Next Gowanus Canal CAG General Meeting: Tuesday, September 27, 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for our September General Meeting, on Tuesday, September 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments, 41 1st Street, in Carroll Gardens. All of our meetings are open to the public.

Draft Agenda (all times are approximate)

5:45 PM: Facilitation Team Pre-Meeting

6:30 – 6:45 PM: Introductions 

• Introductions
• Approve minutes from the July 2016 CAG General Meeting

6:45 – 7:15 PM: Project Updates

• EPA

7:15 – 8:00 PM: Discuss CAG Comments on Gowanus Canal 1st Street Turning Basin Restoration

8:00 – 8:30 PM: CAG Committee Updates (as needed)

• Administration Committee
• Archaeology Committee (discuss future of committee)
• Land Use Committee
• Outreach Committee
• Water Quality and Technical Committee

8:30 PM: Adjourn

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Principles

• The CAG process will be conducted with impartiality.
• CAG members, alternates, liaisons, and guests will treat each other with civility and respect for other participants’ time.
• The CAG will approach its work diligently and aim to reach agreement.
• The CAG members will commit to putting in time, attend meetings, responsible to the environment, health concerns, and community use; and acknowledging practical, budgetary, and temporal limitations, when and where they may exist.
• The CAG’s communications will be done openly, with all documents available on-line and at local repositories, open meetings and timely updates.
• The CAG will utilize joint fact-finding methods wherever possible.

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Meeting Ground Rules

• Only one person will speak at a time and no interruptions will take place, including cross-talking or side conversations, when another person is speaking.
• During presentations in general, CAG members should hold all questions, except for clarifying questions, until the end.
• No one will make personal attacks.
• Each person will make every effort to move the agenda forward by avoiding repetition and verbosity.

 Remaining 2016 Calendar of CAG Meetings and Committee Dates