COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES

COLVILLE BUSINESS COUNCIL

Special Session

March 21st, 2024

Resolution Index

Condensed by, Raylene Ensminger, Executive Office Assistant

Present:

Jarred-Michael Erickson, Karen Condon, Cindy Marchand, Patrick Tonasket

(present at 3:44pm), Norma Sanchez, Dustin Best, Shar Zacherle, Roger Finley,

Andrew Joseph Jr., Joseph Somday, Debra Wulff, Alison Boyd-Ball, Steve Carson

Delegation/Leave:

Mel Tonasket

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Condensed Recommendation Information

Colville Business

Council Vote Tally

To approve the letter of support for the Friends of Republic

Library. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

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To approve ISEP Program Adjustment for Grant NO.

A23AV0886. The grant is increased by $132,200.00 for

FY23-24, for a total grant award of $3,784,212.00.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To accept amendment #10 to the I.H.S contract #248-960001 for Tribal Lease funds in the amount of $450,020.00.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

Rationale: Timelines.

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Rationale: This budget is a

time sensitive distribution.

It is requested from the

BIE representative to

return signed with a quick

turnaround.

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WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation (the “Tribes”) is a federally

recognized Indian tribe organized and established pursuant to a

Constitution and By-Laws adopted by the members of the Tribes

on February 26, 1938, and approved by the Commissioner of

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Indian Affairs on April 19, 1938 (as amended from time to time,

the “Constitution”); and

WHEREAS, Article II of the Constitution provides that the Tribes

shall be governed by the Colville Business Council (the “Colville

Business Council”); and

WHEREAS, the Colville Business Council possesses

constitutional authority to approve the Tribes entering into

contracts, which power the Colville Business Council has

continuously and openly exercised since on or about the date of

the effectiveness of the Constitution; and

WHEREAS, the Tribes desire to (i) design, construct and equip

an approximately 45,000 square foot facility to house primary and

specialty care medicine, dentistry, optometry and vision care, a

full-service pharmacy, and other healthcare services to be known

as the Omak Health Clinic in Omak, Washington, within the

reservation boundary (the “Project”) and certain related facilities,

including without limitation, (ii) make loans or capital

contributions to one or more Colville tribal entities for the

purpose of funding costs associated with the Project (the

“QALICB Transactions”), and (iii) certain New Markets Tax

Credit transactions in connection with the Project (the “NMTC

Transactions”; together with the Project and the QALICB

Transactions, the “Project Transactions”); and

WHEREAS, the Colville Business Council also desires to enter

into a financing arrangement with KeyBank National Association

(the “Lender”) in an aggregate amount of up to $35,500,000 (the

“Financing”) to fund the Project Transactions, including, without

limitation, the costs, expenses and legal fees related to the

Financing and authorize the Tribes to enter into the Transaction

Documents (defined below), and to obtain certificates of deposit

and pledge the same as security for the obligations of the Tribes

arising in connection with the Financing; and

WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Management &

Budget Committee that the Colville Business Council approve

such documents as the Tribes determine necessary and

appropriate to obtain the Financing and any necessary certificates

of deposit required in connection therewith, including the

execution of documentation that grants a limited waiver of

sovereign immunity (including what the Tribal Code and tribal

court case law may refer to as the inherent or common law power

of sovereign immunity), provides for dispute resolution

procedures, and grants a security interest in certain securities

accounts and certificates of deposit owned by the Tribes to secure

the Financing; and

WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the Management &

Budget Committee that the Colville Business Council approve

and authorize the execution and delivery of the Transaction

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Documents and certificate of deposit account and related

documents, pursuant to which the Tribes will make certain

representations and warranties, agree to certain limited covenants,

and agree to a limited waiver of sovereign immunity (including

what may be called the Tribes’ inherent or common law sovereign

immunity) and specified dispute resolution provisions in favor of

the Lender.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the Colville Business

Council, acting for and on behalf of the Tribes, hereby ratifies any

and all prior actions heretofore or hereafter taken by any officer or

officers of the Tribes in connection with the Financing and the

matters described in this resolution be, and hereby are, ratified,

confirmed, approved and authorized in all respects as the acts and

deeds of the Tribes as fully as if each such action had been

presented to and approved by the Colville Business Council prior

to being taken.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the Colville Business

Council, acting for and on behalf of the Tribes, hereby approves

the Financing in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed

$35,500,000 and approves and directs that the Tribes obtain and

maintain certificates of deposit from time to time in an amount

necessary to support the Financing (as required by the terms of

the Transaction Documents). The Colville Business Council

hereby approves the form of each of the following documents

(collectively, together with such other instruments, certificates or

agreements as may be required thereby, the “Transaction

Documents”):

(a)

the Credit and Security Agreement between the

Tribes and the Lender, including any exhibits, schedules or

addenda attached thereto (the “Credit Agreement”);

(b)

the Facility A Term Note of the Tribes in favor of

the Lender ($20,000,000);

(c)

the Facility B Term Note of the Tribes in favor of

the Lender ($15,500,000);

(d)

the Non-Impairment Agreement between the

Tribes and the Lender;

(e)

the Depository Agreement for Restricted

Collateral Account among the Tribes, the Lender, as secured

party, and KeyBank National Association as custodian; and

(f)

the Agency/Custody — Pledge Conflict Waiver

by the Tribes in favor of the Lender;

in each case in the form presented to the Colville Business

Council, and with such changes as may be approved by the

Chairman, the Chief Financial Officer the Comptroller or the

Chairman of the Management & Budget Committee (each, an

“Authorized Officer”). The Colville Business Council hereby

further authorizes and directs the conversion of the Credit

Agreement and each other Transaction Document into the final

form thereof, together with such changes or modifications as

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deemed necessary or desirable by an Authorized Officer upon the

recommendation of legal counsel. The Authorized Officers, acting

alone or together, are hereby authorized and directed to execute

the final form of Credit Agreement and each other Transaction

Document in the name and on behalf of the Tribes, and such

signature shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of the

Colville Business Council hereunder.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the Colville Business

Council, acting for and on behalf of the Tribes, further authorize

each of the Authorized Officers, acting alone or together, to

execute such other documents contemplated under any

Transaction Document, including, without limitation, borrowing

requests, notices of conversion and compliance certificates from

time to time, and such documentation as may be required from

time to time in connection with obtaining, replacing and renewing

certificates of deposit with KeyBank National Association in

accordance with the Transaction Documents, and such other

documents, agreements, instruments and certificates as he or she

determines necessary and appropriate in connection with the

Financing, including, without limitation, amendments or

restatements thereof.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the Colville Business

Council, acting for and on behalf of the Tribes, do further

specifically approve and adopt as law of the Tribes, the limited

waivers of sovereign immunity of the Tribes (including what may

be called the Tribes’ inherent or common law sovereign

immunity), the waiver of exhaustion of tribal remedies, and the

agreement to arbitration, in each case described therein as

irrevocable, in favor of the Lender as set forth in the Transaction

Documents.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the Colville Business

Council, acting for and on behalf of the Tribes, do further

specifically approve and determine, for the sole purpose of the

Financing and for the transactions contemplated in each

Transaction Document, each of the following (collectively, the

“Arbitration Provisions”):

(a)

The Transaction Documents contain provisions

requiring the Tribes and the other parties thereto, if elected by any

party thereto, to submit to binding arbitration for resolution and

final determination of certain claims (each, a “Claim”), and such

provisions shall be and hereby are valid, irrevocable and

enforceable.

(b)

If any action or proceeding is commenced in any

court or dispute resolution forum of the Tribes (a “Tribal Court”)

with respect to any Claim, and any party thereto elects to submit

the Claim to binding arbitration in accordance with the terms of

the Transaction Documents, then it is the intent of the Colville

Business Council that, notwithstanding any provision of any code,

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ordinance, rule, regulation, statute or other law of the Tribes, (i)

all matters governed by the arbitration and dispute resolution

provisions contained in the Transaction Documents shall be

honored in strict accordance with their terms, (ii) the agreements

to arbitrate set forth in the Transaction Documents shall be

enforceable in the Tribal Court and such other courts as are

contemplated therein, and (iii) without limiting the generality of

the other provisions hereof, all such matters are specifically

excluded from the application of any contradictory or inconsistent

provisions of the Law and Order Code (including Section 1-1-71,

22-102, and Section 7-1-30 thereof).

(c)

Any party may make application to a Tribal Court

for an order confirming an arbitration award with respect to a

Claim (an “Arbitration Award”), and it is the intent of the Colville

Business Council, and the Colville Business Council hereby

provides in accordance with Section 2-2-201 of the Law and

Order Code, that each Arbitration Award is intended to be

confirmed and reduced to a judgment by the Tribal Court strictly

as provided by the arbitrators and shall be enforceable in the

Tribal Court and such other courts as are provided in the

arbitration and dispute resolution provisions of the Transaction

Documents.

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Authorized Officers, acting

alone or together, are hereby authorized and directed to execute

and deliver, and to attest to the final forms of the documents

referenced in this Resolution when the same have been prepared

for and in the name of the Tribes, and such execution and delivery

shall be deemed as conclusive evidence of the approval thereof.

The Colville Business Council and any and all other officers of

the Tribes are hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the

Tribes, to do any and all things and to take any and all actions,

including execution and delivery of the agreements described in

this Resolution, assignments, certificates, requisitions, notices,

consents, instruments of conveyance, warrants, and other

documents which any of such officers may deem necessary or

advisable in connection with the execution and delivery of the

Credit Agreement and each other Transaction Document. The

Chairman or Designee shall sign all pertinent documents.

To amend Resolution 2013-332 Elders Wells Dam Quarterly

Elder Stipend, Health & Human Services Committee per

resolution has officially designates elder’s status of 55 years

of age or older. The amendment will take effect the first

quarter of FY2025 November Stipend from PL75747012 for

all eligible tribal members 55 to 62 years of age the payment

will be $500.00, all eligible tribal members 63 years and

older payments will be $750.00. These payments will

remain in effect as long as the funding source can sustain the

payments and are evaluated annually. The Tribal Enrollment

will set an appropriate timeline for cutoff and

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disbursements. Chair or Designee to sign all relevant

documents.

To amend Resolution 2023-544 to approve the PND

Supplemental Agreement #2 revising the scope of work with

a new maximum payable amount of $471,141.45 and a

revised completion date of December 31, 2025. The

Agreement LA-8978 end date will be December 31, 2025.

Chairman or Designee authorized to sign any pertinent

documents.

To approve the consulting contract between the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Justice

AV Solutions (JAVS) in the amount of $120,349.10. JAVS

would replace the existing equipment in the Colville

Business Council Chambers, as well as a portable system for

other meetings outside of Colville Business Council

Chambers. Chair or Designee to sign all relevant documents.

To approve the attached Memorandum of Agreement

(MOA) between the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation and Lake Roosevelt Community Health Center.

Agreement is for a communications hut to be placed on the

tribal tract. Chair or Designee to sign all relevant

documents.

To sign the attached agreement between the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation and CostQuest

Associates, LLC. Agreement is to review and challenge

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband

mapping for Tier C. No Dollars associated. "For the sole

exclusive purpose of enforcing this agreement and solely as

to Licensor, Licensee provides an express limited waiver for

sovereign immunity on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation and Bigfoot Communications,

LLC" Chair or Designee to sign all relevant documents.

To sign the attached agreement between the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation and CostQuest

Associates, LLC. Agreement is to review and challenge

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband

mapping for Tier 2. No Dollars associated. "For the sole

exclusive purpose of enforcing this agreement and solely as

to Licensor, Licensee provides an express limited waiver for

sovereign immunity on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation and Bigfoot Communications,

LLC" Chair or Designee to sign all relevant documents.

To approve the Confederated Tribes of the Colville

Reservation Early Childhood Education/Head Start to apply

for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for

Action: Indigenous-Led Solutions to Advance Health Equity

and Wellbeing FY 2024-26, in the amount of $750,000.00.

This funding will facilitate the continuation of research

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necessary to complete the Stim'aspu?us (What's In Your

Heart?) culturally and place-based parenting program in

collaboration with Dr. Alvina Marris and the University of

Washington's Seven Directions Program. The Tribal

Chairman or Designated representative is authorized to sign

all pertinent documents.

To authorize and directs the Colville Indian Housing

Authority (CIHA) to submit an application for the Indian

Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program- Competitive Grants

(FR-6700-N-48) prepared and submitted on behalf of the

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) by

the Tribally Designated Housing Entity (TDHE) for New

Construction housing activities; through the United States

Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Colville Business

Council, through the Community Development Committee,

authorizes CIHA, the TDHE, as the sole applicant on behalf

of the Colville Tribes and delegates CIHA the authority to

administer and manage said Indian Housing Block (IHBG)

Program - Competitive Grants (FR-6700-N-48). Resolution

1997-495, designated CIHA as the TDHE, approved August

28, 1997. Chair and/or Designee authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

To accept the Grant Award from the Washington State EV

Charging Grant Program for award amount of $902,000.00

for EV installation at Lucy Covington Government Center,

Omak Headstart, Omak Clinic, and Omak Tribal Trails.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the 2024 May Elder Quarterly Stipend, from

account PL75747012, in the amount of $350.00 to each

eligible tribal member age 55 and older of the Confederated

Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Elder Stipend shall be

distributed on or before May 1, 2024. Eligibility for the

Elder Stipend shall be: age 55, enrolled and living as of

midnight of April 13th, 2024. The following shall not apply

to the 2024 May Elder Stipend: Debt Set-Off Ordinance and

Retro Active Payments. Department hold list is due April

17th, 2024. The following departmental holds shall be

approved for deposit into the tribal members IIM account:

1. Social Services (Regular) Court Order/Voluntary consent

for adults.

2. Enrollment - Deceased Elders/Unclaimed Checks past 90

days.

To authorize the Chairman to sign and send the attached

letter of support for Franklin County's appropriations request

for paving the road between SR 261 and Palouse Falls State

Park.

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To submit the Inchelium Senior Mealsite project to our Fifth

Congressional District Representative, Cathy McMorris

Rodgers, for consideration for the FY 2025 Community

Project Fund. Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all

pertinent documents.

To submit the Convalescent Center project to our Fourth

Congressional District Representative, Dan Newhouse, for

consideration for the FY 2025 Community Project Fund.

Chairman or Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent

documents.

To approve the MOA between the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation and Inchelium Language & Culture

Association for the purpose of ensuring the preservation &

revitalization of the Native Languages of the Colville

Reservation as provided in the agreement. Chairman or his

or her Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve Alison Boyd-Ball's invitation to join the

American Indian and Alaska Native Behavioral Health

Center of Excellence (AIAN BH CoE) National Advisory

Committee (NAC) for a period of five (5) years from 20242029. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

In order to promote open communication with our

membership we will live stream all Colville Business

Council Committees effective April 15, 2024. This

resolution shall supersede all previous resolutions.

To adopt REIGN EMERY MARCELLAY, as applicant

meets requirements of Section 8-1-160 of Enrollment

Ordinance and Constitution of the Confederated Tribes of

the Colville Reservation.

To approve the ACF (Administration for Children &

Families) reallocated additional PEAF (Pandemic

Emergency Assistance Funds) for Colville Tribal TANF in

the amount of $129,610.05. NO TRIBAL DOLLARS.

Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve State Fund Services Budget Mod for an increase

award amount of $48,691.00 and total award amount of

$71,459.00. Chairman or Designee to sign all pertinent

documents.

To amend Resolution 2024-189 and approve the Second

Amendment to the 2024 Schedule of Events. Changes shall

be to the Omak Poll location from Omak Behavioral Health

to Omak Head Start and the time of the Primary Poll

Certification from 10:00am to 11:00am.

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To appoint Jarred-Michael Erickson as the Delegate and

Patrick Tonasket as an alternate to the NO on Initiative 2117

advisory committee; and be it further the recommendation

of the Natural Resources Committee to provide support to

the Washington - NO on Initiative 2117 Campaign; and BE

IT FINALLY recommended by the Natural Resources

Committee to formally oppose the efforts of Initiative 2117

to repeal the Climate Commitment Act. WHEREAS, the

Washington State Legislature passed the Climate

Commitment Act (CCA) in 2021 through collaborative

climate advocacy efforts of Tribal Nations and

environmental NGOs including Washington Conservation

Action (then Washington Environmental

Council/Washington Conservation Voters) and the Nature

Conservancy; and WHEREAS, the Climate Commitment

Act aims to lower carbon throughout Washington State in

part through carbon credit auctions; and WHEREAS, 10%

of revenue generated from the carbon credit auctions goes

towards investments supported by a resolution of a Tribal

nation or proposed by a Tribal nation and another 35% of

revenue generated goes to frontline communities (which

may also include Tribal nations); and WHEREAS, the

revenue generated from the CCA is invested in solutions

throughout the state reduce climate energy such as climate

pollution such as clean energy, clean transportation, and

climate-smart buildings; and WHEREAS, all who care

about the future of our state are appreciative of the

leadership role that multiple Tribes, took to help pass this

critical bill including Chehalis, Confederated Tribes and

Bands of the Yakima Nation, Cowlitz Indian Tribe,

Jamestown S'kllallam, Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Lower

Elwah Klallam Tribe, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Nisqually

Indian Tribe, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Puyallup Tribe of

Indians, Quinault Indian Nation, Sauk-Suiattle Tribe,

Snoqualamie Indian Tribe, Spokane Tribe of Indians,

Squaxin Island Tribe, Suquamish, Tulalip Tribes, and the

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians; and WHEREAS,

because of Tribal leadership, Washingtonians will see the

benefits of pollution reduction and investments in clean

energy, climate resilience, and salmon recovery; and

WHEREAS, the loss of the CCA would result in the loss of

millions of dollars to Tribes throughout Washington State.

BE IT FURTHER the recommendation of the Natural

Resources Committee to provide support to the Washington

- NO on Initiative 2117 Campaign; and BE IT FINALLY

recommended by the Natural Resources Committee to

formally oppose the efforts of Initiative 2117 to repeal the

Climate Commitment Act.

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To approve the purchase of a John Deere 5100E Tractor and

Attachments from RDO Agriculture Equipment Co. for

$79,072.38. No tribal dollars will be used. Chairperson or

Designee has the authority to sign all pertinent documents.

To direct the Executive Director to present an analysis for a

co-managed national monument proposal on the Colville

National Forest to the Council by April 16, 2024, with input

from appropriate staff and legal counsel. Chairman or his

Designee is authorized to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve the 2024-2026 Non-Member Fishing

Regulations. The Chairman and/or his/her Designee to sign

all pertinent documents.

To approve the subcontract with Okanogan Nation Alliance

to conduct habitat studies and implement restoration project

designs in the Canadian Okanogan River. Funding is from

BPA, fund number 316623 in the amount of $73,921.77.

The performance dates are from signed by all parties to

October 31, 2024. The Chairperson or Designee has

authority to sign all pertinent documents.

To approve CO#2 C24-056 subcontract for Four Peaks

Environmental to complete Design and Project Management

to Expand Hatchery Facility to Rear White Sturgeon add

$35,490.00 for Heat Pump Water Heating for a total amount

of $498,024.00. Funding account 7703 & 813524.

Performance period: November 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025.

Chairperson or Designee has authority to sign all pertinent

documents.

To authorize Ziontz Chestnut to finalize the attached letter

to the US Army Corps regarding the P2IP. Non-substantive

changes may be made to this letter while it is being

finalized, without the need of a new resolution of the

Colville Business Council. Chair or Designee is authorized

to sign the final draft.

To approve a letter substantially similar to the attached be

send to the US Army Corps regarding the P2IP. The ORA

and outside counsel, Ziontz Chestnut are authorized to work

with the Spokane Tribe of Indians and the Coeur D'Alene

Tribe to finalize this letter on letterhead with language

substantially similar to the attached. Chairman or Designee

is authorized to sign the final letter without further action of

the Colville Business Council.

That the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

participate in the Pacific Fishery Management Council

(PFMC) process to ensure the continued advancement and

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0 ABSTAINED

12 FOR (KC, CM, PT, NS,

DB, SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW,

AB, SC)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

11 FOR (CM, PT, NS, DB,

SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW, AB,

SC)

1 AGAINST (KC)

0 ABSTAINED

12 FOR (KC, CM, PT, NS,

DB, SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW,

AB, SC)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

12 FOR (KC, CM, PT, NS,

DB, SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW,

AB, SC)

2024-228.fish

2024-229.cul.l&j

protection of the Colville Tribes federally recognized and

protected fishing rights in fisheries managed in the PFMC

process. Staff and the Fisheries Chair or Designee are

authorized to draft letters and provide oral testimony

regarding any aspect of the fishery that has been previously

approved by the CBC. These letters and testimony may also

include any technical information necessary, that is received

going forward that is not confidential or proprietary

information for the Colville Tribes. Chair or Designee is

authorized to sign letters drafted pursuant to this

recommendation without further action or resolutions of the

Colville Business Council.

To approve the attached comment letter to the Pacific

Fishery Management Council (PFMC). Chairman or

Designee is authorized to sign the letter.

To adopt the Sinixt Flag for all official uses.

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

12 FOR (KC, CM, PT, NS,

DB, SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW,

AB, SC)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

12 FOR (KC, CM, PT, NS,

DB, SZ, RF, AJ, JS, DW,

AB, SC)

0 AGAINST

0 ABSTAINED

Special Session

March 21st, 2024

Raylene Ensminger, Executive Office Assistant

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