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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor LeTourneau, Councilmembers Kuzma, Riley, Heinrich, Menth, Musgrove, and Specht. Voting No: None. 7.02: Adopt Resolution #20-037 Ordering Feasibility Report for Amended 2020 Mill and Overlay Improvements, Improvement Project#20-02A City Engineer Westby reviewed the staff report and recommendation to adopt Resolution #20- 037 ordering feasibility report for amended 2020 mill and overlay improvements, Improvement Project#20-02A. Councilmember Specht asked for details on how the project would be funded. City Engineer Westby stated that per the special assessment policy, up to 25 percent of the cost for a mill and overlay would be assessed and therefore the City would follow that process. Motion by Councilmember Musgrove, seconded by Councilmember Heinrich, to Adopt Resolution #20-037 Ordering Feasibility Report for Improvement Project #20-02A, Amended 2020 Overlay Improvements. Further discussion: Councilmember Heinrich expressed appreciation that the City is analyzing the most cost-effective manner to repair the roads. Mayor LeTourneau stated that it appears that the City has moved to the most cost-effective project with the available funding. He asked what would happen with the other three projects that will not be completed. City Engineer Westby stated that the next case is proposing to reallocate funds in order to gather additional data and advised that staff will complete an update to the CIP. He confirmed that the roads that will not be mill and overlaid this year have life left and will continue to be patched until the time a reconstruction would be completed. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor LeTourneau, Councilmembers Musgrove, Heinrich, Kuzma, Menth, Riley, and Specht. Voting No: None. 7.03: Adopt Resolution #20-038 Indefinitely Suspending Annual Sealcoat Program and Reallocating Budgeted 2020 Sealcoat Funds City Engineer Westby reviewed the staff report and recommendation that the City's sealcoat program be indefinitely suspended to allow staff to further study the causes of pavement stripping in Ramsey and in other northern tier cities, to determine if reasonable alternatives to sealcoating exist, and to verify how to most cost-effectively repair pavement sections damaged by pavement stripping. Staff also recommends that the 2020 sealcoat budget be reallocated as follows: • $150,000 for crack seal improvements in 2020 • $250,000 for 2020 mill and overlay improvements in Business Park 95 • $75,000 for collection of ground penetrating radar data on numerous city streets • $25,000 for additional spray patching in 2020 City Council/February 24,2020 Page 5 of 9