By ANDY GARDNER

MASSENA -- Mayor Tim Currier told the Board of Trustees on Tuesday that he wants to come up with a plan that unifies projects from groups including non-profits, service clubs and faith-based groups.

“We’re trying to eliminate everyone working on their own things … how do we all use our resources to accomplish those things,” Currier said.

He said what he is calling his “strategic plan” would also incorporate various economic development studies, including the pending NYPA study from the power project license review and one done several years ago by some Clarkson students.

“The concept of developing our waterfront is mentioned in all of them,” he said.

He said he is using the phrase “strategic plan” because it includes a three- to six-month outlook with small, manageable goals.

“The advantage of strategic plan is the nature of government, of local government,” he said, noting that boards change regularly and employees come and go.

“It’s identifying the stakeholders and bringing them together in the community,” he said.

Former Mayor Charlie Boots said it may be difficult to do anything with the waterfront with the old dam in the condition that it’s in. There are large holes that are growing over time.

“Without that dam, how are you going to do that?” Boots said. “It’s a hard nut to crack.”