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for the number of allowable ground signs in the Employment Districts than the Business Districts. He noted that the Zoning Code should not be a barrier for those businesses with multiple frontages that desire to have a second ground sign in the Employment Districts. Motion by Councilmember Shryock, seconded by Councilmember Johns, to waive the City Charter requirement that the ordinance be read aloud and Adopt Ordinance # 17-01 Amending Article II, Division 8 (Signs), Section 117-520 (E-1 and E-2 Employment Districts) of the Ramsey City Code. A roll call vote was performed by the Recording Secretary: Councilmember Riley aye Councilmember Shryock aye Councilmember Williams aye Councilmember LeTourneau absent Councilmember Johns aye Councilmember Kuzma aye Mayor Strommen aye Motion carried. 7.04: Consider Adopting Resolution #17-01-016 Ordering Feasibility Report for Improvement Project #17-02, Rivers Bend Street Reconstruction City Engineer Westby reviewed the staff report and recommendation to adopt the resolution to allow the project to be constructed as part of the 2017 Street Maintenance Program, and allow for the use of special assessments to pay for a portion of the project costs per the applicable provisions of the City Charter, the City's Special Assessment Policy, and Minnesota Statute Chapter 429. Mayor Strommen stated that this is twice that the City has encountered pavement thickness less than expected and asked if staff believes that this is a wider spread issue or tied to construction that happened to a specific time period or contractor. City Engineer Westby replied that staff does not have an indication of which streets this might be confined to in the City. He stated that in the past they asked for the Council's authorization to use the remaining funds available from the sealcoating line item, after the sealcoating has been completed, in order to do pavement coring and soil borings in certain areas known to have bad soils that are included in upcoming road projects. He noted that staff will again ask for that authorization this year in order to continue that research as they have not yet found a common denominator. Councilmember Kuzma asked if staff would be able to mill a little less roadway and then add more bituminous material throughout the mill and overlay project. City Council / January 10, 2017 Page 8 of 11