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+## Motivation
+<!-- Add references to relevant tickets, issues, design specs and/or a short description of what motivated you to do it. -->
+
+## Brief Description
+<!-- Add a short answer for: 
+What was done in this PR? (e.g Fix to prevent users from accessing feature X.)
+Why it was done? (e.g Feature X was deprecated.)
+-->
+
+## Verification Steps
+<!--
+Add the steps required to verify this change. Keep in mind that these steps should be written so groups unfamiliar with the 
+new functionality can follow them, such as QE or documentation.
+
+1. Go to `XX >> YY >> SS`.
+2. Create a new item `N` with info `X`.
+3. Right-click the item and select Delete.
+4. Verify that the item is no longer present in the left navigation menu.
+-->
+
+## Checklist:
+
+- [ ] Code has been tested locally by PR requester
+- [ ] User-visible strings are using the react-i18next framework (useTranslation)
+- [ ] Help has been implemented
+- [ ] axe report has been run and resulting a11y issues have been resolved
+- [ ] Unit tests have been created/updated
+- [ ] Formatting has been performed via prettier/eslint
+- [ ] Type checking has been performed via 'yarn check-types'
+
+## Additional Notes
+<!-- 
+Add images and/or screen caps to illustrate what was changed if this pull request adds to or modifies existing user-visible appearance/output. 
+-->