Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Susan YungGuests: Aaron Kaufman (Trust), Margaret Maugenest The Committee finalized the follow-up questions for EPA Remedial Project Manager Victoria Sacks: PDF here and already sent to her (thanks to Erica for the formatting cleanup!). That item took up much of the meeting, but we also… Read more »
Committee: Committee Meetings
Minutes of the February 3, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Archaeology Committee
Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Joseph Alexiou, Katia Kelly, Andrea Parker, Peter ReichGuests: Aaron Kaufman (Trust), Mary Hedge (Archivist), Michael Killian, Margaret Maugenest. We summarized the meeting Peter and I had with Kim Maier at The Old Stone House and her suggestions that we come up with: a strategic business plan conduct curated exhibition planning explore… Read more »
Minutes of the January 7, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee
Attendees: Steve Marcus – Facilitator, Louis Kleinman, Katia Kelly, Hildegaard Link, Andrea Parker, Erica Eliason, Linda Laviolette, Peter Reich, Lisa Bowstead, Diane Buxbaum, Susan Yung & Joan Salome-Rodriguez Guests: Terri Thomson, Aaron Kaufman, Alex Gregor & Oscar Fock We discussed the following: 1) Timeline of EPA’s remediation of Thomas Greene Park and DD Pool. Andrea has volunteered to… Read more »
Minutes of the January 7, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason.Guests: Terri Thomson, Aaron Kaufman, Corinne Brenner The Committee discussed the following questions and decided which answers from Victoria Sacks (EPA Remedial Project Manager) needed follow-up (I will be drafting a follow-up for Victoria, Erica will put it on a Google Doc for editing… Read more »
Minutes of the January 3, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Administrative Committee
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Minutes of the September 16, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Outreach Committee
Attendees: Alex Gregor, Lisa Bowstead, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Andrew Bates, Emily Ruby, Aaron Kaufman Lisa summarized what transpired at the meeting with Jo Anne Simon’s rep, Talia Hoch, and with Shahana Hanif’s rep, Mia Perez. Mia is taking the lead on setting up a meeting with all the relevant agencies to address the Nevins Street neighbor’s… Read more »