{"id":17006,"date":"2026-09-20T22:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/?p=17006"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T02:52:51","slug":"minutes-of-the-gowanus-canal-cag-outreach-committees-meeting-of-september-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/minutes-of-the-gowanus-canal-cag-outreach-committees-meeting-of-september-14-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Minutes of the Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee&#8217;s Meeting of September 14, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"lead\"><b>1. Soil Vapor Intrusion Town Hall Update<\/b><br>Andrea emailed local elected officials for an update on their outreach to DEC, but no response has been received yet. DEC released an announcement regarding an upcoming Soil Vapor Intrusion Town Hall in October but did not specify a date or location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>2. CAG Communications Plan<\/b><br>The committee reviewed the draft Communications Plan that&#8217;s called for by the CAG Charter, to prepare it for submission to the Facilitation Committee and a formal CAG vote at the October General Meeting. The Committee agreed to review an updated draft before sending it to Facilitation, with the following main comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Streamline the opening section to keep the text crisp.<\/li><li>Update Appendix D on social media to include the existing Blue Sky account, the &#8220;official&#8221; CAG Facebook account, and the new Instagram account. Guidelines to state that posts will be about meeting announcements, the calendar, reminders, approved CAG resolutions\/positions, and links to the website for longer, text-heavy content.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>3. Community Events &amp; Outreach Execution<\/b><br>The committee established &#8220;Upcoming Community Events&#8221; as a permanent standing agenda item for all future meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Jason to follow up with Alexandra to confirm Thomas Green Park event date and if the CAG can conduct outreach at the event.<\/li><li>Katie volunteered to see if a flyer might be designed for general-purpose use across neighborhood spots.<\/li><li>All members were encouraged to review local newsletters and neighborhood calendars to identify upcoming community events that offer outreach opportunities.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Soil Vapor Intrusion Town Hall UpdateAndrea emailed local elected officials for an update on their outreach to DEC, but no response has been received yet. DEC released an announcement&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/gowanuscag.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/minutes-of-the-gowanus-canal-cag-outreach-committees-meeting-of-september-14-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Minutes of the Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee&#8217;s Meeting of September 14, 2026\">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":[96,12,6],"tags":[31,84,62],"class_list":["post-17006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee-meetings","category-frontpage","category-outreach","tag-gowanus-cag","tag-meeting","tag-outreach"],"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 Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee&#039;s Meeting of September 14, 2026 - 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\/09\/20\/minutes-of-the-gowanus-canal-cag-outreach-committees-meeting-of-september-14-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minutes of the Gowanus Canal CAG Outreach Committee&#039;s Meeting of September 14, 2026 - Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1. 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