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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 20, 2015 Page 16 neer Mark Culver regarding seal coating and the overall delamination issue, opined that the deterioration, problematic across the region, was hastened by larg- er, heavier trucks. Councilmember McGehee offered to continue collecting more information and have it ready to present at that future meeting. Councilmember Willmus stated that this was an issue discussed with constituents, and questioned via survey; and remained at the threshold where residents were not yet interested in abandoning their current system. Therefore, Councilmember Willmus stated that he would not pursue any other direction than the current ser- vice until residents indicated their interest in the City Council doing so, regardless of the actions taken by other communities. Specific to delamination issues, Councilmember Willmus opined that the reaction of the seal coat itself was caus- ing failure on the surface of the roadway; and in similar discussions he'd held with Mr. Culver, if vehicular traffic was actually causing deterioration, it would be seen from the bottom up, thus creating no concern about that traffic from his perspective. Councilmember Willmus opined that the City Council owed it to the community to continue surveying them going forward, in addition to the many opportunities to-date for the community to come forward for these discussions. Unless there were clearly three votes to move in a different direction, Coun- cilmember Willmus opined that the body was not doing deference to the priorities it needed to address. Councilmember Etten stated that he would support the idea of organized collec- tion; however, recognized that the details were where laid the difficulties; and ex- pressed disappointment if Ramsey County decided not to direct resource recov- ery. Councilmember Etten noted a lack of any consensus to move in a different direction based on comments from the rest of his colleagues. In follow-up to Councilmember Willmus' remarks, Councilmember McGehee as- sured him that she well understood delamination, a reaction between the base and seal coat, and the problem in the mix where they join and the thinness of the seal coat that did indeed have an impact, with further weight hastening that deteriora- tion. Councilmember McGehee stated that was the discussion she had been hav- ing with residents, and those residents had asked that she bring this issue forward. Councilmember McGehee opined that her proposed agenda scheduling would al- low plenty of time for due diligence; and further opined that the City Council had spent a great deal of time on items of much less interest in the past. Councilmember Laliberte clarified her understanding that no decision had yet been made on resource recovery by Ramsey and Washington Counties, and if so, she was certainly unaware of that decision. Councilmember Laliberte opined that, since the scheduled discussion of the Ramsey County League of Local Govern- ments later this week was specific to that resource and recovery issue, she did not think a decision had yet been made, making planning future discussion a moot