City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening. I'd like to call to order the regular meeting of the Campbell City Council for Tuesday, September 1st, 2026. And we'll begin with roll call, please.

Council Member Lopez.

Here.

Council Member Hines.

Present.

Council Member Scazzola. Absent. Vice Mayor Bybee. Present. Mayor Furtado.

Here. And I would now like to invite Laura Bartels, a board member of Jacob's Heart, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance in recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Thank you so much. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. It's a time to recognize children and families affected by pediatric cancer and to raise awareness of this unique challenge they face. Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services has been serving children with cancer and their families since 1998. with a mission to improve the quality of life and provide support throughout their cancer journey. In 1999, Jacob's Heart led a grassroots effort that established September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in California, which has since grown into a national observance. And on behalf of the city of Campbell, I'm honored to first, I'm going to present a certificate of proclamation to recognize September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and to thank Jacob's Heart for their extraordinary difference that they make in the lives of both children and families throughout our community. Thank you. Thank you very much for leading the pledge of allegiance.

Absolutely. What you do is very worthwhile and very supportive.

It's a shame that cancer has to affect children, but I'm sure the best support services.

Wonderful.

And also, it's my privilege then to proclaim the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. for doing for staff this proclamation.

Wonderful, thank you.

Thank you and you're more than welcome to please make some comments.

Just a few comments, thank you so much. This is wonderful. Well, good evening, Mayor Furtado and members of the Campbell City Council. My name is Laura Bartels, as the mayor mentioned. Professionally, I'm the chief accounting officer at ARM. It's a global semiconductor technology firm. But more importantly tonight, I am a board member and the current treasurer at Jacob's Heart Children Cancer Support Services. On behalf of Jacob Harts and the kiddos and families we serve, we thank you for recognizing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and for standing alongside families in our community who are facing childhood cancer. At Jacob's Heart, we walk alongside families from the moment of diagnosis and throughout their entire journey. Our families are navigating so much more than medical treatment. They may be traveling hours for specialized care, missing work to be at their child's bedside, struggling to put food on their table, or trying to help siblings understand why life suddenly looks so different. As a mother myself, I cannot begin to fathom the pain and helplessness watching your child experience cancer or how isolating that could be. But in the two years I've been involved with Jacob's Heart, I've been so inspired by the community they build around these families, surrounding them what really feels like a hug of compassion, support, and understanding. What I hope you remember tonight, that childhood cancer doesn't just affect one child. It affects an entire family and an entire community. And these families should never have to face it alone. So by issuing this proclamation tonight, Campbell is helping bring greater visibility to childhood cancer, and most importantly, showing the local families here that their community sees them, remembers them, and stands with them. So thank you once again for recognizing Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Laura, thank you very much. And I'd like to invite my colleagues to make any comments they'd like to. So I'll ask the Vice Mayor first.

Thank you. And thank you for being here this evening and for the work that you do to support children with cancer and their families. And as you said, the families are often impacted as much as the child suffering from cancer. So thank you for your work. Thank you.

Just fantastic work. I really sincerely appreciate it. Fortunately, I've never had to know the childhood cancer, but certainly have had cancer touch the many aspects of my family. I just really appreciate the work, the excellent work that you do.

Thank you.

Likewise. I just want to appreciate the work, the volunteer service that you're doing. Thank you for being here and very glad that we could play a small part in recognizing and bringing awareness to this. Thank you.

Yep. We really appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you, Laura. Best wishes to you and your staff. Thank you so much. We have no communications and petitions, and we now move on to oral requests. This would be the time in this evening's agenda for any member of the public to address the council on any items not on tonight's agenda. First, I'll ask the city clerk. I don't see anyone present in the chamber that wishes to speak. Is there anyone online?

There is. We have Richard Chamberlain. Would you like to speak?

Yes, thank you. Can you hear me?

Hang on one moment. We're gonna get your sound a little louder.

Okay, I can move a little closer. Better.

Just give us one sec, please. Are you there?

I'm here. Can you hear me? Okay.

You hear him? Okay.

If you could just speak up a little bit, Mr. Chamberlain, and that would help.

Okay, is this better?

Yes.

Yes, go ahead. Okay, good evening, Mayor and council members. My name is Richard Chamberlain. I was raised in Campbell, attending Forest Hill, Rolling Hills in Westmont. I want to tell you a simple chronological story about public records. It begins in May of 2024. I was arrested. The primary officer at the scene activated his body camera and took scene photos, but authored zero narrative report. In September 25, the city's record supervisor compiled these digital files and sent electric download links directly to the city's defense lawyers. Yet two months later, in November, these same lawyers filed a sworn declaration in court, claiming their office had received no discovery. In January of 2026, the city served responses under penalty of perjury, swearing to the court that the digital audit logs and metadata never existed. In February, 2026, the police chief wrote a letter to me declaring that no mistakes were made. Finally, in April, 2026, the city was forced to produce its native computer logs. An uneditable audit trail proved the metadata existed all along and that the city lawyers had downloaded it months before they swore to the court it did not exist i have lodged the precise dockets in writing with the clerk i'm not asking you to decide my case i am asking the city to confirm in writing that these native audit logs are being preserved and to ask one question have these public records been reviewed thank you very much for your time have a wonderful evening

for their review and follow up, thank you. Oh, that's all, okay. We will now move on to council announcements. And so I have the following announcements I'd like to share with you. First of all, city offices will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

Of course, police and emergency services will remain open to the public.

And I would also like to invite anyone to the City of Campbell's annual State of the City Address. Request that you join us, members of the City Council and staff, at the city over the past year. Discuss the opportunities and priorities that lie ahead. The State of the City address will be held at the Orchard City Banquet Hall at our Community Center on Wednesday, September 16th. Doors will open at 6 o'clock, with the program beginning promptly at 6.30. Although it's not required, we do request that you RSVP by Wednesday, September 2nd, that's tomorrow, so that we have an idea of how many people we might plan for, by emailing mayorstateofthecity at campbellca.gov. The next announcement is we invite you to get involved in your community. Are you passionate about making a difference in Campbell? Explore the opportunities to serve on one of our boards and commissions. We will have some vacancies opening. So to find out more, please contact the city clerk's office at clerksoffice at campbellca.gov, or you can call the clerk's office directly, 408-866-2117. The next item is to invite you to come together to protect and preserve one of Campbell's most cherished national resources. We're fortunate to have the Los Gatos Creek run through our area and our city, and we invite you to join Councilmember Terry Hines for a hands-on community cleanup at Campbell Park. located near Gilman and Campbell Avenue and be a part of a movement that makes visible a lasting impact in our environment on Saturday, September 19th from 9 to 2. You can register at www.cleancreek.org. Please be sure to reference site number one because this is a program that's taking place in a variety of sites. In Campbell here, as I mentioned earlier, It is at the site that we're meeting is at Gilman and Campbell Avenue or what we also know of course as Campbell Park. Pre-registration is required. The next item is that the Creek Connection Action, actually, this is still a part of the same announcement. The Creek Connection Action Group is a consortium of public agencies and organizations, which does include Valley Water, which is the Santa Clara Valley Water District, and the West Valley Stormwater Authority, of which we are a part of, that share the goal of protecting Santa Clara County's waterways. Also, we invite you later in the month of October to Oktoberfest and specifically wanted to note at this point in time, the fun run that will take place on Saturday, October the 17th. Registration is open and please visit www.campbellca.gov slash recreation to learn more and to register. That concludes the council and mayor's announcements. The council will now move to the consent calendar. And the consent calendar are items 7.1 through 7.5, which the council will take as a single item of business unless a member of the council, a member of staff, or a member of the public would like us to pull an item for further consideration. Would anyone like an item to be pulled for further discussion from the consent calendar? Seeing none, I will now request a motion for the consent calendar.

I'll propose a motion to accept the consent calendar items 7.1 to 7.5.

I'll second.

Motion by Councilmember Hines, second by Vice Mayor Bybee. Roll call, please.

Councilmember Lopez.

Aye.

Councilmember Hines.

Aye.

Vice Mayor Bybee. Aye. Mayor Furtado. Aye.

Thank you. The items are approved. We have no public hearings or introduction of ordinances. And so now we move on to new business. We have two items under new business. And the first item, item 9.1, is the response to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report regarding Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. and um i would like to call on our assistant city manager angelique to make the staff presentation of of this item thank you honorable mayor and members of the council if you'll just bear with me one moment you have to just um move the microphone a little closer to yourself can you hear me now thank you

As the mayor indicated, this is for item 9.1 on tonight's agenda. And as you saw in the staff report, this is related to a civil grand jury investigation of the VTA board appointment, its oversight, and the role of the oversight committee, staff, and VTA officials in the management of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II investigation. On June 17th of this year, the grand jury made two findings and two recommendations related to the city of Campbell. And so our staff report actually discusses those findings and recommendations. With regard to the recommendations, the city is not legally required to enact the recommendations, but may choose to do so if it so desires. And pursuant to the California Penal Code, our response to those findings and recommendations is due by September 15th. So just a little bit of background as it relates to Campbell, is the discussion of the appointment to the VTA Board of Directors. As you know, board members for VTA are appointed for two-year terms, and they're selected by a board appointing authority groups. Group one is the City of San Jose by itself. and has a number of members sitting on the board. Group 6 is the County of Santa Clara and equally has a number of members on the board. Groups 2 through 5 are made up of the smaller cities that are within the County of Santa Clara, and each group includes anywhere from 2 to 5 cities and towns. Campbell, in its role, is part of Group 3, which includes Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monteserino, and Saratoga. to spoof. Okay. So the report with regard to the city of Campbell had a finding six and a finding seven. For finding six, the civil ground jury found that the board appointing authority groups two through five, which includes group three, which is the city of Campbell, is included in. Often do not follow VTA administrative code section 2-14. Okay. admonitions to appoint individuals with experience in transportation and reappoint representatives to consecutive terms. The recommendation from that finding was that the Groups 2 through 5 should certify that they will adhere to Section 2-14. The seventh finding in the report was that Groups 2 through 5 have different processes for making board appointments. And the recommendation was that the cities in those groups agree on a uniform process for making those appointments. As you saw in our staff report, we submitted a, for your review, a proposed response to both of those findings and recommendations. So with regard to finding number six, we agreed with the consideration of factors in section 2-14 in terms of transportation experience, the time remaining on an appointee's term, and continuity through consecutive terms. We disagreed that group three processes did not consider these factors. In our proposed recommendation, we agree that we should certify or could certify or have certified that we adhere to Section 2-14. We don't actually agree that we need to certify because we've already been doing those things. We've already been considering the factors outlined by the civil grand jury. With regard to our response to finding seven, we agree that there's inconsistencies between the board appointing authority groups selection process, but those inconsistencies are okay because each group is comprised of different groupings and sizes in terms of cities and towns. And so they should each arrive at their own process and decide what works for them in terms of who should be appointed to the board. also recognizing that we would consider not only the time they would serve on the board, but also the transportation experience. So our recommendation, our recommended response to recommendation number seven is that a uniform process is not warranted across these groups. It's adequate. Our process in group three is adequate with the um requirements of section 2-14 and a uniform process across these groups could actually reduce flexibility that's needed for the different group sizes the elected term timing and local circumstances that said in our response to the grand jury findings the city of campbell staff would propose that the council acknowledge that we could actually consider an alternative approach if VTA develops and recommends one to the group three cities. And with that, our staff recommendation is that you would authorize the mayor to submit on behalf of the City Council, the letter that's attached to our staff report with those responses that I just reviewed with the Council. And I'm happy to take any questions.

First of all, I'll ask members of the Council if you have any questions, comments. Questions, I guess, first, I should say, I'm sorry. There are none at this point, so would anyone from the public like to comment on this item before the council?

I don't see anyone in the room and.

City clerk no, we don't have anyone online. Okay, so we now return for council discussion and or emotion.

I'll make just a brief comment. I appreciate staff's work on this. I just want to highlight from my perspective, having seen the different, having had some experience with the different city groupings, both participating as part of group three and then discussing both what VTA's administrative code requires and then how the different groupings set up their own process. There is a great deal of variety and variation. Some of the groupings are composed of just two cities, and so something that might make sense for one of the larger groups may not make sense. Some of them are composed of just one jurisdiction as in the city or the county, but they may get a great number of representatives. And so there's a great deal of factors taken account, including population, but not just population, also interest by the member cities and availability of and willingness of people to serve. So in short, I think just my subjective opinion is that I think when you lay all those out, the I think group three has a much more clearly laid out process and criteria was work that was put together. before my time to guide the decision. And so certainly in the spirit, I think it is with the it is aligned with the spirit of the of the recommendations in the grand jury report. That doesn't mean that they they have to be replaced. And I would take that process over some of the other groupings where it's just the prerogative of a single individual. Uh, so there's all kinds of different processes. Uh, so I appreciate the work, uh, on the staff response. The other thing that I just want to know, we had some discussion of this at the VTA board. Um, there's a great deal of factual inaccuracies within the grantee report itself outside of this specific recommendation. So I won't get into all of those, but I, I think some substantial issues with the process, um, uh, itself, but, um, That said, I think the feedback is any kind of different feedback or input is warranted. But in regards to our specific role as a city here, I think this is an appropriate response.

Thank you.

I would just concur with the staff recommendation. Our process has been in effect for many years and it's worked well among our group, our five cities. So I wouldn't suggest that we make changes to something that's working adequately now.

to make a motion.

And with that, I'll make a motion that the City Council authorized the mayor to submit a letter as the city's response to the 2025-26 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report titled VTA's Management and Oversight of BART Silicon Valley Phase 2.

I'll second. We have a motion by the vice mayor, second by council member Lopez. And we'll have roll call, please.

Council member Lopez.

Aye.

Council member Hines.

Aye.

Vice mayor Bybee. Aye. Mayor Furtado.

Aye. Thank you. Item 9.2 is a response to the 2526 Civil Grand Jury Report on Pothole Damage, the Claims Processes. And the staff report will be presented by our Finance Director, Will Fuentes.

Just a second.

All right. So I also have a report upon a vote. I am, okay. Upon a jury report on claims and the overall process and our proposed response to each item as well. So, the grand jury in question, they did a review of different agencies in the a county who are, who've got control over streets and also claims processes. And it has done any effort to understand the overall process. If I'm if if if you were to if you were to earn a claim, also to understand how I'm how the process could be improved, but also to I understand how come there were a high number of claims that were rejected. So in regards to Campbell, there were three arguments that there were three items found and also four recommended Again, there is no requirement to put into place any of the proposed changes and improvements. a council could certainly choose to. But our current all claims process for potholes, but also all claims is 100% compliant to a law. So it's up to and the council if it were to choose to implement any of the changes. Again, acquire a response in a certain timeframe. In the case of It's on September 10th. So the first finding is to just state that there are, in the whole county, there are a high number of claims that are typically typically rejected. And it it could be due to the people who turn in claims, a state, the incorrect agency, or also, you know, there are also things and claims that public agencies are into as well. So I cannot say How come? But it could be due to a number of items. We don't need to respond to... item one um but it's um a test a um a statement um and then for a number um a two um it's a uh it's a a a general um a comment um that if um if if if you uh go on to um if you go on to these a different uh addictions sites, it could help to also include some type of table or a database that will show each street and also who owns and who owns and controls the street. Currently, they do comply. If you go to our site, there's a full GIS program that shows all who owns and controls the street. If it's owned and controlled either by a Campbell, a county or a state as well. So we do comply today. And then on item number 2B, it's also to propose that they also show the streets and roads that people think are in Campbell's control but are say, owned and controlled by a colony or state. It's an item that we could change and improve upon, but it is also an item that a person could go into our GIS program and also I'll see quickly as well. So it's our choice as well. And then for item number three, just a general comment that our site is capable to put through a claim and It's also an item that we could choose to improve upon. But I also would caution that if it's too awkward of a process, then you also you also could get an optic in claims that don't contain options. So it's also a risk as well but it's also our choice as well um and then item number of threat item number three item number three um is um i just at our um a site um is also able to go into multiple languages. Our site today is able to, but there are always some things that could be improved upon, and that's also our choice as well. So again, under the agenda item um is our uh pro is our pro is our pro opposed or response um it's um again a due by september 10th um but if um if if there are any uh questions on um the overall a process of claims, I'm able to address those items. But if there are any questions on streets or on the process to repair potholes, also a public works director Amy Alway is also here as well for those questions. And then there are also, a council could choose also to adjust our response. So I will open it up to questions and go from there. Thank you.

Thank you, Will. Any questions by members of the council? um thank you um would any member of the public like to comment on this particular item i don't see any in the room and we don't have anyone online so i'll bring the matter to the council for discussion and or emotion

Yeah, I just wanted to commend the staff for the review and the letter. I think that the letter is an effective representation of what we should do. And frankly, were we to take some of these recommendations, it would take away staff from filling potholes. So I'd really like to see us move forward with the letter as presented by staff. Like a motion to that effect? I'll propose a motion to the city council authorize the mayor to submit the letter on behalf of the city council. The letter is written by staff. The city's response to the 2025-2026 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report pothole damage or improving claims process within Santa Clara County.

I'll second.

Motion by Council Member Hines, second by the Vice Mayor Bybee. Roll call, please.

Council Member Lopez.

Aye.

Council Member Hines.

Aye.

Vice Mayor Bybee. Aye. Mayor Furtado.

Aye. Thank you. I said there were two items. There actually are three items under this particular nine point new business. And so I will go to item number 9.3, the authorization to execute low carbon transportation and operations program, LCTOP, the fund agreement, and the presentation will be made by our Director of Public Works, Sammy Olay.

Good evening, Honorable Mayor and members of the City Council.

Speak up just a little bit more if you don't mind, please. I'm sorry.

I can do that. Item 9.3, it's a little background on this. VTA secured funding from the California Department of Transportation's Low Carbon Transportation and Operations Program, LCTOP, funds for the Transit Reliability Improvement and Performance Systems, also known as TRIPS project. In 2025, VTA staff approached public works staff about a funding opportunity in the amount of a little bit over a million dollars requiring no local match from us to upgrade seven traffic signal controller cabinets and 19 traffic signal controllers along three VTA transit corridors in the city of Campbell. So those are Campbell Avenue, Winchester Boulevard, and Bascombe Avenue, which serves VTA routes 26, 60, and 61. This is a great opportunity for Campbell because it helps us change out aging cabinets and controller systems that are close to their useful life. So the way the TRIPS project, it would provide transit signal priority, also known as TSP, along these corridors. Transit signal priority would reduce the time that buses would wait at red lights by extending the green times and extending red times along bus corridors, really without a whole lot of significant impact to the operation of the signal timing. The grant will also upgrade the signal's advanced traffic management system software that will be available or able to accommodate features of the VTA's transit signal priority project. And I think there might be a concern about what would happen with the battery backup systems that we have already installed at some of our locations. And these cabinets that we're looking at, we already have battery backups, but what will happen is that with the new cabinet, those battery backup systems will be reinstalled on the side of the new cabinets. So it's not wasted and we will still maintain the battery backups. And we have been in conversation with VTA just regarding implementation. And we've been talking about how VTA and its consulting can support city staff. They will provide training, if needed, so that we understand their centralized TSP software. The work will be done for a city, mainly by contractors, but also with staff supporting the effort and also administrating the effort. So it's a really a combination of both contractor and city staff. The project is estimated to take about 2 years to complete. We see that again, I just want to mention that this is a great opportunity for our system and it's a great, you know, a million dollars for our system and there is no local match. So this is a great opportunity for the city and also for, you know, VTA and its bus routes. And so, with that staff recommends the City Council to adopt a resolution to authorize the execution of the low carbon transportation and operations program fun agreement for transit reliability improvement and performance systems project and happy to take questions, thank you any questions by members of the Council.

Thank you. Seeing none, first I'll ask if there are any members of the public that want to speak. I don't see anyone in the chamber. There's no one online. So the matter will be come back to the council for discussion and a motion.

I'll just make a comment. It really it's been a long time coming to get this. And I know it's not because of lack of engagement from staff on either side. I've brought this up, I think, almost every year during the priority setting session since since first learning about this, which is pretty much the time I started this. on the VTA Policy Advisory Committee close to when I first joined the city. So this is one of those things that just has taken a long time to get off the ground, in part because it sounds so technical that the real world impact is so hard to imagine. But really what it means is that your public transit gets you to where you need to go faster, more reliably. And in specific to our situation, we also get some new hardware out of it, which is not going to be a bad thing. It's great that there's no local match. It's fully funded and that this is being targeted to the most impactful high use corridors. So I think really being done in a strategically thoughtful way and For colleagues or just members of the public who may be wondering why VTA doesn't just do this around the county, the fact is that there's no standardized system for how traffic signals are handled. And even within jurisdictions, not necessarily within Campbell, But, for example, the city of San Jose in Willow Glen, I know there was a pilot done of two stoplights, two traffic signals that cost a million dollars each. So that kind of gives you an idea of the spectrum. We're getting it done for our hardware is more modern than what they apparently had. And so we're getting it done for much less, but still highly impactful, cost effective. And I think is a win for pedestrians, drivers and transit riders across the board. Thank you.

I just want to commend staff and thank you, Council Member Lopez, on being able to be a proponent of this for so long. And I want to compliment staff on being able to get a grant of this nature and be able to implement this. And it's just terrific to hear it. And now, personally, rather than trying to get around buses all the time, I'm going to follow buses now with this.

Thank you.

Would either of you like to make the motion? I'd be glad to make the motion to accept the staff recommendation and accept this funding.

I'll second.

We have a motion by Council Member Lopez and a second by Vice Mayor Bybee. Roll call, please.

Council Member Lopez. Aye. Council Member Hines.

Aye.

Council Vice Mayor Bybee. Aye. Mayor Furtado.

Aye. Thank you very much. So now we move to council committee reports. Oh, I should announce there's no unfinished business. And so now we will move to council committee reports. So we'll, Vice Mayor Bybee.

I attended a couple meetings. I attended with the mayor last night. Informational meeting that was sponsored by Bay Area Air District on. Different the new regulations that are going to be being considered for furnace and water heater regulations and it will be coming to the Air District Board in November and it was basically an informational report and. good information and allowed elected officials to ask questions and get some answers on what exactly is being proposed and to provide some clarity there. and i also attended the museum and ainsley house foundation board meeting last week and i want to put a plug out they're having a fundraiser on saturday september 26th um called grooving in the garden 70s flashback and tickets are available on the city's website so i encourage people if they're in into the disco area to go online and and buy tickets that's it thank you

Councilmember Lopez?

Sure. My main committee assignment was a special board meeting that the VTA Board of Directors had. It was primarily a closed session item for evaluating our executive, as usually happens in closed session. And I believe that was my major commitment. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Hyde.

Yeah, I attended the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Finance Committee meeting, reviewed the finances. Susan Ellenberg's D4 First Five Annual Celebration, very impressive. And then Sam Liccardo's Local Cities Discussion on Ice Detention Centers. Santa Clara County Water Commission, but unfortunately there wasn't a quorum on that, but it did allow me to get to The Campbell Chamber Foundation Golf Tournament. Very good outing and good fundraiser. So, again, join me September 19th, 9 to noon, for the Coastal Cleanup down at the Campbell Center, Campbell Park. And then just I had mentioned this before, the California cities has a resolution really for a reinstatement of local control. And that is going to be evaluated by the housing community and housing committee, and then likely brought forward for a resolution. And I'll be voting on that. And currently, in my opinion, this would reverse the gains on housing development that we've seen so far. Finally, I'll do a shout out, as I do every time, to Sam's Cleaners. And they're at Union and Bascom. And that's the shirt that I wear every time from Dennis Doe. They do excellent work. He does excellent work. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll just mention that I attended the Policy Advisory Committee meeting of the Valley Transportation Authority, and Campbell was successful in obtaining three grants that they applied for for bicycle and pedestrian safety. So I'm very pleased that we were able to get those bicycle grants. We were at the top of the list, and that will help us in our future plans as we continue to improve our bike pathways and our pedestrian pathways. So Thank you to our public works department. We have no other business and therefore I will adjourn the meeting. Thank you, everyone.