Attendees: Andrea Parker, Katia Kelly, Peter Reich, Erica Eliason, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Alexandra Dadourian, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman, Susan Yung, Hildegaard Link, Linda Laviolette
Guests: Aaron Kaufman, Irene Baker
For those of you who were not able to attend, here’s a link to the recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gg9agkE3eua5FdyTLRqPzy0Wp26YDm4z
Agenda
a) Friends of Thomas Greene Park’s letter to EPA & NYC Parks Department regarding Thomas Greene Park and the DD Pool.
Alexandra mentioned that the group was in the process of drafting the letter and will circulate it when it becomes available.
b) Discussed NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health’s meeting regarding 459 Smith Street (aka Parcel 3) that took place at PS 372’s Rec Center on July 29th.
It was suggested that the committee follow up with questions that several members had.
Action: If at all possible, please reply to Steve Marcus with any questions you would like submitted to DEC & DOH by the close of day on Wednesday (8/13) so they can be compiled and forwarded on Thursday.
c) Discussed drafting a letter to NYS DEC regarding Parcels 1, 2, and 4 of the former Citizens Gas Works site.
Action: If at all possible, please reply to Steve Marcus with any questions you would like submitted to DEC by the close of day on Wednesday (8/13) so they can be compiled and forwarded on Thursday.
d) We reviewed NYS DEC’s current TCE Plume study at and around 543 Union Street and 280 Nevins Street and it seems, based on the discussion, that the current study is adequate.
Action: Please let Steve Marcus know if his notes from the meeting got this correct.
e) We discussed the TCE Plume Study that NYS DEC did last November near St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church, and we were told in February that DEC anticipates “a report being available around June/July for the Court and Luquer Street investigation.”
Action: Please let Steve Marcus know if you would him to follow up with the committee’s request to see the report.