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November 15, 1990
HONoRABLE CITY COUNCIL
Palo Alto, California
Attention: Policy and Procedures committee
Jlidt9WD Neighborhood Trillic stydy-Evaluation of Hocy¢r Park
NeigbborhqQ1 Association Recommendations
Heabers of the Council:
REPORT IN SF IEF
The purpose of this report is to respond to Council fS direction o.f
one year ago to evalua.te five recommendations of the Hoover PaTk
Neighborhood Association (HPNA) reqardinq the completed Midtown
Neighborhood Traffic Study and to refer that discussion to the
Policy and Procedures Committee~ The five HPNA recommendations are
summari~ed below:
L Move one existing road bUlCp and add two new road bumps on
Cowper street.
2. Improve the visibility of the road bW!l.ps by modifying the
striping or adding reflectors.
3. Change the height and cross sect,ion of the bumps to make them
more like those in Menlo Park .
• ~ Improve pedestrian visibility on Middlefield Road by adding a
pedestrian-activated flashing yellow light to the pedestrian
crossing siqns~
5. Add planters in place of the bulbouts that the consultant had
originally recommended.
HPNA' s letter also discusses two common objectie-.,s to the road
bu.ps (emergency services re~ponse time, and noise). It concludes
that the above recommendations will help reduce noise, and that the
e-.erqency services have continued to provide excellent service
despite the presence of the bumps~
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statt recolUlends that (a) no action be taken on recommendations
one.. three, and five; dnd (1:) the night time visibil ity of the
Xidtown bumps be improved by the addition of reflective pave~ent
tape or thermoplastic (r~commendation two}. Recommendation tour,
improveme~t of Middlefield Road pedestrian crossings r is the
subject of a separate staff report.
BAC!(GRQ(JNp
The five recoMmendations we:re contained in an October 23, 1989
letter (AttacluMnt 1) which HPNA presented to c~uncil at its
lIhl'e:tinq of November 6, 1989, when council was considerinq permanent
approval of the Midtown road bumps. At t..'lat meeting, Council
directed staff to respond to the recommendations at the same time
staff was to return to council vith a discussion of the possible
further application ot road bump3.
COWPER STRBIT BmfPS--CHPNA RECQ}QfENQATIOll ONE)
Recommendation one is to move one existing road bump and add two
ne\i road bUmps on Cowper street. The purpose of 1Dovinq one of the
existing bumps would be to slov traffic on cowper Street
approaching or departin9 froln the traffic light at the intersection
of Oregon Expressway and CO'Wper street. The purpose of addinq two
new bumps on cowper street would be to reduce the spacing between
axisting bumps in crder to reduce speeding between bumps4
Moving the existing bwnp closer to Or~l'I, Expressway would not be
acceptable, because a bump should be no closer than 200 feet to a
.ajar signalized intersection. This di5tance is necessary in
order to insure that th-e bump does not detract from a driver's
attention t.o the judgements needed in the Vicinity of a major
intersection. Also, the first bump in the series should be
preceded by a warning sign l~ted at least 200 feet away. The
sign should not be in the immediate viCinity of tne interse~tion,
because a driver probably will have his cr her attention focused on
traffic ROvements at the intersection.
The addition of t~o ne~ bumps vould be unacceptable because 500
feet is the most appropriate distar~e between bumps or between a
bWllp and a stop sign. The 500-toot spacing maintains a maximum
85th percentile speed of 30 mpb between bumps, the speed that staff
believes is the approprlate design speed for a road bump
installation. Recent speed .easure~ents on Cowper indicate that
the soo-toot spacing bas c':>J"'.sistently produced this desired maxiJII\UIII
speed for the two years that the bumps have been installed (ref~r
to Attachment 2). Rance, staff does not recoQmend any changes in
the mlaber or spacing of road bumps on Cowper Street.
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~ IIMt [~ two i. to lapr-o-ve the visibility of the bumps by
aodl tyl~ tl\e atr Jplnq Or' addlnq retlectorli1. The ~UlllPS are now
pelnte4 in & ·Jadd.r-~tter" [parallel lonqitudinal stripes), ~s
,tudi .. .nov t~t this pattern is the .ost noticeable to drivers.
This pett:.ra should b4 reta inec:J. The Midtown bumps do not have
~flectiv. a&rk.r.. Stat: does not recommend that raised
r-etlet;:tlve u.rk.rs be used in the roadway (except along the
centerlIne) beeeu~ they are very jarring to bicyclists and could
ce~ •• 10.. of centrol; they are noisy when driven over; and they
coaoe 100" after repeated poundinc; by tires. Instead, staff
r~nd. that visibllity be i.proved by replacing eXistinq
painted st.ripe. end legends 'With reflective pavement tape or
t.heraoplastic and reflective aarkers place<1 on aach bump on the
roadvay centerline. Tape and thermoplastic retain their whiteness
and reflective"' ••• 1\\lch lonq4!.r than paint, and th-e. centerline
markers will add additional night time visibility. This is the
lI1arklnq standard vbich staf"f Is recommending for any future bumps
in Palo Alto. The CQst to retrofit the eight Midtown bI..L"Ups is
;:.pproxh~at.ely $4ISOO and can be funded from the original 'Midto'"m
Road Bump Capital Improvement Project No. 13828.
~ AND QQNFIGYRATTON OF BUMpS--fHPMA BECQMMENDATION THR~E)
Recommendation three is to have higher bumps with a different cr-oss
section, making them more like those in Menlo Park. Staffls
specifications for the design and constru-ction of the Midtown bumps
were a duplicate of those of Menlo Park. These are also the
specifications contained in a study by the California Traffic
Control Devi~s Committee (an advisory committee to caltrans) and
are those of the City of Thousand Oaks, two agenCies that have done
extensive research on road bumps~ However, even with the same
specifications, differences in the final results can arise,
depending on factors such as care and attention of the contractor
to the guidelines. variations in materials and eq'.lipmer:t. and
strictness of tinal inspection.
Staff measured the height of all the ro~d bumps in Menlo Park and
Pale Alto.. The average. height of all of Me.nlo, Park.'s bumps, except
1893 oak, is the same as that of Palo Alto's (3.2 inches). (The
~ ~t 1893 Oak Avenue in Menlo Park is atypical in that it is 4~7
inches ~igh in one direction# and has been lowered after
construction in the other direction: hence, this bump was not
included in the averaqe.) However, none of H6nl~ Park's bumps is
less than three inches high while three of Palo Alto's are leas
than three inches. The height required in the construction
specifications is three inches, with a tolerance of ±~25 inch. The
height of the bump a~ 642 Marion is 2.8 inches~ eastbound: that of
2480 Cowper is 2.8 inche~, southbound; and that of 2593 cowper is
2 .. 6 inches, northbound.. The heights; in ~he otller travel directions
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of these humps end in both travel directions ot the other Palo Alto
bumps ranqe f~om 3.1 to 3.7 inches.
Public Works advises that asphalt should not be added to the oumps
in auounts less than about one inch because of the risk of creating
future maintenance problems trom unravelling of the new layer.
Furthermore, the asphalt ~ould have to be added not just to the top
of the bump, but also across the entire bump trom the leading edqe
to the trailing edge~ Thus, the original shape and length of the
bwap could not be maintained, alterinq in an llllknown or,:ay the impact
of the bUlJlp on traffic. In order to correct the height of any
bump, therefore,. it would have to be removed and a nel,,:' one
constructed. Staf.! does not recommend any changes because (a)
speed measurements indicate that all the Midtown bumps are
producing tbe maximum 35th percentile speeds between them that ara
expecteu with three-inch bumps spaced as the Midtown bu~ps are: and
(b) it .. ould cost approxi.ately $3000 to l"emOVe and replace a bump
ror the purpose of increasinq its height by one-fourth to one-half
inch.
The 12-inch taper ot the Midtown bumps at the edge of the gutter is
the same as that specified for Menlo Park's bumps. This taper is
the miniDum needed to avoid an abrupt change in height at the edge
o~ the gutter which, if encountered by a driver or-a bicycle rider.,
could cause dang~rous steering problems. Staff believes that no
chanqes are needed in the cross section of the bumps.
PEDESTRIAN VISIBILITY ON xlpoLErIEID ROAP-(BrMA RECOMl1ENDATIQN
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Recommendation four is to improve
Middlefield Road.. This is the subject
and. a separate staff report which will
date.
pedestrian visibility on
of a s.eparate detailed study
reach the Council at a later
pvmEBS INSTEAP OF BULBOQTS--(HPNA RECQKMENDAtION FIVE)
Recommendation five is to create bulbouts with small individ"-la.l
planters. The April 1987 final report for the Midtown Neighbo't""hood
Traffic Study., prepared by OKS Associates., recommended that
bulbouts be installed in conjunction with textured cross~alks at
five -qateway· locations as identified in Fiqures 6-11 and 6-12 of
the report (Attachment 3). At that time., stafr concluded that
bulbouts and textured crosswalks would be a good addition to the
neighborhood because tbey would help create a sense of identity and
increased motorist awareness of the residantial araa. However,
staff recommended against their installation because ot their hiqb
cost ~~ their limited ability to produce conclusive imp~ovements
in traffic flow and safety (CMR 400:7., 8/13/87, page 16).
Properly-constructed bulbouts., providing the type of landscapinq,
irrigation, drainage., and street sweeping provisions of the first
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permanent Ev~rqreen Park street closures would cost approximately
$75,000 t~ $100,000 per intersection. Bulbouts modeled after the
most re~ently-installed street closures 1n Evergreen Park and other
locations, which are smaller ar~ do not include irriqation,
drainaqe, or street sweeping provisions, would cost about $30,000
to $40,000 per intersection. These costs do not include textured
crosswalks.
Conceptual Plan and Cost Esti~ate
'rhi!. planters envisioned in the HPNA recommendation would be similar
to those Which existed along the centerline of a portion of ,Nelson
Drive, until recently. Figure 1 is a sketch of how planters might
be used to :fora the shape of a bllibout at a typical Midtown
neiqhborhood intersection. The hulbout 1!'l of the appr-oximate
di.e.nsions recollllJended in the OKS report. A series of :;:It least
seven planters outlining the shape of the bulbout is desirable,
rather than two or-three planters placed in the center of an
outline delineated solely with a pavement stripe. This is because
the purpose of bulbouts is to present the approacbing driver with
an actual narrowing of the roadway# creating the sense of a portal,
thereby cCI.usinq the driver to reduce speed and feel that. he or she
ia entering a special area.
The estiaated cost for bulbouts as shown in Figure 1 ranges from
about $4000 ~o $5000 per intersection (the cost tor a DT
interstllet,ion would be a:bollt the same). This includes 7-9 planters
per eorner# with plantings, to outline the shape of the bulbout_ a
white stripe to define the perimeter of the bulbout and to guide
traffic; and two 5mall reflector signs per corner, also to quide
traffic. The total cost for the five gateway intersections ~ould
thus range from about $20,000 to $25#000.
Maintenance
contrary to HPNAts recommendation, the planters and the adjacent
5treet areas M require maintenance. Maintenance # in fact# is
staff's primary concern. The Greenmeado'W Neiqhborhood Association
had a contract with the city to maintain the planters on Nelson
Drive. The Parks Division had qiven the Greenm~adow Association
$1000 per year for it to hire a gardener tc maintain the plantings.
Public Works moved the planters back into place if they were .eved
by· persons or vehicles, provided anchoring for the planters to
prevent easy movement# and repaired damaqed plant~rs. However, a
~e~ months ago, after about 15 years of maintaining the planters,
th~ Association re.t;Uested that the planters be removed because
Association members were no longer interested in ~aintaining the ••
Instead, they wanted something more ·permanent-(i.e., presumably
maintenance-free). staff had originally installed the planters as
a temporary measure to k~ep drivers from cutting corners.
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Public Works &~ the Parks Division are no longer in a position to
provide any type or .ainten4nce~ manual street Bweepinq, or funds
~or the maintenance of planters~ HPNA would have to be
responsible, at its cost, tor the mainte.nance and wa.tering of
planters and plantings, keeping planters in established locations,
replacing stolen or damaged planter-5, and street cleaning between
planters. A contract between HPNA and the City for such
aaintenance 'Would be possible, but tbe City Attorney's office
believes it would be hard to enforce and ~iqht e~se the City to
additional liability over which the City ",,'ould have little. or no
control. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that HPNA members
would desire to continue the maintenance for the life of the
planters ..
Because ot the cost, and the issues of maintenance and liability
discussed above, versus the uncertain benefits on traffic flow and
safety produced by the planters. staff believes that plaJ'lters
should not be installed ..
QVIRQN1WITAL ASSES$MEtiT
The staff' recommendations in this report are for administrative
acti~ that are categnrically exespt from the California
Environaental Quality Act. If, however, the council desired to
consider favorably any other HPNA recommendations, '&taff would
recmmend that the COuncil direct staff to prepare an environmental
assessment of sucb recommendations for future Council action ..
RECOKMpfDAT'ION
staff recomaends that:
(a) no action be taken on recollU:!.endations one, three and five of
the Hoover Park Neighborhood Association letter of October 23.
1989;
(b} reflective pavement tape or ther.oplastic and. centerline
reflective mar~ers be installed to replace existing painted
5tripes and legends at all the Midtown bumps, at an
approxiaate funded cost of $4500 (recommendation two): and
(C) improved visibility for pedestrians on Middlefi~ld Road
(recollDlendation four) be considered and resolved in
conjunction 'With a separate report that specifically addresses
this issue.
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Respectfully submitt~d,
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CAllL STOFFEL
Transportation Engineer
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Attachments:
KENNETH R. SCHREIBER
Director or Planning and
Community Environment
{it October 23, 198'9 letter fcom. Hcover Park Neighborhood
Association to City Council (6 pages).
(2) Midtown Road BuDps--Existing Speed Data
(3) Bulbout recommendation fro. Midtown Neighborhood Traffic study
(2 peg-es).
Related Staff Reports: CMR.:400:7, August 13, 1987, -MidtoW'n
Neighborhood Tr~ftic Study·
CMR:47l:9, october 121 1989, -Midtown Road
BUmp Demonstration Project--Fin&l
EValuation Report-
ee: Midtown Merchants' Association {Bajis Katwan)
HOOVer Park Neighborhood Association (steve Long)
Midtown West Association (Robert Debs)
west sayshore Residents l Association (MaUreen MOravick)
P&lo Alto Bicycle Advisory committee
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Associat ion
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HONORABLE CnY COUNOL
October 23. 1989
Palo Alto. California
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TIle members of !he Hoover Park Neighbo!-hood Assodation (HPNA) ,
have compleled In independent license pla,e traffic sludy to .:
measure chanses in through-Iraffic and in IOLaI ,olumes resulting ,0
from Ibe instaUation of road bumps in our neigbborbood. .'
Additionally. a traffIC questionnaire was circulated ._",ong M,dlown
neighbors 10 assess Iheir opinions on retention of the bumps. and on
Iheir Doise impact. The resulls of our study and the survey were
previously .ubmined uuder separale cover.
Our findings indicate grealer Irafflc reductions and .peed reductions
Ihan those measured by the City, but are basically in agreement with
the Cily Ibal bumps reduce traffIC 'tolumes and speed, Our survey
II so indicaies a 69% majority preference among the respondents fOT
retaining or increasing the number of bumps.
TIIere is a consensus among HPNA members tIlat tbe speed bumps
are only • partial solution for eDsuring residential and pedestrian
safety in the MidtGWD area.
When Ihe traffIC control improvemenlS were approved over a year
ago as a result of the Midtown Traffic Study. only some of the
c"anges recommended by the Iraffie consultant were approved. The
trame consuftanl lestifled in city council meelings tIlat the
recommendalions should be implemented as a complete package in
order for them to b.> effeclive. City .taff. however. recommended
implemenling only a few parts of the package. As a result. the road
bumps have bad lome of the desired effecl. but not as much as
desired. The tramc consultant was right. A. with aoy traffIC coouo!
device, road humps can be used eilher effeclively to get good r.sults.
or used improperly to ,.t mediocre resullS. Half Ihe solulion~b:t>
half the problem.
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Accordingly, we recommend the foU"",ing:
I) Move one road bump on Cowper StrOOl and add Iwo addilional
bumps on Cowper. One of Ihes~ additional bumps should be installed
closer to the Or~gon traffic light while lbe otber should be placed
between t~e two Colorado intersections (see attached figure). The
nrS! new ro.d bump OD Cowper Street closest to Oregon Expressway
will solve a problem that currently exists in Ihis area. Vehicles
entering Cowper at the Oregon inlersection are travelling very fast
due to the higber speeds on Oregon or to cross Oregon before the
traffic light changes. Traffic speeds at the firsl road bump are veri'
high. We believe that the much slower speeds necessary in I
residential district warrant a close pair of road bumps to act as a
'buffer .one' between two different road systems. This new road
bump helps reduce L~e 'speed up to m.~e the green light' oyndrome.
The Anion Coon opening 10 Cowper would also be safer. C'llrren~y,
the Anton Coun opening on Cowper al tbe high-speed Or.gon
inlersection is very baurdo.5.
The single existing road bump on Cowper between Muinn Avenue
and Colorado Avenue bas too mucb distance between otber road
bumps and slop sisn.. Previously published road bump teslS sbow
that road bumps placed more than 200·300 feet apart cause
.peeding up between road bumps. This mak .. sense. If perceived
r",ad impediments are (ar enough away for • :lriver, the driver will
speed up. Movin, thi~ road bump and adding another roughly
equidistant apart (a. per attached figore) will reduce the speeding
up syndrome. and redu~e road noise. This new road bump will also
prevent an unhalanced !raffle flow siluation. w. reel that 100 many
vehicles traveling DOrIIl on Cowper would turn left at Colorado
Avenue to avoid .. road bumps 10 get to Oregon.
Although the MidtOWil Road Blimp city siaff report of October 12,
1989 sbows on page 1 that the speeds 0<1 this section of Cowper bave
been reduced from 32 to 29 MPH ... e ,uspect that vehicles turning
from Colorado A venae are included which would hide the flct Ihat
CO.J>C' through-traffIC ,peeds up through tbis area. NO!
surprisingly, some residents in this area reel that .ehicles haven't
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slowed down at all.
2) The visibitity of the bumps should be improved to reduce
potential liability. This could be done by painting the bumps solid
white or by using reflective 4 loch squares. Slreet signs of any siu
or shape apparently bave little effecl on increasing the vhibility of
road bumps. On the first day th'l the road bumps were built. the
signs bad already bee. installed, but the streel paint was not added
until the next day. Local residents who expected the road bumps
and kne", they were being installed were nonetheless surprised
when dri¥ing over Ibe road bump< for the first Lime because they
didnl see rhe rn.
3} The size and configuration of Ihe Midtown road bumps appear
10 be milder than those tested in Menlo Park. The bumps also raper
off towards the sidewalk, but ,bould't. This encourages some traffic
to pass Ihe bumps at higher than posted speeds, and 100 elMe to the
sidewalks. The laleral cyon·section is also apparently not correct.
The simple experience of driving over tbe Men!o Park and the
Midtown road bump; shows that the Midtown Toad bumps are nOl
built tbe same. Properly built road bumps are increasingly less
comfonable as car speed incuases, but this is nOl true in Midtown.
We recommend that road bumps be re-configured to the correct,
higber profile.
4) Impro\'e pedestrian visibility 011 Middlefield by adding a
pedestrian·activated yellow f1ashin, light 10 the pedestrion crossing
signs. The warninll light would flash ror a specified period or time
and Slop aUlomatiatlly. A person on fOOl or bike is simply nOl
noticed by drivers watching other vehicles. Also add the texlured
crosswalks IS specified in the traffic consultants original
recommendation. Crossing Middlefield is by rar the most dangerous
pedeSlrian/bike activit)' in our lleighborbood.
S) Add planters in place of the bulbouts til at are in the
consuhant', original recommendaliDn.. Bulbouls are basically large
(12-15 reel in diameter) and protrude into the street to "onstrict
traffIC lanes. PI.nler. are small, cbeap, and already exist in several
places in Palo Alto. A concrete planler Cabout 3 reel wide by 3 reet
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mainltcanct.
Objeclions
or II! tbe variou, objections 10 Ihe road bumps. two are worlh
discussing --emergency services respon .. time and the noise.
Emergency vehlck response lime is delayed by road bumps.
According 10 city fire offICials. emergency vehicles trnel an
eSlimated 35 MPH on local '!!""Is bul must reduce speed to 15 MPH
over road bumps. If you assume SO Ceel for slowing down before a
road bump and SO feet for speeding up after a road bump, the
difference of 20 MPH in pea" speed ca!culale. 10 about a 6.8 second
delay al eacb road bump. Since every bome can be reached by going
over no more than 2 road bumps. the maximum delay seems 10 be
about 14 seconds.
Decisions affecting emergency vehicle response ti"", are basically
value judgements. While we appreciate the concerns of our
emergency services staff. their excelleD I service recOid indicates
that Ihey will find the best way to cope witb what they view as an
impediment.
Noise bas been Ihe most signWcan! neighborhood complaint (based
on our neighbocllood questionnaire publisbed October 14. 1989). The
true reason ror the percehed increase ill lloise is the occasioDa! sharp
bang thaI accurs wheD loose equipment bounces in the back of
lrucks. However. the loul amounl of overall tral'f'lC noise created is
less due 10 the reduced .peeds and volume or vehicles. The nature of
traffle noise is now different in IlIsl the sharp bang is more
noticeable than a fairly conslant roar.
o~< recommendations listed above will help eliminate some of Ihe
banging noise by reducing molorists incent;'e 10 drive over the road
bump. raster than they should. Because of the inadequate height
aDd spacing of the curren! road bumps. 100 many vebicles lind that
tbe road bumps are nOi uncomfortable enough to warranl a slower
speed.
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r. summary, the lest prosram bas conciusively ,hown that Ihe
bumps are effulive in achieving Itamc and speed reduclio",.
However, Iheir effectivene .. should be improved through
supplement.lion .... itb Ibe »beve modificalion •. The HPNA Sl101>81y
recommends ,b., road bumps be relained and expanded in the
MidlOwft arel, and Ibar tbey be implemented in olher neighborhoods
with simil., problems.
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COMPARISON OF 85TH PERCENTILE SPEEDS
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~OCATlOH 8ETWEEN Expected·· 'I' Before Hld After 15 mos BUMPS based on Bumps Demo Demo After
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2500 blk Cowper 500 29 31 30 29 30
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·Source: California Traffi~ Control Devices Committee, ~Subcommittee Repott on Pave~e"t
Undulat1ons\ pp. la, IS. Expected speed depends on bump spacing.
·*Measurements of speeds. may fluctuatE! up to approximately + or - 3 mph, So change~
of less than 3 Mph should not be consldered to b. partlcularly meanlngful or to be caused
conclusIvely by the road bumps.
***In January 1990, thls ,pa~lng was reduced to 230 feet from the previous 270 feet.
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