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Committee
Status
Lead Agency
| Commitment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 - Support the Council, Community Board 6, and other stakeholders to form a Community Oversight Task Force | Membership and Communications | Completed | DCP |
| 1.2 - Work to create a Construction Committee | Membership and Communications | Progressing with Delays | DCP |
| 2.1 - Fund comprehensive in-unit renovations at all apartments at Gowanus Houses and Wyckoff Gardens | Housing | Progressing with Delays | NYCHA |
| 2.2 - Ensure tenant engagement and oversight of NYCHA investments | Housing | Progressing with Delays | NYCHA |
| 2.3 - Accelerate implementation of Free/Low-Cost Broadband in Gowanus Houses and Wyckoff Gardens | Housing | Completed | NYCHA |
| 2.4 - Fulfill commitment to renovate and reopen the Gowanus Community Center and Wyckoff Community Center | Housing | Progressing with Delays | NYCHA |
| 2.5 - Provide MAP services at Gowanus Houses and Wyckoff Gardens | Housing | Completed | NYCHA |
| 3.1 - Deliver approximately 950 units of affordable housing at Gowanus Green, with at least 50% of units at 50 AMI or below | Housing | Stalled | HPD |
| 3.2 - Advance full remediation at Gowanus Green | Housing | Stalled | HPD |
| 3.3 - Develop affordable housing at Mercy Home (487 4th Avenue) | Housing | Completed | HPD |
| 3.4 - Assist local residents, including NYCHA residents, in preparing for and applying for new affordable housing | Housing | Progressing on Schedule | HPD |
| 3.5 - Host “know your rights” trainings, for Gowanus area tenants, including NYCHA residents | Housing | Progressing on Schedule | HPD |
| 3.6 - Inform property owners in the rezoning area of affordable housing preservation opportunities | Housing | Progressing on Schedule | HPD |
| 4.1 - Create a “Gowanus Program Manager” position, which will oversee all business and workforce strategies related to the Gowanus rezoning | Economic and Workforce Development | Completed | SBS |
| 4.2 - Create a Gowanus Business Grant Program | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 4.3 - Support M/WBE businesses through city programming | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 4.4 - Work with Gowanus businesses to connect them to capital access services | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 4.5 - Deploy the SBS Mobile Unit to the Gowanus neighborhood monthly | Economic and Workforce Development | Completed | SBS |
| 4.6 - Design and Deliver Workforce Training for Local Residents | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 4.7 - Connect Gowanus residents to construction and green manufacturing training programs | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 4.8 - Conduct Workforce Outreach and Virtual / In Person Recruitment Events | Economic and Workforce Development | Completed | SBS |
| 5.1 - Support the expansion of broadband internet access in the Gowanus IBZ | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing with Delays | OTI |
| 5.2 - Continue to provide updates on sewer and draining infrastructure work | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 5.3 - Help IBZ businesses and property owners meet resiliency and sustainability goals | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing with Delays | MOCEJ |
| 5.4 - Conduct a study of traffic circulation in IBZ/3rd Avenue and additional improvements | Economic and Workforce Development | Not Started | DOT |
| 5.5 - Support access to industrial sector jobs for Community Board 6 residents | Economic and Workforce Development | Completed | SBS |
| 5.6 - Continue engagement with local stakeholders on the Gowanus IBZ Vision Plan’s framework and workforce and infrastructure recommendations | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | DCP |
| 6.1 - Support the community's effort to create a Gowanus Waterfront Business Improvement District | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing on Schedule | SBS |
| 6.2 - Advance planning to remediate and renovate Thomas Greene Playground while maintaining public access to comparable facilities | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing with Delays | DPR |
| 6.3 - Create a new city-owned waterfront park adjacent to Gowanus Green | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Stalled | DPR |
| 6.4 - Construct open space at the future Head-End CSO site | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 6.5 - Provide open space and ecosystem restoration at the Salt Lot site following community engagement | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 6.6 - Create a promenade connecting the Gowanus Esplanade to 9th Street | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing on Schedule | DPR |
| 6.7 - Renovate Boerum Park | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing on Schedule | DPR |
| 6.8 - Study potential pedestrian bridges at key crossing points | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Not Started | DOT |
| 6.9 - Open School Yards to Playground in the neighborhood | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Completed | NYCPS |
| 6.10 - Create new open space at the Bond Street street end | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing with Delays | DPR |
| 6.11 - Work to identify suitable and feasible locations for in-water recreational access and share design concepts with Gowanus Community prior to Waterfront Certification | Open Space and Waterfront Access | Progressing with Delays | DCP |
| 7.1 - Apply the new Unified Stormwater Rule to all new development that discharges to sewers in the rezoning area | Sustainability & Resiliency | Completed | DEP |
| 7.2 - Monitor changes in sanitary and storm water loading within the Gowanus Sewershed | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 7.3 - Report on compliance with the Unified Stormwater Rule | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 7.4 - Include Gowanus, Red Hook, and Gowanus IBZ in upcoming Cloudburst studies | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing with Delays | DEP |
| 7.5 - Upgrade sewer infrastructure to alleviate flooding conditions | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 7.6 - Comply with EPA’s timeline for constructing CSO retention tanks as mandated in Gowanus Superfund ROD | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 7.7 - Assist in continued provision of composting and temporary relocation of nursery site during Salt Lot CSO construction | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing on Schedule | DEP |
| 7.8 - Target outreach around green building infrastructure through NYC Accelerator | Sustainability & Resiliency | Progressing with Delays | MOCEJ |
| 8.1 - Provide pedestrian and streetscape improvements at priority locations | Public Infrastructure | Progressing with Delays | DOT |
| 8.2 - Explore pedestrian improvements at Nevins Street | Public Infrastructure | Stalled | DOT |
| 8.3 - Increase pedestrian access and safety at 3rd Street and Carroll Street bridges | Public Infrastructure | Progressing with Delays | DOT |
| 8.4 - Improve design, permitting and construction coordination at street ends | Public Infrastructure | Progressing with Delays | DCP |
| 9.1 - Enhance the Old Stone House by upgrading facilities and improving accessibility | Public Infrastructure | Progressing with Delays | DPR |
| 9.2 - Renovate the Pacific Street Library | Public Infrastructure | Progressing with Delays | BPL |
| 9.3 - Construct a school at Gowanus Green | Public Infrastructure | Stalled | SCA |
| 9.4 - Require notification of development in school siting opportunities | Public Infrastructure | Progressing on Schedule | SCA |
| 9.5 - Increase opportunities for public art and historic interpretation | Public Infrastructure | Progressing on Schedule | DCP |
| 9.6 - Target EDC Industrial Developer Loan Fund to facilitate potential Gowanus Mix Spaces | Economic and Workforce Development | Progressing on Schedule | EDC |
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