1/26/2015 Lee Brewer Review: Hi Steve - Thanks for looking at the doc - I found there were many unquantified numbers (especially in the later pages) and some information and dollar amount holes that need to be filled in, in order to really make any judgement. I did find the population statistics quite valuable. There were some careless number oversights like the various numbers of residences that we have in Middletown. (Page 9 and 14). I sympathize with the problem of keeping track of our housing construction, I just think that for a prepared public document, some care by the author should have been made to assure that the number is the same throughout.
While it mentions a Middletown Welfare department, we do not have such a location in Middletown. I am not sure what it is talking about. Maybe they were thinking of the Sandy Relief meeting room that served the dual purpose for a while, but is now closed.
But at least I want to draw your attention to a single paragraph that was unrelated and yet included in this doc. It was the slider on page 12 for TOMSA for ADA compliance. This has nothing to do with the purpose of this document and it seems like the one paragraph was dropped in without a dollar estimate amount - hoping to be unnoticed. (It could end up as another TOMSA slush fund the way this doc refers to it). If you decide to publicize your feelings - you may want to include that this TOMSA funding should be available from alternative sources - and should not bleed off of this relatively small dollar amount.
Personally I would like the Ideal Beach section to be upgraded - just done in such a manner as to not make it too expensive (property taxes) for the residents living there now to remain there. However, this all is just my opinion - again thanks for drawing folks attention to it. best regards, Lee