Please join us for our September 2026 General Meeting, on Tuesday, May 26, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in person and via Zoom. In-person meeting Principles GI Coffee House139 9th StreetBrooklyn, NY 11215 You can also join the meeting via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81431345410?pwd=drb4lhEv7H8OQJ4xQ7j60aZuv3tzci.1 Meeting ID: 814 3134 5410Passcode: 052446 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate)… Read more »
Posts By: Eric McClure
Minutes of the August 31, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Eymund Diegel, Peter Reich. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode %dnk9Fyh for access. Commemorative sites Besides discussion about the items below, we had a long discussion about Eymund’s ideas to make sites along the Gowanus into commemorative sites. He… Read more »
Minutes of the Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee’s Meeting of September 14, 2026
1. Soil Vapor Intrusion Town Hall UpdateAndrea emailed local elected officials for an update on their outreach to DEC, but no response has been received yet. DEC released an announcement regarding an upcoming Soil Vapor Intrusion Town Hall in October but did not specify a date or location. 2. CAG Communications PlanThe committee reviewed the… Read more »
Minutes of the August 31, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Eymund Diegel, Erica Eliason, Mark Yarish. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid. You can view a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter code Gm#b!CD8 when prompted for access. 1) Real-time canal monitoring/public reporting DEP – There was not much to say about this one since the Riverkeeper case is… Read more »
Minutes of the September 1, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees: Steve Marcus – Moderator, Margaret Maugenest, Erica Eliason, Emily Mitchell, Peter Reich, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Lisa Bowstead, Joseph Alexiou & Susan Yung Guests: Claire Graves (PS 372 parent), Michelle Tsai (PS 372 parent), Irene Baker, Aaron Kaufman & Oscar Fock The Land Use Committee discussed the following: Gowanus Protection Framework letter – Any responses from… Read more »
Minutes of the August 4, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees: Steve Marcus – Moderator, Erica Eliason, Joe Ann Brown, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Peter Reich, Katia Kelly, Emily Mitchell, Joseph Alexiou Guests: Tiffany Brown, Irene Baker & Aaron Kaufman The Land Use Committee discussed the following: 1) Gowanus Protection Framework – Follow up: Andrea kindly offered to reach out directly… Read more »
Minutes of the August 3, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Moderator), Erica Eliason, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Yarish, Susan Yung Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can view a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter code NTkd4^^x when prompted for access. 1) Survey – checked to see if all had done survey – yes. 2)… Read more »
Minutes of the August 3, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee
Attendees, CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Moderator. Margaret Maugenest, Jason Schwartzman. Guests: Irene Baker, National Grid; Aaron Kaufman, Gowanus Remediation Trust. You can watch a video recording of the meeting here. Please enter passcode ^NZVd%1s for access. Discussion of the CAG membership survey. 1. Discussed ways to get the StoryMap and other materials out to the community. Outreach help?… Read more »
Minuted of the July 31, 2026 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Administration Committee
Attendees: Jerry Armer and Katia Kelly via Zoom. Katia informed Jerry that at the July 2026 full CAG meeting, the Facilitation Committee presented its work on identifying opportunities to increase representation through additional outreach and new member recruiting. During the discussion, the entire CAG voted to temporarily remove the CAG’s current membership application form from… Read more »
Gowanus CAG Land Use Committee Letter to NYSDEC and NYSDOH re: PS 372 Vapor Intrusion
The Gowanus CAG Land Use Committee has prepared a letter, following a technical review of agency records and vapor-intrusion research, seeking answers about continued volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detections in the P.S. 372 Annex cellar. The letter asks the responsible agencies to explain the remaining source, complete and verify additional mitigation, clarify whether affected spaces… Read more »