MINUTES OF MEETING 
STONEYBROOKSOUTH 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 


The regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the Stoneybrook South Community 
Development District was held Monday, February 5, 2024, at 10:06 a.m. at Oasis Club at 
ChampionsGate, 1520 Oasis Club Blvd., ChampionsGate, Florida. 

Present and constituting a quorum were: 

Basan Nembirkow via phone Chairman 
Chris Manjourides Assistant Secretary 
Terry Siron Assistant Secretary 
Ron Phillips Assistant Secretary 
Gerrard Knights Assistant Secretary 

Also present were: 

Jeremy LeBrun District Manager 
Alan Scheerer Field Manager 
Dave Reid via phone District Engineer 
Vivek Babbar via phone District Counsel 

rrasr ORDER OF BUSINESS Roll Call 

Mr. LeBrun called the meeting to order. Four Board members were present in person 
constituting a quorum and one Board member joined by phone. 

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Public Comment Period 

Mr. LeBrun: Next item on the agenda is the public comment period. Just for the record, 
there are no members of the public in person and there are no members that have called in, so we 
will move onto the next item. 

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Business Administration 

A. Approval of Minutes of the December 4, 2023 Meeting 
Mr. LeBrun: The first item starts on page 7 of the electronic agenda and is approval of the 
minutes of the December 4, 2023 meeting. 


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On MOTION by Mr. Siron, seconded by Mr. Phillips, with all in 
favor, the Minutes of the December 4, 2023 Meeting, were 
approved, as presented. 

B. Consideration of Check Register 
Mr. LeBrun: On page 15 of the agenda is consideration of the check register. Checks #3456 
totaling $1,916,697.96. That is for the debt service that is being paid on the various bond issues 
which is why this number is larger than you would normally expect. General fund is check #814 
that is for $12, 241.45 and below that is the payroll fund for the Supervisors who are allowed to 

collect $200 per State Statute for the meeting. The grand total for the check register is 
$1,929,603.21. Behind that is the detailed check register listing all of the expenses. Happy to take 
any questions on that. Ifnot, looking for a motion to approve. 

On MOTION by Mr. Siron, seconded by Mr. Knights, with all in 
favor, the Check Re gister, was a roved. 

C. Balance Sheet and Income Statement 
Mr. LeBrun: Next is your unaudited financials through December 31, 2023. There is no 
action required on the Board's part. 

FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Business Items 

A. Discussion of School Traffic Issues 
Mr. LeBrun: The HOA approached the Board about some traffic issues. In front of you is 
a handout of the location that they described. At school dismissal times, twice a day basically, 
there seems to be some congestion in this area and families waiting to pick up their children are 
essentially parking on the side in the purple area waiting to get in to get their children. School is 
releasing and children are walking out to their cars. The HOA is a little concerned because in that 
neighborhood right in front of the school it is causing some congestion. They are worrying about 
the safety of the kids and them going out to the cars. We met with the HOA and brainstormed 
some solutions. The HOA representatives met with the school to troubleshoot. The CDD owns 
those roads so they are working with the school to discuss dismissal procedures. The HOA also 
asked if the CDD would be interested in placing no parking signs in the areas along the right of 
way to further illustrate that. There will be some legal procedures that we would have to go through 
which one would be a public hearing. We would have to advertise that public hearing in the 
newspaper most likely for the next meeting that we are looking at changing the parking rules in 

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the District. At that point, the public can provide input and then the Board can make changes to 
the parking such as adding a no parking sign. The costs of that would be the no parking signs, 
installation, and legal advertisement so there would be some cost involved of adding that if that is 
the direction the Board wanted to go. The HOA also discussed the school working on their 
dismissal procedures, suggesting extra staffmembers to regulate the flow oftraffic better whether 
directing cars or making kids cross safely at the crosswalk. It is on the school to make sure their 
children are dismissed in a safe manner. 

Mr. Phillips: The problem they have here is the people who are parking on the street are 
too lazy to go into the other entrance to stand in line. They tell their kids to come out here so I 
don't have to stay in line. There are a couple of people that park down the street almost to West 
Side and the kids walk out to West Side but block the roads. 

Mr. Manjourides: The procedure with that school is everybody has to go out the main door 
unless they are signed up to walk home. In order to be a walking student, you have to be within a 
certain area. A walking student can come out a different entrance but you still have to cross at the 
crosswalk. A lot of people put down that their kids are walkers but they are not walkers, they are 
being picked up. 

Mr. Knights: The one issue I see with the no parking signs is people don't give a damn. 

Mr. Siron: Who is going to enforce it? 

Mr. Knights: There is no place to park there, those are two lanes so you don't stop in the 
middle of the lane on any street. 
Mr. LeBrun: A good point to bring up is the CDD is not an enforcement agency so we 
would fall on law enforcement to enforce that no parking area. 

Mr. Knights: As an example, if you go to ChampionsGate Village, there is clearly a fire 
lane around all ofthe stores but on any given day there are five to six cars parked at the UPS store. 
It is a problem. I think the first solution is to have the school monitor who is walking home. If 
you're a walking student you are supposed to walk home and not be picked up. Ifyour being 
picked, up, you need to be on the list and go out the other door. 

Mr. Siron: I agree but some of that would be resolved if there were crossing guards there 
because they would make them go across the crosswalk to the other side toward Publix. 
Mr. Manjourides: The problem is the cars picking up the kids. Those kids are down as 
walkers but being picked up. 

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Mr. Siron: Do we have an idea of the projected cost of putting up these signs? 

Mr. Scheerer: Probably would be under $800 because they would have to put them on both 
sides of the road and do you want to put any on the entry side. Probably $800 to $1,000 for generic 
U channel posts with an 18 x 24 sign that says no parking. The way the no parking rules are, you 
have to have a starting point and stopping point. The company that we use does a lot of FDOT 
stuff so the signs are regulation. As the District Manager stated, there would have to be a rule 
making hearing first and that is a couple of months to put that together. 

Mr. Manjourides: I think the first thing we should do is have the school monitor the children 
that are being picked up because if they are being picked up by those cars then they should not be 
down as walkers. If you are put down as a walker you are supposed to walk home and not be 
picked up. Ifyou are being picked up you have to go out the main door on the other side. They put 
them down as walkers and they pick them up over here so they don't have to wait in line. 

Mr. Siron: We can't control the school, what they do or don't do. 

Mr. Manjourides: No, but we could ask them. 

Mr. LeBrun: The HOA has met with them at the school and we are on Board with trying 
to get them to improve their procedures. 
Mr. Knights: The bottom line is the only thing we can do is control the road. 
Mr. LeBrun: We own that portion ofthe road. 
Mr. Knights: The question is do we want to put signs up or not. 
Mr. Siron: J think we have to. 
Mr. Phillips: I think it's a good idea if there is enforcement. You can't get a police presence 

anytime hardly. 

Resident [not identified]: We met with the principal at the school and he struggles all the 
time getting the parents to do something. He said they are almost as bad as the kids. He says you 
tell them not to do something and they do it again. It has been brought up numerous times and we 
have directed some people to chime in and let you guys know. They asked about the traffic being 
bad and the parking on both sides then what you see is the kids are coming in and out between the 
cars. It is not a good spot a kid could get hurt pretty bad. 

Mr. Manjourides: In order for the children to be picked up on the side street, they have to 
be down as a walker and they are not really walking, they are being picked up. My suggestion 
would be to have someone monitor who the kids are and put them down as not walkers then they 

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have to go out the other door and be picked up by a car. They can't go out the door unless their car 
is there to pick them up. 
Mr. Knights: The only way to do that is to have somebody out on our street here monitoring 
the kids that are walking that way, are you a walker or rider? 

Mr. Phillips: Put a crosswalk in the middle where the drive is that goes into the school that 
is blocked off, put a crosswalk right there. There is a road that goes into the apartments and one 
that goes into the school. 

Mr. Manjourides: That is a good idea. 

Mark: One ofthe things they talked about was putting up some signs like no parking signs 
then that way the police can come in and give a ticket. The school might ask them to come in and 
do that at certain times like if they are parked and somebody gets a ticket and word gets around 
then nobody does it anymore. 

Mr. Siron: We are right on the county lines so who is going to do it. Osceola? I think you 
would have a hard time enforcing. It's not a bad idea but ifyou don't enforce it, you might as well 
not have a sign. 

Mark: I think when it gets bad that is what they will do, they will end up calling Osceola 
County and saying can you send someone here at this time. They go there and the signs are there 
and they give a ticket a couple oftimes and then word will pass around that you can't do it. 

Mr. Siron: I think Ron's idea of a crosswalk as well as no parking signs makes the most 
sense. 
Mr. Phillips: The crosswalk would allow the kids that live in the apartments to cross there 
then the people would have to stop and let the kids go through. 
Mr. LeBrun: The actual approved crosswalk is present; they would just have to walk up 
the sidewalk. 

Mr. Sheerer: We would have to ask the Engineer if it is viable. That is one in the middle of 
the road. Like Jeremy said the approved crosswalk is at Bella Citta and Oasis Club. You can't have 
two islands as that creates a safety hazard. 

Mr. LeBrun: If we are adding a crosswalk that is us now creating a hazard if they are 
walking across the road. I would recommend using the already approved crosswalk that is there. 
Mr. Knights: Why isn't the county providing a crossing guard there? They do down the 
street in Polk County at the other school. 

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Mr. LeBrun: If there is a general consensus that we want to add signs, we can see where 
everybody stands on that. 

Mr.Scheerer:The numberofsignswill bedictatedbythe length ofspace. 

Mr. Manjourides: There needs to be a sign at that gate because people stop right there and 
the gate can't open. 

Mr. Scheerer: We will bring a plan back. It sounds like you guys are in favor of adding the 
signs which means we need to do the rule making hearing. In the interim, we have a couple of 
months. I will get with my sign company and come back with the recommended sign plan and the 
Board can look at that and say yes or no we would like one here and modify that if that is okay. 
We can probably place signs there that say no parking, no standing, no stopping and then have one 
inthemiddlethatsays no school dropofforsomethinglike that.1thinkfor enforcementpurposes, 
you have to have the appropriate no parking sign. That is a good start if that is the direction the 
Board wants to go. 

Mr. LeBrun: 1have heard there is a motion to authorize staffto notice a public hearing on 
parking policies and we will set the hearing date for your March BaS meeting so at that time we 
willbringtheparkingplanwherethesignswill go.Thepublicwillhaveanopportunitytocomment 
which is part ofthe process and then the Board will have the information and make a final decision 
about potentially adding those parking signs. 

Mr. Manjourides: I think we should put parking signs on the way out on both sides. 

Mr. Scheerer: Yes, and we talked about doing it on the entrance as well. 

On MOTION by Mr. Knights, seconded by Mr. Siron, with all in 
favor, Advertising a Public Hearing for the April 1,2024 Board of 
Supervisors Meeting for a No Parking Zone, was approved. 

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS 
Staff Reports 

A. 
District Counsel 
Mr. LeBrun:Thatbrings usdownto staffreports. DistrictCounsel,anythingtoreport? 
Mr. Babbar: I wanted to update the Board on the legislative session that started January 9th 
and expected to run through March 8th unless it gets extended. No significant bills that would 
impact the operations. There are two things I want to highlight. They have not gone anywhere. 
They have done some first readings and committees but they are the ones that would most directly 
impact COOs. One would require CDDs to adopt a mission statement and then do an annual review 

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of performance measures and standards and require a report to be posted on the website. 
Personally, I think this is just a feel-good measure that someone put in somebody's ear that really 
accomplishes nothing. I expect it will be a minimal cost to the District as there will be boil plate 
that all special districts and COD's use for meeting the requirement. The other area is one that we 
have seen come up five or six times in the past few years. It increases the sovereignty waiver limit. 
That basically means if there is a lawsuit against the COD that the maximum award is capped 
currently at $200,000 per individual and $300,000 per incident. This year they are proposing to 
double it $400,000 and $600,000 and automatically increases with CPI. Last year the proposal was 
$500,000,000. I am not sure it will pass this year. It will pass at some point because attorneys are 
lobbying for it and it has not changed in probably over 20 years or so. Obviously cost of medical 
coverage and other damages have gone up but the statute has not changed. Ifthat does pass, there 
probably will be an increase in your insurance premium but again it is something we will monitor. 
That is all that I have to discuss. I will provide updates as sessions continue. 

B. District Engineer 
Mr. LeBrun: We will move down to our District Engineer, Dave. 
Mr. Reid: No, I have nothing to report at this time. 
Mr. LeBrun: Anything for the Engineer? Hearing none. 


C. 
District Manager 
Mr. LeBrun: I provided the school-based discussion documents that was my part of it. 
Happy to take any questions. 

D. Field Manager 
Mr. Scheerer: The architectural fountain is working and we should be pressure washing 
and prepping it for paint this month. We will work with Cascade the company that manages the 
fountain and does the maintenance so we will work with them on a shut down time. We will make 
sure we have all of the safety measures in place there. We are using the same company that worked 
on it years ago. Irrigation repairs are ongoing. We are working towards your 2025 budget already. 
We are putting in a cloud-based irrigation controller system called baseline and some master flow 
meters in here so we know when the water is running if it is not supposed to rain or we have a 
mainline break or something like that, that will detect it and tells us and we will have a shut off 
right away instead of losing water. The lights on the Bella Citta monument were repaired. We do 

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have a set of lights out on 27. I have met with a new lighting company and met with the people 
who do the main Campions Gate sign as you come in off 14. They actually suggested a monthly 
maintenance program so we are looking at that for you right now. They are in the process of 
assessing the rest of the lights. I know Bella Citta has about three or four maybe the gates out on 
one side. Whistling Straights has a bad ballast in the entry sign flashing so they are working on 
that for me now. We will fix everything accordingly but going to look for this agreement with 
them. They do paint the channel letters as well so that is something that we will work into your. 
budget for 2025 as well. The Bella Citta monument, we met with the stucco and repair people and 
are going to have to strip that monument. The kids love to hang out there and kick it. We are 
working on some safety measures as you say there is a school drop off and pick up there that you 
alljustapprovedapublichearing forbutwe willmakesurewewillhave all ofthesafetymeasures 
up. They are going to have to strip that down to the stud and replace some ofthe stud because the 
backing is bad. The pole that is there was made a little bigger so we can get in and check it but that 
should start within the next week to 10 days and shouldn't last more than two weeks for that repair. 

Mr. Manjourides: Tell them to put plywood behind it so when the kids kick it. 

Mr. Scheerer: There was plywood there but water got in overtime and finally exposed itself 
in the last six to 12 months. There is plywood, felt, the sheeting that goes over it then the stucco. 
It got exposed somewhere and water got in it. We hope to start that in the next week to 10 days. 
The27th fountain hadapump replacedandthe otherfountain wehaditcleaned offbecause itwas 
not running the other day so they came out and cleaned it. They did another one-off Whistling 
Straights in the other District as well and it is working well. We removed more dead pines and a 
couple ofpalmtrees. WeareworkingwithachangeinouronsiteguyDamonwho wasouraccount 
manager with Floralawn moved out of state. We have a new guy named Brian. 1 met with him 
several times and he is very knowledgeable. He was hoping to be here this morning so we could 
introduce him to you folks. But we are working with him and will meet with him later on this 
afternoon. The ponds that they are discing are pretty nice compared to just the straight discer, we 
have the nice design so that looks good. Floralawn is doing that. The dead palms, we are going to 
hold off obviously on Bella Citta. We want to make sure we get everything painted and get the 
stucco work done. We are looking at the mule palm as was suggested but again in talking with the 
University ofFlorida, they are coming up with a procedure now that ifyou have fusarium or lethal 
yellowing which is what took out the canaries over there, they want you to wait possibly up to five 

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years before even thinking about replacing palms regardless ofthe palm. We will work on that and 
continue to work with the University of Florida Extension office. Again, that new sign vendor is 
called Don Bell Signs. Mr. Manjourides gave me a heads up on a broken bench over at the traffic 
circle. We will get that pulled out and will probably look at replacing both of those because they 
are in pretty bad shape right now. If I missed anything, I apologize but will try to answer any 
questions you might have before we move on to the next agenda item. 

Mr. Siron: The fountain that you are doing, we had a report that there was some rusting on 
there? Is that why we are painting and doing all of that? 

Mr. Sheerer: Yes, back in the old days they used metal corner beam and now they use 
plastic so you don't get that comer rusting. We will have to sand that all down and put a rust 
inhibitor on there. It's the decorative fountain at the traffic circle. 

Mr. Manjourides: I don't know if you were involved it but I think that Phil from the 
Champions Club has got a bunch of requests and complaints when they tum into the Champions 
Club that the landscaping has grown up too much and sometimes they can't see the cars coming. 

Mr. Sheerer: I wasn't a part of it but was informed of it and met with Damon and Brian 
and the plan is to remove some of the plants from the line of site and maybe elevate some of the 
magnolias. It is frustrating to put a magnolia in a median like that, then it becomes overgrown and 
the next thing you know you are creating this stump before you get to the actual. That is something 
we are working on for the line of sight coming out ofthe Champions Club. 

Mr. Knights: I didn't think it was that bad. 

Mr. Sheerer: Me either, but I was in a pickup truck. Ifyou are in a Cadillac, you know low 
to the ground then I can see where it could be a line-of-sight issue. We will look at it from a lower 
vantage point other than my pickup truck. 

Mr. Knights: You have to pull out to see. I think it is at the 27-exit entrance. South on 27 
you almost have to get in the crosswalk to see down 27. This is probably more of a county thing 
but when you leave that 27-exit going North, there is a big hole. Do you know the contact there? 

Mr. Sheerer: That is Polk County. 
Mr.Manjourides:Ithinkitisthedrainage.Whenitrains, itpullsall ofthesand outofthere 
and makes a hole. 

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Mr. Sheerer: If there was a pothole on the Bella Citta entrance/exit from Bella Citta on 
Oasis Club towards the gait then that would be us, but any of the rest of those fall to the HOA and 
or the respective County. 

i. Proposals from Floralawn for Entrance Landscape Refresh 
Mr. Scheerer: We have in the agenda package several proposals to redo the three entryways 
coming into the community. You have the West side Oasis Club, the 27 and Palmetto Dunes, and 
then you have the Bella Citta and the Oasis Club. The first set of proposals that you are going to 
see in the agenda is ChampionsGate West side entrance, it was suggested to either change the look 
of the entrance and add more plants or because you have had really good success with the juniper 
and some ofthe plant material that is there is to remove it and replace with the same thing you see 
now. The problem that we are having is the juniper which is the low growing green plant is old 
and is problematic but has been pretty stable for you folks here. We got with Floralawn with 
Damon and his team and their design guys. The first proposal that you are going to see is the West 
side entrance the same plant material you will see is basically juniper, ligustrum trees, and some 
Indian Hawthorn for $14,000. The next entrance is the 27 entrance with the same material which 
is $16,000 and the other entrance which is the Bella Citta entrance in the same plant material is 
$15,000. You don't have to do them all at the same time. You can maybe pick an entrance. We 
can put some more money in for 2025 as we are coming up to the budget season. There is another 
proposal that says ChampionsGate West side entrance, which is West Side and Oasis Club Blvd, 
it gives you a list of plants. They are making some changes with some arboriculture nets, some 
dianthus, agapanthus, and blue daze up by the front. There is some arboricola, more blue daze and 
some African iris. There are photos that go along with all of that. The cost for that is $14,855.81. 
The 27 entrance is basically the same plant material just a different sized bed so you are looking 
at some different square footages and that is $16,695. The last one is the Bella Citta entrance which 
anything at Bella Citta I would probably hold off on until we get done with the monumentation, 
the work there with the painting and possibly the addition of no parking signs, that one is $16,967. 
There isn't anything I am asking you to do today with this other than take a look at it. You don't 
have to make any decisions today. If you have additional questions and would like to talk to me 
about it as it is a big nonbudget item but we have been getting calls about how these entrances 
look. If you have any suggestions, I could certainly work with you all or you can take more time 
to take a look at this and we can discuss it at the next meeting, that is up to you folks. 

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Mr. Phillips: Your first proposal had Junipers and Hawthorn. They are not my favorite or 
anybody else's here. 

Mr. Sheerer: It was a suggestion that I had from a couple offolks because it has been pretty 
successful.Ifyouwanttogo backwiththelike instead ofhaving nothing.We arepullingstuffout 
as it is going and not really putting anything back. 

Mr. Phillips: Hawthorn's get a fungus on them. 
Mr. Siron: That happens if it is sprayed. If you have the drip line and they aren't getting 
sprayed I think they stay fungus free. 
Mr. Phillips: The pictures of the second version look a lot better. It's a couple thousand 
dollars more but looks a lot better. 
Mr. Sheerer: You would have a lot more color instead of having green because right now 
it is all green. 

Mr. Manjourides: Are the plants in the front annuals? It shows yellow and red ones. 

Mr. Sheerer: The Dianthus is more of a perennial. It is not an annual so it will not be 
replaced. You already have annuals at your entrances. We are not touching any of the annuals at 
any of the entrances. This is all new plant material and will give a little color and they stay low. 
With the agapanthus it looks like a giant puff ball. You have green leaves and then a center stalk 
comes up and blooms then we cut the center stalk down and let it regenerate. The Ixora, the dwarf 
Ixora stay about 2.5 ft and always constantly bloom year-round and are yellow, orange, or red. 

Mr. Phillips: I think they can get frost bit is the only thing with them but they do come back 
though. 

Mr. Siron: Mine frosted last year and they came right back. 

Mr. Sheerer: Again, you don't have to make a decision today. Ifyou want to sit on this that 
is fine. If you have some recommendations. If you want to do one entrance this month and do an 
entrance in two months. 

Mr. Manjourides: We don't want to do Bella Citta anyway. 

Mr. Sheerer: We also have palm trees that we have been asked to replace. Ifwe can, we 
will do palm trees but if we can't, we will bring back another suggestion. Elaeocarpus is another 
name for Japanese Blueberry. They are a really nice trees but not a palm tree. The only palm trees 
that we have been replacing are the Sables on Palmetto Dunes and that will be another area we hit 
with that Indian Hawthorn like you all said. Personally, I would remove all ofthe Indian Hawthorn 

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and get rid of it and leave a nice mulch bed unless you all want color there on Palmetto Dunes 
going out to 27 but that is not a part of this. We are looking at the entrances now. 

Mr. LeBrun: There are a few different ways to fund items that are not budgeted. Typically, 
there is a transfer to your reserve account that can be pulled from different line items maybe 
underspent. That is something too if the Board wanted to place this on the next agenda, you have 
time to get feedback and look through and then we can see which expenses are trending lower and 
might have a better idea which would give you guys a chance to get all of the feedback after you 
have seen them in person. Our next meeting is April Ist that kicks off the budgeting process and 
then usually the hearing is set for the following meeting after your June meeting. 

Mr. Phillips: Let's make this happen as soon as possible, everything but Bella Citta. 

Mr. Sheerer: 27 and West side? 

Mr. Phillips: I think so. I think it looks great. 

On MOTION by Mr. Phillips, seconded by Mr. Siron, with all in 
favor, the Proposal for New Plantings at two Entrances 
(27/Westside), was approved. 

SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's Request 
Mr. LeBrun: That brings us down to Supervisor's requests. Do any Supervisors have 

requests? 

SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Adjournment 
Mr. LeBrun: Hearing no Supervisor's requests, we will just look for a motion to adjourn. 

On MOTION by Mr. Siron, seconded by Mr. Manjourides, with an 
in favor, the meetin ' was adiourned. 

ChairmanlVice Chairman 
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