Mr. Ted Williamson

(Reappointed Jack Weidman and Ted Williamson to two year term expiring 2009)

Mr. Allen recognized former commissioners Tom Hoover, Ted Williamson, Gordon McAdams, Jesse Vinson, John Wootten and former Mayor Barbara Harris.

Mr. Ted Williamson, 205 Sandfiddler East, Lands End, stated listening to the comments from the bench, he and a couple of other residents of Lands End, were a little puzzled about the use of the word "retroactive".He said they had read the proposed ordinance and they are not unduly troubled by it.Many on the board know residents of Lands End have sharply moderated the practice in Lands End of pumping significant amounts of new water from the aquifer into the ponds recognizing that keeping the ponds low is an important move to protect against storm water flooding in that area.He knows this is the intent of the new ordinance.He personally had assumed that the import of this ordinance, if passed as now drafted, would ask them not to do that anymore.He does not know now whether that is what it meant or whether is says whoever you new guys are who have been thinking about doing this, don't do it.

Commissioner Farmer said it was not her intent to say to Lands End "don't do it anymore".She continued "if Lands Ends decided not to do it anymore, she thinks the board would be happy".

Mr. Williamson made it clear he was not speaking for the Lands End Association.He most certainly was not speaking for the board of the Lands End Association.He was speaking as a single, private resident of the Lands End Subdivision.He would like to see the town board make this apply to Lands End if it is applied to others.It is a prudent move.He would like to see the board let them freshen their ponds with extreme moderation from the aquifer but if we are going to address storm water flooding in a serious way, everybody should be invited, guided and directed not to exacerbate the problem.Mr. Williamson indicated a member of Lands End Board was present and he may or may not agree with what Mr. Williamson has said.Mr. Williamson continued that while nice full ponds are pretty, and nice fresh water and the flow thereof is encouraging to everybody and has been for centuries and centuries, it is foolishness to fill your ponds and then have to worry about how to get rid of all of that storm water.The need to be sensible exists and Mr. Williamson believes that is what the town board is trying to do.