Hi, I’m Bill Adams.

I’ve been a resident of this fine community for over five years now and have been active on the Architectural Committee for three.

First of all let me say that I’m not very good at talking about myself. I usually rely on other people’s observation of my performance. I’m a results oriented candidate, and not a flashy one. I guess if you were to summarize my qualifications it would be as follows;

I’ve worked as a applications programmer a good part of my career. To be a successful computer programmer, one must anticipate every possible condition and eventuality. Otherwise the program, and possibly the system will crash. I’ve learned apply this analysis to many other parts of my life. I always shop for the best deal and research major products in detail before purchase. I am a avid skeptic when a deal looks too good and I respectfully question the unsupported assertions of others. I believe this is an important skill needed which I can bring to the board of directors.

I’ve been a critic of this and past boards. I’ve warned against first right of refusal and dependence on the Developer. I’ve seen public money arbitrarily squandered on non-essentials. Projects like the bus stop and gatehouse are a net loss. The usefulness of the roving patrol is questionable. If the majority insists on retaining this function, I would require the patrol officer report rules violations and contractor abuses. This would at least give the officer something productive to do besides driving around and wasting gas.

The clubhouse has been a series of unfortunate events. A clubhouse committee in 2000 had a five year plan which would have the building open today if the board hadn’t gotten greedy. The committee got as far as replacing the roof and siding. The Directors, however thought they would get the Developer to fund the project, dissolved the committee and immediately started piling on all kinds of expensive features. Then they ran off in another direction and decided to tear it down and rebuild.

If elected, I will work to reinstate the volunteer clubhouse committee and empower them to produce viable renovation plans and alternatives, including cost estimates or quotes to be approved by the community.

With Aqua America taking over the utilities, there is a reduced need for oversight. I will work to size the LHCC staff accordingly. Resizing by attrition is the preferred option.

If the new documents are voted down, as I believe they will be, I will work to evaluate the need for alternatives. I believe a simple common declaration modeled after a newer sections would satisfy most residents, and should have been proposed in the first place. That would solve the inconsistency assertion by combining the 14 separate deeds. At the same time we can modify some of the arcane rules such as sign prohibition and house size requirements.

I believe that regulation of the numbers power boats is unnecessary. While some claim the lake is too crowded, I have yet to see more than 25 boats out at a time. Boating is self regulating – people wait until later if it is too crowded. This feature does not belong in the declaration. Likewise, neither does subassociations or refusing boat storage on-property.

There are numerous shortcomings observed in my tenure on the Architectural Committee, some of which I’ve been able to fix by writing new guidelines or revisions. Most recently I drafted step-by-step procedures for processing Architectural applications which insures consistancy in member and office handling, and a checklist for initial construction applications which saves office and member time by reducing rejections due to missing components. I would like to be able to extend that initiative to the Board of Directors where I think I can bring a new sense of order and purpose.

A vote for Bill Adams is a vote for common sense.

Thank you for your attention and your vote.