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From YouTube: CB14 Community Environment, Cultural Affairs, and Economic Development Committee Meeting (12/08/22)
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DATE: Thursday, December 8, 2022, 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Online via Webex
AGENDA
1. NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Rainfall Ready and Cloudburst Management programs - Mario Bruno, Assistant Commissioner Intergovernmental Affairs, DEP
2. National Grid & NYS Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) presentation - Raziq Seabrook, National Grid
3. Prospect Park operations and activities updates – Alexis-McKenzie Paulin-Edwards, Community and Government Relations, Prospect Park Alliance and Deborah Kirschner, VP of Communications and External Relations, Prospect Park Alliance
4. Other business
B
B
Sean
am
I
right
there
about
of
November.
We
had
to
postpone.
There
was
some
scheduling
conflicts
so
we're
holding
that
November
meeting
now
on
the
8th,
which
is
today
of
December,
it
is
now
6
33
p.m.
We'll
bring
the
meeting
to
order.
Just
a
few
housekeeping
items,
I'm
being
or
my
co-chair
Barton
present
is
going
to
be
running
through
the
agenda
for
the
meeting
today
and
I'll
be
managing
the
chat
so
he'll
be
introducing
all
of
the
presenters
we're
joined
by
I.
C
Thank
you,
Mr
co-chair.
Our
first
presentation
this
evening
is
from
the
NYC
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
on
their
rainfall
ready
and
cloudburst
Management
Programs.
We
have
Mario
Bruno,
the
assistant,
Commissioner
of
intergovernmental,
Affairs
and
I,
believe
it's
Denise
Hubbard
I
caught
the
Hubbard,
but
I
apologize
if
I
get
the
first
name
wrong.
C
Last
time
I
saw
commissioner
Bruno
present
was
on
flooding
issues
specifically
how
they
pertained
to
the
north
end
of
our
district
and
I
must
say
he
is
one
of
the
most
forthright
members
of
the
government
organization
that
I've
seen
present
before
us
in
the
past,
and
so
for
those
of
you
who
have
serious
questions.
You
can
expect
straightforward
answers
from
him
and
with
that
incoming
I
will
pass
it
on
to
you,
commission,
Robert
and
commissioner
Bruno.
That's.
D
Gonna
I'm
I
want
to
switch
the
order.
My
colleague,
Alan
Cohen
is
joining
us
tonight
and
he's
gonna
he's
on
one
of
our
experts
on
green
infrastructure
and
sustainability,
from
our
Bureau
from
environmental
planning
for
analysis.
So
I'm
gonna.
Let
Alan
introduce
himself
and
he's
going
to
give
a
really
extensive
presentation
on
cloudburst
our
Converse
initiative,
Allen.
F
Great,
thank
you
yeah,
so
I
have
a
lot
of
slides.
I'll
try
to
not
spend
too
much
time,
but
I
did
want
to
introduce
the
cloudburst
program
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
already
familiar
with
it.
We
did
have
a
webinar
in
September,
so
some
of
you
may
have
joined
then,
and
if
so,
a
lot
of
this
will
look
very
familiar,
but
please
feel
free
to
speed
me
along
or
let
me
know
if
I
have
any
time
limits.
F
D
Sure
thing
sure
thing:
Alan,
yeah
and
after
Alan
goes
I'm
going
to
do
a
presentation
on
you
know:
rainfall
ready,
storm
water
preparedness
by
that
time,
I
expect
a
Borough
manager
for
water
and
sewer
maintenance
to
join
us,
Mark,
Greenberg
and
Mark.
You
know
all
the
complaints
that
come
through
the
community
board
and
your
elected
officials,
I
wrote
to
Mark,
and
you
know
Mark
and
I
were
working,
we're
on
the
emails
all
day
and
sometimes
all
night
taking
care
of
things
so
he's
terrific,
so
Mark
will
be
joining
us
later.
D
F
F
F
D
So
rainfall
already
is
a
plan
that
the
city
devised
that
talks
about
the
shared
responsibilities
of
New,
Yorkers
and
City
Guns
combat
that
we
can
can
do
to
combat
intense
storms
together,
and
we
have
a
website
called
at
nyc.gov
forward.
Slash
rainfall
ready-
and
you
know
this
chart-
is
just
to
give
examples
of
how
you
know
the
responsibilities
of
the
city.
You
know
mainly
dep
and
OEM,
and
individual
New
Yorkers
can
play.
D
You
know:
we've
published
an
interactive
flood
map.
I
can
put
that
link
in
the
chat
and
that's
that's.
Basically,
it's
a
map
based
on
elevations,
because
in
a
lot
of
places,
whether
or
at
the
bottom
of
sometimes
you
could
be
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill
or
at
the
bottom
of
of
a
natural
Basin
formed
by
the
elevation
of
of
the
land
that
your
neighborhood
was
built
on
and
and
low
elevations
attract
storm
water.
D
In
all
five
boroughs
and
those
are
water,
inflatable
flood
barriers,
it's
not
a
solution,
it's
a
Band-Aid,
but
you
know
what
not
every
storm
is
Ida
or
Henry,
and
for
there
are,
there
are
storms
where
less
water
can
fall
in
a
bird
and
still
flood
some
homes.
So
these
flood
batteries,
you
can
stack
them
up
to
a
foot
high.
D
You
can
back
them
up
with
sandbags
and
they
do
work
to
prevent
flooding
so
what
we
want,
and
on
the
on
the
individual
side,
we
want
you
to
use
the
flood
map
to
understand
your
risk.
Get
flood
insurance.
If
you
can
and
really
important,
is
to
sign
up
for
notify
NYC
the
city
on
the
city
Side.
When
we're
preparing
for
the
storm,
we
activate
the
flesh,
flooding
plan,
Bureau
of
water
and
sew
operations,
inspects
chronic
flooding
locations.
D
We
issue
travel,
advisories
and
Parks
lowers
lakes,
and
that's
important,
this
neighborhood
being
where
you
know
Prospect
Park
has
such
a
big
lake
on
on
New
Yorker
side.
We
we
really
encourage
people
to
take
it
upon
themselves,
clear
the
debris
from
your
curb
when
you
know
the
storm
is
imminent.
If
you
see
stuff
on
top
of
a
catch
Basin,
you
can
call
dep
we
go.
We
go
to
the
most
important
basins,
the
ones
at
the
worst
elevations
and
try
to
make
sure
they're
clear,
but
we
have
150
000.
D
We
can't
check
them
all
in
one
day.
So
if
you
see
garbage
on
a
catch
Basin
and
you
can
grab
on
top
of
a
catch
Basin,
you
can
grab
a
shovel
and
broom
it's
okay
to
pick
it
up.
If
the
wood
is
already
building
up
turn
the
broom
handle
over
and
poke
out
one
of
the
grill
holes
and
you'll
see
the
water
go
down.
That
was
a
little
game.
I
played
growing
up,
oh
on
76th,
Street
and
10th
Avenue.
It
fascinated
me,
maybe
that's
why
I
became
an
engineer.
D
You
should
always
stock
up
supplies
to
get
ready
to
be
ready
for
any
emergency,
and
if
you
have
belongs
in
your
basement,
that's
where
the
greatest
risk
of
flooding
is
elevate.
Your
belongings,
don't
keep
anything
of
value
or
importance
on
the
floor.
On
the
other
side,
about
monitoring
conditions
dep
is
actually
expanding.
Our
network
of
flooding
sensors.
D
We
monitor
traffic
cameras
to
see
what
the
weather
on
the
ground
is
the
best
and
the
best
way
to
deploy.
You
know
emergency
responders
and,
of
course,
we
must
throw
all
our
resources
for
storms
make
sure
that
that
every
slide
is
covered,
whether
on
on
schedule
or
and
over
time.
If
there
is
a
bad
storm,
stay
home,
don't
drive
or
walk.
And
finally,
you
know
after
this
storm
we
deploy
resources,
the
cleanups,
the
support,
cleanups,
the
resolved
flooded
roadways.
D
We
ask
you
to
document
damages,
submit
claims
to
the
controllers
and
and
before
you
call
us
or
call
the
community
board,
use
the
301
app
or
use
the
through
website
get
it
through
one
complaint
in
a
DP
I
can
speak
for
my
agency,
I
mentioned
Mark
Greenberg.
Before
his
you
know.
He
has
guys
working
on
shifts
in
various
sectors
around
Brooklyn
around
the
city.
D
So
at
any
time
you
put
it
through
on
complaint
about
ordering
sewer
flooding,
it's
going
to
go
to
somebody
who's
on
duty
and-
and
you
know
they
have
a
way
of
triaging
it,
but
they
get
to
the
most
imminent
complaints.
First,
the
stormwater
resiliency
Vision
that
we're
developing
outlines
plans
to
make
New
York
City
more
resilient
and
that's
through
the
employing
green
and
gray
infrastructure.
D
D
What
we're
working
on
is
that
is
we're
still
going
through
the
process
of
upgrading
our
sewer
system,
which
is,
ironically,
the
whole
sewer
system
isn't
built
in
New
York
City
much
of
the
development
that
happened
in
southern
Queens.
You
know
the
southern
parts
of
Queensland
and
Brooklyn
after
World
War
Two
and
the
Korean
War
and
Staten
Island.
D
There
was
a
lot
of
places
built
that
don't
that
they
were
allowed
to
build
without
storm
sewers,
so
we're
still
doing
new
store,
we're
still
putting
completing
the
system,
adding
areas
and
maybe
that
warning
the
drainage
plan
at
the
same
time
we're
upgrading
the
system.
So
the
last
five
years
we
built
125
miles
of
new
upgraded
sewers.
D
We
complete
emergency,
upgraded
and
repairs
at
14
of
the
worst
condition
in
Staten
Island
Queens,
which
get
the
worst
flooding
in
New
York
City,
and
we
adopted
new
catch-based
and
designs
to
help
stormwater
flow
into
the
sewers
more
easily
we're
doing
a
huge
build
Out
in
southeast
Queens,
as
I
said
before,
where
there
aren't
any
storm
sewers
and
we're
building
blue
belts
in
Staten
Island.
One
other
thing
about
blue
belts.
Is
we
usually
build
them
where
there
are
existing
watercourses?
D
D
Our
vision
is
to
upgrade
at
least
70
miles
of
sewer
per
year
about
one
percent
of
the
sewer
system,
using
data
to
Target
the
most
at
risk
communities,
but
we're
still
taking
input
from
the
public
and
the
community
boards,
because
our
data
isn't
always
100
correct
and
sometimes
you
know
we
don't
get
3-1
complaints
where
there's
bad
flooding.
So
your
your
your
input's
really
important
to
us
and
we
want
to
complete
to
a
bill
down
in
unserved
areas.
D
To
maintain
all
this
GI
storm
preparedness,
you
know
key
City
agencies
like
OEM,
DP
and
Dot
respond
to
a
storm
emergencies.
The
flesh
flood
emergency,
the
flash
flood
emergency
plan
is,
is
coordinated
through
the
response
of
multiple
agencies.
Dp,
obviously,
and
OEM
are
the
major
stakeholders
we
have
each
year.
These
agencies
attend
a
pre-harricane
season
briefing.
We
we
go
through
weather
outlooks
from
the
National
Weather
Service
and
the
coastal
storm
planets
are
viewed
and
DEP
holds
a
pre-season
hurricane
and
flesh
floodplain
call
with
field
operations
management
to
review
our
internal
plans.
D
This
is
a
picture
of
a
catch
base
and
being
clean.
So
this
is
what
we
do
when,
when
the
inside
of
the
catch
Basin
is
full,
we
actually
pick
up
the
top,
and
we
have
this.
This
neat
equipment
that
it's
a
bucket
that
goes
in
and
pulls
it
out,
but
when
New
York
City
Emergency
Management
activates
the
flash
flood
plan
dep
activates
their
internal
flood
plan,
we
begin
inspecting
chronic
flood
locations.
A
lot
of
them
are
those
low-lying
areas
on
the
storm
water
map.
We
make
sure
we're
staffed.
D
We
watch
we
closely
watch
conditions
and
respond
to
flooding
a
lot
of
times.
Flood
water
can
create
surgeons,
sewer
charge
and
surcharge
into
sewer,
knock
off,
manhole
covers
flood
arterial
roadways
and
go
sewer
backups.
So
those
are
kind
of
the
big
problems
that
we
deal
with
during
the
storm
and
we
generate
situation.
Reports
coordinate
with
our
other
agencies
and
a
monitor
real-time
conditions,
we're
also
even
data
mining
flooding,
locations
of
flooding
conditions
in
social
media,
which
is
something
new,
and
this
is
what
happens
after
a
storm.
D
D
If
you
look
at
the
cut
out
in
the
back
of
the
curb
piece,
we're
trying
to
add
these
so
that
we
try
to
use
these
design
catch
basins
when
we
do
new
bay
basins
or
replace
them
cut
out
in
the
back,
does
let
more
trash
in,
but
there's
a
hood
inside
that
blocks
the
outlet
pipe
to
the
Sewer.
So
the
sewer
doesn't
collect
this
trash,
and
this
does
allow
water
to
get
in
so
that
you
have
less
Street
flooding.
D
So
it's
actually
a
very
good
thing
that
we're
adopting
this
design
and
the
resources
we
can
share
are
the
ringful
ready
site,
the
stormwater
flood
maps
and
of
course,
we
recommend
notifying
YC
I've
shared
both
these
presentations
with
Sean.
So
you
all
have
access
to
them
and
you
know
follow
us
on
social
media,
and
this
is
the
you
know
the
response
team
in
Brooklyn,
which
includes
Denise
the
Community
Affairs
liaison
Karen
Alice,
the
director
of
Community
Affairs
and
myself.
C
F
Right,
let's
try
this
again
all
right.
Let
me
know
if
you
can't
see
that,
but
it
should
be
good
great,
all
right,
so
I'm
gonna
talk
about
what
cloudburst
management
is
in
just
a
moment.
It's
it's
it's
building
off
of
existing
programs.
So
if
you're
already
familiar
with
the
green
infrastructure
program,
that
Mario
just
described
you'll
see
some
very
familiar
Concepts
that
build
off
of
that.
F
F
Typically,
we've
been
also
we've
been
designing
these
systems
to
handle
about
2.3
inches
of
rain
in
an
hour.
That
is,
that
is
the
sort
of
the
goal,
but
even
that
proves
challenging
to
find
enough
space
above
ground
due
to
utilities,
underground
utilities,
Bedrock
groundwater
and
just
land
ownership
and
and
conflicts.
So
you
know
this
is
gonna
going
to
be
a
working
in
progress
and
and
something
that
we
can
build
upon.
F
You
know
through
as
we
go
by
expanding
green
infrastructure
and
other
approaches
really
maximizing
every
space
we
can
in
in
the
city.
So
the
principles
as
I
mentioned
are
absorb,
store
and
transfer
water,
storm,
water
and
green
infrastructure
is,
is
one
of
the
strategies
that
is
that
we
can
use
to
absorb.
We
can
also
use
porous
pavement,
which
I'll
show
an
example
of
in
in
a
few
minutes,
a
project
that
hold
rainwater.
F
Give
an
example
of
that
for
a
work
for
a
project
that
we're
developing
right
now
and
then
it's
not
enough
just
to
create
the
space
to
store
it,
but
you
actually
have
to
get
the
water
there,
and
so
we
can
use
cash
basins.
We
can
potentially
regrade
the
streets
to
maximize
the
flow
into
spaces
that
could
that
can
be
safely
stored
and,
while
we're
doing
this,
we
want
to
maximize
the
benefits
by
reducing
economic
damages,
maximizing
the
social
benefits.
F
F
Subsurface
storage
like
the
image
I
showed
before,
but
there
will
be
above
ground
storage
as
well.
You
can
see
the
basketball
court
is
kind
of
lowered,
creating
seating
in
the
process
in
a
really
heavy
rain
event
that
creates
that
extra
capacity
to
store
water
at
the
surface
and
what's
really
key
here,
is
it's
connected
to
the
other
green
spaces,
as
well
as
the
drainage
that
is
coming
from
the
campus
and
would
otherwise
go
straight
into
the
sewer,
is,
is
being
diverted
to
these
spaces.
C
F
I
already
mentioned
these
like,
where
to
put
it
is,
is
very
difficult,
sometimes
and
in
the
process
of
looking
how
to
expand.
Beyond
Southeast
Queens
we're
considering
physical
vulnerability.
So
that's
the
flooding
operational
work,
that's
already
what
I've
mentioned,
where
we
can
put
it
and
who
owns
the
land?
Can
we
work
with
our
existing
partners
with
parks
with
Department
of
Transportation
and
who's
at
risk?
F
I'm
going
to
skip
these?
So
we've
been
conducting
feasibility
studies
to
look
where
we
can
cite
these
different
strategies
and
it's
taking
a
mix
of
the
strategies
that
we
have
so
looking
at
ways.
We
can
change
the
streets
even
using
raised
crosswalks,
which
you
know
are
used
for
ADA
compliance
and
traffic
coming,
but
they
can
also
help
keep
water
out
of
flow
points.
F
Porous
pavement
as
I
mentioned
and
I'll
give
a
couple
of
examples
of
these,
and
we
have
to
consider
other
criteria
when
we're
also
looking
to
cite
these,
you
know,
what's
what's
at
risk,
how
can
we
maximize
benefits
for
the
public
because
we
do
have
currently
a
limited
pool
of
funding,
so
Beyond
Spring
Gardens?
We
have
Taurus
pavement.
F
F
Sometimes,
given
you
know,
what's
what's
Underground
and
just
to
wrap
up
just
so
can
kind
of
see
what
this
looks
like
we're
exploring
one
possible
project
near
in
Corona
Queens,
it's
near
the
near
Clause
science,
which
flooded
severely
during
Ida
and
only
I,
think
recently
opened
up
again.
But
these
are
looking
at
this
entire
space
and
seeing
how
much
can
we
do
throughout
the
property
not
just
limiting
ourselves
to
one
site?
F
It
then
goes
to
the
underground
storage,
where
it
can
be
stored
and
I
think
I'll
wrap
up
there.
This
is
just
an
image
showing
you
know.
The
bike
Lanes
present
an
opportunity
as
well
to
create
porous
surfaces.
So
there's
really
you
know
opportunities
all
around
us
and-
and
we're
really
excited
to
get
in
to
this
program
with
the
announcement
of
our
initial
collabers
hubs
by
the
end
of
this
year
and
hope
to
announce
more
and
find
more
opportunities
over
the
coming
years.
C
G
C
G
Yes,
you
sort
of
led
into
it
you,
you
talked
an
awful
lot
about
projects
in
Queens,
which
I'm
sure
the
residents
in
Queens
are
very
happy
about,
but
I
didn't
hear
any,
hardly
anything
about
what's
happening
in
Brooklyn
and
more
specifically,
of
course,
in
our
community
District.
Are
there
any
projects
happening
nearby?
Thank
you.
F
So
for
this
particular
initiative
we
are
still
looking
Beyond
Southeast
Queens
to
identify
look
new
locations,
and
so
we
haven't
announced
we
haven't
determined
what
what
locations
those
will
be
yet,
but
there
are
certainly
green
infrastructure
projects,
as
you're
probably
already
know
throughout
Brooklyn,
in
addition
to
the
ongoing
sewer
work
that
Mario
mentioned
so
I,
don't
know
more.
If
you
wanted
to
say
anything
more.
D
D
That
is
the
parade
grounds.
It's
not
in
it
doesn't
show.
You
know
that
area
doesn't
show
up
on
the
map
as
as
a
bad
flooding
area
on
the
stormwater
map,
but
we
know
anecdotally,
it
is
it's
undeniable
we've
seen
the
videos
we
talked
to
the
residents,
so
I
know
what
I
know.
As
the
cloudburst
initiative
develops,
you
know
from
our
RN.
You
know
we're
going
to
be.
D
H
D
Yeah,
so
those
are
the
bases
inside
the
park
that
Parks
is
actually
responsible
for,
but
you
know
we
came
up
to
this
brick
wall
where
they
between
the
park
and
their
Conservancy.
They
don't
have
the
resources
hopefully
to
to
maintain
the
infrastructure
they
have
so
DP
stepped
in
and
we're
helping
we
helped
them
inspect
and
and
clean
their
catch
basins.
They
have
catch
basins,
they
have
sewers
and
seepage
basins,
but
we're
hoping
this
investment
will
improve.
That
and,
like
I
said,
keep
in
mind.
D
You
know
we
have
to
serve
the
whole
city,
so
we're
trying
to
balance
on
one
hand
the
the
mission
we
have
to
build
sewers
where
people
have
none
at
all
and
on
the
other
hand,
our
Focus
for
building
new
sewers
or
rebuilding
sewers
is
where
you
know.
We
have
to
worry
about
state
of
good
repair
and
and
then
secondly,
flooding.
So
as
new
money
comes
in,
you
know
we're
not
leaving
any
District,
hopefully
from
the
federal
government,
we're
not
leaving
any
community
board
District
out
of
that.
A
Sorry
Barton
to
jump
in,
but
just
before
you
go
on
to
the
next
questions.
I
do
want
to
note
that
Deborah,
kirschner
and
and
Alexis
McKenzie
Pauline
Edwards
are
here
they're
going
to
be
presenting
on
behalf
of
parks,
so
they
may
have
more
to
say
about
the
projects
regarding
Water
Management
in
the
Parks
a
little
later
too,.
E
That's
that's
a
very
broad,
a
very
big
assumption.
So
I'm
just
you
know,
I
I,
it's
great
that
you
know
about
the
area
around
East,
10th,
Street
and
Caton
and
Coney
Island
Avenue
that
that
we've
been
discussing
and
the
way
it
interacts
with
parks
and
I'm.
Glad
that
there's
a
lot
of
work,
that's
going
to
be
going
on
with
that,
but,
like
I,
just
wanted
to
ask
more
broadly
like
what
else
is
being
done
to
you
know.
E
This
is
a
great
first
step
to
like
have
this
like
simple
model,
that
kind
of
makes
assumptions
that
things
are
in
good
repair
for
targeting
this
sort
of
work,
but
as
we've
seen
that
the
state
of
good
repair
repairs
can't
quite
keep
up
with
what's
going
on,
is
there
going
to
be
like
a
later
model
of
the
storm
water?
You
know
for
the
cloudburst
program
to
better
incorporate
the
like
current.
You
know
current
system,
you
know
the
current
issues
from
it.
E
E
Is
there
going
to
be
more
data
gathered
to
to
make
a
more
accurate
picture
of
of
how
this
is
because
you
know
I,
look
at
that
section
that
we're
talking
about
and
there's
no,
it
doesn't
show
up
until
the
2080
map
as
nuisance
flooding,
but
I
can
tell
you
right
now
we
have
more
than
nuisance.
Flooding
according
to
you
know,
we
get
more
than
four
inches
regularly
running
down
the
street
yeah.
D
D
That
area
is
more
not
not
so
much
about
elevation
as
location,
but
again,
like
I
said
we
don't
just
base
what
we
do
on
three
and
one
complaints
and
and
and
and
Engineering
data
like
elevation,
and
that's
why
you
know
the
community
board
are
important
partners
with
us
because
it
was
really
them
that
really
made
us
aware
of
the
problems
down
like
around
around
the
blocks
around.
You
know
Caton
and
Coney
Island
Avenue,
but
Alan.
Can
you
just
speak
about
like
when
we're
implementing
cloudbursts?
D
F
Right,
yeah
and,
regarding
you
know,
sort
of
improving
our
understanding.
I
think
Mario
alluded
to
or
mentioned
the
flood
sensor.
So
one
thing
that
you
know
happened
when
we
release
the
maps
first
off
we're
one
of
the
first
cities
in
in
the
country
to
do
this,
so
there
was
really
not
a
lot
of
information
on
in
terms
of
how
how
to
do
this
and-
and
we
didn't
have
great
data
on
actually
looking
at
how
extensive
flooding
was
occurring
and
and
for
how
long.
F
C
I
Hi,
yes,
I'm
Sophia
from
Quartz
Hill,
you
rode
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
put
Cortelyou
Road's
name
out
there
simply
because
we've
had
a
flooding
problem
in
that
area
and
I'm
talking
about
court,
tell
you
more
so
between
Coney
Island
and
you
know,
like
the
merchants
strip.
Court
tell
you
to
probably
about
East
16
E17,
but
definitely
more
towards
Cortelyou
Road
and
Coney
Island
and
Stratford
growing
up.
You
know
in
on
cartel
Road
from
a
young
person
and
being
a
child
who
grew
up.
I
You
know,
living
on
top
of
our
storefront
I
can
remember
back
in
the
80s,
like
our
basement
would
flood
all
the
time
my
mom
and
my
dad
going
down
to
the
basement
and
them
saying
get
back
up
the
stairs,
kids.
You
know
and
I
see
business
owners
there
now
and
I
feel
for
them
because
everybody,
you
know
we
love
cartel
year
old,
but
I
know
how
these
basements
can
look
and
because
we
still
have
buildings
on
cartelli
road.
I
We
have
fixed
it
to
make
it
work,
but
some
new
people
and
we
see
them
buying
and
going
into
we're
like
you're,
going
to
have
a
problem.
You
know,
but
there's
a
serious
problem
on
cartel.
You
wrote
with
the
catch
faces
and
what
we
used
to
do.
You
know
growing
up
there
over
the
decades
is
as
a
community,
we
would
clean
the
catch
bases
which
you're
encouraging
us
to
do,
but
I
just
need
to
help
these
new
business
owners.
I
When
we
go
to
core
my
meetings
and
I
hear
their
stories,
I
feel
for
them
because
they
now
they
have.
What
do
you
call
it?
Walk-In,
freezers
and
different
things
in
the
basements
and
a
bad
rainfall,
and
it's
flooded
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I
say
Cortelyou
Road
and
that
dep
nose
or
tell
you
Road,
and
if
you
can
please
look
into
Cortelyou
Road,
whatever
Maps
or
whatever
you're
doing,
because
it's
I'm
45
and
that's
been
a
situation
for
40
odd
years.
C
C
I
A
G
B
H
Mario,
currently,
we
do
not
coordinate
with
some
parks
as
far
as
pruning
trees.
On
top
of
the
catch
basins,
however,
we
do
have
a
list
of
chronic
flooding
locations
around
Prospect.
Park
is
one
of
them
in
any
time
before
it
rains
heavily.
We
do
go
out
and
pre-inspect
and
clean
the
brioles
to
catch
basins,
and
we
find
a
lot
of
the
times,
especially
around
Prospect
Park
they're
inundated
with
leaves
and
stuff
just
covering
the
grates
of
the
Basin
will
function.
H
J
Oh
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
coming.
I
have
two
questions.
One
was
just
building
off
of
Sophia
and
you
guys
spoke
to
it.
You
know
it
does
matter
to
tell
the
community
board
like
if
residents
see
things
flooding
in
the
park
or
in
on
the
streets
I'm
just
kind
of
curious.
If
there's
particular
things
like
what
should
be
called
like,
for
example,
if
there's
flooding
again
on
Cortelyou,
should
it
be
called
into
3-1-1
every
time?
Is
there
a
particular
information?
That's
really
helpful
to
be
shared.
J
You
guys
mentioned
video,
so
just
if,
if
there's
something
that
we
should
share
with
our
neighbors
and
about
when
and
what
to
report
and
what
comes
up
to
you,
that
would
be
appreciated,
and
my
second
question
was
just
I'm
curious,
the
scale
of
the
issue
across
the
city,
but
our
district.
What
how
many
rain
or
surge
events
a
year
overwhelm
the
sewer
capacity
to
where
you
need
those
cloudburse
management
interventions
that
so
thank
you.
D
Well,
with
with
three-on-one
complaint
it
even
though
like
something
looks
like
the
same
thing's
happening
in
the
same
location,
it's
good
to
put
in
a
complaint,
because
one
day
it
could
be.
One
thing
like
the
flooding
is
Street
flooding,
because
the
basins
are
clogged
on
top
the
next
thing,
especially
on
a
commercial
strip
or
strip.
Where
you
have
a
lot
of
big
apartment
houses,
it
could
be
greased
in
the
sewer.
That's
that's
causing
a
backup,
so
you
know
we
don't
know
until
we
get
there.
D
D
So
it's
worth
it
to
file
the
complaint,
and
and
if
you
see
that
it
you
know,
we
try
to
contact
you
if
we're
there
at
the
right
hour,
and
then
you
know
tell
them.
If
you
do
get
to
talk
to
DP
staff,
you
know
give
them
whatever
details
you
have
in
terms
of
the
other
question
about
the
GI.
You
know
in
that
to
Alan.
F
F
K
Buddy,
okay:
go
ahead,
okay,
so
Mario
and
Allen.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation.
Mario
I
really
appreciate
to
hear
about
the
ongoing
project
with
Parks,
but
is
there
any
way
that
you
can
keep
the
office
of
content
member
Joseph
in
form
of
those
ongoing
projects,
because
sometimes
the
procedure
or
the
like
call
or
reach
out
to
us,
and
definitely
we
reach
out
to
the
knees
and
Karen
and
they
always
provide
us
with
the
best
assistance.
But
if
there's
something
going
on
around
Prospect
Park,
we
would
appreciate
to
be
informed
about
them.
D
Well,
like
I
I,
won't
speak
about
the
parks
project,
but
our
stuff,
the
stuff
we're
working
on
in
conjunctional
Parks,
is
pretty
new,
but
but
once
more
data
I
mean
once
when
details
come
forth
about
what
it's
going.
To
look
like
we'll
be
happy
to
be
with
the
council
office
and
the
community
board
to
talk
about
that.
Thank.
C
You
so
much
and
as
always,
thanks
again
for
all
of
the
information
you
offer
in
your
forthright
answers
so
I'd
like
to.
If
we
could
move
on
to
the
NAT
grid,
presentation
which
pertains
to
the
New
York
State,
climate
leadership
and
Community
protection
act
and
I
gather,
we
have
razique
Seabrook
from
National
Grid,
explaining
how
Nat
grid
is
going
to
try
to
balance
both
the
requirements
of
the
Act
and
the
needs
of
the
constituency
regarding
rates
and
obligations.
So
are
you
ready
to
go.
L
M
L
M
Looking
good
wonderful,
thank
you
all
for
your
time
again.
This
is
a
a
condensed
version
of
a
much
larger
presentation.
You
all
would
like
me
to
come
back
I'm
more
than
happy
to
do
so.
If
you
remember
nothing
else
from
what
I
say
here
tonight,
there
are
about
four
to
five
things
that
well
five
things
I
would
like
you
all
to
take
away
from
this.
M
Provider,
the
this
has
been
seen
by
certain
individuals,
and
they
say
things
like
well.
It
seems
that
you're
really
anti-clcpa
in
the
draft
scoping
plan
and
I
want
to
ensure
you
that
overtly.
In
fact,
we
are
not
about
90
of
the
plan,
as
is
we
completely
agree
with.
We
just
have
four
issues
if
you
will,
with
the
plan
as
a
as
it
relates
to
us
being
utility
provider
and
us
talking
to
communities
and
customers
every
day
I,
as
in
ratepayers
in
the
four
major
concerns
that
we
have
are.
M
First,
is
methodology
right,
clcpa
based,
basically
says
what
we
have
to
do,
not
necessarily
how
we
have
to
do
it
right,
and
so,
within
that
process.
We
just
believe
that
there's
some
considerations
that
should
be
made
as
it
relates
to
the
use
of
certain
Technologies
relating
to
being
able
to
differentiate
what
clcpa
and
what
CAC
looks
like
this
thing
from
upstate
to
downstate
in
terms
of
what
feasibility
looks,
how
what
feasibility,
what
feasibly
is
possible,
excuse
me,
and
so
from
a
methodology
perspective?
M
We
believe
that
the
plan,
as
it's
as
it
is
currently,
is
a
bit
too
rigid,
and
we
just
believe
that
there
are
certain
technologies
that
the
plan
has
written,
unfortunately
doesn't
adequately
contemplate.
Usage
of
second
component
is
feasibility
right,
as
I
noted
earlier,
Upstate
versus
downstate
looks
very
different,
and
when
you
think
about
what
New
York
City
looks
like
in
terms
of
an
infrastructure
perspective,
you
have
a
myriad
of
issues
up
to
it,
including
density
zoning
issues.
M
Land
use
changes
things
of
that
nature,
that
that
run
up
against
the
timeline
in
some
of
the
deadlines,
as
presented
by
the
CLC
PA.
Rather
the
draft
scoping
plan,
and
so
we
just
believe
that,
from
a
feasibility
perspective,
wow
very
laudable
and
with
a
lot
of
the
goals
that
we
agree
with,
we
just
believe
that,
as
we
get
from
point
A
to
point
B,
there
are
some
considerations
that
need
to
be
more
adequately
taken
into
account.
M
That
kind
of
buttresses
with
that
point
right
to
currently
as
it
stands,
the
clcpa
doesn't
break
down
the
cost
of
the
plan
down
to
the
customer
level.
So
if
I
was
an
employer,
if
I'm
a
homeowner,
if
I'm
a
renter,
the
plan,
as
is
I,
will
not
be
able
to
discern
how
much
this
would
cost
me
even
within
a
ballpark
within
a
reasonable
range
right.
And
so
we
just
believe
that,
to
the
extent
that
most
people
just
care
that
lights
come
on
and
care,
how
much
you
know
it
costs
them
to.
M
You
know,
generate
energy
to
cook
and
Heat
their
homes
and
things
of
that
nature.
We
just
believe
that
the
plan
Falls
a
bit
short
in
that
it's
just
insufficient
in
giving
folks
that
information,
and
so
again,
if
you
take
nothing
else
from
you,
know
my
ramblings
here
tonight,
just
those
pretty
much
those
four
points
right
methodology.
M
We
just
believe
that
the
plane
is
a
bit
too
prescriptive
and
doesn't
incorporate
some
of
the
technologies
that
are
being
used
and
a
lot
of
the
places
being
loaded
by
the
individuals
on
the
climate,
Action
Council
Council
to
feasibility
right
when
we
think
about
what
New
York
state
looks
like
New
Buffalo
is
much
different
than
Brooklyn,
and
so
we,
until
the
extent
that
we
have
a
plan
that
is
going
to
be
Statewide,
it
should
be
caught.
It
should
be,
it
should
adequately
contemplate.
M
We
just
believe
that
that's
something
that
should
be
materially
contemplated
and
then
adjustment
should
be
made.
So
with
that
being
said,
there
are
a
number
of
slides
here,
won't
go
into
detail
with
every
slide
and
I
would
try
to
leave
as
much
time
as
possible
for
questions
on
the
back
end.
Thanks
go
ahead
absolutely
so.
M
So
here
one
of
the
issues,
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
have
is,
if
you
look
at
where
it
says
no
new
harmful
bands,
no
new
gas
bands
actually
2024,
there's
gonna
be
no
new
gas
in
existing
buildings
after
2024,
so
the
end
of
within
you
know
next
year
or
so
no
new
gas
and
can
newly
constructing
buildings
at
the
same
date.
And
then
this
third
bullet
here
is
actually
incorrect,
but
I
intentionally
left.
M
M
I
mean
the
reason
I
left
it
as
such
is
just
to
show
that
you
know
some
of
these
numbers,
while
their
goals
right
a
lot
of
the
clcpas
about
goals,
and
you
know
having
making
a
declaration
of
values,
but,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
to
the
extent
that
we're
dealing,
we
are,
you
know,
National
British
utility
company,
and
we
deal
with
customers
every
day.
So,
while
you
know
the
governor
and
the
government
has
outlined
these
goals,
we
have
some
concerns
relative
to
some
of
these
dates
being
relatively
arbitrary
and
I.
M
Think
this
is
a
perfect
example
of
where
government
has
you
know
in
the
within.
The
law
has
decided
that
there.
If
this
is
the
goal,
however,
when
you
start
to
break
down
the
numbers
and
the
metrics,
some
of
these
things
need
to
get
pushed
back,
and
so
that
just
speaks
to
some
of
the
feasibility
concerns,
as
it
relates
to
some
of
the
things
that
they're
attempting
to
do
relative
to
the
reality
on
the
ground
about
how
fast
a
lot
of
these
actual
changes
can
happen.
M
Here
is
just
the
full
list
of
all
the
things
that
we
like
within
the
plan,
so
we
approve
we
we
like
that,
there's
lower
emissions.
We
like
that
there's
expanded
Energy
Efficiency,
which
is
you
know
about
50
of
National
Grids,
planned
to
get
from
point
A
to
point
B.
We
we
enjoy
the
use
of
electrification.
M
We
like
that
the
plant
adequately
contemplates
the
use
of
Technologies
like
green
hydrogen
and
renewable
natural
gas,
and
so
these
are
all
the
things
in
which
that
we
we
explicitly
agree
with
and
reload
about.
The
plan
here
are
some
of
the
things
that
we
have.
We
see
as
pain
points
and
again
all
of
these
pain
points
can
fit
in
one
of
those
four
categories
of
methodology,
feasibility,
reliability
or
affordability.
And
so,
if
you
look
at
the
third
bullet
down,
it
says
no
insurance
of
ongoing
reliability.
M
M
Really
at
this
point,
it's
about
seven
years
to
date,
since
the
New
York
state
has
been
begun
to
develop
renewable
energy,
we
have
developed
about
26.
So
right
now,
all
you
look
at
all
of
New
York
State
energy,
particularly
since
Indian
Point,
was
offline.
We
get
about
26
of
our
energy
from
renewable
sources.
The
plan
draft
scoping
plan
currently
contemplates
that
70
of
our
energy
will
come
from
renewable
sources
by
2030.
M
But
when
you
think
about
from
today
right,
you
know
10
20,
30
years
that
we've
been
trying
to
develop
some
of
these
Technologies
we've
only
got
to
26,
so
it
is
probably
not
feasible,
or
you
know,
practical
to
say
that
within
the
next
seven
years,
we're
going
to
effectively
triple
that
amount
again,
we're
not
opposed
to
it,
but
to
the
extent
that
we
have
to
deal
with
things
like
zoning
and
things
like
that,
particularly
as
relates
to
getting
Upstate
energy
to
downstate.
So
some
we
have
a
feasibility
concern
in
that
regard.
M
M
The
issue
that
we
have
is
that
the
plan
doesn't
do
a
full
assessment
of
affordability
or
practicality,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
some
of
the
technologies
that
are
slated
to
be
used,
and
so,
when
you
think
about
an
individual
homeowner,
one
of
the
things
that
are
being
contemplated
with
the
plan
are
the
use
of
heat
pumps.
Heat
pumps
is
a
great
technology.
M
However,
if
your
home
is
not
currently
have
the
infrastructure
for
a
heat
pump,
the
installation
of
a
heat
pump
can
run
you
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
and
so
to
the
extent
that
something
becomes
unaffordable.
It
is
also
then
impractical
in
terms
of
a
solution,
and
so
the
next
few
slides
are
just
ways
in
which
we
outline
some
of
the
more
specific
line
items
within
the
plan
and
then
some
of
our
comments
that
we've
made
in
response
to
some
of
the
issues
that
we've
highlighted
same
thing
for
customer
Choice.
Again.
M
G
M
Allowing
for
new
technologies
and
Innovation,
so
this
more
so
speaks
to
methodology
right
within
the
draft
scoping
plan.
It
doesn't
necessarily
account
for
the
use
of
Technology
such
as
green
hydrogen
and
renewable
natural
gas.
Green
hydrogen
is
basically
taking
winds
in
solar
energy,
storing
getting
hydrogen
cells
and
then
for
a
later
date
because,
as
we
all
know,
the
shunt
of
the
shine
at
the
same
rate
and
the
wind
doesn't
blow
at
the
same
rate
every
day.
M
The
same
thing
for
newer
with
natural
gas,
renewable
natural
gas
is
taking
things
like
compost,
Wastewater
things
that
already
emit
greenhouse
gases
within
the
air.
Taking
that
offline
processing
it
and
then
being
able
to
use
it
as
a
clean
burning
fuel,
and
so
we
just
believe
that
technology
such
as
this
should
be
contemplated
within
the
global
plan.
M
Draft
scoping
plan,
because
again,
to
the
extent
that
a
lot
of
The
Advocates,
who
are
in
Champion
championing
the
plan
a
lot
of
the
locations
that
they
Champion
around
the
world
up
to
and
including
places
like
Switzerland,
which
is
you
know
in
many
ways,
seen
as
one
of
the
green
capitals
of
the
world.
These
are
technologies
that
are
being
used
in
locations
such
as
that.
M
We
just
believe
that
that
those
kind
of
Technologies
should
be
more
adequately
used
in
the
draft
scoping
plant
in
the
state
of
New
York,
significant
focus
on
energy
and
Energy
Efficiency.
We
just
believe
again
within
the
methodology
component.
The
end
of
the
perfect
shouldn't
be
the
enemy
of
the
good
and
so
to
the
extent
that
people
have,
for
instance,
you
know
older
boilers
that
are
decades
old.
If
there
are
incentives
for
them
to
bring
in
new,
more
efficient
Technologies.
M
We
don't
believe
that
those
things
should
be
offline,
because,
again,
to
the
extent
that
this
is
about
overall
emissions
reductions
for
some
individuals,
it
will
be
a
phased
approach
where
other
folks
can
go
green
immediately.
So
again,
we
just
believe
that
here,
the
perfect
again
shouldn't
be
the
enemy
of
the
good
accounting
for
admissions.
M
Lastly,
we
have
the
electrification
of
transport
and
so
to
the
extent
that
this
kind
of
speaks
to
many
of
the
issues,
probably
all
four
of
the
pillars:
right
methodology,
feasibility,
affordability,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
New,
York
City
right.
We
think
that
we
need
to
we're,
not
that
we
think
that
we
need
to
ensure
that
a
lot
of
the
incentives
and
all
of
the
subsidies
that
are
going
towards
a
lot
of
these
transition
macro
transition
components
need
to
be
more
coordinated,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
low
to
moderate
income
individuals.
M
A
lot
of
these
programs
are
rebate
programs,
but,
however,
for
it
to
be
a
rebate
program
for
that
program
to
be
effective,
you
need
to
have
them
upfront
Capital
to
to
do
the
actual,
build
outs,
and
then
you
can
get.
You
know
the
rebates
on
the
back
end.
But
if
you
don't
have
the
money
on
the
front
end,
then
that
program
is
moved
to
you,
because
again
it
is
Impractical.
G
M
Here
is
just
a
last
thing:
I
would
just
say
here:
we
just
have
a
The
Joint
utility
site.
It's
just
a
resource
that,
where
the
all
of
the
utility
companies
from
throughout
the
state
are
basically
comb
through
the
plan
and
gave
some
comments
relative
to
where
they
sit,
National
Grid
downstate
is
a
electric
excuse.
Me
is
a
gas
company,
so
we
Nashville
serves
all
of
Brooklyn,
say
about
half
of
Queens
all
of
Staten
Island
Upstate.
We
are
both
Gas
and
Electric.
M
As
you
know,
you
also
have
Con
Edison
in
the
Myriad
of
other
PSEG
utility
companies,
and
so
this
is
just
an
amalgamation
of
all
of
these
of
all
of
the
companies,
basically
giving
commentary
relative
to
what
we
do
and
where
we
do
it,
and
so
we
just
think
that's
a
great
resource
and
then
Sean
has
this
presentation.
So
you
all
are
welcome
to
review
these
resources
at
your
leisure.
M
This
is
how
you
submit
written
testimony.
The
plan
will
be
voted
on
on
July.
Excuse
me
on
December
19th,
which
is
kind
of
like
an
inflection
point.
After
that,
it
will
go
to
the
regulatory
process,
and
so
as
of
right
now,
the
best
way
to
get
in
contact
with
folks
would
be
this
email
that
I
just
highlighted
scoping
friend
at
nyserda.ny.gov.
M
In
addition
to
being
able
to
reach
out
to
your
like
your
legislatures
and
your
local
elected
officials,
who
also
you
know,
have
a
pulse
on
this
as
well,
and
then
this
last
slide
is
about
our
core
messages
and
I'll.
Save
you
guys.
The
the
aspect
of
this
but
I
would
just
say
that
we
also
in
addition
to
this,
what
National
Grid
has
done.
We
have
something
called
our
fossil
free
Vision
and
that
Vision
basically
has
four
pillars
by
which
we
are
achieving
the
clcpa.
M
We
were
asked
the
question
which
I
was
actually
really
proud
of
our
answer.
We
were
asked
a
question,
maybe
about
two
to
three
weeks
before
the
general
election
and
where
you
know
you
I'm
all
I'm
sure
you
all
saw
you
know
the
the
news
and
the
papers
about
the
the
race
becoming
Tighter
and
Tighter
for
the
governor,
and
someone
asked
us
well
if
the
administration's
flips
and
you
have
some
and
we
have
more
conservative
leadership
within
the
executive.
M
Are
you
all
going
to
still
Implement
your
plan
to
comply
with
the
clcpa
and
our
president,
as
well
as
our
vice
president?
Both
said
unequivocally,
yes,
and
so
I
was
just
very
encouraged
by
that,
because
again,
it
shows
that
Nashville
is
not
only
making
a
commitment
to
this,
because
we're
required
to
do
it
so
they're
also
showing
that
we're
doing,
because
they
truly
believe
in
the
things
that
we're
doing
as
it
relates
to
addressing
the
impacts
of
climate
change
and
I
would
just
say.
M
M
The
second
is
targeted,
electrification
and
geothermal
right,
using
geothermal,
which
is
a
relatively
new
technology
and
we're
working
on
Pilots
right
now
in
the
city
also
electrifying
buildings,
where
it's
feasible
and
where
it's
practical
we've
done.
Studies
to
show
that
about
70
percent
of
New
York
City
building
stock
is
either
extremely
hard
or
impossible
to
Electrify,
and
so
to
the
extent
that
we're
talking
about
you
know
about
a
smaller
subsect
of
buildings.
These
are
places
where
we
think
that
electrification
will
be
practical,
which
is
where
we're
ready,
willing
and
able
to
implement
hybrid
systems.
M
But
you
know
we
don't
necessarily
have
to
deal
with
those
extreme
winter
incidents
and
then,
lastly,
as
I
discussed,
you
know
the
use
of
renewable
natural
gas
and
green
hydrogen
as
of
right.
Now,
the
the
draft
scoping
plant
contemplates
those
things
to
be
used
from
a
commercial
setting.
However,
when
it
comes
to
heating
homes
and
cooking
guys
for
residential
uses,
the
plan
falls
short
in
that
regard,
and
we
just
believe
again
from
a
feasibility.
M
Affordability
methodology
perspective
right.
We
are
still
adhering
to
the
goals
into
the
letter
of
the
law.
However,
we
think
that,
to
the
extent
that
there
are
individuals
who
don't
have
enough,
who
don't
have
adequate
amounts
of
resources
to
do
the
transition
immediately,
there
needs
to
be
options
for
those
individuals
who
can
become
better
situated
relative
to
their
their
capacities.
To
be,
you
know,
less
emitting
and
so
to
the
extent
that
we
can
transition
folks
to
electrification
through
Technologies
like
green
hydrogen
and
renewable
natural
gas.
M
C
B
A
B
M
B
M
C
C
I
do
see
it's
a
bit
of
a
problem
again
that
the
the
consumer
does
not
really
seem
protected
in
all
of
this
that,
if
the
onus
of
fulfilling
the
acts
requirements
falls
on
that
grid
and
that
grid
is
then
able
to
pass
along,
say
a
hundred
percent
of
the
extra
cost
requirements
onto
consumers
that
that
would
certainly
be
an
issue
for
me.
I,
don't
know
you
know,
ultimately
how
that
will
play
out,
but
I
think
I.
M
M
Do
people
even
understand
why
something
is
happening
right,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
I
overtly
advocated
for
was
the
ability
to
come
out
and
have
this
conversation
with
you
all
because,
like
you
said
these
things
are
mandated
by
the
state,
but
the
state
doesn't
charge
customers
right,
no
one's
going
to
go
back
and
say
hey
this
Council
that
was
appointed
by
government
mandated
National
Bridge.
To
do
this
thing
that
is
raising
my
bill.
M
There's
just
no
National
Grid
is
raising
my
bill
and
so
I
think
that
why,
while
it
is
again
laudable-
and
we
are
very
much
you
know-
we
are
very
much
in
support
of
and
advocating
for
Action
to
be
taken
globally
on
the
state
level
to
combat
climate
change.
We
do
believe
that
affordability
is
preeminent
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
everybody
can
transition
justly,
because,
unfortunately,
one
of
the
things
that
reality
is
will
happen
is
if
the
plan
is
implemented.
M
As
is,
we
will
have
a
lot
of
the
folks
that
were
left
out
traditionally,
for
a
myriad
of
things
will
also
be
left
out
here
and
to
the
extent
that
the
solutions
require.
You
know
things
like
subsidy
programs
or
heat
pumps,
or
things
like
that,
which
One
require
you
to
have
money,
and
then
two
also
require
you
to
have
autonomy
over
your
space
right,
because
nowhere
in
this
plan
isn't
adequately
accounting
for
folks
who
are
renters,
who
don't
necessarily
have
the
the
jurisdiction
to
change
things
within
their
living
space.
M
C
O
Nice
to
see
you
all
thank
you
for
having
me
here
tonight:
I'm
Deborah,
Kirchner
I'm,
actually
with
Prospect
Park
Alliance
I'm,
the
nonprofit
organization
that
operates
the
park
in
partnership
with
the
city.
I
have
with
you
my
colleague,
Alexis
McKenzie,
who
is
our
community
relations
coordinator,
Alexis
McKenzie.
If
you
want
to
say
hello,
hi.
O
Evening,
thank
you
and
I
am
I'm
the
vice
president
for
Communications
and
external
relations
and
reaching
out
we'd
like
to
come
once
a
year
just
to
update
you
on
Park
activities.
I
was
glad
to
be
here
tonight
because
and
to
see
the
presentation
by
the
dep
and
I
can
definitely
talk
briefly
about
where
we
are
with
our
restoration
work
at
the
lake,
but
is
it
okay
Martin?
If
I
share
my
screen
I
put
together
a
brief
presentation
that
I
can
absolutely
Sean.
O
Yes,
the
broken
Borough
president
is
funding
New,
Year's
Eve,
fireworks,
so
he's
carrying
on
the
tradition
that
I
think
began
with
Marty
Markowitz,
but
maybe
even
preceded
party
margoitz,
but
40-year
tradition
that
Eric
Adams
also
supported
and
Antonio
Reynoso
was
excited
to
be
a
part
of
it
again.
So
yes,
we're
going
to
have
New
Year's
Eve
fireworks,
we're
gonna
precede
it
by
live
entertainment
at
Grand,
Army
Plaza,
and
we
hope
that
the
community
come
out
feel
free
to
share
on
your
Communications.
O
We
can
always
provide
you
with
more
information,
but
thank
you
again
for
having
us
here
this
evening.
We'll
give
you
a
brief
update
on
activities
that
have
been
happening
in
the
park
over
the
past
year
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
I
know:
you've
had
a
long
evening,
so
I'll
try
to
go
quickly
and
yeah
I'll
get
going.
Okay,.
O
So
one
thing
I
would
say
you
know
the
pandemic
is
still
with
us
in
many
ways.
During
the
pandemic,
as
many
of
you
know,
the
park
became
our
community's
everything
and
we
saw
an
incredibly
High
visitation
to
the
park
and
that's
that
was
a
growing
Trend
that
somewhat
spiked
over
the
past
decade,
as
Brooklyn
has
grown,
so
has
visitation
to
the
park
and
you're.
O
Present
work
Alliance,
so
we're
the
we
are:
the
private
nonprofit
organization
that
partners
with
the
NYC
parks
to
operate
Prospect
Park,
we
like
to
say
our
focus-
is
on
the
green
and
blue
in
the
park,
where
the
parks
department
really
takes
the
lead
with
the
gray,
and
what
that
means
is
that
a
lot
of
our
work
is
around
Horticulture
caring
for
the
parks,
250
Acres
of
Woodlands,
it's
30,
000,
trees
or
60.
Acre
lake
is
very,
as
many
of
you
know
very
well.
We
offer
volunteer
programs,
education
programs.
O
O
One
of
the
things
that
came
out
of
the
pandemic
from
the
past
year
was
a
new
initiative
of
the
alliance
called
renew
Prospect
Park.
One
of
the
nice
things
that
we
saw
during
the
pandemic
was
a
real
spike
in
people
giving
back
to
the
park
both
financially
but
also
through
volunteering,
and
we
really
wanted
to
put
that
funding
back
to
work
to
restore
the
park
given
its
heavy
use.
O
So
one
thing
we
did
is,
as
I
mentioned,
the
I
said
the
parks
department
days,
the
lead
in
the
gray
areas,
which
doesn't
sound
very
fun,
but
they're
they're
responsible
for
basic
maintenance
of
the
park,
both
like
facilities,
maintenance,
but
also
trash
management.
So
the
alliance
does
try
to
supplement
that
as
we
can,
we
did
see,
as
you
all
probably
know,
a
really
big
spike
in
litter
during
the
pandemic,
which
was
caused
by
the
spike
in
use
of
the
park.
O
So,
for
the
past
several
years,
we've
been
partnering
with
a
non-profit
called
Ace
New
York,
which
finds
employment
for
formerly
homeless
individuals
and
we've
been
offering
an
additional
crew
to
to
help
with
trash
Management
on
weekends
and
Peak
weekdays.
It
actually
started
in
April
and
it
went
through
October
The
Alliance
has
also
funded
larger
trash
receptacles
throughout
the
park,
and
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
promotional
campaigns
to
encourage
people
to
carry
in
and
carry
out
their
trash.
O
We've
also
invested
back
in
the
park
and
tour
in
terms
of
small
Capital
Improvements.
This
includes
everything
from
putting
in
new
picnic
tables
and
barbecues
and
barbecue
areas.
In
fact,
just
today
we
are
renovating
the
well
house
picnic
area
which
is
just
a
long
well
House,
Drive
and
the
and
the
lake
so
we're
putting
in
brand
new
picnic
tables.
Last
year
we
put
a
new
barbecue
grills
and
we're
also
working
on
drainage.
So,
as
the
dep
mentioned
to
you,
there
are
a
lot
of
issues
around
catch
basins
in
the
park.
O
The
Park's
drainage
system
is
over
150
years
old.
Whenever
the
alliance
does
a
capital
Improvement,
we
always
work
on
improving
the
drainage
in
the
areas
where
we
are
doing
the
Capital
Improvements,
but
we
also
depend
on
the
parks
department
and
also
dep,
to
help
us
with
maintaining
those
catch
basins
and
to
keep
to
kind
of
supplement
those
efforts.
O
The
alliance
did
invest
in
bringing
in
Crews
that
could
do
drainage
repairs
in
the
park
and
also
repairing
pedestrian
paths
and
some
of
the
historic
structures
and
one
nice
thing
we
did
last
year
is
we
restored
all
the
benches.
We
put
a
new
rustic
benches
at
the
drummers
Grove
to
Place
ones
that
have
become
worn
after
many
years
and
then
volunteering.
We
really
leverage
the
volunteer,
support
that
came
in
the
park
and
started
offering
green
and
go
kits
where
people
can
come
and
help
with
trash
Management
on
weekends.
O
We
have
a
renew
volunteer
Corps
that
goes
out
once
a
week
in
the
during
our
season
and
they
do
everything
from
painting
benches,
to
replenishing
sand
and
in
a
sandboxes
and
playgrounds
and
doing
all
sorts
of
great
work.
So
these
are
all
things
that
we
have
done
to
kind
of
reinvest
in
the
park
following
the
pandemic
and
all
of
that
significant
usage.
Another
thing
we
rolled
out
this
year
is
really
again
trying
to
address
the
increased
usage
at
the
park
by
really
educating
Park
visitors
on
being
better
stewards
of
the
park.
O
O
So
other
highlights
of
the
year.
We
had
another
successful
year
of
our
our
Woodlands
youth,
Crew
That's,
our
signature,
youth
program,
Youth
Employment
Program.
We
hire
a
crew
of
high
school
students,
we
teach
them
about
ecological
restoration,
they
work
in
teams,
they
learn
about
teamwork,
collaboration
they
work
outside
in
the
park.
They
help
to
build
rustic
Trails,
both
this
year
and
last
year.
They
actually
created
new
rustic
trails
in
our
Woodlands
that
enabled
the
public
to
get
new
views
and
new
experiences
and
enjoying
the
woodlands
in
the
park.
O
We've
had
a
significantly
successful
commemorative
tree
program
where
people
give
money
to
plant
trees
in
the
park
a
lot
of
times,
groups
of
people,
individuals
come
together
to
put
money
together
to
plant
a
tree
in
the
park,
and
that
has
been
a
very
big
success
for
us.
We
also
do
two
major
plantings
Seasons
a
year
where
we're
planting
you
know
500
trees,
plants
and
shrubs
throughout
the
park,
and
so
supplementing.
O
It's
the
Woodlands
Capital
Improvements.
That's
something
I
know
everybody's
really
interested
in
a
lot
going
on
right
now
that
the
northeast
corner
of
the
park,
we're
in
the
midst
of
the
design
of
a
significant
Restoration
in
an
area
that
that's
called
The
Veil
through
funding
from
former
mayor
de
Blasio.
O
In
addition
to
restoring
the
Rand
Army
Plaza,
Arch
Plaza
and
their
surrounding
berms,
the
berms
are
actually
the
restoration
is
well
underway
and
we're
about
to
start
work
on
the
Plaza
and
the
arch
will
go
under
Restoration
in
the
spring
leopard's
historic
house,
which
is
the
historic
House
museum
in
the
park.
Over
the
past
year
and
a
half
we've
been
restoring
that
historic
structure
it'll
be
reopening
in
the
spring
and
an
exciting
news.
O
We
got
significant
funding
to
actually
rethink
the
Mission,
Vision
and
programming
of
the
leopards,
historic
house
to
really
recognize
its
role
as
a
site
of
slavery
and
to
really
raise
up
and
and
Elevate
the
stories
of
both
enslaved
Africans,
but
also
indigenous
communities
who
lived
and
worked
the
land.
So
that
work
is
underway
and
we
are
about
to
reopen
in
the
spring
the
last
of
of
the
seven
Long
Meadow
ball
fields.
O
Given
your
where
you
are
in
the
park,
we
have
work,
is
well
underway
and
has
gone
into
procurement,
which
is
the
phase
where
we
put
things
out
to
bid
for
restoring
the
Ocean
Avenue
perimeter,
a
portion
of
the
Parkside
Avenue
perimeter
and
the
Parkside
in
Ocean
Avenue
entrance
of
the
park.
That's
going
to
include
the
construction
of
a
monument
to
Shirley
Chisholm,
which
many
of
you
know
that
project
is
being
led
by
the
department
of
cultural
Affairs.
O
O
In
addition
to
that,
as
our
colleagues
at
the
dep
mentioned,
I
think
I
actually
have
a
little
bit
of
information
here.
We
did
Advocate
this
past
year
for
funding
to
restore
the
Lakeshore
just
south
of
Lakeside,
where
we
had
done
the
restoration
back
in
2010
all
the
way
around
to
the
well
house
and
that's
the
20
million
dollar
project
in
the
we
we
Advocate
with
the
city
for
funding
for
Prospect
Park
projects.
O
As
you
know,
the
parks
department
doesn't
have
a
capital
budget,
so
we
were
able
to
raise
2
million
in
funding
from
the
city
council,
which
was
matched
by
one
million
in
funding
from
the
mayor's
office.
So
we
have
three
million
in
funding
which
we're
using
to
create
both
a
master
plan
for
the
entire
restoration
of
the
Lakeshore,
as
well
as
to
implement
one
phase
of
the
project
and
that
project
will
be
looking
at
environmental
resiliency.
O
We
did
get
funding
from
the
New
York
City
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
to
install
new
types
of
valves
in
our
water
system.
That's
going
to
enable
us
to
better
control
the
flow
of
water
in
the
water
system,
as
well
as
ensure
that
what
is
Flowing
out
of
the
water
system
has
is
of
good
quality,
so
I'm
not
explaining
it
as
best
I
can.
But
there
are
steps
being
taken
right
now.
That's
in
procurement
should
be
going
into
construction
shortly.
O
That
will
also
help
to
improve
what
happens
in
the
park
in
terms
of
water
flow
quickly.
Since
we're
on
this
slide.
Thanks
to
council
member
Rita
Joseph,
she
provided
funding
to
restore
the
pergola
at
the
Parkside
entrance,
which
is
sort
of
like
the
one
missing
piece
of
the
puzzle
of
the
restoration
of
that
entrance.
O
So
lots
of
Capital
Improvements
going
on
in
the
park
right
now
lots
of
great
projects
coming
up.
Just
for
you
to
all
know.
We
do
keep
a
capital
projects
tracker
on
our
website
at
prospectpark.org,
it's
on
our
homepage
page,
and
you
can
always
see
the
full
breath
of
projects
that
are
happening
in
the
park
and
their
status
and
where
they
are,
and
one
other
project.
I
forgot
to
mention.
O
I'm
sorry,
I,
don't
have
pictures
of
all
of
these
in
this
presentation
is
another
popular
participatory
budgeting
process
project
was
the
parade
ground
fit,
which
was
a
second
sort
of
adult
recreation
area
in
the
parade
ground
that
broke
ground
in
the
spring,
and
it's
actually
gone
at
a
very
good
clip
and
in
fact,
I
just
learned
today
that
the
the
main
part
of
that
area
will
be
opening
to
the
public
as
early
as
tomorrow.
The
work
is
fairly
done.
There's
still
some
Landscaping.
O
O
So
that
was
me
talking
quickly
to
share
with
you
sort
of
the
key
things
that
have
happened
in
the
park
over
the
past
year,
I'm
happy
to
stop
sharing
my
screen
and
answer
any
questions.
Anyone
has
provide
more
clarity
over
any
of
the
projects
or
initiatives.
I
just
mentioned
I'm
so
happy
to
take
any
questions.
C
O
Presentations
this
evening,
well,
one
thing
I'd
say
to
you
all
is
like
you:
have
a
jam
in
Sean
she's,
a
wonderful
administrator
for
all
of
you,
and
we
really
have
a
very
strong
relationship
with
her.
So
I
definitely
would
say
if
anyone
has
any
questions
or
concerns
or
or
anything
they
want
to
raise.
Let
us
know
I
will
say,
with
the
Lakeshore
and
I
feel
like
I
see
something
while
your
face
is
here.
We
are
doing
some
public
engagement
around
Lakeshore.
O
One
of
the
reasons
that
we
were
able
to
get
the
funding
we
did
for
Lakeshore
was
through
Community
Support.
We
encourage
people
to
submit
letters
of
support.
We
created
a
really
easy
form
on
our
website
for
people
to
fill
in,
and
we
got
1100
letters
of
support
and
that
really
brought
attention
to
the
project
from
all
of
our
local
council
members
and
the
mayor's
office.
O
C
O
Dot
has
made
it
really
clear
to
us
because
a
lot
of
our
studies
around
design
intervention
to
make
the
drive
safer
and
they
feel
very
strongly
of
having
a
mechanism
to
get
public
feedback
on
it.
They
want
to
see
what
the
community
thinks
of
these
ideas
before
anything
is
implemented.
So
one
of
the
things
we're
working
through
right
now
is
the
best
sort
of
interface
for
getting
public
feedback
on
on
the
on
the
design.
O
Ideas
and
the
other
good
news
we
learned
is
that
the
dot
is
planning
to
repave
the
entire
East
Drive
this
spring,
which
is
pretty
significant.
It's
incredibly
pretty
deteriorated
state.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that
and
we're
working
right
now
with
them
just
to
kind
of
finalize
the
timing
on
that.
C
O
O
He
really
came
through
in
this
last
fiscal
year
in
funding
improvements
not
just
through
PB,
but
also
through
her
own
discretionary
funding,
including
improvements
at
the
parade
ground.
We
got
the
remaining
funding.
We
needed
to
restore
I,
think
it's
field,
nine,
which
is
one
of
the
turf
fields.
I,
do
think
the
parade
ground
is
a
big
conversation
point.
It
is
in
significant
native
restoration.
O
It's
very
very,
very
heavily
used
athletic
complex
and
it
was
restored
by
the
alliance
a
number
of
years
ago
very
successfully,
but
given
the
heavy
use
and
time
like
it's
really
in
need
of
significant
funding,
so
that
might
be
something
cb14
wants
to
think
about.
The
alliance
is
involved
in
Advocate
advocacy
and
design
for
the
parade
ground,
but
the
parks
department
plays
a
significant
role
in
its
operation.
So
it's
a
bigger
conversation,
but
something
that
you
know
can
be
on
all
of
our
Radars
as
well.
So
thank.
A
I
just
want
to
say
nice
things
back
at
you
Deborah,
you
know
you
always
handle
like
you're,
just
like
such
a
amazing
juggling
act
with
such
Grace
all
the
time
and
then
wanted
to
also
thank
you
for
the
connections
that
you
make
between
the
community
board
and
other
stakeholders
that
that
pass
through
your.
Your
gaze
had
a
good
good
talk
today
with
the
Parkside
Plaza
people.
A
I've
been
doing,
to
gather
more
volunteerism
and
with
you
with
your
committees
and
the
com
con,
and
all
of
that
that's
another
thing
that
seems
to
be
going
really
well,
but
I
know
you
can
always
use
more.
So
we
will.
We
will
help
you
get
the
word
out
as
these
events
for
volunteer
opportunities
arise,
but
love
that
and
love
that
it's
going
well,
but
I
know
that
you
know
if
I
can
add
to
your
wish
list
more
people
more
of
the
time.
Please.
O
Think
Sean
is
just
talking
to
you
about
really
trying
to
make
inroads
with
the
South
Asian
community
in
Kensington
and
we've
been
making
a
lot
of
enroutes
with
you
know,
communities
in
Flatbush
and
plg,
so
there
are
Community
groups
or
Community
leaders
that
are
interested
in
having
their
voice
heard
and
having
giving
feedback
on
the
park.
My
colleague,
Alexa,
Mackenzie
and
I
are
really
interested
in
hearing
from
them.
G
F
J
J
O
J
O
A
O
E
I
was
just
gonna
say
like
from
the
transfer.
You
know:
that's
a
a
common
complaint,
I
hear
often
as
well.
I
think
I
think
the
reason
Eric
might
be
bringing
it
up
is
when
there
is
a
restoration
of
the
parade
grounds
to
put
a
dedicated
place
to
get
from
the
state
of
good
repair,
Kathy
you're.
Speaking
of
to
the
actual
connections
around
the
area,
it's
very
hard,
probably
to
we've
heard
from
dot.
E
Often
that
would
be
very
hard
to
do
that
on
Caton,
because
it's
a
trick
route,
it's
very
narrow,
but
you
know
right
now:
people
are
biking
on
sidewalks
through
the
parade
ground
or
just
south
of
the
parade
ground,
and
just
you
know,
if
there's
a
restoration
that
includes
a
design
I
think
it
would
be
wise
to
consider
making
a
true
dedicated
space
instead
of
that.
So.
C
O
Thing
I
need
to
get
I
feel
like
Shawn
knows
more
than
I
do
about
this
about
this
project,
but
I
need
to
find
out
a
little
bit
more
about
that
myself
and
I
will
say
like
anything
around
the
perimeters
of
any
of
the
Parkland,
whether
it's
the
Prairie
ground
or
Prospect
Park
proper
is
dot.
We
have
been
like
our
restoration
of
Ocean
Avenue.
O
C
B
N
Yes,
one
two
make
a
request
that
if
you
you
kindly
make
any
presentation
about
the
ps217
community
park
so
because
Pakistani
Community
is
really
affected
from
that
Park
is
still
under
renovation,
a
lot
of
Machinery.
So
if
you
kindly
arrange
a
meeting
with
the
concerned
staff,
so
this
will
be
highly
appreciated.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
Got
it,
then,
if
there's
nothing
else
pertaining
to
the
parks
discussion,
then
I'm
just
going
to
make
the
one
reannouncement
of
the
Uma
Park
reconstruction
public
input
meeting
taking
place
on
December
14th
at
7
pm
by
Zoom.
This
has
been
I
believe
on
our
requests
for
a
number
of
years
and
Sean
has
been
banging
the
drum
for
this
one
for
quite
some
time.
So
the
more
cb14
related
people
who
can
show
up
and
offer
input
I
think
the
better
things
will
be
anything
you
want
to
add
to
that.
Sean.