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| | | | The roll was called. | | | |
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| | | | The Pledge of Allegiance was said followed by an invocation offered by Fr. Robert Turner of Blessed Sacrament parish. | | | |
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| | | | The question was put: Are there any corrections to the Common Council Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting of February 6, 2007?
There being none, the minutes of that meeting were approved. | | | |
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| | | | Various commendatory and condolatory resolutions were read and adopted without objection. | | | |
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| | | | THE LICENSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: | | | |
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061087
| 0 | 1. | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to various licenses. | APPROVED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061088
| 0 | 2. | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to various licenses.
Minutes note: Return application of Owen Minahan to committee. | AMENDED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061088
| 0 | | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Licenses Committee relative to various licenses.
Minutes note: The court reporter was sworn in.
The question was put: Have the members of the Common Council read the Report and Recommendations of the Licenses Committee and any exceptions filed in this matter?
All members indicated that they had done so, Ald. Puente EXCUSED.
Ald. Puente subsequently requested unanimous consent to be added as having read the report and exceptions. There was no objection
The question was put: Are the following applicants or their counsels present and wish to address the Council?
Timothy Evans was not present
Antonios Anagnou was present by counsel.
Ald. Witkowiak moved that the Common Council enter the Committee of the Whole for the purpose of taking testimony relating to these matters. There was no objection.
Attorney Rodger Pyzyk appeared on behalf of Mr. Anagnou and addressed the Common Council.
Assistant City Attorney Bruce Schrimpf appeared and addressed the Common Council.
Ald. Witkowiak moved that the Committee of the Whole rise. There was no objection.
The question was put: Are there any motions relative to these matters? | APPROVED | Pass | 14:1 |
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061295
| 0 | 1. | Motion | Motion relating to the recommendations of the Public Safety Committee relative to various licenses. | APPROVED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061038
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to taxicab meter rates. | PASSED | Pass | 14:1 |
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061192
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to parking controls in various Aldermanic Districts. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061193
| 1 | 4. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls in various Aldermanic Districts.
Minutes note: Add the following: On West Hope Avenue and North 71st St. in all directions. | AMENDED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061193
| 2 | | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to traffic controls in various Aldermanic Districts. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061291
| 1 | 5. | Ordinance | A substitute ordinance relating to designated areas in which cruising is prohibited. | NOT APPROVED BY CITY ATTORNEY | | |
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061342
| 0 | 6. | Ordinance | An ordinance relating to procedures in matters involving the renewal, non-renewal, suspension or revocation of a public passenger vehicle driver’s license. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061292
| 0 | 7. | Communication-Report | Communication from the Police Department relative to 2006 third quarter crime statistics. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061332
| 0 | 8. | Communication-Report | Communication from the Department of Public Works Infrastructure Services Division relative to improvements to reduce vehicle speeds to reduce crashes on southbound IH-43/94 approaching the Plainfield Curve. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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| | | | THE FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: | | | |
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061194
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | Substitute ordinance to further amend the 2007 rates of pay of offices and positions in the City Service under control of the Common Council. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061195
| 1 | 2. | Ordinance | Substitute ordinance to further amend the 2007 offices and positions in the City Service under control of the Common Council. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061326
| 0 | 3. | Ordinance | An ordinance relating to budgeting and accounting procedures for grant projects and programs. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060512
| 1 | 4. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing attendance at conventions in 2007 by employees of city departments and board and commission members and further authorizing expenditure of departmental budgeted funds for that purpose. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061010
| 1 | 5. | Resolution | Substitute Resolution approving the form of the Preliminary Official Statement used in connection with the sale of City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, debt. (Comptroller) | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061215
| 2 | 6. | Resolution | Substitute resolution rescinding reserved commitments and appropriating funds from the 2006 Common Council Contingent Funds for the purpose of closing the 2006 financial books due to unanticipated shortfalls in current year operating expenses. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061313
| 1 | 7. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the carryover of 2006 authorization for general obligation and revenue based borrowing. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061314
| 1 | 8. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the sale and issuance of general obligation refunding bonds. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060939
| 0 | 9. | Communication | Communication from the Commissioner of Public Works updating the City's Prevailing Wage Schedule. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061211
| 0 | 10. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Employee Relations transmitting a communication relative to classification studies scheduled for Fire and Police Commission action. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061298
| 0 | 11. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Analysis Division transmitting various vacancy requests, fund transfers and equipment requests. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061302
| 0 | 12. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Employee Relations transmitting a communication relative to classification studies scheduled for City Service Commission action. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061330
| 0 | 13. | Communication | Communication from the Department of Administration - Budget and Management Analysis Division relative to amending the Positions Ordinance. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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| | | | THE JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: | | | |
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061180
| 1 | 1. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of Christopher McIlrath in the amount of $1,633.53 for loss of property. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061283
| 1 | 2. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of Patricia Ann Davison for property damage. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061284
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the appeal of Thomas Edelen, II for property damage. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061335
| 0 | 4. | Resolution | Resolution authorizing payment of the claim of Robert & Wilma Itson for property damage. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061305
| 0 | 5. | Resolution | Resolution authorizing settlement of the lawsuit entitled Estate of Felix Hopgood, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., for the total amount of $30,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061343
| 1 | 6. | Resolution | Substitute resolution directing the Department of Administration - Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek introduction and passage of state legislation relating to the manner in which the City of Milwaukee's Board of Election Commissioners is selected. | REFERRED TO | Pass | 15:0 |
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061093
| 0 | 7. | Resolution | Resolution relating to an appeal from Wilma and Robert Itson for property damage. (1st Aldermanic District) | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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| | | | DISALLOWANCE AND INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF THE FOLLOWING: | | | |
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061282
| 0 | a. | Resolution | Resolution relating to an appeal from Ken Dopierala, Jr. for property damage. (8th Aldermanic District) | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061307
| 0 | b. | Resolution | Resolution relating to the claim of Atty. Robb Marcus on behalf of Morgan Stencil for personal injuries. | DISALLOWED AND INDEFINITELY POSTPONED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060617
| 1 | 1. | Ordinance | Substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from Two-Family Residential to Local Business, on land located West of North Farwell Avenue and South of East Greenwich Avenue, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060705
| 2 | 2. | Ordinance | Substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from Local Business and Multi-Family Residential to General Planned Development, on land located generally on the East Side of North Downer Avenue and South of East Park Place and land located generally on the West Side of North Downer Avenue and the East Side of North Stowell Avenue, North of East Webster Place, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | PASSED | Pass | 13:2 |
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061141
| 1 | 3. | Ordinance | Substitute ordinance relating to the change in zoning from Industrial Heavy to General Planned Development, on land located on the South Side of West Mount Vernon Avenue and West of North 16th Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061158
| 0 | 4. | Ordinance | An ordinance relating to the zoning code technical committee. | PASSED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060846
| 1 | 5. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving the final plat of Oak Hill located on the West Side of North Granville Road and South of West Greenwood Terrace, in the 5th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061212
| 0 | 6. | Resolution | Resolution permitting a minor modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as Columbia St. Mary's Main Hospital Campus, on land located on the North Side of East North Avenue between North Prospect Avenue and North Lake Drive, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061309
| 0 | 7. | Resolution | Resolution approving the Land Disposition Report for the Redevelopment Authority property at 1205 West Mount Vernon Avenue for sale to Joseph A. Santoro Real Estate, LLC, in the 4th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061310
| 0 | 8. | Resolution | Resolution declaring the City-owned parcels at 519-21 and 525 East Wright Street surplus to municipal needs and authorizing their sale to Milwaukee Urban Gardens, Inc., to develop and maintain a community garden, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061311
| 0 | 9. | Resolution | Resolution permitting a minor modification to the Detailed Planned Development known as The Waterfront, located on the Northeast Side of South Water Street and East of South Ferry Street, in the 12th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061312
| 0 | 10. | Resolution | Resolution approving the Land Disposition Report for the Redevelopment Authority properties at 1320 West National Avenue and 1333 West Pierce Street for sale to Sunlite Building Corporation for industrial development, in the 12th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061321
| 1 | 11. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving the final plat of Concordia Subdivision located South of East Concordia Avenue and West of North Fratney Street, in the 3rd Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060928
| 0 | 12. | Communication-Report | Communication from the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission transmitting the 2005 Annual Report. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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| 1 | a. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege to Marquette University to construct and maintain additional conduit in the public right-of-way for the university campus at and adjacent to 1801 West Wisconsin Avenue, in the 4th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061184
| 1 | b. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege for change of ownership to 828 North Broadway LLC for a double excess door swing and for addition of two moveable planters and an ash can for the premises at 828 North Broadway, in the 4th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061185
| 1 | c. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege for change of ownership to Chalet at the River, LLC for exhaust fans and heated make-up air package in the public right-of-way for the premises at 823 North 2nd Street, in the 4th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061186
| 1 | d. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege for change of ownership to Brian Jost for a double excess door swing to project into the public right-of-way for the premises at 118-22 South 2nd Street, in the 12th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061187
| 1 | e. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege for change of ownership to Lake Cook - Sequoia Shopping Center, LLC for a retaining wall for the premises at 6801 West Brown Deer Road, in the 9th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061199
| 1 | f. | Resolution | Substitute resolution granting a special privilege to Terrace Row, LLC for a building encroachment at the third floor elevation for the premises at 755-785 East Kilbourn Avenue, in the 4th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061233
| 1 | g. | Resolution | Substitute resolution amending a special privilege for change of ownership to Simeth Investments, LLC for a backup driveway for the premises at 403 South Hawley Road, in the 10th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060392
| 1 | 2. | Resolution | Substitute resolution authorizing the honorary naming of West North Avenue, from North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to North 7th Street, as “Dr. James Cameron.” | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060692
| 1 | 3. | Resolution | Substitute resolution to vacate West Galena Street from the East Side of North 13th Street Easterly to its terminus, the Northerly 225 feet of North 12th Lane, and the Northerly East leg of alley in the block bounded by I-43, North 12th Street, West Cherry Street and North 12th Lane, in the 15th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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060892
| 2 | 4. | Resolution | Substitute resolution relating to the preliminary findings of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin relative to a water rate increase. | ADOPTED | Pass | 13:2 |
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061182
| 0 | 5. | Resolution | Resolution granting the Merrill Park Neighborhood Association permission to construct and maintain a gazebo in its neighborhood within a permanent limited easement for public enhancement at 3200 West Canal Street, in the 8th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061288
| 1 | 6. | Resolution | Substitute resolution determining it necessary to make various nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $50,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $994,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061289
| 1 | 7. | Resolution | Substitute resolution determining it necessary to make various assessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City engineering cost estimated to be $96,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $1,577,700. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061290
| 1 | 8. | Resolution | Substitute resolution approving construction of nonassessable public improvements at various locations and appropriating funds for these purposes with the City construction cost estimated to be $459,000 for a total estimated cost of these projects being $542,000. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061315
| 0 | 9. | Resolution | Resolution directing the City Comptroller to transfer funds, and create the appropriate accounts for the proposed railroad work as part of the replacement of South 29th Street Bridge over Union Pacific Railroad Company tracks in the City of Milwaukee with 80% Federal and/or State Aid under Bridge Replacement Program. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061316
| 0 | 10. | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the execution of a stipulation between the City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Union Pacific Railroad Company for the reconstruction and maintenance of the South 29th Street Overpass structure of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks between West Montana Street and West Cleveland Avenue in the City of Milwaukee. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061319
| 0 | 11. | Resolution | Resolution relative to allocating funds for the 2007 Recreation Facilities Construction Program in various Aldermanic Districts. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061320
| 0 | 12. | Resolution | Resolution declaring the City-owned vacant lot at 2520 North 6th Street surplus to municipal needs and authorizing its sale to Northcott Neighborhood House, Inc., for residential construction, in the 6th Aldermanic District. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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| 0 | 13. | Resolution | Resolution amending Special Privilege to L.W. PLM Limited Partnership in the public right-of-way at 1110 N. Old World Third Street to include sidewalk cafe, street fairs and non permanent ticket/information booth. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061205
| 0 | 14. | Communication-Report | Communication from the Budget and Management Division relative to 2006 capital projects. | PLACED ON FILE | Pass | 15:0 |
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061384
| 0 | | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | Resolution approving various final certified survey maps. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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061389
| 0 | | Resolution-Immediate Adoption | Resolution approving an Affidavit of Correction relative to errors contained in documents for the Final Plat known as Tara Vista Estates. | ADOPTED | Pass | 15:0 |
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| | | | There being no further business to come before the Common Council, the meeting was adjourned at 10:34 a.m.
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