. >> my name is amy brownell. [speaker not understood]. as you stated, supervisor kim, there was a hearing here on september 11th at the full board where you heard a little about the status of the navy's clean up at treasure island. and then on september 18th, the navy and supervisor kim's office co-hosted a community meeting on the island to present updates and answer questions from residents regarding the navy's recent findings related to the radiological clean up program on treasure island. the september 18th meeting was well attended by residents and provided another opportunity for the public to hear directly from the navy, the california department of toxic substances control, the california department of public health, and our office, the san francisco health department. the purpose of tonight's hearing is to assure you that treasure island is safe for current residents and workers, and will continue to be safe throughout the navy's clean up program, and will remain safe after the property is transferred and redevelopment begins. i

again, amy brownelle with the san francisco health department. the question is why certain areas were scanned by the california department of public health and then they sent the reports about that information. again, remember that the new information came out in the supplemental memorandum and these new areas were designated as radiologically impacted which does not mean there is contamination problem. it means there is a possibility that you need to investigate the areas. and, so, the concern was one of those areas in particular was a residential area. so, we wanted to respond very quickly and asked california department of public health to scan those newly designated areas where people were living and working to verify that there wasn't any current health and safety concerns. and then we -- in addition, those five extra areas, the light blue areas on the map, this was sent to the residents october 5th where additional high traffic areas that they wanted to verify that there wasn't any concern. so, some of the other residential areas, there is