noon at New Fairfield High School. The second will be held on March 11 at 7 p.m. at John Pettibone School in New Milford.
In addition, the General Assembly's Environment Committee will hold a hearing on the legislation creating the program within the first two weeks of March.
The money raised would pay for the cost of an expanded lake patrol run by the Candlewood Lake Authority.
"We know a lot of people won't go up to the hearing in Hartford," said state Rep. Mary Ann Carson, R-New Fairfield, who is sponsoring the hearings with state Rep. Clark Chapin, R-New Milford. "So we wanted to give them a chance to comment locally."