• City Council Meeting March 2025

The meeting started off with a goodbye to retiring Community Development Director (formerly: Planning Director) Matt Bassi. He's been with Wildomar for 14 years and has done a great job for our young city.

The city council bid farewell to Community Development Director Matt Bassi. Joseph Morabito is pointing to the spot he used to report from when he was the resident blogger. (Sorry for speaking in the third person) lol

TOP NEWS FROM THE MEETING

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• Bundy Canyon (westside of freeway) rehab
• Kids' Ride Into Nature Antique and Classic Car Show May 31, 2025
• Facebook livestreaming for city council meetings coming
• Letter of opposition for AQMD's rule 1111, and 1121 approved
• Graveside services gets one step closer to happening

Meeting Recap

Not a lot of sexy headlines from this meeting, but let me share a few nuggets just the same. 

It was good to hear from our code enforcement team. They've been on the job about five years now and for those of us keeping an eye on such things... it's a night and day difference. 

There are several different ways to contact code enforcement. The easiest is through email: codenf@wildomar.gov

Use this link to access the entire 19 slide presentation

If you see something, say something. Don't wait for others to let the city know of an issue, you do it. Remember, it's better to have multiple reports than no reports. 

From the consent calendar

Item 1.4 Bundy Canyon Road Widening Project (West of I-15) 

The City is prepared to move forward with the design of the Project, which will include widening Bundy Canyon Road from two lanes to four lanes and constructing bike lanes, sidewalks, and traffic signals. Staff is currently preparing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design of the Project.

It's very early in the process, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. 

1.7 The Nature Education Foundation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for The Kid's Ride into Nature Car Show May (10am to 3pm)

(From the agenda) This initiative seamlessly aligns with the City’s ongoing commitment to fostering community engagement, promoting cultural enrichment, and providing unique experiences for residents. 

As a free public event, it invites attendees to immerse themselves in history by dressing in their favorite time period, creating a dynamic and interactive atmosphere. 

With an anticipated attendance of over 1,500 guests during the five-hour event, this gathering presents a valuable opportunity for community engagement. 

Attendees will enjoy diverse activities, including a curated car show, live music, a vibrant selection of food and specialty vendors, and a dedicated children’s play zone.

Save the date, and be on the lookout for more information as we get closer to May.

Item 2.1 Proposed Revised Fee Schedule for the Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program  

TUMF is collected and administered by WRCOG (Western Riverside Council of Governments) and in short, TUMF ensures that new development pays its fair share for the increased traffic that it creates.

The rates needed to be adjusted up and from a flat rate to a sliding scale due to recent legislation out of Sacramento. 

I'm curious if this will be enough to encourage building smaller homes or not. We shall see.

Item 3.2 Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Special Tax Bonds, Series 2025 for Community Facilities District No. 2022-2 (Horizon Place) 

Anytime bonds are listed on the agenda I want to get information to the taxpayers what that entails. Short answer, these are not paid by Wildomar. 

From the agenda packet:
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact to the City of Wildomar. 

The cost of financing, staff administration, and the debt service on the bonds will be paid through Special Taxes levied within CFD 20222 (Horizon Place.) The bonds are not obligations of the City, but are rather secured by the Special Taxes of CFD 2022-2. 

The owners of Horizon Place will be paying these bonds, not the average Wildomar Taxpayer. 

The other items of note came in the city manager's report

1. Planning Commission Alternate

The first was regarding the consideration of adding an alternate planning commissioner. Without getting too deep into storytime here, I'd heard about the concept through my dad who recently was appointed as an alternate on the planning commission in his Arizona city.

If you're interested in the details of the city manager's comments, cue up the video and listen. I'm sure that it's under three minutes. 

The bottom line is that I believe having an alternate planning commissioner could be a valuable tool if there was a ton of work on the horizon (Imagine the Southwest region in the late 1980s early 1990s). 

We're past the boom times of the past, and we've never had to cancel a planning commission meeting due to a lack of a quorum. It would take a lot of legal work (money) to research and craft an ordinance so I withdrew my future agenda item. 

As in the words of Councilman Dustin Nigg, the juice wouldn't be worth the squeeze. 

2. Facebook Streaming

I noticed that many other local cities have their meetings available on Facebook live stream. I asked for the city manager to research how they pull it off. I'm happy to report that in the next few months (perhaps July) Wildomar city council meetings should be available for viewing on Facebook.

The current method is very good, but it's not as easy to maneuver as facebook, especially on a phone.

3. SCAQMD Rules 1111 and 1121

These rules, if adopted, would essentially outlaw gas appliances in most circumstances. I don't just mean in new construction, but also if your stove, water heater or HVAC needed replacing.

I asked that we add this item to the agenda so that the council have time to send a letter of opposition to the AQMD. I'm not so starry-eyed as to think our letter will be what breaks through the cloudy thinking of the unelected body of the AQMD, but I didn't want us sitting this out... plus Lake Elsinore had already sent a letter of opposition.

Wildomar is akin to the little boy in Horton Hears a Who.

The Mayor will be sending a letter of opposition on the city's behalf.

UPDATE/CORRECTION

It was brought to my attention that these two rules do NOT mention stoves and ovens. However, the general consensus is that once the rules regarding water heaters and HVAC units are approved, they will open the path to banning other gas appliances.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Threat of Gas Appliance Ban

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is taking steps to ban gas appliances - starting with furnaces and water heaters in 2026! As a result, gas furnaces, stoves and water heaters are in the regulatory “crosshairs” at SCAQMD, and regulators want to force property owners to start replacing gas models with all electric heaters and water heaters starting in 2026, and later eventually ovens and other appliances.

  —Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, Feb 13, 2025

The following link will take you to the full opinion.

https://members.aagla.org/news/important-notice-threat-of-gas-appliance-ban

Rare news out of the Cemetery District meeting

The topic of graveside services (something currently forbidden) was discussed and the five trustees (the city council moonlights as cemetery trustees for about three minutes each month) directed staff to get this option moving forward. 

It may be at an additional cost, and that's ok, we just want the option available. 

• City Council Meeting November 2019

The meeting began with Mayor Marsha Swanson asking Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

Apologies for a subpar photo. My camera can be a jerk at times.

The Assemblywoman then spent about five minutes giving a legislative update, warning us to be careful for a pending ballot measure that aims to revise Prop 13. Look for it as soon as the March Primary election.

"If they can change it for commercial [property], the very next thing that's coming is residential. I guarantee you, as sure as I'm standing before you today." 

—Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez

We then had our quarterly police update, complete with several slides (please check this link for all the slides and video).

Wildomar Elementary School update
Principal Michael Hoffman honored two teachers, Roddy St. Yves and Gay St.Yves, who have taught for 34 years and 35 years respectively, at the school.

Mr. Hoffmann salutes Gay and Roddy St.Yves.

Quarterly Library Update (summed up in the image below). Our library is a great community asset, be sure to take advantage of all they have to offer.

Link to Wildomar Library's web page.

Quarterly Code Enforcement Report

If you've been ignoring code enforcement (parking RVs, disabled cars, and other disconnected trailers in the street, or blocking the right of way) I'd suggest remedying it now. You've been warned. 

You're welcome... I made this graphic readable.

3.1 CEQA Negative Declaration Budget for Cannabis Ordinance (1:11:45 in the video)
Here's the skinny on this item. 

Due to a recent California Supreme Court case that mandated San Diego County to include some type of CEQA review in their cannabis ordinances, which was then applied to all other municipalities in the state, Wildomar must do so too.

It's not retroactive, so cities that have already hammered out such an ordinance, like Lake Elsinore, don't have to backtrack and can continue with their exemption if that was the path they took.

This state mandate has added $56,000 to the process. Basically doubling the original budget that had been set at $50,000.

I didn't anticipate there being much discussion on this. Seemed like another typical ding that the state likes to hit local government with... but I was wrong. There were three public comments and then a fair amount of council discussion.

Wildomar Rap Reminder:

This is where being on the city council clips my blogger wings to the bone. In the past I would have quoted all the council members, and pointed out any shortcomings in their arguments. But that style went out the window when nearly 58% voted me to represent them on the dais.

If you're interested in the council discussion, I invite you to watch the video (at the bottom of the blog) beginning at the 1:23:00 mark.

During the public comments, the question of liability came up, "just say no", and "I believe you're doing this because of the money, I don't know what other reason you would consider, and it could bring in a large chunk of money to Wildomar."

When it was my turn to speak I asked for clarification when it came to the issue of liability, Planning Director Matt Bassi answered: 

If the council does end up approving this funding, and we go forward with the negative declaration, just like any other action by council, it can be challenged. It's not a developer driven code amendment, so we would take on the burden of defending it. 

—Matt Bassi Planning Director

This was my response to the question of motivation:

I heard one comment talk about, "It could bring in a sizable chunk of money to Wildomar, are you doing it for the money?"

I want this (commercial cannabis) to be regulated. Currently... the marijuana is already here and it's unregulated. I don't know why people would be in favor of having an unregulated market. 

—Councilmember Joseph Morabito

A survey done nearly two years ago was brought up during a public comment. 

During her public comment, Gina Castanon mentioned that the survey that has been used as the primary reason to keep commercial cannabis banned was, "flawed, in my opinion". 

Shortly thereafter, the same survey was used as a key reasoning point for opposing the regulation of cannabis in Wildomar during council discussion.


Opinion Time


The survey was done to see if Measure AA would pass or not (the sales tax increase that was approved by a vote of the people in 2018). 

The survey came back with the claims that AA would get 68% of the vote, but in reality, it only got 58% of the vote. Those 10 percentage points equate to being off the mark by 17%. That is a staggering miscalculation in my view.

The same survey asked a handful of questions, to less than one thousand registered Wildomar voters. It came back with 55% saying they were opposed to any commercial cannabis businesses in the city.

If the first part of the survey (about taxes) was wrong by 17%, then can't we assume that the second part was also wrong to one degree or another? 

If it wasn't off by the same 17%, how about a third of that... 5%. Which makes the survey an even split.

That said, since when are major issues decided by a survey of less than 10% of the voters?*** 

Still more arguments against the flawed survey

It only asked registered voters their opinion, not the residents that choose not to register to vote for one reason or another. There are many people that choose NOT to register based on their religious beliefs.

Aren't their opinions important on matters that don't get settled at the ballot box? I sure think so.

How about longtime permanent residents? I won't name any, but for example, before my wife took the oath of citizenship back in 2007, she could not register to vote. 

There was no outreach made to those that cannot register to vote, but are every bit as much a part of our community as the registered voters.

***Due to Brown Act considerations, I will not elaborate on my opinions, in this blog, as to whether the city council should put this measure on the ballot, though I'm certain I did post about this in the past, and believe you me... I'll have both barrels primed if that topic comes to the dais. 

The only other thing from this item that I'll report on was Councilmember Ben Benoit's response to the threat of litigation. 

We have run this council, for a long time, under the threat of lawsuit, and I'm tired of it. I'm tired of hearing that. I'm tired of feeling like we have to only go that one direction because of a lawsuit.

—Councilmember Ben Benoit

Again, I encourage you to watch this item in the video at the bottom of the blog.

3.3 2019 California Building Codes Adoption

For many things a city has no choice in, and one must adopt the edicts of the state. This is one of those. I'm not saying the 2019 building codes are bad, I'm saying there was no choice in the matter. Take a look at my favorite line in the agenda packet: 

Moreover, State law provides that the 2019 Building Codes will take effect in the City even if the City does not adopt this ordinance, as is required by law.

I only added this item to the blog as an illustration of how much (or how little) latitude a city council actually has when it comes to most things.

But buried deep in that item was something I didn't understand being part of "building" in the first place. 

Fun factoid from the agenda packet on this topic, found on page 226 

308.1.6.3 Sky lanterns or similar devices. A person shall not release or cause to be released a sky lantern or similar device. 

Somehow I think that free floating flame driven devices aren't the best thing for our fire prone patch on the planet.

All kidding aside, I can't imagine why this was listed in the 2019 Building Codes.

3.4 Holiday Lights Home Decorating Contest 2019
There are two categories, Traditional and Clark Griswold (meaning: crazy over the top amount of lights, where the electric company really loves you). I'm still waiting for three new categories, Scrooge, Grinch and Al Bundy. ☺☻

See flyer for details. 

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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.
– Jeremy Taylor

Wildomar Rap is among those that can perceive it. Hence, it hath it not. 

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• Planning Commission Meeting October 2018

Though Cannabis was on the agenda, the real topic of the night was the reincarnation of Spring Meadows Ranch as Wildomar Meadows, adjacent to The Farm. 

A proposed development that has up to 2000 dwellings as of the October 2018 Planning Commission meeting. 

(Jump to the 2:30 mark in the video) 

The blue star indicates the location of Wildomar Meadows.

But before we jump into high gear here, this was just a GPIP (General Plan Initiation Proposal). Long ago I came up with a four panel cartoon that attempts to explain what a GPIP is in actuality. 

The way I read it, a General Plan Amendment is where an applicant asks the city to change the General Plan to accommodate their project (the answer will either be a 'yes' or a 'no'). A GPIP is where an applicant asks the city -if they can ask the city- to change the General Plan to accommodate their project.

The idea seems to be to get a sense of the city's thoughts on a proposal (both the planning commission and the city council) before jumping in with both feet and going through an expensive and lengthy ordeal to then get shot down a year or two into the process.

This graphic was from the PowerPoint, please excuse the light reflections.

From the Agenda Packet
DESCRIPTION: The Applicant, Erik Lunde (Wildomar Meadows, LLC) has submitted a GPIP application as part of a proposed/future 792-acre Specific Plan (SP) project. 

The project site is located within the Farm Specific Plan (eastern portion) and is part of Planning Area Nos. 11 – 16. The proposed general plan amendment would change the existing land use designations for the entire project area. 

The current land use designations are as follows: 
     • Estate Density Residential (EDR) – 409 acres; 
     • Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) – 97.4 acres; 
     • Low Density Residential (LDR) – 123.5 acres; 
     • Medium Density Residential (MDR) – 130.5 acres; 
     • Open Space-Recreation (OS-R) – 4.8 acres; 
     • Rural Mountainous (RM) – 26.7 acres; and 

The new land use designations needed to accommodate the specific plan would consist of the following: 
     • Medium Density Residential (MDR) – 234.3 acres; 
     • Medium High Density Residential (MHDR) – 189.7 acres; 
     • Open Space-Conservation Habitat (OS-CH) – 169.1 acres;  
     • Open Space-Recreation (OS-R) – 162.0 acres; and 
     • Open Space-Water (OS-W) – 13.5 acres. 

The developer's representative, Joel Morse, spoke to the commission. He made it clear that this project is at the earliest of stages and that what he'd like to hear from the commission (and later on, the council) is, "Yes, go and explore this further." (Jump to 8:10 mark of video)

There were four public comments 
• George Taylor had borrowed minutes and when he was finished the sizable audience applauded. He made it clear that he wasn't opposed to the project, but wanted to make sure that the concerns of The Farm community were respected along the way. (Jump to 16:00 mark of video)

Wildomar Rap side note

It was nice to see Planning Commission Chair John Lloyd allow George Taylor to finish his prepared statement, even though it went over time by more than 45 seconds. This is a good practice if the speaker isn't rambling, vamping or filibustering.

The next speaker was Planning Commissioner Michele Thomas, who had recused herself from the item and sat in the audience as a resident of Wildomar and The Farm.

• Michele Thomas spoke as a private citizen, supports proposed access to Clinton Keith from Sunset. Concerned about water supplies and waste water. Wants to the project to go through considerable modifications before being approved.
• Ken Mayes touched on the discussed "new fire station" that the applicant mentioned, the proposed southern ingress/egress and the 42 acre park that is currently in the center of the project.

Wildomar Rap opinion time

I was curious about the park too. Is it just going to be a private park, or will it be a city park? It's not as if most people from the west side of Wildomar would use it, but I'd like to know what the thinking is. 

• Bree Plageman was concerned about additional traffic in The Farm community.

The light blue line shows the current route needed to get from The Farm to Ronald Reagan Elementary and the hospital. The green line shows the proposed route that would reduce travel time to many key areas of the city.

As I said at the top of this item, there's no point in getting deep into something that has no real details at this point. The applicant seemed very willing to work with The Farm residents and staff to make this a project everyone could be pleased with.

What I noted was that there was no dedicated areas for retail. 

The project is massive and somewhat landlocked yet they don't have a shopping center with a market and other basic amenities? 

Link to 2013 blog covering Spring Meadows Ranch

The last time this came around in 2013, there were plans for a small retail area. I'd hope that something akin to that would be part of any massive project such as this. 

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Item 2.1 Zoning Ordinance Amendment
This dealt with the prohibition of all things cannabis in the commercial realm. (part of the blame goes to the county for the slow movement on this item)

Back in Spring the council opted to wait for the County's lead on the matter. It was assumed that decisions would have been made by July or August, but the County is still mulling it over. 

"Before you is a code amendment to prohibit all things cannabis. This was a direction given by city council at its last council meeting. The current moratorium ends in December, so this code amendment is needed. [...] Council will be talking about this particular item next year and provide additional direction to staff to either continue with the prohibition or come up with some type of regulations."

—Matt Bassi Planning Director

There were no speakers on this item, but Chair John Lloyd asked, "If we don't pass something, it reverts back to the state standard?" 

To which Assistant City Attorney Erica Vega replied, "Correct."

Planning Director Bassi added, "It leaves us (Wildomar) open to all sorts of issues we don't want to deal with."

Chair Lloyd continued, "I understand that the Mayor and several others are working towards trying to identify if there's a process, but mostly they're relying on the county, and the county is expending tremendous funds and resources trying to research this."

(This item begins at the 50:00 mark of the video)

There were two other items on the agenda, both were requests for EOTs (Extension of Time) for projects that were approved before we were a city.

The first was on land located near city hall and the other was at Waite and Cherry. For more details use this link to jump to the 53:45 mark of the video.

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Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?
– Stanislaw Leszczynski

Wildomar Rap wonders the same when it comes to people that have lived on 2+ acre gated estates for 30 years when it comes to understanding life in tract housing.

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• Planning Commission Meeting July 2018

A couple of small things came out of this meeting, but no new projects or anything else along those lines. 

The first thing of note was a new sign that will be going in at the hospital along the freeway, and the ordinance that will allow it. It'll be a 430sf LED display that got local astronomer John Garrett's seal of approval. (This item begins around the 3:00 mark of the video at the bottom of the blog)

Night simulation was done by John Garret. The odd lighting is from taking a photo of the monitor.

Commissioner Kim Strong made some good points about this sign being a precedent that would allow more LED displays.

My concern is the LED big screen sign on the freeway, and how many more are we going to end up with? If we approve it for you, even though it's for medical buildings, how many more are we going to end up with on the side of the freeway? 

We have three offramps, could we possibly have four signs on the three offramps? That is concerning to me. And does this open up for other businesses to come through and ask for amendments to the ordinance to allow them to also have this type of signage?

—Commissioner Kim Strong

Planning director Matt Bassi responded to Commissioner Strong's concerns, "Anybody can submit a code amendment request. We take each case individually on it's own merits. I can't foretell who may come or not come. That was a concern when the Wildomar Square LED sign went up because we have a number of shopping centers but the existing shopping centers aren't going to spend four or five hundred thousand dollars to tear down their [existing] sign and put up a new one. No one has approached us in the year since we approved [the Wildomar Square LED display]."

Wildomar Rap opinion time

I think it would be pretty hard to deny Albertsons or Stater Brothers an LED display when the time comes for them to upgrade their signs. 

That won't happen tomorrow, but count on the signs needing to be upgraded within the next 20 years or so. The current sign at the hospital was installed in 1986 (32 years ago), and Albertson's has to be 20 years old by now, with Stater Bros being the new kid on the block at about 12 years old.

The second notable item was Wildomar Crossings, which is on the corner of Clinton Keith and Stable Lanes Road. 

If you're not sure what Wildomar Crossings is, check out this April 2018 blog about it.

This came back to the planning commission with a new look. The changes are cosmetic only (which is what was asked for), the original plans were rather blah, and the commission was very pleased with the make over. 

This, and similar drawings, can be seen in the agenda packet at this link, starting on page 3.

While the subject of Wildomar Crossings was the topic, I asked about the stores that are slated to be going in. Three national chains: Dollar Tree, Wendy's and AutoZone.

I've heard many people talk about their dissatisfaction with proposed stores, and I wanted to hear the official reasoning behind the process again.

Assistant City Attorney Erica Vega explained, "Simply stated, the law gives the city, and the city council has given the [planning] commission purview over uses, not users; there's a difference. You look at commercial uses, but not the individual users."

She continued, "To break that down further, you don't have to treat all commercial users the same way. You can have sub categories, but you can't get into you want 'this particular restaurant' but not 'that particular  restaurant'. [Example] We don't want a McDonald's but we want a Burger King, but you can treat all fast food the same way, but you can't treat individual users differently."

The last key item was the property across from the Bundy Canyon Arco. (This item starts at about the 51:30 mark in the video below)

Some of you may remember a sign that promised a Farmer Brothers many years ago (different time, different owner). Back in 2013 the applicant went to the trouble of getting this past the CEQA stage, approval of both the planning commission and the city council, and has just sat on it since. 

This was originally approved in 2013.

I've never understood why a person would go to all that trouble and expense, to then just let it sit idle for so long that they need an official extension of time (EOT). 

A look at the basic layout of the project.

They got an EOT in 2016, and now they're looking for another EOT that will stretch until 2021. Again, it's their land and money, I just don't get the point of it. So when it was time for public comments, I asked, "What happens if you deny this EOT?"

I added that "I think there needs to be repercussions, like having to start the project over, for those that continue to seek EOTs..." and that "we're not in the recession [any longer]."

Planning director Matt Bassi addressed my issues, 

"In terms of time extensions, each individual application is going to come before you (the Planning Commission), and based on it's own merits. Sometimes the reasoning behind not recording the final map is that they're just not ready to do that. In some cases they're still working on the improvement plans, and meeting all the conditions of approval for a final map; they're very extensive. With the street improvement plans, grading plans and things like that."

The question was asked, "What happens if the time extension is denied?"

"If it is denied, then the applicant would have to start the entire process over. With a new parcel map, and go through a whole new CEQA analysis and review."

—Wildomar Planning Director Matt Bassi

Thank you Mr. Bassi, it's always good to get info from the source. 

My perspective is from that of an outsider, an average Joe.

Wildomar Rap opinion time

I don't mean to upset any developers out there... errr... actually, I'm not really concerned with the feelings of developers... either start your project(s) within a reasonable time frame, or face starting the process all over again... and yes, I know that will be costing you a grip of money. You should have considered that from the get go like the rest of us when we begin a project.

A couple of EOTs are fine, things happen, but six years (sometimes more)? 

This EOT (that goes to July of 2021 if they choose) is just the first of three that they can ask for. They can get (up to) three more years if they ask before the 2021 deadline. 

Mr. Bassi made another point about this item, "They do plan on moving forward here in the near future, with some kind of retail development. We don't know what yet, but the new owners are anxious to get going. If I had to venture a guess [as to the delay], it's probably waiting for Walmart [to begin their project]."

Below is a video of the entire one hour meeting from start to finish.

The August planning commission meeting is cancelled, and the September meeting will be a workshop establishing commercial design guidelines, the public is invited to participate. In total, there will be three such workshops.

Be looking for an email reminder the closer we get to September 5th. If you're not signed up to get city emails, use the link below to get to the correct webpage.

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"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
– Albert Einstein (May 25th,1946)

Wildomar Rap has to wonder if Mr. Relativity would care to revise his post-WWII comment if he were able make a quick pitstop in our day and time.

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