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 »
Committee: Committee Meetings
Minutes of the September 10, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Land Use Committee
Attendees: (listed in order of appearance) CAG Members: Andrea Parker, Hildegaard Link, Erica Eliason, Peter Reich, Linda LaViolette, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Susan Yung, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman Guests: Brian Carr, Alex Gregor, Oscar Fock, Terri Thomson, Aaron Kaufman Here’s a link to the video recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-tVj203tQ1gliRFYINLCmkXwDKJfrJ3f Briefly, the committee discussed the following (please listen… Read more »
Minutes of the September 9, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Terri Thompson, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Aaron Kaufman, Erica Eliason, Linda LaViolette, Corinne Brenner. Agenda was simple – review the petition to reclassify the waters of the Gowanus from SD to SC (fishable/swimmable). We went over the document word for word and Joan then sent a complete version to the full CAG for… Read more »
Minutes of the August 5, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Erica Eliason, Emily Ruby, Marlene Donnelly, Eymund Diegel, Aaron Kaufman, Katia Kelly, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung The Committee discussed the following: 1. Aaron Kaufman alerted us to the closure of a sewage outflow (unlicensed) at the 3rd Street Bridge (south side) on the Gowanus Canal. Appears it comes out of the concrete mixing facility…. Read more »
Minutes of the August 8, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Administrative Committee
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Admin Committee met via zoom on August 8, 2024. Attendees: Jerry ArmerLouis KleinmanKatia Kelly * Joan Salome-Rodriguez was unable to log in due to technical difficulties, but was briefed by Katia immediately afterward. Rita Miller of CORD and alternate Maryann Young are currently on a leave of absence. The Admin Committee… Read more »
Minutes of the June 3, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Eymund Diegel, Richard Lawrence, Joseph Alexiou, Louis Kleinman, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman The Committee discussed the following: 1. Water Quality will begin to review materials in order to prepare written comments related to the below public notice from DEC: Public Notice Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making – NYS Triennial Review of Water… Read more »
Minutes of the March 14, 2023 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Administrative Committee
The Admin Committee met via zoom on March 14th to review two new applications for membership in the CAG. The applicants are Daniel Pecoraro and Donald Minerva. The Admin Committee voted unanimously to send Daniel Pecoraro’s application forward so that he can be interviewed by the full CAG at a general meeting. The Admin Committee also decided to contact Donald Minerva to… Read more »
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meeting: Outreach
The Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee will hold its February meeting this week, as follows: Monday, February 12th, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., via Zoom. You can join the meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84350157432?pwd=bjBCNkxSc3JSdjlrcmUrMjladlh4UT09 Meeting ID: 843 5015 7432 Password: psG72m All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the public, unless specifically noted otherwise.
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Three Gowanus Canal CAG Committees will hold their February meetings this week. The scheduled meetings are as follows: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee Monday, February 5th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., via GoToMeeting video conference. Join GoToMeeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/842804117 You can also dial in using your phone: Access Code: 842-804-117United… Read more »
Minutes of the February 1, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Administrative Committee
The Admin committee met briefly via zoom on February 1st to review Erica Eliason’s CAG application. It was agreed that her application should be forwarded to the full CAG for an interview and vote. Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Rita Miller and Katia Kelly attended the meeting and quorum was achieved. (Louis Kleinman joined briefly at the beginning of the… Read more »