mr. buehler put it very, very nicely. the staff has had a great deal of experience in this area. and their experience is valuable. and they have experience that really from a perspective that is totally different from that of anybody else has been involved in this or his -- or has been generous with their time to come today to speak to us. one of the things that's important about this commission is that we, i think, have not only the right, but the obligation to speak to the community on matters of preservation and to make our experience and observations available to the supervisors and it other departments and to anyone who is engaged in something that affects preservation so that we can help them accomplish what they are trying to do. and i view the amendments proposed by the department in that very light. it is helping them. it is not attempting to usurp anybody's ability to conform a consensus. the supervisors are probably in the best position to evaluate our experience and to make use of it should say see fit. so i will be supportive of the amendments. >> commissioner matsud

mr. buehler said some consistency to -- and to make sure that this legislation will have the clarity and will be stronger, as it goes through its implementation process. and i'm pretty sure that you know that we have a cultural heritage assets committee and commissioner hyland and i sit on that committee and we're really looking forward to having a conversation with supervisor ronen's office before this was passed. but that invitation is open and we hope we can continue to have dialogue with you. this is a very important thing to that subcommittee in particular but the commission as a whole. and i definitely think that the comments that are staff has presented and asking us to recommend today are not out of the ordinary. again, i think that it is very consistent and would provide a lot of strengthening and clarity to what you are trying to do. i also just wanted to comment about recommendation 5. i do think, though, that you may want to consider some priorities out of this and priorities created by the various districts because there are -- as well as flexibility, because there are so ma