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Minutes of the October 7, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee

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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 »

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Petitions NYS DEC to Reclassify Gowanus Canal Surface Waters to Fishable and Swimmable

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At its September 24, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, initiated by the Water Quality/Technical Committee, petitioning the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to reclassify the Gowanus Canal’s surface waters, currently designated Class-SD, to Class-SC, meaning the waters shall be suitable for fish, shellfish and wildlife… Read more »

Minutes of the September 16, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Outreach Committee

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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 »

Minutes of the September 10, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Land Use Committee

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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

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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

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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

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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 »

Missed our June 2024 General Meeting? You can review video of all our recent meetings on our Vimeo page.

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If you were unable to join us on Zoom for our June 2024 general meeting, you can view the video recording of the meeting – as well as recordings of all of our general meetings since April, 2020 – on our Vimeo page. Just visit vimeo.com/showcase/gowanuscag and click on any of the videos to view the recording… Read more »