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like an independent evaluation we're working with dph but again concerns to make sure it is being properly watched and all the dust rules are enforced. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning, commissioners i'm dr. is there any public comment? kins it was my last time i had the privilege of speaking before you that the city was supposed to prepare a presentation to the commissioners therefore if the city has presented a presentation i'll defer my presentation to you so that i don't waste the commissioners time open regurt issues on the report so up defer that the city is property presented my fellow city colleague have appointments i'll
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go last in the presentation and defer to my colleagues in that thank you. >> so mr. secretary do we have someone. >> we don't have someone from the city unless dan is he here. >> or dph. >> yeah. it - because it's a public health issue i believe we're spending e sending sending out an inspectors. >> i was asked to investigate the candle stick demolition and we spoke with the health department deputy curbing and senior inspector joe duffy and the inspector went out to the dust site and go over the plans with silver rod who is doing the
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demolition for candle stick and going over the dust plan and monitoring it to date i have the district inspector from february he goes out there think a daily basis so i haven't been to the job site to check to make sure they're doing the watering for the project there as you can see there's two how's that are doing the demolish for the construction site to make sure that the proper watering is done and the proper procedures are being followed as far as the health department with deputy curbing the
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portfolio was there and we've notified to verify the complaint if they have to if there's a violation with the dust control plan we to date don't have a complaint from the department of public health we're going out there on a daily basis. >> commissioner walker. >> who is responsible for taking the leveled and monitoring that and reporting and signing the report and 56 the map. >> okay as far as the dust monitoring the area quality control is doing that and working with the health department we don't have jurisdictions over that that sets the monitors and observes the monitor what we do on the monitor i was
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told their constantly moving them and if that's not happening what role do we have if the monitoring is not done and someone tells us do we have a role. >> the air quality control has jurisdiction over the 0 monitoring but if the dust critiques restriction the health department notifies us. >> we'll issue a notice of violation or something like that. >> we'll investigate it. >> okay. >> so the eventually thing for us to go beyond this point we need a complaint filed and we will investigate the complaint but if the department of public health files a complaint or defers a complaint or we get a complaint we're having an inspectors out there on a daily basis so their out there and mr.
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duffy is out there periodically we have the district inspector k3w0u9 to the job site evidence. >> are we empowered to ask for updated reports if on the public record is not indicating they're available and the health department is the one that works with the air quality management they monitor the dust control so we do not as far as dbi monitor those reports we work with the department of public health on that phil they'll have to let us know g if there's a violation of dust. >> okay deputy director i want to be mind fellowship full that people want to speak we need to finish up with the deputy. >> commissioners. >> i'm not clear on the proper
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you know pments so if a members of the public not the health department feels like there's dust in the neighborhood maybe things are not monitored properly than the proper process would be to make the complaint to the health department. >> per our communication through an e-mail but a complaint calls the department of public health we'll call dbi and a dbi inspector will verify if we have the visible dust that's at confusion i had with the housing authority they received if our office receives the complaint we'll contract the health department to discuss it. >> commissioner vice president mar. >> thank you for sending an inspectors out there since we're out there anyway shouldn't we be
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looking for visible dust you've mentioned the other thing about the monitors because the - so i one of the reasons i wanted to inspectors out there i know we can't canvas the whole neighborhood but at the same time, we issued a permit for the don't guess we can make sure that standard or correct demolition practices are being followed so i wanted to make sure that the contractor whoever is doing the demolition was following the correct demolition procedures that includes the watering i'm sure our inspector has connected for that are they responsible for making sure the dust monitor are in place and the contractor have been moving them to cover more area can we
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make sure those things are actually working. >> i don't know the contractors are working on the control dust from the department of public health it is jurisdiction over their monitors. >> it's their monitor. >> they're working with the location with the area of construction or obligation they have control of the monitor we're working with the health department if there's a complaint to respond to the complaint this is a list of the district inspector i contacted silver rod contradiction and goes out there an daily basis their observation their water with the don't guess and kind of identified the ear they're working only this is the log he provided me and continue to have the district inspector 0 out there on a daily basis. >> commissioner walker one more issue around the
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deficient reports is there a way to send a message to the folks doing the reports. >> i'll reach out to the health department and staff there because you're concerned about the reports. >> we don't monitor building inspectors the dust control was worked out with the health department. >> i understand but - >> their monitoring the site besides the health department. >> the public needs to know at any point they can file a report with the health department but it's a valid issue if you know we're requiring monitoring and reporting but the information is insufficient or questionable their needs to be we need to have that data available as well
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as four ourselves and the public. >> go back to the. >> next speaker. >> i'm i'm jew i can't thank you for hearing our concerns having someone out under from the department of building inspection typewriters a difference on the amount of water they've covered the dirt piles what really the big thing that needs to happen we need to know the dust monitor are installed and the asbestos and the dust plan equals u falls under the deploying complaints don't need to go through dph before dbi so we need to know that all 78 - well, we found 4 monitor out there we've been
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told 2 more but their invisible and two more in the residential area that is high-up by thees evacuates we want those monitors so of them don't have monitors we need to see them ourselves and we need like know they're there and have the constellation overseen by a third party person so saying it is done properly and get reports on the asbestos and they only currently have asbestos report i have no idea asbestos monitors 1, 2, 3, 4 i can find 3 i'm getting reports on 4 i don't know if their elsewhere to those in kind i need to know what the reports are referring to and 7 monitors particularly for end dust for a
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total of 14 monitors and a third party monitoring if we're getting that then he knew we're safe so it is clear we want the reporting to be done well and the monitored installed and installed properly then we know that everybody is doing their job; right? that's simple so it should be simple we shouldn't have to talk to the department of building inspection and we've spoken to stephanie we should be able to see hey lamar we need to see this stuff it is troublesome it's this much trouble. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> it's clear to me and state
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your name for the record would you please state your name for the record, please. >> what do you want me to do. >> state your name for the record. >> charley walker you you know it's clear to me that those board meetings are worth also number one there're any specifications with the contractor has to do but everywhere in america including los angeles richmond, sacramento wla when they work in neighborhoods where black people live they're nothing in the specification where no one needs to be here on this issue but there's no damage those white contractors come in our community and say oh hell with it that's their general attitude no punitive damage if you have the power to stop one of the contractors you have no problem because they don't want the job
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stopped but not fearful of that they've been working in san francisco go to chinatown you don't have that big construction job that's them building that station not one ounce of dust don't anyone exclaim i complain about and the same people doing that work over there is here it is wrong in a community where black people live this is all it is we've been confronted with lamar and every other white contractor they'll not follow the specifications and no one does anything about it because it is the general attitude oh, don't worry about them they're to die anyway, that's white people's general attitude someone needs to have the power to say stop the job stop the job
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one time and we'll not have the problem as long as you tell them oh, the building inspector probably bart is coming a train is coming they think your or you're crazy if you're not going to do anything about it they don't care that's their general attitude attitude. >> good morning with green action for height and environmental justice i'm here in support of retained bayview hunters point i live there and had dealings with contractors that is providing or supposedly providing the information and a at a joint meeting at golden state i requested the raw data
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to have it analyzed not acting as an independent third party i live there but i wanted to be able to review the information and go over it with the residents and my co-members here so we'll have a better pd and as of today i've not yet received not only none of the asbestos reading but noting no one 69 parcel reading keep in mind a lot of the parcel reading are teeny you're going to feel the effects but not going to see that you're going to going out go out there and walk around and leave you're going to have to go home and wash your eyes out or have a tremendous headache because all the dust you don't see what wear asking for monitor to be placed and allow the community that lives there that goes to the
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same company before we've had boxes set up that were empty and told the intishgdz inspectors were monitoring them they pat you on the back and that's great unfortunately without the reading and without us having proper way of making sure that those reading are not only correct but the monitor are using the right monitor to be used and the other instance they have asbestos monitor out through supposedly that was an g indoor monitor we don't need that kind of disruption that are more than that project and in bayview hunters point so think about the exultant that is surrounded by all the work and dust going on and request now from green action i tried requesting as a community member now i'm requesting as green
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action i've got to be that honest i'm extremely upset i have to set into my true activist role to get information that should have been provided to any community member whether or not they understood it breakdown in a way that an average person understands what the reading is about it is about the health of their children and children that has to come into that community and the health and well-being of people that live and work there on the jobs i'm asking you this is not meant to be a disbarring remark towards the health department i can't proof any of it i need the information. >> commissioner melgar has a question. >> i was wondering who the
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request was excuse me. they were all sitting at the table they were all sitting at the table so they. >> so they all 20 who us and - >> the health department the lamar the lead contractor everything when was working on that representing the district as far as the air district i have a meeting set up to deal with them and but it is truly your responsibility as the person issuing the right to do this to make sure that what you're requesting is define that's all i'm asking that's all we're asking. >> to answer your question who is at the table it this meeting happened on the 31st of january the air quality management and the city attorney ocii and the
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golden state law school environmental department and, of course and the clean air health initiative and the contractor were there and dr. ray is there any public comment? sins or kins and also on the 11th of february did a toxic site tour we provided a bus the community priority a bus for the department of public health inspectors and the bay area quality air and the 1rer7 developers to - we put them on a bus and took them around the site and the toxic sites and the candle stick and the bay area to show them your concerns and why that monitoring the area for dust and asbestos coming out of the candle stick development
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site was so important to us thank you. >> thank you. i wanted to just repeat. >> i'm sorry we have - >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good morning marlene trend a long time resident in visitacion valley and the community activist on january january 3rd i happened to see a facebook posting about la nefarious intended intention to implode the candle stick park i was alarmed i contacted sherryly moore and they didn't know much about the situation at this time and thanks to actually andrew that initially found out he informed his professor who informed dr. tompkins and the rest of us for a $6 billion project that affects us in
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district 10 and the city of san francisco how could they not provide that kind of information to a community that is asian pacific islanders and as a former immigrant rights commissioner commissioner president mccarthy you understand the need not only to to the regular folks if we have such a sizeable api population they didn't know anything recently the southeast commissioners were informed of sunset laws and the brown act the briefing was included the ordinance that was needed especially in district 10 in the bayview the api is the highest we know know nothing i'm grateful that dr. is there any public comment? kins and sherryly moore and
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others keep us abbreviate and thank you to the people some are outside of the district 10 are here to support clean your we want larry in charge urban to be responsible and make sure that whoa whatever fogs information not only in e-mails we pay our taxes and some should be entitled to that kind of information a $6 billion project so the doctor will talk about the issues we want lenore to get an independent contractor to work with the clean air alliance i'm sure you're aware of this district 10 as the highest respiratory problems as a kid i had amass problems to make sure
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our community t is clean and the process is open to everybody they're not here to speak but stand for the rest of the community. >> thank you very much for coming. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> if i may to replacing request you silence phones thank you. >> can i get distance here in setting this up last time - >> so if we could hear the. >> next speaker. >> while their getting this set up why not get someone up here if there's a next speaker we'll hear the next speaker.
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>> oh, thank you. >> good morning, commissioners. >> they don't allow people to plug in outside. >> news to us thank you. >> it is to me i was told otherwise last time. >> i got a call from services. >> okay. let's see if it works this time commissioners thank you as yourself i've heard from my colleagues and attorney our frustration one we submitted and mrs. moore submitted that to this department and to daniel back last month our concerns on the issue and also, we submitted to the department of public health as also present in
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discussion on our concerns and written report we also sat down with the department of public health and went over the dust mitigation plan that was submitted to them by lamar on january 13, 2015 it was a copy of the document okay i'm assuming that you have a copy of this we hesitated to forward the information to you on the some of our concerns because we know there's been political pressure put on the mayor's office and people not wanting to respond some of the folks i've done research with all of a sudden can't return my calls even though they have the document the point if 1 and 19 we reviewed and went throw in detail i'll be happy to submit
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that for your review technology advancement. >> we went through every one of the 19 points we made our recommendations some we feel are reaccurate one of the if we can get to the technician for the overhead shot of the chart okay. i'll submittal this into the secretary for your consumption we want or went through point by point to the committee and one of the appalling aspects is affordability does affordability who does what when and who is in authority in our first meeting lamar simpleminded it and all of a sudden the chart got off bay
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and no one of the city staff respond we took them on that tour to face-to-face find out who is responsible for what when we called and submitted in writing our concerns we've not received it took andrew and the golden state law school to get the data and the data is partial it is incomplete here is a copy two copies i don't bring everything it would be about this big implicitly i didn't want to - this is a sample i ran a hospital as an undergrad the important thing i'm prep blood for transfusion is the chain of command that is a report typed out everyone and you have different people plus here on the signature page no signature
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on any of them not one you can't if you were at the hospital i cannot give you a unit of blood in any certified lab you can't issue out this report magically somehow this is done this organization meditates to be removed we can't trusted that work this is sloppy work you, you wouldn't have anyone up there not putting their name on the document it leaves open to question who did it why isn't it signed you can type anyone's name 2, 3, 4 when you do the timing and the report start look at it and it becomes the issue of timing the
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timing of this this is they went and covered where those monitors are placed at okay this is off la nefarious roster not something a grumpy old black man or grumpy old dr. is making up just for the fact those monitor you see on this document are not there were they say they are they're not i'll reiterate that they're not those monitors are in kajdz i'll show you a picture in a moment they can't move and walk on their own i'm not sorry the inspector needs to go and see for himself that's why we took them out there it's not age imaginary situation we're not saying