report fairly and balanced so i can get a good level of understanding. i hope the "examiner" will be fair and balanced as well. between the two we should get the truth. i want to recognize the chiefs. fire chief and police chief. we've had tumultuous times. i think chief scott is doing a fantastic job. i haven't eaten all day. my apologies. i love you, chief. where is the camera? i want to say thank you to the teams that have done a good job, but you talk about the reform. it's nothing if no one is there to implement. if there is no one that believes with you. this is a chief that brought down officer involved shootings, our homicide level and keeping it low. thank you to the department of police accountability. it was a figment of my

imagination that manifested. to his staff and to the police commissioners that i put my heart and soul in. i was adjunct member of the rules committee. you're welcome, asha. you are welcome. and i hope you paid attention on how to ask questions. we have a lot of lawyers on this body, but sometimes we have to pull back and get to the nitty gritty to get to the crux of what we're trying to solve here. if we want to keep reform in the front of mind, we have to have people in all stations and levels. i want to recognize our sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, making sure everything is safe. i always joke, if something goes down, come get me first. but we celebrated 40 years of harvey milk. we celebrated the memory dan white and muss coney. and i want to say those safety

concerns that were prevalent 40 years ago i think are more relevant today. and we need to do a better job protect the safety of this building and the people that are coming here. whether they're coming to get married or testify. we need to step up when it comes to the safety of our building, i hope sheriff hennessey is listening. i'll be writing you a letter, but i want to highlight this is the beautiful building and make sure it is with standing any future, god forbid, attacks. i want to call out a couple of department heads i've worked with closely for the last eight years. the planning department. i think supervisor kim and i have shouldered a lot when it comes to the growth and development of san francisco between district 5 and 6 and 10.

we rival on who has the most. and i'm proud of what we have done. i think we have set a new standard. we can still talk about and debate the parking minimums later for another day, but for the most part, we've done a fantastic job. i want to uplift john ram and the planning commission and the staff that come in here and defend their positions. and i want to recognize ed riskin, who i love to spar with. he is so much fun. he is the quintessential balance of heart and policy. i mean, he believes with his heart of hearts we're transit first city and i believe we have more work that needs to be done in that area, but we agree to work together to implement policies that are fair across the entire city. so, ed riskin, it's a pleasure to serve with you. marie, so many people at dcyf.

phil ginsburg, i love to get into a fight with that man, because he is good. i want him to have my back. and it's also interesting when edisagree, you remember the video, that phil and i, he was trying to get a vote, i was like, no. go back, it's very funny. but, phil, i want you to know you and your team has done a phenomenal job with parks and open space. supervisor kim's district has the least amount and my district was a close second. we're correcting that. public works, thank you. mohamm mohammed and his team have kept the city working 24-7. and i am grateful for his vision, his tenacity and most importantly his unparalleled

commitment to making sure that every corner of this city is clean. and that is one department head that you can send a picture, take it to him and give him an intersection and you know his team will be deployed. and within the hour, the mess will be cleaned up. supervisor peskin mentioned the importance of staff. i have to take time to acknowledge an incredible staff. meagan, john, andre, yoyo, brittney. sophia and last but not list iowena. you ladies and mellouli have been incredible. and john. you guys have been incredible. you have propped me up. you have given me talking points. and you've given me talking point i have not read. i want to say thank you.

you have made working in this building fun. and sometimes you've made it painful, too, but i have loved every minute of it. we have accomplished so much. the legislation, like, we really left our fingerprints on san francisco. i get accolades for it. of course i take the heat for it, too, but the work, the work is done by the folks that stand with me not behind me, not in front of me. but they're standing with me. you know it's real love when you take a hit and your team is mad. ready to throw down. i had to call them off on you, supervisor kim. they were ready to come for you after basin. i want to warn you. they were ready to come for you. mandelman, you, too. you threw a surprise punch in there, too, that caught us off guard. but i love it. because here we are, we can joke

and laugh. to my staff, i want to say thank you. my staff had a tremendous hand in selecting and uplifting the future. i consider my future the interns and the volunteers that have been there, woo, steve, darlene, kimberley, ava, howard. you know h.j. he is special. and francis. that's the roster that is on the list now. there is a whole host of folks that have served with me, taken pictures and posted and signed -- been in charge of sign-in sheets and coats and have been in charge of getting the pizza and moving and driving and they never complain. and i remind them, that this is how it starts. and i like to remind a quote from one of my artists drake, we started from the bottom. you must start from the bottom. you must start from the bottom in order to know where you're

going at the top. it's very true, very, very valuable lesson you get by getting someone lunch. i can attest for that. this is how i started. supervisor ronen, i can see your brow. you get to know someone when you're serving them. it's the most humble place to learn about work. public service is about service, whether it's in public or in private. these are values that i try to instill in my incredible team. i have a whole list of of mentors. i've been working on my remarks for a year. fyi. but we've got major legislative accomplishments. the first one i introduced within my first week of being a supervisor, meagan hamilton brought it to me and it's crisis pregnancy center. who would have thought this humble piece of legislation would make it all the way to the supreme court. we can thank donald trump for

throwing it out, but it is important there is truth and advocacy and advertising when it comes to crisis pregnancy centers. i want to acknowledge a little bit of a list. money, bail reform, cannabis equity program. we talked about the cannabis tax. we talked about the soda tax. ban the box. pier 70 shipyard accountability. i'm depending on you that are remaining to hold the navy accountable. do not let them off the hook, sandy. i know you got my back on that. do not let the navy off the hook, shuck and jive and confuse you with fancy words. the bottom line, we're not taking an ounce, we're not taking an acre until that soil is clean. and it's their responsibility. i want to recognize again police reform, data collection, we've opened many grocery stores. we're going to continue to open

more. until we get it right. the dignity fund. norman? high five to us. we did it. we did it. and we didn't do it by ourselves. mayor lee was right there with us negotiating and to all the colleagues that support that, forgetting katy and aaron who have we don't support satisfied, but to everyone else, thank you. the seniors, thank you. it's funny, those that don't support get a double bite of the apple. the city benefits from it, but you maintain your own policy integrity. i love how you work that out. i want to say we worked on banning the sale of large capacity magazines. supervisor stefani, i know that will be near and dear to your heart. we did it together. municipal bank task force. who is going to take the leadership of that? i'm passing it on. all right, it's going to take a double team, supervisor fewer,

but you're going to have to be mindful and again, hold people accountable. the gbd creating the first green benefit district. i think in the state. i want to say thank you to andrea and creating the baby cfc, that was created once the agency was dissolved back in 2012 and that was an initiative that dan, one of my good friends in the bayview brought forward. i want to end on a couple of things. i'm really excited about the future. i'm excited about the businesses that are opening up along the third street corridor from dog patch to the bayview community. i'm excited about the development that is happening in vicitation valley. finally, we need to keep that moving. and most importantly, i'm grateful for and thankful for the 2.5 million people that voted for me. can i just say, thank you.

thank you very much for leaving in me and allowing me the opportunity to continue to serve. not just san francisco, but now 23 counties of the 58 counties in the state of california. i have advice for you all. first of all, be fearless. you must -- you must dance as if no one is watching. you're not going to make any change if you think about what the implications are going to be if you think about will you have the votes -- although that's important, but you must be courageous in everything you do. and it's important to not become complacent and lazy. do not become complacent and lazy. one of the mantras i picked up from one of my trainers, he says if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. and i firmly believe that. if it doesn't challenge you, it

doesn't change you. whether you're doing 50 squats a day, or you're doing a plank challenge, if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you. we must continue to challenge ourselves to be all that we can be. live up to the dream of what san francisco really is. progressive, thoughtful, inclusive city. we can't leave anyone behind. raphael, always remember to speak in the mic. you have a tendency to speak like this and wanes off, i want to hear every word. speak into the mic. and valley and catherine, i want you to find your light and stand in it. okay? and the physical and the meta physical. physically, lighting is important. you want to look good in each and every one of them. but you also want to find your light as you find our voice on

this board, so you can continue to be a light to inspire women to serve. supervisor ronen, please continue to take my calls -- this goes for all of you. pp continue to take my calls and accept my feedback even if it's unsolicited. please respond to my text messages. and always to, supervisor safai -- i have a joke about supervisor safai. safai will come in, he likes what i call foreplay. he will come in, he will talk to you, he will smooth with you, ask your parents, how is your weekend, how is your workout? i'm like what do you want? what are your amendments? so maybe i'm slam, bam, thank you, but safai will come in and he will be kind [laughter].

we can laugh about it now. but i'm giving you a key to knowing who safai is. and the longer foreplay is, the more he wants. so remember that. and supervisor, i want to -- here's my advice for you, less is more, supervisor. less is more, supervisor. and supervisor, i think i got everybody. peskin, here's something for you. always find ways to socialize. even when you don't like a person. now this is a veteran move i've learned from him. and he is like a butterfly. he floats and then sometimes he'll sting you like a bee, but that's only tuesday at 2:00 he'll sting you. but you know what, i got to tell you, i learned a tremendous amount from you, supervisor peskin. you have anchored this body and we're going to be looking to

your leadership to continue to anchor us as we pivot into, i'd say, unchartered territory. when you think about things that are circling in the federal government and that federal sphere. when you think about things that happening in congress and the state level. we're in a new era. we're going to have new board members. i want you to find a way to celebrate and toast everyone. colleagues, i think that i've touched on everyone and to my two ladies, i'm so glad we've been able to get in formation together. supervisor kim, it's been wonderful. i remember when i was first elected, warren and i were just dating. we had dinner, dropped you off. we had a very good time. we had lunch a couple of weeks ago and it was refreshing. it taught me an important lesson and that is the importance to

break bread and remember your friends. and to remember that ultimately, it is our goal to serve all of san francisco. and we should not get caught up in the small-minded squabbles. and it's important to remember this as we transition, because you all have new members to teach. so in my parting words, all the work that is done in committee. do not bring anything to the full board until it isfully vetted and the work is done. with that, i want to say thank you for allowing me 27 minutes to share some of my wisdom and experience. and most importantly, my love. my love for all of you and love for serving san francisco and thank sfgovtv for always making me look good. thank you, sfgovtv, you're been fantastic. thank you, sfgovtv.

always look for the red light. [laughter] you guys have been stellar in committee. when i was at the retirement board. you always knew how to find the best malia. i appreciate it. folks, that's it for me. i'm done. madame clerk, any other business? >> we need to approve items 68, 69 and 70. >> president cohen: all right. we need to approve 68, 69 and 70? do we have open motion? same house, same call. without objection? without objection, unanimous. >> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the late miss carole schult. >> president cohen: thank you. well, that brings us to the end of our agenda. seeing there is no further business before us, thank you, we are adjourned.

[applause] . >> happy holidays, san francisco. hundreds of festive lights are illuminating san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse

gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works welcome all to enjoy the magic of the

>> can you please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. vice president mazzucco, i would like to call roll.

>> please do. >> vice president mazzucco. >> present. >> commissioner dejesus is en route. commissioner hurst. >> a commissioner breckner. >> a commissioner mazzucco, you have a quorum. also with us is william scott, the chief of police and the deputy director of the department of police accountability sarah hawkens, chief of staff, sorry. >> thank you very much, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the wednesday, december 12, 2018 san francisco police commission meeting. this will be our last meeting of the month as we head into the holiday season, so without further ado, call line item number one, consent agenda. >> receive and file action. request for approval to accept $6,000 donation from the san francisco police officers association for the sfpd wilderness program index fund. >> u a commissioners, you have in your packet a memorandum

regarding the police officers association donation, and we actually had one last week for the police wilderness program which is a great program that takes kids from the city to hiking trips. it was started by officer walter scott, the former son of the former chief of police. he started on his own with money and took kids out. it's a good program. is there any objections, concerns, or questions. hearing none, do i have a motion? >> second. >> any public comment regarding the police wilderness fund? hearing none, public comment is closed. all in favor? please call the next line item. >> two, 2a, chief's report. weekly crime friends, provide an overview of offenses occurring in san francisco, significant incidents, chief's report will be limited to a brief description of the significant incidents. commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the incidents the chief describes for a future commission meeting.

major events, provide a summary of planned activities and events occurring since the previous meeting including santa con. this will include a brief overview of any unplanned events or activities occurring in san francisco having an impact on public safety. commission discussion on unplanned events and activities the sheaf describes will be limited to determining whether to calendar for a future meeting. community engagement division highlights, provide an overview of recent activities coordinated by the community engagement division. and status update regarding environmental testing and building 606 low t kayed at old hunters point shipyard. >> thank you very much. good evening, chief. >> good evening, vice president mazzucco, commissioners, director henderson. i will start off the police report with overall crime trends. and in continuation from the last meeting last week, i am happy to report that overall crimes are down 8.72%.

that is 4,940 incidents below this time last year. total violent crimes down 2.08% which is down 127 incidents. and that's broken down, homicides are down 23%, with 13 incidents below this time last year. and gun violence is down 30% which is 57 incidents below this time last year. total property crime were down 8.89% which is 4,813 incidents below last year. led by auto burglaries down by 18.22% which is 5,376 incidents less than this time last year. of our homicides, we've had -- of the 43 this year, we have had 29 of the 43 were cleared, and 25 of those were cleared by arrest. and we had four exceptional clearance. and the suicide figures at this

point of the year with two weeks to go, we're tracking pretty good. it's the best we have beens in the past six years. so we're very hopeful that we can finish the year strong and work with the communities and start next year strong as well. that is a really good trend going into 2019. and in terms of our shooting victims of the nonfatal incidents, fatal, is 30% below this time last year. 22 of our 43 homicides were fatal. and that represents a 41% reduction in firearm-related homicides from this time last year. and i am going to talk a little bit and when i get to special events about the gun buyback that we are partnering with, united play is this weekend, but one of the things that we believe that the organization is

that working with many community partners including partners like united players and some of the many of the community organizations that we work with, it's a partnership. and we believe that that is helping us both address the violence and also solve the cases when we do have violence. so that is a good thing to report, and we will continue that momentum going into next year. a couple of significant cases that i would like to update you on over the past week including a shooting that happened yesterday in bayview at oakdale and baldwin, where two people were shot including a six-year-old child who was shot. they both are nonlife threatening injuries. but we're going to need the public's help on that. we don't have anyone in custody, and we're definitely asking if

anyone out there has any information regarding this shooting to call 575-4444. that is our tip line. we also had a hit and run early this morning overnight that involved a pedestrian that was struck at bush and leavenworth. unfortunately, this person that was hit passed away later in the morning at s.f. again. a 58-year-old female who was a san francisco resident. it was a hit and run. we don't have a suspect identified yet, and again, we're asking that if the public has any information regarding this this particular incident, call 575-4444. over the past week, santa con was one of the events that we had to deploy for over the

weekend. and there were 10,000 people and participants in santa con events and there were no official sponsor and a lot of people come to the city and enjoy the city and have a good time. and we have heavy deployment over the weekend for that event as well as a couple of other events over the weekend. in total, we don't have any significant problems. there were seven arrests for 6:47 and mostly being intoxicated in public. there is a pretty highly publicized incident that happened at a restaurant in polk street that was vandalized, but the two young ladies surrendered at northern station. and felony vandalism and

battery. those were the significant events this weekend. and we talked about the gun buyback coming up, and so now i'll give a highlight of the community engagement division events and over the past month and sfpd command staff and participated in the veteran's day parade. the san francisco auxiliary response team or alert hosted the fourth one at the police academy and prepares volunteers to participate and assist law enforcement in the case of a major catastrophic event that are volunteers and have gone through training to work with us in the event of a catastrophic emergency, and we can always use more volunteers. if anyone is interested in joining or being trained to be

an alert volunteer, please contact us. we had a disaster preparedness fair. actually, that was in september. but this was designed to prepare us for catastrophic events and security companies around the city and other companies around the city and participated with the commander and participate as well as some of the other officers. in the past months of 11 of food drives and meal give aways and that will continue into the holiday season. there is quite a few of those to report in december when i get to january report. but as always, the officers are out there engaged in the community and giving back to the community. and there is no better time to do it than the holiday season, so you will see us out and about

participating in many events in the next two weeks. and the last thing is the highlight that we are participating in the toy drive in conjunction with walgreens. and we kicked it off on november 16 and bins are at walgreens stores and san francisco police department locations and police station. if anyone has toys to donate, it is a very worthy cause and last year we collected over 9,000 gifts that we gave back to the community in cooperation with walgreens. that is very worthy event. and we encourage the public to participate. and last thing, november 17, we participated in our seventh annual bike for vets event. over 100 bikes which these are refurbished pikes in conjunction with many community organizations and we have an event at the atwater tavern

where veterans come and with the brief safety lesson and is a very, very good event. and the two years that i have been here and is gratifying to give back to the veterans that have served our country. that concludes this portion of our report. >> any questions for the chief regarding the statistics? only arrested six people for public intoxication? >> seven. >> saw about 600. but that is okay. anything further for the chief? okay. please call the next line item. >> i think there's one more under the chief's report. the status on 606. >> status on 606 and we have deputy chief bob mozer that is going to present. >> good evening, chief. and for members of the public, the commission has been

inquiring about the various news articles and concerns about the contamination at the hunter's point naval shipyard, specifically building 606 which houses the san francisco police department's crime lab and our evidence room, but at one point actually housed many of the specialty units from the tactical division t motorcycles, and so we have some concerns in light of the indictment and incarceration of those who are responsible for doing the testing out there. i know there's extreme neighborhood concerns by the folks living out there. so we have been asking for reports and there's been testing and i read some articles saying we shouldn't be too concerned, but again, our role is commissioners of the well being of the officers and to serve as civilians. and i know you have a very skeptical commission here tonight about whether or not we should have anybody out there. and i know that efforts are being made to move our officers

and civilian employees next year. that is already on course, but and we're prepared as a commission to do something sooner or later. i will turn this over to commissioner dejesus who is an expert in this the area in toxic torts and she will ask the hard questions, but feel free to give us your update. >> thank you. commissioners, chief scott, director henderson, members of the public, i am deputy chief robert mozier of the sfpd administration bureau joined with commander robert o'sullivan of the administration bureau, captain alexa o'brien of the facilities division, mr. anthony tave, our facilities manager, and mr. mark mateus and mr. kevin millani from the department of public health occupational safety division. so i am here to provide you an update regarding the current

condition at 606 and our current testing efforts. i would like to start off with a recap of our department's initial meeting with the employees of building 606 that occurred in july as this is going to frame my presentation tonight. so on friday, july 27, members of the police department along with members of the department of public health occupational health division t safety team, excuse me, and the environmental health division met with members of and employees of building 606 to address concerns regarding a recently written newspaper article regarding the cleanup efforts at the hunters point naval shipyards. as a result of that meeting, we came away with several takeaways that the department committed to doing. and before i go into the items, i want to stress that the department of public health has assured us and continued to assure us that building 606 and

the occupants are safe. and this comprehensive and health and safety assessments conducted at the bible and as of today and the report that i am going to give you t assessments have not produced any evidence of health hazards in building 606 and related to hunter's point naval shipyard cleanup. as concerns have been raised in the past and continue to be raised currently, and as we move forward, those are addressed and documented through the assigned and industrial generalist. and the has been the driving force of everything that we have done from july on the initial meeting july 27 to today. so as a result of our january meeting where we committed to taking several steps to not only ensure that the members and employees of building 606 are

safe but also that they feel safe. those commitments were the retesting of water for biological, heavy metal, petroleum-based contaminants, organic compound, and radiological contaminants. the retesting of air and settled dust in the building for contaminants including lead, asbestos and radiological and the removal of dirt or soil, excuse me, from a previous that occurred in in section 606 and the check of the water filtration at building 606 to make sure that it was operating properly. a test of standing water that occasionally will collect during the heavy rains in the crawl space area underneath building 606. and that test of standing water would be for the same

contaminants that we tested the drinking water for. and to provide test updates to the test results and test efforts, that the california department of public health was conducting in parcels a1 and a2 on the shipyards at the time. so with regards to air and dust, the d.p.h. conducted tests of air samples at fixed locations within building 606 as well as on a body monitor on an employee. and conducted tests of settled dust within the building. no lead or asbestos present in the samples and water, the p.u.c. conducted several tests of water and conducted a test of water going on to the shipyards at the crisp road sight. they tested water coming into

the building and testing of water samples at two locations within the building and kitchenette sink and a sink in the men's restroom. the sink in the men's restroom would you say at the terminus of the line, so the furtherest area of water supply, so if any water supply was going to be affected, that would be the most likely. the analysis for those tests included pesticides, herbides, heavy metals, petroleum, petroleum, hydrocarbons, trimethylanes, and volatile organic compounds, semivolatile compounds, total organic carbon, chlorine residual, fecal coliform bacteria, general water quality and radionucleotides. and the negative for pesticides,

radio nucleotides. and what the test did find was that there was a low level of chlorine in the water within the building, but it did not find elevated levels of coliform bacteria, so that was a good thing that the concern is if you don't have high levels of chlorine in the water, the concern would be bacteria contamination which they did not find. they did find elevated lead in one of the sinks. that was the sink, the furtherest at the terminus line t one in the men's restroom. what they did find is that lead that they found in that faucet was contained to the building. the water coming into the building was clean. the actual lead was found within the building, and it's believed that that lead is caused by within the pipes. so the p.u.c. as a recommendation f that water was

going to be consumed, to be deemed potable, to actual drinking water, not to wash your hand or wash a dish, but to flush the line for approximately 30 seconds to flush out any contaminants. we're going beyond that, even though people at 606 don't drink -- they are currently drinking bottled water. we are going beyond that and looking at installing actual filters on those faucets to as an added layer of protection for the water that is coming out of there even though we're not drinking the water. d.h.p. will be conducting further and ongoing tests regarding the water quality and we will have having those occur on a regular cycle for those areas within the building. a test of the exterior filters

determine they are working properly and the recommendation for that is just to make the schedule of the regular checks and regular maintenance and the soil from the rear of the building. when we had committed to eventually moving that soil out, we determined that we needed to test that soil before we remove it to see what was in that soil. that soil has been analyzed for fecal coliform, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, semivolatile organic compounds, t.p.h., p.c.b.s, pesticides and radio nucleid levels were below current release criteria set forth by the e.p.a., california department of public health, and the navy. the soil has also criteria has met landfill disposal criteria

and has been accepted t profile has been accepted for disposal at standard landfill. further comprehensive tests are pending by a certified health physicist, and they will include gamma exposure rates in the crawl space as mentioned, the surrounding parking lots and the immediate envelope of the building, and other areas of the building as deemed concerns or necessary by employees within the building. the certified health physicist is also going to be conducting tests from the hvac and floors and direct alpha and beta surface activity. we're looking at that testing to begin in mid january. future testing of the water and the crawl space, so department of public health went out after the heaviest rains that we have had all year, which were shortly after i believe the thanksgiving

holiday, and the water -- there was no standing water at that time underneath the crawlspace. as we get heavier rains and that water collects, we're going to be collecting samples of that and doing similar tests to the reflect the tests that we did on the water in the building. parcel a, so we have been providing regular updates to the members and employees of building 606. our most recent update to the employees at building 606 occurred this monday where we presented the results that i am presenting here tonight. the california department of public health has completed their scans of parcel a1 and then subsequently moved on to parcel a2, and if i can have the overhead projector here.

so if you will see, parcel a1 is right here and parcel a2. that is where the department of public health had conducted their testing. and included toe to ray and walkover scan. as they did their testing, which started, i believe, in the summer, they put out biweekly updates on their results. and what they found in all of their biweekly results which for parcel a1 and i believe there's 13, and for parcel a2 and i believe there's three. they did not find any anomalies besides elevated potassium levels which they determined that that was a naturally occurring substance and was not

a threat to public health. and the one anomaly they did find which was publicized was the deck marker. and they did find a deck marker during their scan of parcel a1. and that marker was buried approximately 10 inches deep understood beneath the soil. and with the soil that came from that pole and determined the hit they were getting was from the deck marker. the final report from the california department of public health is not out yet even though they have completed the testing and given these biweekly updates. that will be out in february. the navy will be conducting and starting in parcel g.

that is right here. >> can you put an x where building 606 is? >> parcel g is right here and building 606 is right there. and is across the street from parcel g where the navy will begin testing next year sometime around march is what i have been told. we are -- members of the department of public health and the police department are going to be participating in the tour of the naval point shipyards with the navy tomorrow to look at all the clean efforts and to be able to ask the navy any questions that we may have. that will be occurring tomorrow and certainly as we get more information and we will have additional meetings with employees at 606.

and before i take final questions, i want to thank our partners from the department of public health whofsh there from the beginning of this process and helped through this entire testing process as we move forward. with that, i would like to open it up to questions. >> thank you, deputy chief. i know you are a police officer, not an environmental scientist, so we appreciate your hard work. and i will turn it over to commissioner dejesus. >> look, i am not a scientist either, but i am going on just what i think the article and the e.p.a. blasts the navy for plan to retest soil at the san francisco shipyard and this is the august 17 article. we talked about that before. i guess the concern is that the navy basically says that -- excuse me, that e.p.a. says that the navy's plan to retest for radioactivity is inadequate and unscientific.

it says the testing that the navy was propose willing not provide the necessary confidence level to establish one parcel g would be suitable for redevelopment. and i guess that the plan was too cursory and did not reflect recommendations by the e.p.a. and the california department of public health. i am glad they are working with you and the question it leaves for me, are there any tests that the e.p.a. recommended be done in that particular area? are there any tests that were not done? and it says here the california department of public health had recommendations and the e.p.a. has recommendations for a better testing process. i am wondering if when they did the testing did they incorporate any of the e.p.a. recommendations on the testing? the other thing about the report is everyone saying it's great and fine, but but no one is telling us the type of testing they did, the type of equipment. there are different types of analysis fors as be asbestos

and just tell you there is fibers in the air or not, and not necessarily if they are asbestos fibers. there are other ways of looking at actually identifying asbestos fibers. and i don't know what the protocol is. sometimes when you are doing this type of research, they put a threshold. if i don't see more than five fiber, i am going to say no fibers detected doesn't mean there isn't any, but i don't have more than five. so therefore, my analysis is going to show none. i don't know the protocol that was used. i don't know if you know the protocol that was used. and according to all these articles and from asbestos i know every single exposure counts and contributes to the injury. you can't say which exposure can cause the disease. however, for the radioactivity, there is no safe exposure to radioactivity. the fact they found after they told us everything was great and

i think in the fall they found that radioactive piece of material tells us that something is missing. i think the e.p.a. is saying that the way the navy surveys the plant surveys for retesting that may miss critical radioactivity issues and may have to take more samples and propose to make reliable conclusions about safety. i don't know from your report if they did that. if they increased their amount of samples or the area where they did the sampling. i am notten an expert. so when it comes down to me is we have personnel there. and i think we're really taking a risk with their lives. i don't understand why we don't really put pressure on the mayor's office and expedite removing them. i can't remember. it was 42 employees that are there? and one of them -- some of them are there just for storage for everyday. and we had this discussion

before. so the report is great, but i don't know what measures were used and where. and did they increase the amount of testing and include the e.p.a. recommendations? i am still in the dark. >> sure. so first of all, this test and all the tests that were done at 606 are independent of the navy. so they don't involve the navy. the reason why we did this was to have a fresh start for lack of a better term to test from the beginning starting from july 27. this is what we committed to testing. and we were going to do the testing through the department of public health to make sure our people are safe and they feel safe. all the test results that i spoke about today which are hard copies in the bind rer posted on the commission's website. they are available for everybody to see. the actual testing parameters, i can't -- not the person to

really speak to that. i would have to turn to my colleagues at the department of public health to speak a little bit more about kind of how the testing parameters came about. but as i had mentioned, especially with the soil, that those levels were below levels at current standards set by the e.p.a. and set by the california department of public health. and set forth by the navy under current standards. could i ask you to come up, mark, and kevin, and maybe speak a little bit more -- >> that is great. i didn't see the report. i didn't -- did i see the report? did we get it? i can't remember seeing it. you didn't read the 600-page report? >> a little technical. so joining me is mr. kevin

millani and mr. mark mateus from the department of public health. they have been assisting us in this process with the testing and mark, maybe -- kevin, maybe if you can explain about the testing of the air and what that entailed and what we testing for. >> sure. please use the microphone. >> hi. >> can you enlighten us? >> of course. where would you like to start? >> i didn't go over this thing, but i am concerned with the e.p.a. says that california has certain areas or ways they want to test and the e.p.a. was making recommendations. i don't know what the e.p.a. was recommending and i don't know if we took that into consideration and did any of the stuff think were recommending, number one, and number two, how did you go about it and how did you come down to the analysis in terms of the dust that was found that was asbestos and the radioactivity?

it is out of my league for that. >> to preface everything, there will be a full report compiled by the department of health which we are waiting on the radiological screening before we complete that. that will be in deep detail and all of the methods used. but to start with the asbestos, we used the t.e.m. method. it is a modified protocol used by the school district which is very stringent specific to asbestos, so it can identify exactly specific asbestos fibers. and so whatever type of fibers they might find. all of those samples -- sorry if i am too close. all the samples and the static and the personal monitoring samples, all came back nondetect. we used field blanks as far as box blanks to make sure there was no contamination putting the cassettes on the pumps themselves. as far as the lead goes, again, that was also the occupational setting that we were sampling in and static and personal monitoring samplesd