The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Administrative Committee met via zoom on Friday, January 3, 2025. In attendance:Jerry ArmerKatia KellyLouis KleinmanJoan Salome-Rodriguez The Committee convened to review a membership application submitted by Mark Yarish. It was decided that the application is complete and should therefore be sent to the full CAG for an interview and… Read more »
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Missed our November 2024 General Meeting? You can review video of the meeting here.
If you were unable to join us on Zoom for our November 2024 general meeting, you can find a video of the meeting here. Enter the passcode 30855914 to access the video. You can also view video of our October 2024 general meeting here. Please note that the recording did not begin until the meeting… Read more »
Minutes of the December 2, 2024 meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee Meeting
Attendees Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Louis Kleinman, Linda LaViolette, Richard Lawrence, Peter Reich, Susan Yung National Grid: Terri Thomson The Committee discussed the following items: 1. Follow up about reclassification of the waters of the Gowanus Canal. 2. Put in writing our request for input on the design of the turning basins including requesting… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Meeting: Tuesday, November 26, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our November 2024 General Meeting, on Tuesday, November 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Register in advance for the meeting here: https://usepa.zoomgov.com/j/1608917909?pwd=OCNQfMV56VGoIJleaafX8ZvFOfIKG9.1 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:15 p.m.: EPA Updates and CAG Q&A… Read more »
Minutes of the November 8, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Richard Lawrence National Grid: Terri Thomson Rep for Community Remediation through the Trust: Aaron Kaufman Guests: Corinne Brenner (Gowanus Dredgers), Elizabeth Waldran (Park Slope resident) The Committee’s agenda was to discuss the Turning Basins so that we can make decisions about how they will look, what we lose and… Read more »
Missed our October General Meeting? You can review video of the meeting here.
If you were unable to join us on Zoom for our October 2024 general meeting, you can view the video recording of the meeting below. Please note that the recording did not begin until the meeting was well under way; we apologize for the oversight. For September’s General Meeting, you can find the video here…. Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Submits Reclassification Petition to NYS DEC for Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards
At its October 22, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, agreeing to submit the petition for reclassification of the Gowanus Canal’s surface waters (currently designated Class-SD, to Class-SC, meaning the waters shall be suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife propagation and survival, as well as primary and secondary contact… Read more »
Minutes of the October 8, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees CAG Members: Diane Buxbaum, Hildegaard Link, Peter Reich, Joan Salome-Rodrguez, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Lisa Bowstead Guests: Brian Carr, Alex Gregor, Aaron Kaufman, Theo Hirsch The Committee discussed the following: – Gowanus neighborhood air monitoring done by NYCDEP and the request for EPA & NYCDEP to release the complete results to the community. –… Read more »
Minutes of the October 7, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman, Terri Thomson, Linda LaViolette. Guests: Corinne Brenner, Theo Hirsch, Sam Asher Agenda was as follows: 1) Filling out the form to be submitted to the DEC with the reclassification petition. 2) At the Committee’s previous meeting, Marlene Donnelly suggested we once again request a… Read more »
Next Gowanus Canal CAG General Meeting: Tuesday, October 22, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our October 2024 General Meeting, on Tuesday, October 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. In order to join the meeting, you must pre-register, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEucu2hqz4vGNaeMz7fklnM5j8ev3-M2wvC DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:15 p.m.: EPA Updates… Read more »