{"id":15566,"date":"2026-01-02T22:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/?p=15566"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T05:25:04","slug":"minutes-of-the-december-9-2025-meeting-of-the-gowanus-canal-cags-land-use-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/minutes-of-the-december-9-2025-meeting-of-the-gowanus-canal-cags-land-use-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG&#8217;s Land Use Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"lead\"><strong>Attendees:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Katia Kelly, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason, Alexandra Dadourian, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead and Steve Marcus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests: Aaron Kaufman &amp; Irene Baker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Agenda Items Discussed<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) Follow up discussion regarding NYS DEC\u2019s TCE Plume Study near St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, which took place during November 2024. <br><em>Action: The Committee asked Steve to reach out to Heidi Dudek of NYSDEC for an update. Update: Heidi did forward to us the full report! <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luquer-Court-Study-Report.HW_.224414.2025-12-19.report.hw_.224414.2025-12-12.Court_and_Luquer_Source_Area_Trackdown_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It&#8217;s available here<\/a>. Please review the report and be prepared to discuss at our January meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) Follow up discussion regarding the status of NYS DEC\u2019s final decision regarding the proposed remedial plan for Parcel 3 (459 Smith Street) of the former Citizens MGP Works site. <br><em>Action: The Committee asked Steve to reach out to DEC for an update. Update: No response.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) Assemblymember Simon&#8217;s letter to DEC regarding 459 Smith Street (aka Parcel 3). <br><em>Action: Lisa kindly drafted a \u201cThank You\u201d letter on behalf of the Committee to Assemblymember Simon for submitting her comment letter. Update: With the Committee\u2019s approval, the letter was sent to AM Simon shortly after our meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4) At our previous Committee meeting we discussed the former Citizens MGP Works site&#8217;s recent Groundwater Monitoring report and asked National Grid\u2019s representative, Irene Baker, if there was a similar report for the former Fulton MGP site. Ms. Baker did respond stating: &#8220;There was other recent groundwater monitoring completed at Fulton, which is included in a Sentinel Well Monitoring Summary Report (2025). I recommend contacting DEC directly for that information&#8221;. <br><em>Action: The Committee asked Steve to reach out to the DEC to request this report. Update: Aaron Fischer did respond to the entire committee on December 23rd. Please review and be prepared to discuss at our January meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5) The Committee discussed DEC\u2019s announcement of the proposed remediation and construction near the Mary Star of the Sea Senior Apartments on the site known as the John Tynan Senior Residence. <br><em>Update: Thanks to all the Committee members who submitted their own comments to DEC!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6) The Committee discussed the recent announcement by DEC regarding Parcels 1 &amp; 2 of the former Citizens MGP Works site. <br><em>Update: Thanks to all the Committee members who submitted their own comments and for their help in getting DEC to grant a comment extension to January 4th!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7) Joan brought to our attention that DEC completed a Gowanus Canal areawide groundwater study to evaluate the current hydraulic conditions, including groundwater elevations and flow direction. This study was scheduled for completion in late 2024. <br><em>Follow Up: I believe that this will be taken up in the Water Quality Committee and Land Use can sign on to their request<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view a video recording of the meeting, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/13fY_Tbki02j4VqpT8mcLPLWcvAWH8kok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/13fY_Tbki02j4VqpT8mcLPLWcvAWH8kok<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Please note: Our next Land Use Committee meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 6th&nbsp;at 6:30pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendees: CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Katia Kelly, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason, Alexandra Dadourian, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead and Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman &amp; Irene Baker&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/minutes-of-the-december-9-2025-meeting-of-the-gowanus-canal-cags-land-use-committee\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG&#8217;s Land Use Committee\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,12,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-meetings","category-frontpage","category-real-estate","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG&#039;s Land Use Committee - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/minutes-of-the-december-9-2025-meeting-of-the-gowanus-canal-cags-land-use-committee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minutes of the December 9, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG&#039;s Land Use Committee - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attendees: CAG Members: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Katia Kelly, Jason Schwartzman, Susan Yung, Erica Eliason, Alexandra Dadourian, Peter Reich, Mark Yarish, Lisa Bowstead and Steve Marcus Guests: Aaron Kaufman &amp; Irene Baker... 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