Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, February 24, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our February 2026 General Meeting, on Tuesday, February 24, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81431345410?pwd=drb4lhEv7H8OQJ4xQ7j60aZuv3tzci.1 Meeting ID: 814 3134 5410Passcode: 052446 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:40 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:40 – 7:15 p.m.: EPA… Read more »

Minutes of the February 2, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee

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Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Peter Reich, Katia Kelly, Michael Killian, Joseph Alexiou, Jason Schwartzman.   Guests: Irene Baker – National Grid. Sean Downey – GRT. Nick Bello – Park Slope Living. You can view a video recording of the meeting here. Enter passcode 2@Q%VvI= for access. 1. Checked status of the Storyboard with Sean.  Chronical Heritage is working on setting… Read more »

Minutes of the February 2, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee

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Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Linda LaViolette, Mark Yarish, Katia Kelly, Erica Eliason, Susan Yung, Emily Mitchell, Margaret Maugenest, Jason Schwartzman Guests: Irene Baker – National Grid.  Sean Downey – GRT.  Nick Bello – Park Slope Living. You can view a video recording of the meeting here. Enter passcode Hm%H$n9k for access. Early discussion was not on… Read more »

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution Asks NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to Amend Water Quality Classification to Strengthen Dissolved Oxygen Standard

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At its January 27, 2026 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution asking the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) to amend the Class SC rule to maintain the previous dissolved oxygen standard of no less than 4.0 mg/L that had been in place under the Class I… Read more »

Minutes of the January 6, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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Attendees CAG Members: Hildegaard Link, Louis Kleinman, Katia Kelly, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Lisa Bowstead, Erica Eliason, Jason Schwartzman, Alexandra Dadourian, Joseph Alexiou, Susan Yung, Peter Reich, Andrea Parker, Margaret Maugenest & Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman & Irene Baker Agenda Items Discussed 1) Follow up discussion regarding NYSDEC’s TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of… Read more »

Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, January 27, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our January 2026 General Meeting, on Tuesday, January 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81431345410?pwd=drb4lhEv7H8OQJ4xQ7j60aZuv3tzci.1 Meeting ID: 814 3134 5410Passcode: 052446 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:15 p.m.: EPA… Read more »

Minutes of the January 5, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee

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Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Edmund Diegel, Michael Killian, Peter Reich Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Team) 1. Michael explored the NYC Municipal Archives (https://nycrecords.access.preservica.com/?pg=2&s=gowanus+canal) and some of the photos show up in his Instagram account “Gowanus_Archeology” (there is an underline in there!). Eymund provided to the Gowanus Canal Conservancy (GCC) a bunch of material… Read more »

Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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Attendees: CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Katia Kelly, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason, Alexandra Dadourian, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead and Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman & Irene Baker Agenda Items Discussed: 1) Follow up discussion regarding NYS DEC’s TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, which took place during… Read more »