Skip, There are differences between Kenosia and Marjorie.
Margorie is totally surrounded by Danbury city property so they control access and can make rules like no boats and no ice fishing.
Kenosia has a state owned boat launch that provides access to state owned water. The state owns all water within the state's border. I know the state is very sensitive to the issues local communities have with lakes within their borders. At Ball Pond the town of New Fairfield wanted to limit boats to paddle power only, no motors. The state agreed with this and the boat launch is posted as such.
But the Ball Pond issues are decided upon with both Town of New Fairfield and the DEEP and so should Lake Kenosia's issues be decided by the City of Danbury and the DEEP. Chief Hyatt should speak with Mayor Boughton and discuss the issues. After all, Lake Kenosia is one of the DEEP's new channel catfish lakes. Did Boughton have to approve that? No, he didn't. So he has no vote on ice fishing either though the DEEP would be best served if they had a discussion about it.
If it were me, I would tell Boughton that they can choose the boating and motor rules and shore access/lake use rules on property that the city owns with Lake Kenosia shore line. On private property/state owned property, shoreline useage is out of the control of the city and lakes management/fisheries is a DEEP perogative.
Lake Kenosia is actually nothing but a part of the Still River system. It is no different than the Housatonic River system. Does the DEEP allow First Light to make all of the decisions regarding water use from their upper hydro facility in Falls Village all of the way down to the Derby Dam power facility? Of course not. Lakes Lillinonah, Zoar and Housatonic all have lake associations, town committees and DEEP involvement along with First Light input. So allowing the City of Danbury some kind of unilateral control of Lake Kenosia is unacceptable to the DEEP, the surrounding towns and all of the citizens who use the lake for recreation including ice fishing, ice skating and other winter sports.
Just my humble opinion.