Next Committee Meeting: Outreach, June 9, 6:30 p.m.

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Join the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Committee’s Outreach Committee for its monthly meeting on Thursday, June 9, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Fifth Avenue Committee, 621 Degraw Street, in Gowanus.  The meeting will take place in Conference Room A on the second floor. On the agenda: continued refinement of the CAG’s communications plan.

Next CAG General Meeting: Tuesday, May 24, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our May General Meeting, this Tuesday, May 24, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 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… Read more »

EPA Presentation on Proposed Settlement Agreement for Siting, Design and Site Prep for RH-034 CSO Retention Tank

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Did you miss the EPA’s public meeting on April 25 at which they presented the proposed settlement agreement with New York City for the siting of an 8-million-gallon CSO retention tank at the head end of the Gowanus Canal? If so, you can view the EPA’s presentation here. You can also watch a video of the entire… Read more »

Minutes of the April 5, 2016 Land Use Committee Meeting

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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Land Use Committee met on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in the offices of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy at 543 Union Street. CAG Members present: David Briggs, Marlene Donnelly, Rafael Gomez de Luna, Andrea Parker, Buddy Scotto, Debra Scotto, Mark Shames, Sue Wolfe, Maryann Young Guests: Terri Thompson, National Grid Item 1 Review of March 1, 2016 meeting minutes. Action… Read more »

Next Committee Meeting: Outreach Committee, Friday, May 13

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Join the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Outreach Committee for its monthly meeting on Friday, May 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at the Fifth Avenue Committee, 621 Degraw Street, in Gowanus. The meeting will focus on the Outreach Committee’s ongoing work to formulate an overall communications plan for the CAG. All Gowanus CAG meetings are open… Read more »

Video of April 25, 2016 EPA Hearing on Draft Settlement Agreement with NYC on CSO Retention-Tank Siting

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Did you miss the April 25 EPA hearing on the draft settlement agreement with New York City for siting of the CSO retention tank at the head of the Gowanus Canal? You can watch the entirety of the EPA’s presentation, and comments made in response to it by members of the public, below. The video is… Read more »