>> >> john gib ner, deputy city attorney. if you made this amendment two weeks from now or a similar type of tacking amendment two weeks from now it would require a one week continuance for another hearing and more public comment so i think the suggestion is make that amendment now and one of the versions in the file to avoid the continuance two weeks from now. >> okay. and our commitment is -- i guess we're having a discussion in committee. i would really hate to send out two pieces of legislation to the full board and not a good place to put our colleagues in. >> i think a number of issues i'm not on the majority on this committee so ultimately nothing would get out unless we have two members supporting it. if this wasn't a substantive amendment i would be happy to wait the two weeks but given how many hearings we had and the issue i raised about the backlog of this committee's work and trying to be efficient with the resources. >> and again i appreciate it. and just to be clear i do not plan to support the amendment if it'