i do want to complement sue hestor as a wordsmith with her term "metastasize." [laughter] i agree with the comments of the other commissioners that we might take a better look at section 3 of 4, because it may become even more confusing in the future. however, i actually want to get beyond this and into the enforcement action and into the eir and into the conditional use items. that is where the worth of this commission will take place. >> because the closing of the hearing does not require a vote, what i am hearing is a desire to close the hearing? >> [unintelligible] >> which would then allow the acceptance. i use that term very deliberately. closing the hearing and "accepting"the mass your plan does not mean that you are agreeing with. you are accepting the information. i want to give an update on where we go from here and the other processes as a commissioner. we have pending on many of the properties -- to be able to move up forward on those. the environmental impact report is under way. to be clear, the eir is not required for the master plan. there has be