. >> deputy city attorney susan cleveland noel. i don't know of anything in your rules that prohibits you from voting on consent item separately. ~ knolls i think it's unusual from your normal course, but i don't think that it's prohibited by the rules. >> since this project has been very difficult for all of us, very controversial, is and two major cycles over the years, i just want to make sure that we're doing it in a manner that we do not have to revisit it because it is indeed an exception to how we're dealing with this. i've never seen a split in the consent calendar approval and, so, i'm asking you to basically assure us that we are doing this correctly. >> again, deputy city attorney susan cleveland knowles. the commission secretary is usually the entity in the city that has jurisdiction over your rules. we can consult and advise you in the future about whether this is the appropriate course of action. >> if i may, there are times when you pull items off consent and vote on them separately as well. so, i would suggest it's