Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, January 28, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our first General Meeting of 2020, on Tuesday, January 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 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) 6:30 – 6:40 PM:     Welcome and Introductions … Read more »

Minutes of the January 15, 2020 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal Admin Committee

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Gowanus CAG Administration Committee meeting, January 15, 2020Held in the Carroll Park Park House. Present:Ben JonesMaryann YoungKatia KellyRita Miller (on the phone) 1) The first item on the agenda was to change the language of one proposal to a Charter change previously brought to the full Gowanus CAG. Background:At the December 2019 meeting, the CAG… Read more »

Minutes of the January 6, 2020 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee

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Proposed Agenda:  NYS Superfund Cleanup Work at MGP’s Reclassification Petition UPDATEWaiting on letter of support to submit Jan 8 NYS DEC hearing on reclassification standards;  open public comment period through Jan 13 Army Corp Presentation to CAG – coordination update Committee Administrative updates – attendance, procedures for 2020 Attendees: Marlene DonnellyPeter ReichDiane BuxbaumKatia KellyEymund DiegelTerri ThomsonLouis… Read more »

Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee Meeting

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Please join the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Outreach Committee for our monthly meeting, in the Fifth Avenue Committee’s Conference Room A, on the 2nd floor, at 621 Degraw Street in Gowanus. The agenda is TBD. All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the general public.

Minutes of the November 14, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee

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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Outreach Committee met on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the offices of the Fifth Avenue Committee, at 621 Degraw Street. CAG Attendees: Sabine Aronowsky, Christine Petro, Eric McClure, Jessica Roff Guests: Natalie Loney, Benjamin Solotaire, Terri Thomson Agenda: – 90% design of RTA1 clean up – Can EPA produce fact… Read more »

Minutes of the November 4, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee

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Last month Terri put together a meeting on the phone with NYSDEC.  Water Quality FOILed information about some of what was said, re: 20,000 waterbodies and not enough time. Since 2012, when the CAG submitted a resolution requesting reclassification of the Gowanus Canal, there have been eight requests for reclassification submitted to NYSDEC; four of them were… Read more »

Minutes of the November 5, 2019 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Land Use Committee

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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Land Use Committee met on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the offices of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, at 543 Union Street. CAG Members present: David BriggsLouis KleinmanHildegaard LinkSteve MarcusAndrea ParkerPeter Reich Guests: Terri Thomson (National Grid)Amelia Alman (New School)Liana Nudelman (New School Item 1 Water Quality Committee is preparing… Read more »