CC MINS 19891003M, I N U T E S
RANCHO PALOS VERDES. CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 3, 1989
C.U.P. NOe 23 AND GRADING Per their motion at the Sept.
PERMIT NO. 1251 SITE VISIT 19, 1989 meeting Council
(1804) visited the Tam residence at
32525 Seacliff Drive to inspect
the wall that had been built on the property and view
the slope of the backyard area. Upon completion of the site
visit, council adjourned to the 6:30 P.M. Closed Session.
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CLOSED SESSION, At 6*030 P.M. the meeting was
called to order by Mayor
Bacharach at Hesse Park Community Center, 29301 Hawthorne
Boulevard and immediately recessed to a closed session. The
City attorney announced that said session was being held
pursuant to Government. Code Section 54956.9(b) to confer with
or receive advice from legal counsel regarding pending
litigation as defined in said section.
At 70*30 P.M. the meeting reconvened and immediately went into
regular session which was called to order by Mayor Bacharach.
After the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, roll call was
answered as follows,
PRESENT: McTAGGART, HUGHES, HINCHLIFFEr AND MAYOR
BACHARACH
ABSENT, RYAN
Also present were City Manager Dennis McDuffie F City Attorney
Ariel Pierre Calonne * , Director of Environmental Services
Robert Benard, Public Works Director George Wentz, Finance
Director Kevin Smith, and City Clerk Jo Purcell.
The City Attorney announced that the Council had met in
Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a)
to confer with or receive advice from legal counsel regarding
pending litigation as defined in said section. Pursuant to
that title, Council discussed the matter of Citizens against
Undergrounding vs* Rancho Palos Verdes, Amador vs. Rancho
Palos Verdes and Segreto vs. Rancho Palos Verdes,
CEREMONIAL MATTER
Pat Dreizler in recognition
with the South Bay Juvenile
also thanked the members of
Committee for their efforts
City's Parks Master Plan,
Mayor Bacharach presented
a ceremonial proclamation to
of her 15 year tenure of service
Diversion Project* The Mayor
the Parks Master Plan Review
and dedication in revising the
WAIVER OF FULL READING Councilman McTaggart moved,
seconded by Councilman Hughes
and carried to waive reading in full of all ordinances and
resolutions adopted at the meeting with consent to the waiver
of reading deemed to be given by all Councilmembers after
reading of the title of such ordinance or resolution,
APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved on
motion of Councilman McTaggart,
seconded by Councilman Hughes and carried,
CONSENT CALENDAR The resolution authorizing the
destruction of certain city
records was moved to the end of the agenda for clarification.
The Consent Calendar was approved as follows on motion of
Councilman Hughes, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe.
MINUTES
The minutes of August 7, and
September 5, 1989 were approved
as presented.
RESOLe N09 89-93 Adopted RESOL NO* 89-93
COUNTY OF L.A. COUNTY REQUESTING AN ALLOCATION AND
AID TO CITIES (601 x 1404) PAYMENT OF COUNTY AID TO CITIES
FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF
SELECT SYSTEM STREETS*
LEGISLATION SCAG RESOL* Directed staff to send a letter
(306) supporting SCAG's position re:
the 1990 census,
CLEAN-UP DAY AT CITY HALL Approved scheduling of October
(302) 9, 1989 as clean-up day and
authorized the closure of City
Hall except for telephone service for that day.
RESOL* NO* 89-94 APPROVING (1) Adopted RESOL. 89-94
THE FIGHT GRIDLOCK*ORD* AND APPROVING THE FIGHT GRIDLOCK
EXPENDITURE PLAN (1502) ORDINANCE AND EXPENDITURE PLAN,
FEE WAIVER FOR PV ART Authorized the Director of
CENTER (1203) Environmental Services to waive
the application fee related to
Special Use Permit No. 74 for a Cook's Tour,
P.V. TRANSIT EXTENDED Approved extending the hours
EVENING HOURS (1505) of operation for P.V. Transit
on Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday evenings from 90#30 P.M. to 10**30 P.M. and allocated
$1,556 of Prop "A" Funds for a six-month trial period.
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RESOL. NO. 89 -95 Adopted RESOL. 89 -95 ALLOWING
REGISTER OF DEMANDS CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND
SPECIFYING FUNDS FROM WHICH THE
SAME ARE TO BE PAID.
The motion to approve the Consent Calendar carried on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: McTAGGART, HUGHES, HINCHLIFFE, AND MAYOR
BACHARACH
NOES *-p NONE
ABSENT: RYAN
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
RESOL. NO.. 89 -96 - VEHICLE
CODE ENFORCEMENT -
ROCKINGHORSE ROAD
(1502)
Mayor Ba:charach declared that
this was a continued public
hearing from August 15, 1989
The City Manager presented the-recommendation to adopt a
resolution to establish vehicle code enforcement on Rocking -
horse Road below Narbonne -Ave.
There being no response to the Mayor's call for public
testimony, she declared the hearing closed.
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -96 ESTABLISHING VEHICLE CODE ENFORCEMENT ON
ROCKINGHORSE ROAD BELOW NARBONNE AVENUE was presented by
title and ADOPTED on motion of Councilman Hinchliffe,
seconded by Councilman McTaggart and carried.
TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. Mayor Bacharach declared that
21015 APPEAL (1410) this was a continued hearing,
from the September 5, 1989
meeting.
The City Manager presented the recommendation to close the
public hearing and that Council should receive and file the
request since the applicant had withdrawn his application.
Councilman McTaggart so moved, seconded by Councilman Hughes
and carried.
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C.U.P. NO* 10 REVISION & Mayor Bacharach declared the
EIR 223 - REVISION APPEAL hearing open and the City Clerk
AND FEE WAIVER REQUEST announced that notice had been
(1804)
duly published.
The City Manager presented the recommendation to uphold the
Planning Commission's approval of the project with
conditions, thereby denying the appeal and denying the fee
waiver request.
Council inquired if any research had been done to relocate
this facility on property owned by the Redevelopment Agen I cy;
if any thought had been given to using the Ladera'Linda
facility for this archery club; and, the suggestion was made
that because of the remoteness of the area that a telephone
be installed at the facility.
Speaking in opposition to the use of this property by the
South Bay Archery Club were the following residents* Steve
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Goppert, 36 Cinnamon Lane,-who stated he was repege*nting the
Portuguese Bend Community Association; and Sunshine, -6
Limetree. Their objections centered around the safety factor
in having an archery range close to trails and hiking areas;
the consumption of alcohol by people participating in this
sport at that location; the increased risk of fire; and they
questioned whether all of the people who visited that
location were indeed members of the club.
Speaking in support of the South Bay Archery Club's use of
this property were the following** Bruce Primm, 17520 Elgar,
Torrance* Bob Pinkerton, 6364 Louis Avenue, Long Beach* and,
Lynn Cicotte, 26447 Basswood Avenue. These speakers
addressed the issue of safety by citing the fact that the
topography of the area was ideal for an archery range; that
the people who have access to the area were indeed members of
the club* that the site is,used mostly during summer evenings
and on weekends* and, that they have been operating in that
area for over 13 years without any accidents. They rebutted
the comment that the adjacent trail would be impacted by this
activity. Citing their efforts to find another location they
told the Council that the nearest archery range was in
Pasadena or El Monte,
Barbara Dyer representing the Trails Committee, related her
findings when she visited the site: active trails and a
number of pathways in the area that are heavily used.
Council then inquired if this activity could be integrated
into other City-sponsored recreation events and if staff had
considered such an arrangement. Continuing in their exchange
of comments, it was the Council consensus was that this
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-matter should be returned to staff for exploration of the
suggestion to integrate this activity into other Parks and
Recreation programs and investigate other land area's,
specifically the RDA property seaward of P.V. Dr. South,
Mayor.Bacharach moved, seconded by Councilman Hughes and
carried to remand this appeal to the staff for analysis,,
Councilman McTaggart moved to continue the hearing to the
December 5th meeting* Motion carried unanimously,
RECESS At 91#600 P.M. the Mayor declared
a recess. At 9:10 P.M. the
meeting reconvened.
AUDIENCE.QUESTIONS*
Responding the Mayor's call for questions not on the agenda
were the following residents,
Lois Larue, 3136 Barkentine Rd., who expressed her concern
for the DDT contamination in the effluent from the City of
Los Angeles. She-also inquired how the City handled toxic
waste pick-up from residences. Roy Fulwider, 28219
Hazelridge, requested that Council consider the problem of
the maintenance of walls on Hawthorne Blvd. and requested
that ' the Council consider formation of a architectural - review
board,
RECYCLING GRANT AWARD The City,Mana(jer presented the
POLICY (1301) staff recommendation to adopt
the policy as amended,
Warren Sweetnam, 7 Top-Raill President of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Council of Homeowners Associations recommended a
public hearing on the change in policy of the use of these
funds. Speaking on behalf of=the:Rockinghorse Road
Homeowners Association he inquired about the use of these
funds for private roads.
Speaking in support of using these funds to pay for the use
of a crossing guard near the Vista Grande School were the
following: Barbara Dye, 70.35 Hartcrest Drive* Pat Wright,
Principal of Vista Grande Elementary School and representing
the Vista ta Grande Neighborhood Association, 7056 Crest Road;
Jan Raymond, 6741-Monero;,, Chris Glassy, 6982 Verde Ridge
Road* and President of the. Vista Grande PoT*A*pl Eleanor Dye,
7035 Hartcrest Dr*, Kes-1 Keslavan, 6,902 Verde Ridge Rd.;
Lindy DiNoto, 7015 Hedgewood Dr. These speakers stressed the
hazardous traffic conditions in the.area of the Vista Grande
School which they felt justified the use of a crossing guard
and they stated their support for use of the recycling funds
to pay for such an expense.
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Council concern was expressed about the appropriateness of
using.recycling funds for this project and if another the
source of funding. could be found for this crossing guard,
Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by Councilman Hinchliffe
to approve the staff recommendation and the policy: (1) Allow
one request annually for an amount up to $3000 to any
homeowners association community group. (2) Funds may not be
used for the maintenance of public street surfaces. (3)'All
proposed projects.must -,be of a general benefit to the City or
be of direct benefit to the local area. (4) Proposed project
be cost effective. (5) All requests must include a detailed
cost analysis of the project plan with staff assistance
provided as needed. (6) All proposed projects be reviewed by
the Director of Public Works and submitted to the
Refuse/Franchise subcommittee for review and recommendation
prior to submittal to the City Council. (7) Funding priority
be as follows: (a) new�projects; (b.) new community areas or
homeowners associations. (c) continuing programs from areas
which previously received grants. (8) Grants may be awarded
to applicants for programs which are not related to
beautification or maintenance if evidence is -shown that., (a)
the applicant previously recycled and had direct revenue* from
the sale of recycling material and (b) that there is a
general City benefit. (9) Amount awarded should be related
to the number. of homes in the proposed grant area* (10)
Public Works Department shall monitor the project completion
and expenditures and payments will be released through the
Finance Department based on invoices. (11) Disbursements may
be made to advance.funds for purchasing materials based on
the approved requisition. ition. The motion carried on a 3-1 vote
with Councilman Hughes voting in-opposition.
APPEAL OF C.U.P. NO* 23 The City Manager presented the
NUISANCE ABATEMENT AT staff recommendation to dismiss
32525 SEACLIFF DR* the appeal-thereby upholding
(1701 X 1804) the�Planning Commission's
action -and establish a 30 day
time limit for completing the conditions of approval. Also,
to table the nuisance abatement proceedings to November 21,
1989 at which time,staff is to report to Council whether the
conditions approved by-the Planning Commission for C.U.P. Na,
23-Revision "HH" have been satisfied by the property owner,
Councilman Hinchliffe moved, seconded by Councilman Hughes to
deny the appeal and table the nuisance abatement until
November 21, 1989 at which time staff will report back
on the status of the conditions of the property,
A brief,Council discussion ensued about how the natural
contour of area could be restored* the fact that the
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parties had been notified very early in the process but still
continued to build the wall; the original slope of the back
yard* and, whether staff could work with the applicants to
try and prevent loss of area in the backyard.
Councilman Hinchliffe moved, seconded by Ma - yor Bacharach
to reconsider condition No. 1 of Exhibit A" to the
Conditional Use Permit* The motion carried on a 3-1 vote
with Councilman Hughes voting in opposition. After
discussion of this condition it was amended to read "the
graded area of the backyard shall be modified to a
contour that meets the Development Code of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes." The amendment carried on motion of Councilman
Hinchliffe, seconded by Councilman McTaggart,
PARKS MASTER PLAN FISCAL The City Manager presented the
ANALYSIS (1201) staff recommendation to (1)
adopt the Parks Master Plan;
(2) Approve the recommended three year priorities; (3) direct
staff and the Recreation and Parks Committee to refine plans
for acquisition and development' of the projects and establish
a timeline* (4) designate that the $49,968 transferred from
the R&P Fund to the General Fund in FY 1989-90 be set aside
for park development use,*' and, (5) designate the revenue -from
the sale of the Narbonne Ave. right-of-way lot for
development of the Miraleste site,
Warren Sweetnamy representing the Rockinghorse Road
Homeowners Association, inquired about the funds received
from the sale of the Narbonne Right-of-Way and asked if
they would be used to improve the loop trails in that area.
He inquired if a definite location for the trail easement had
been decided upon since that would impact the value of that
property.
Since a question still existed about the location of the
easement, it was the consensus that the recommendation
designating the use of�the funds from the sale of the
Narbonne Avenue Right-of-Way be removed from the staff
recommendation and be put on the City Manager.1's Status
Report,
Lois Larue, 3136 Barkentine, inquired about the precautions-
the City had taken to ensure that it is getting the true
market value for the property. (Mrse L.arue was informed that
the County is selling the property.)
Council requested a report on the status of this item-at the -
next meeting,
Councilman Hughes moved, seconded by Councilman McTaggart to
approve the staff recommendations Number 1. 2, 3 and 4.
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RECREATION AND PARKS The City Manager presented the
COMMITTEE (1201) staff recommendation to: (1)
-approve the establishment of a
Recreation and Parks'Committee; (2) direct the staff to
advise the members of the Parks Master Plan Review Committee
of their eligibility to apply.
It was the consensus of Council to adopt the staff
recommendation and notify all applicants who have applied
to the City within the past year that the Recreation and
Parks Committee would''be.rees'tablished and they would be
eligible to apply i6r appointment *
PARK SITE NAME -''G90UND'. The City Manager presented the BREAKING CEREMONY (1201) staff recommendation to: (1)
name the Sanitation Districts
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Park site the "Eastview Park it. and (2) set Saturday, October
28, 1989 at 10*000'A.M. as the date for groundbreaking
ceremonies,
Councilman McTaggart moved, seconded by Councilman Hughes and
carried to adopt the staff recommendation'.
LANDSLIDE MORATORIUM'
EXEMPTION N09 30''. LOCATION
202 SEASCAPE (1801)
square foot deck, subject to
exhibit,
The City Manager presented the
staff recommendation to approve
the applicant'.s request for a
moratorium exemption for a 255
the conditions listed in the
Councilman Hughes moved,,seconded by Mayor Bacharach to adopt
the staff recommendation. The motion carried rried on a 3-0-1 vote
with Councilman Hinchliffe abstainina.
LETTER FROM CALIF* REGIONAL A brief Council discussion
WATER QUALITY CONTROL RE. ensued and inquiries were made
SANTA MONICA BAY RESTORATION whe*ther'this was an annual
PROJECT (1402) request; what funds would be
used to make this c6n'tribution* whether this contribution
would be spent merely on overhead* and,
if the contribution
should be based 'upon what' directly benefitting cities had
contributed. Councilman Hughes moved, seconded by Mayor
Bacharach to contribute $10,000 for the restoration project
and that the funds would be appropriated out of the
Contingency Fund* The motion died on a 2-2 vote with
Councilmembers McTaggart and Hinchliffe voting in opposition.
Councilman McTaggart posed-a motion to provide $2,500 based
upon the fact that other beach cities benefit more than
Rancho Palos Verdes from this project. The motion was
seconded by Mayor Bacharach but failed on a 2-2 vote with
Councilmembers Hinchliffe and Hughes voting in opposition.
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Councilman Hughes 'moved, seconded by Mayor Bacharach and
carried to table this item until the next meeting.
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CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.
ZIP.CODE LEGISLATION Mayor Bacharach moved, seconded
(306) by Councilman McTaggart to ask
Congressmen Anderson and
Rohrabacher to-co-sponsor this zip code legislation and to
request the League of California Cities, Contract Cities
and the National League of Cities to support this
legislation. A brief discussion followed and concern was
expressed that this legislation may result in the City having
two zip codes considering the fact that the City now has a
population of 45,000 people.'*
ALARM SYSTEMS MEETING Mayor*Bacharach reported on the
on the September 27 meeting
with representatives of the
various alarm companies. At that meeting it was determined
that a uniform alarm enforcement procedure should be I
established for all of the Peninsula Cities. It was also
decided that the City Managers would devise an annual-permit
and fine procedure and will report back to the Regional
Committee with their recommendations,
BUS SHELTERS.& BENCHES Councilman McTaggart reported
(1505) that several of the benches in
the bus shelters were slanted.'
and that the tile on the roofs of these shelters was not as
depicted in the design presented to Council. Staff was
requested to make sure that on the new shelters that the
proper channel tiles are used on the roofs and that the
benches are level,
SIGNAL TIMING Inasmuch as difficulties-
had been encountered with the
signals at Dupre and Eddinghill
Councilman McTaggart inquired about the possibility of
getting spare parts for those signals. Staff reported that
those,signa-ls are scheduled to be upgraded. Citing the lack
of ramping material at the-temporary undergrounding plates
along Hawthorne Boulevard, Councilman McTagga . rt requested
that staff contact the contractor and request that they be
adequately ramped,
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES TEAM BUILDING
19, 1990 retreat for the - City
STATUS OF COUNCIL
DIRECTIVES
Status of Directives.
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It was the consensus that
reservations should be made
at this January 17, 18 and
Manager and the City Council,
Council requested that an item
regarding the Hawthorne
corridor study be added to the
OCTOBER 3. 1989
COASTAL RIDGE REZONING Cornell Lewis, of ps'omas
Engineering, 901 Corporate
Center Dr., No,, 20.1, Los Angeles, spoke against the= Rezoning
and in particular against the rezoning of the area in which
the Kajima project was included.. He said that that
particular area:is completely surrounded by developed
property and,requested that the.-Kajima Tract be removed from
the area under consideration to be rezoned,
Lois Laruer 3136.Barkentine Rd., told the Council she had
been studying landslides on-the south side of the Peninsula
since 1974, and was very excited about the proposal to rezone
the area above Palos Verdes Dre South because of what she
felt to be serious landslide problems in the area. She then
stated that she felt the Presley Development had destabilized
the Barkentine Canyon area.. She described the crevasses that
she found ' near the Wayfarers Chapel after a fire had cleared
the brush from the hillsides,
Steve Kaplan, 1334 Park View., Manhattan Beach, rep-resenting
A & H Associates, the new owners of the Watt Property, re-
quested that the project be excluded from thi-s area to be
rezoned. Richard Bara, 1 Peppertree, recommended that the
Council consider alternative No. 3 (adoption of an interim
ordinance restricting development of land within the study
area that i,s.not presently within the landslide moratorium.
area pending
completion of the rezoning,.s.tudy.) He also requested that
Council consider.the idea of expanding the Q overlay and make
the entire area a Q zone,
After discussion it was the consensus that the Watt project
would not be reopened for this rezoning concept; that the
staff should come back with the Forrestal Project analyzing
it on its own merits and as a part of the overlay district *
It was also the consensus that the Kajima Project would not
be included'in the rezoning,
TRACT NO* 38512/FORRESTAL The City Manager presented the
& PALOS VERDES DR. SOUTH staff memorandum of October 3rd
(1411) which described the property
encompassed in this project,
the adjacent existing
residential area and the character of the homes built in the
Seaview and Ladera Linda area and how they compared with the
homes currently being constructed.
Council inquired if this Project met the setback re-
quirements*
r if it complied with all of the Development code
requirements; and the.effect of the realignment of Palos
Verdes Drive South on the project,
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Further discussion followed about the size and design of
homes currently being built and the timing and implementation
of a change in the Development Code dealing with these large
homes. It was the consensus that the staff should complete
Code Amendment No. 28 which dealt with this issue,
FIFTH TUESDAY WORK SESSION It was the consensus that no
(307) work shop would be held on the
5th Tuesday in October,
NUISANCE ABATEMENT The City Manager presented
AT 5500 PALOS VERDES DR. October 3rd memorandum
SOUTH (1701) which summarized Mr. Lightman's
proposal to meet the City's
concern of minimizing the potential for water intrusion
into the slide zone.
Representing the property owner was his attorney Robert
Reamer, 23505 Crenshaw Blvd., who suggested that the City
Council give his client an opportunity to present the latest
information received from various contractors whom he had
contacted to perform some of the remedial work,at his
property. He said that he had received a report from a leak
detection company and that he had met with the staff and it
was his belief that there was agreement on most issues except
the barn. He said that they needed additional time to.get a
report from a geologist. He stated that his geologist felt
that the pool did not present any additional danger,to the
slide area. He said that the lattice work did not present any
additional danger either. He requested that the hearing on
this matter be continued to the first meeting in December*
Mr. Lightman, the owner of the property explained his efforts
in trying to get the necessary responses and information for
the City,
Sunshine, 6 Limetree, stated that if the barn had been built
to adequate construction standards that it not be destroyed.
Council then discussed the fact that the directions given to
staff were not negotiable and that they were items that had
to be accomplished* questioned whether some of the
suggestions from Mr. Lightman were mitigating measures or
trade offs* whether the panel of experts had looked at this
particular leak detection system; and, if this particular
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project should be brought before the panel of experts for
their examination. Councilman Hughes moved, seconded by
Councilman Hinchliffe that since the applicant had not been
able to produce a satisfactory agreement that the nuisance
abatement go forward. The motion carried on a 3-1 vote with
Mayor Bacharach voting in opposition,
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ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR:
RESOLUTION NO. 89 -97 - Lois Larue, 2136 Barkentine,
DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN stated her objection to the
CITY RECORDS ( 3 01) destruction of certain City
records and requested access to
them.
After a brief council discussion on the availability of these
records RESOL. NO. 89 -97 AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF
CERTAIN CITY RECORDS AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 34890 OF THE
GOVERNMENT CODE OFTHE STATE OF CALIFORNIA was presented by
title and'ADOPTED on motion of Councilman Hughes, seconded by
Councilman Hinchliffe and carried unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT At 1:30 A.M. the meeting
adjourned on motion of
Councilman McTaggart,
MAYOR
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
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