Meeting

City Council · Dec 19, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 37 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-1083WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded January 24, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of 20 mothers who came together to create an organization to provide social, cultural, and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of 2 and 19; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-1079Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with EnterChange Group, LLC, to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission. This legislation authorizes the encumbrance for one (1) year in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-1080Resolution authorizing the City to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to Serve as Co-Applicant for the purposes of filing an Application with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a FY 2022 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant in the amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and pledging City financial support in the amount of Thirty One Million and Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand dollars ($31,275,000) for the project and City Owned Land to Effectuate the Purposes of the Bedford Dwellings/Hill District Neighborhood Transformation Plan and its implementation strategy.No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
42022-1085Resolution requiring a plan for the use of funds for the Food Justice program before said funds are released to the Food Justice Fund.No matched discussionadded to the AgendaNot recordedNot recorded
52022-1081Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a special report on the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance about a special report on the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance, dated December 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
62022-1082Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Edward Cox and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for Brandon Burch, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
72022-1084Files a communication from Greg Flisram about Position and Salary Report as of December 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
82022-1074Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 14, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0939Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
102022-0940Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
112022-0941Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2023 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
122022-0942Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, by fixing the rate of real estate taxation for 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
132022-0943Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2023 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
142022-0944Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2023 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
152022-0945Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
162022-0946Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
172022-0947Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
182022-0948Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
192022-0949Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2023 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
202022-0950Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2023 Fiscal Year.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
212022-0951Resolution amending Resolution 410 of 2022, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 4.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
222022-0952Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 “Stop The Violence Fund”, § 237.03 - Uses and Restrictions of the Stop The Violence Fund, by changing the annual percentage budgeted for outside community-based, non-governmental organizations.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
232022-0953Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
242022-0954Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2023 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2023.No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
252022-1013Resolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 318 of 2018, effective date May 14, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
262022-1065Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $264,805.53 from the Bureaus of Administration and Animal Care and Control in the Department of Public Safety to the Bureau of Police. This transfer is necessary to assist the Bureau of Police with sufficient funding for necessary body armor replacement.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
272022-1075Records the Public Safety Services committee report for December 14, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
282022-0629Resolution establishing the Pittsburgh Strong Communities Initiative and Advisory Committee.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
292022-1076Records the Public Works committee report for December 14, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
302022-0959Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
312022-0989Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Engineering work on the Frazier Street/Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty Thousand Twenty Dollars ($20,020.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
322022-1036Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with Duquesne Light Company (DLC), accepting a minimum annual electricity usage requirement in return for DLC to install a power line from the street to the Environmental Services lot to supply power to the new E/V charging infrastructure to charge electric refuse trucks.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
332022-1077Records the Urban Recreation committee report for December 14, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
342022-1035Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Keys Service Corps with regard to the 2022 AmeriCorps Summer Program. Said agreement or agreements involves the matching of funds and shall be a cost to the City not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($12,000.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
352022-1078Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for December 14, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
362022-1037Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Environmental Charter School project which will involve the development of an environmental charter school with associated amenities.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
372022-1038Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment Project in the Third Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (“Lower Hill Redevelopment”).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12022-1083

WHEREAS, Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded January 24, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a meeting of 20 mothers who came together to create an organization to provide social, cultural, and educational opportunities for youth between the ages of 2 and 19; and,

Discussion
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Order 22022-1079

Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with EnterChange Group, LLC, to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission. This legislation authorizes the encumbrance for one (1) year in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 32022-1080

Resolution authorizing the City to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to Serve as Co-Applicant for the purposes of filing an Application with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a FY 2022 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative grant in the amount of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) and pledging City financial support in the amount of Thirty One Million and Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand dollars ($31,275,000) for the project and City Owned Land to Effectuate the Purposes of the Bedford Dwellings/Hill District Neighborhood Transformation Plan and its implementation strategy.

Discussion
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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 42022-1085

Resolution requiring a plan for the use of funds for the Food Justice program before said funds are released to the Food Justice Fund.

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No matched discussion
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added to the Agenda
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Order 52022-1081

Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a special report on the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance about a special report on the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance, dated December 2022.

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Order 62022-1082

Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Edward Cox and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for Brandon Burch, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.

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Order 72022-1084

Files a communication from Greg Flisram about Position and Salary Report as of December 2022.

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No matched discussion
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Order 82022-1074

Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 14, 2022.

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Order 92022-0939

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 102022-0940

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2023. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 112022-0941

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2023 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 132022-0943

Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2023 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 152022-0945

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 162022-0946

Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2023 Fiscal Year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 222022-0952

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 “Stop The Violence Fund”, § 237.03 - Uses and Restrictions of the Stop The Violence Fund, by changing the annual percentage budgeted for outside community-based, non-governmental organizations.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 262022-1065

Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $264,805.53 from the Bureaus of Administration and Animal Care and Control in the Department of Public Safety to the Bureau of Police. This transfer is necessary to assist the Bureau of Police with sufficient funding for necessary body armor replacement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 272022-1075

Records the Public Safety Services committee report for December 14, 2022.

Discussion
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Order 292022-1076

Records the Public Works committee report for December 14, 2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 302022-0959

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 322022-1036

Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with Duquesne Light Company (DLC), accepting a minimum annual electricity usage requirement in return for DLC to install a power line from the street to the Environmental Services lot to supply power to the new E/V charging infrastructure to charge electric refuse trucks.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 332022-1077

Records the Urban Recreation committee report for December 14, 2022.

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Order 342022-1035

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Keys Service Corps with regard to the 2022 AmeriCorps Summer Program. Said agreement or agreements involves the matching of funds and shall be a cost to the City not to exceed TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($12,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 352022-1078

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for December 14, 2022.

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