our hydrogeologist, matthew hagerman analyzed the samples. they happen to have been taken from beneath the garage, an area that was reconstructed in 1980. in other words, according to matthew hagerman, hydrogeologist, these samples were taken from the only area on the site that is known to have been cleaned up, oddly reminiscent from what happened at hunters point, where tetratech took samples from an area that was known to be clean. we saw what happened there. carol karp found that there were impacted to the historic resources, but the pmnd found that it could contamination the resources of the historic adjacent foundation of 2421 green street. that's the pmnd. also, carol karp found that contrary to what the staff is telling you, the project does in fact affect views of the project from public streets. this is a photograph taken of the coxhead house from pierce street. those flags are the story poles that outline the outline of the project. clearly, they block views from the coxhead house almost entirely. according to u.s. versus montecito,

we have matthew hagerman, certified geologist, who's looked at the data and said there's still contamination at the site. remember, the mitigation measure here is if there is substantial earth movement, then the -- the developer is supposed to come up with a plan. that's not how ceqa works. you don't wait until humpty dumpty falls off the wall to put him together again. >> commissioner moore: my question pertains to the last part of what you're saying, and that is what the core of what the supervisors' concerns are, partially because we have real threats on historic resources of this kind and incidents where things happen which nobody anticipated. all of a sudden, the thing is gone. too bad, we didn't know. so the mitigating circumstances, while they may be correct as far as thinking goes, the reality of what happens when you're in the field, and all of a sudden, the soils slide, whoops, the thing is gone. and i see you nod and appreciate that you do, because there's a reality to wishful thinking about what you would do, and when it starts to slide, it's quicksand. you're done. it's kind of

our hydrogeologist, matthew hagerman analyzed the samples.hey happen to have been taken from beneath the garage, an area that was reconstructed in 1980. in other words, according to matthew hagerman, hydrogeologist, these samples were taken from the only area on the site that is known to have been cleaned up, oddly reminiscent from what happened at hunters point, where tetratech took samples from an area that was known to be clean. we saw what happened there. carol karp found that there were impacted to the historic resources, but the pmnd found that it could contamination the resources of the historic adjacent foundation of 2421 green street. that's the pmnd. also, carol karp found that contrary to what the staff is telling you, the project does in fact affect views of the project from public streets. this is a photograph taken of the coxhead house from pierce street. those flags are the story poles that outline the outline of the project. clearly, they block views from the coxhead house almost entirely. according to u.s. versus montecito, t

we have matthew hagerman, certified geologist, who's looked at the data and said there's still contamination at the site. remember, the mitigation measure here is if there is substantial earth movement, then the -- the developer is supposed to come up with a plan. that's not how ceqa works. you don't wait until humpty dumpty falls off the wall to put him together again. >> commissioner moore: my question pertains to the last part of what you're saying, and that is what the core of what the supervisors' concerns are, partially because we have real threats on historic resources of this kind and incidents where things happen which nobody anticipated. all of a sudden, the thing is gone. too bad, we didn't know. so the mitigating circumstances, while they may be correct as far as thinking goes, the reality of what happens when you're in the field, and all of a sudden, the soils slide, whoops, the thing is gone. and i see you nod and appreciate that you do, because there's a reality to wishful thinking about what you would do, and when it starts to slide, it's quicksand. you're done. it's kind of