MAMAKATING—Matt Ryan, a senior planner with Turner Miller Group, presented results of a Public Input Meeting to update Mamakating’s 2001 Comprehensive Plan on July 7 .
The public input meeting, which took place on June 9, was to gauge the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the plan and gather public and stakeholder sentiment regarding existing conditions in the town.
Chaired by Andrew Weill, the Mamakating Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee facilitated the public meeting on June 9.
This was part of the Turner Miller Group’s process as they update the plan, the first step being to collect “background data, views and opinions from community residents and stakeholders,” according to a report outlining the raw results of the meeting.
Ryan presented the committee with a draft vision statement (Part II) for the comprehensive plan, and goals and objectives as part of future actions (Part III).
June 9 SWOT
Turner reported that 40 members of the public and local media attended the June 9 meeting to give feedback.
The top five strengths of the town, according to the participants, Ryan said, were its rural character, low density housing, the Basha Kill and eco-tourism, the natural environment, the Wurtsboro Airport, and water resources.
Ryan said they tried to consider the needs of the “outside community” as well, referring to people who lived outside Mamakating, such as tourists.
