>> john malmamut, city attorne's office. >> this is a matter concerning the city department. from the perspective of the building inspection commission authority under the charter, there are certain things that you got to look at, code changes, you make decisions about the director, deputy directors, but day-to-day operations is, in a sense, outside your control, all other than your reaction -- interaction with the directors. even if you want to collectively voiced a concern, this is ultimately a matter for the director to determine what is best. you can continue to conduct hearings on it. it is not on today's agenda, but if there was a desire to form a subcommittee, that may work more directly with the director and staff to see if there are ways to modify this program. that is one option. you can ask the director to create a staff working group. you can give some direction but you do not have any direct authority. >> i think we have rehashed already what has happened, so why don't we do this? wide and i make a new motion, recommend to the director that we put q-matic on hold