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Perinton, Pittsford & Fairport noticeably absent from NY's
Re-imagine the Canals Meetings
DIR By: Doug K
Date: July 1, 2019, 9:36 am
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It appears the Stop the Canal ClearCut group (STCC) has found a
new mission and it seems to be antagonizing the new Reimagine
the Canals Task Force & it’s efforts to revitalize the NY Canal
System.
First, one of their leaders, Ms. Maier, attacks the Reimagine
Program because it’s not helping to “Save the Trees” that the
STCC says do not cause unsafe dams, which is contrary to what
the owners of the Erie Canal have recently reported to the
public, as well as what the NY State Comptroller has stated
about the condition of the Erie/NY Barge Canal
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Then another STCC Leader, Jaime Meuwissen, posts about a new
series of Public Meetings that will be held to gather ideas for
the Reimagine Program partnership with NY Communities. Notice
that her friend Ms. Maier is right on que, and creates a Group
Event so people from the STCC can go to the Brockport meeting.
So one might ask why the group doesn’t attend the event in
Fairport, where the STCC Leaders live?
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Well what they STCC Leaders didn’t show is the actual
announcement? Here it is… and can you all notice what’s missing…
there are NO scheduled Re-Imagine the Canals public meeting
sessions in eastern Monroe County
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Here’s the LOCATIONS for the first set of public meetings for
the Reimagine the Canal Task Force:
The Rockefeller Institute will moderate the community engagement
sessions and help the Task Force analyze the data collected. The
session schedule is as follows:
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County Community College Van Curler Room, 78 Washington Avenue
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Center, 160 Washburn Street
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Cooper Hall, NY Room
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Center, 1 Forestry Drive
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Institute Campus Center, 100 Seymour Ave.
Participants can RSVP here prior to attending. The Reimagine the
Canals website offers more information about the initiative, as
well as a portal where members of the public can submit feedback
if they are unable to attend a community engagement session. The
Rockefeller Institute will hold a second series of meetings
later in the summer.
The initiative, launched in May by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo,
builds on last year's Reimagine the Canals Competition, which
sought innovative ideas to boost local economies, increase
recreation and strengthen environmental resilience along the
Erie Canal
HTML http://www.canals.ny.gov/news/pressrel/2019/Rockefeller_institute_announces_community_engagement_sessions_for_reimagine_the_canals_initiative.html
WHAT HAPPENED?
Seems the towns of Pittsford, Brighton, and Fairport/Perinton
(PBFP) weren’t on the list of meeting locations for this new
Erie Canal program. Maybe that has something to do with the
simple fact that the STCC has been “speaking” for these 3 towns
and not supporting anything remotely close to what the Reimagine
the Canal Task Force is trying to accomplish… a safe &
sustainable NY Canal System.
After all the STCC is fighting AGAINST the number one initiative
on the Reimagine the Canals list… Strengthening Environmental
Resilience along the Erie Canal
With all of the recent repair work being done along the NY
Canals these days, it should be easy for all to see that these
unsafe embankment dams are NOT as “environmentally resilient” as
the STCC thinks they are.
Those Reimagine the Canal “Safety & Sustainability Goals” will
start to be realized once all of these unsafe embankments are
rehabilitated back to new, which is currently being completed in
western Monroe Country into Orleans County by the New York Canal
Corporation (NYCC) under its new ownership with New York Power
Authority, aka; NYPA. Since NYPA has taken over the reins of the
Canal Corp the message has been Public Safety FIRST, even if
some of the public can't seem to understand what that means.
Sadly, rehabilitating Canal Embankments is something Ms. Maier,
Ms. Meuwissen, & Ms. Agte, along with the rest of the STCC
members, desperately oppose with their Stop the Canal group. Now
it appears that the STCC opposition, combined with the fact that
the Towns of Pittsford, Brighton & Perinton, have embraced this
reckless rhetoric, now seem to have worked against them. These
towns have been “avoided” in the Reimagine discussion as the
NYCC has stated that “It is not productive to engage publicly
with STCC”
Seems almost too simple to miss the reason why these three towns
have been left out:
1) Before you can be part of a group to Reimagine a brighter
future for NY Canals you have to be able to understand & imagine
the Canal is in need of repair after 100 years… something the
STCC and it's members still try to deny.
2) You also have to believe the owners & caretakers of the Canal
System, NYPA & the NYCC), when they tell the public that they
are living among Unsafe Earthen Embankment dams that need
immediate repair and they have started an Embankment
Rehabilitation Program to do just that. Thinking the STCC knows
more about the Erie Canal than those who actually have run it
for the past 22 years is
3) Contrary to all logic & common sense, the STCC & these 3
towns in eastern Monroe County, chose to fight against the Erie
Canal public safety work back in early 2018, which resulted in
their removal from the Embankment Restoration Project and their
inclusion in the newer Embankment Rehabilitation Program rolling
out in late 2019.
So, is it any wonder the Reimagine the Canals task Force is
avoiding areas that “just don’t get it” when it comes to public
safety?
The Erie Canal Neighbor’s Association has some advice for those
on the “outside looking in” regarding the safety & future of the
Erie Canal, especially for Pittsford, Brighton & Perinton…
Fairport included:
You may want to insure the people you allow to “speak for you”,
especially in the matter of Erie Canal Safety & Sustainability,
are actually CAPABLE of understanding the complex issues at hand
and do not simply want to play the role of “Obstructionist to
Change”, which is what the STCC has come to represent lately.
Here’s a little "common sense" that still eludes the STCC & it's
Leadership as well as Town Leaders in eastern Monroe County:
Obstructing PUBLIC SAFETY is never is anyone’s best interest..
especially when it comes to preventing a possible flood along
the Erie Canal
Perinton & Fairport should open their eyes and recognize the
truth... both about NY Canal Safety and about the Stop the Canal
ClearCut Group
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Re: Perinton, Pittsford & Fairport noticeably absent from
NY's Re-imagine the Canals Meetings
DIR By: Doug K
Date: July 3, 2019, 11:00 am
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Maybe the time has come for a "showdown" between the ECNA with
it's safety message and the STCC with it's Green is Good idea.
Let's see what happens when they are confronted directly about
SAFETY of Erie Canal Neighbors and how they seem to not believe
that is important enough to talk about. After all, it's my home
turf, and the ECNA's view on safety has the support of Brockport
Village Leaders, The NY Canal Corp & the Reimagine the Canals
effort.
If the STCC wants to come out to the Brockport Re-imagine
Meeting and try to turn the conversation to keeping trees on
unsafe dams then we will have a go at it.
After all, Ms. Maier & Ms Agte were the [b]ONLY two people who
raised their hands in a Perinton meeting back when the ECNA
asked "Who thinks trees and squirrels are MORE important than
the possible loss of HUMAN lives". [/b]
The whole meeting room at the Perinton Town Hall went silent
when that happened.
But sadly not one of their Perinton-Fairport neighbors even made
an attempt to say that wasn't right and they should rethink
their answer
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