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#Post#: 1609--------------------------------------------------
Re: EEIP Draft Now Published, More Questions from the ECNA go
unanswered
DIR By: Doug K
Date: July 14, 2021, 2:21 pm
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We've added to the list of questions, also posted in the 10am
Zoom Meeting Chat Window, which hopefully will get some answers,
or at least send along the message to the Canal Corporation and
NYPA that the idea of holding a Public Forum and not allowing a
Q & A session wasn't a hit with their fans or their opposition.
1) Will your neighbors in the Western Section, specifically the
"60 mile pool", who had their adjacent Canal Embankments
Remediated through the EERP effort, now fall under the EEIP
Guidelines (and guidebook) for Embankment Maintenance,
Inspections & Best Practices?
1a)If yes, how do we contact the NYSCC for issues that have
developed "post-clearing", like the need for Toe Drains or
Ditches to capture Embankment runoff? Is there an assigned
point-of-contact for your Canal Neighbors to contact and discuss
issues?
2) Can you explain why the NYS Canal Corporation, and NYPA, both
NY Government agencies, chose to not correct mis-information and
false claims being made about the EEIP program, including that
the effort being made to clear earthen embankments falls under
"public safety" and not tree-harvesting for profit? Didn't that
decision leave many in even more danger, from false information
regarding their safety?
3) Will the NYSCC be asking Bergmann PC to create Flood
Inundation Maps for Perinton, Pittsford, Brighton and all other
areas in Monroe County, where residents live more than 40 feet
below the earthen embankment dams and have no knowledge of the
possible flood danger?
4) You have asked for input on the NYS Canal Corporation EEIP
effort, Maintenance Guidebook and SEQR Impact Statement, yet
most people who would be affected by a Canal Breach do NOT even
know they are in danger, isn't that a correct statement? How
will you remedy this?
5) Has it become obvious to the NYSCC that the EEIP Zoom Meeting
isn't going to be a "hit", only allowing Comments and not
answering Questions that many people have. And this method of
communication isn't what has happened in the past with Canal
Corporation Public Meetings, where Canal Neighbors have had a
chance to have Q&A time. When will that Q & A session happen on
EEIP work?
#Post#: 1610--------------------------------------------------
Re: EEIP Draft Now Published
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: July 14, 2021, 3:24 pm
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Well! Maybe I'm wrong, but I loved the meeting. It was just what
I have been telling the NYPA to do for years.
1. Don't have public meetings. People just ramble on with stuff
like 'It's not a dam! What about the shade? Where are all the
squirrels going to live? How much money is the CC getting for
the trees? We'll have no oxygen! etc etc.
2. If you must have these meetings, don't let people run the
show. Take control. If you have a message, make sure you spell
it out, without interruption. I guess COVID has been good in
that respect. We haven't had rooms full of people wanting to
rant on.
3. Limit their time. A ZOOM meeting did that.
Yep! Now the NYPA has complied with SEQR, and hopefully, they
can get on uninterrupted to remove this vegetation and make our
citizens safe from death by drowning.
Let's also not forget Bill's Smith's rant! He seems to forget
that the 'expert witness' the STCC called in to testify that
trees were good for wooded slopes, later qualified that he was
referring to levees, not Earthen Embankment Dams. But I suspect
Bill already knew that, he just didn't want to admit it. He's
certainly put a lot of citizen's lives at risk with his antics.
#Post#: 1611--------------------------------------------------
Re: EEIP Draft Now Published, Zoom Meeting Met SEQR
Requirements, Perzactly
DIR By: Doug K
Date: July 14, 2021, 4:49 pm
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Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the new "normal" when it comes to
Embankment Dam Repair.
From the Canal Corporation side:
SEQR says: RELEASE a comprehensive set of EEIP documents, not
READ them to the Public
SEQR says: Take Public Comments... send or speak those comments,
be SPECIFIC to our documents
SEQR says: Incorporate Public Input if it adds value, update and
RELEASE final EEIP documents.
No fuss, no muss, no wasted time.
And if you don't add value, it really doesn't matter.
#Post#: 1712--------------------------------------------------
EEIP Guide Book Highlights - Short Version
DIR By: Michael Caswell
Date: August 15, 2021, 11:13 am
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The short version of the EEIP Guide Book
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