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le the Twin Cities area is enjoying a weather respite, snow removal remains a top concern. Metro-area cities follow differing recipes for dealing with this winter's nearly 50 inches of snow, but they have the same goal: getting rid of it. Snow removal 'is not an exact science' ~y Paul Levy netonka's director of operations of the next are as different as sand tar Tribune Staff Writer .After being blanketed by al- ~.,o. st 50 inches of snow so far this qBter, some Twin Cities collilnu- ,ities have exhausted their street- all supply, while others have ex- ~ausled their patience. Still, snow-removal crews plow head, preparing for the next ,~lorm and an accompanying bliz- Zard of complaints. ~. "Y,o,u can't get organized too ~,arly, ' said Brian Wagstrom, Min- 't street maintenance, whose crews began discussing this winter's snow-removal policies Oct. 22. "When it comes to snow removal, everybody's an expert on their particular piece of street aud property, and every community has a different approach." While tile amount of snowfall varies little throughout the metro area, tile budgets, number of ve- hicles, attitudes, chemicals and weather services used for snow removal from one community to ~~~ t ~STAR TRIBUNE and salt. "This is not an exact sci- ence,'' said Tom Struve, Eagan streets operations manager. "We consider salt environmentally unfriendly while other cities swear by it. We use Weather ~,5, atch, a private weather service; other cities rely on radar or TV. Turn to SNOW on B2 for: -- Resources used for remot,al. Also on B2: -- Bracing for more snow attd possible flooding. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 , 1997 Star Tribune Photo by Cheryl A. Meyer Kurt Schlegel, a street and equipment maintenance operator, plows snow in one of the many cul-de-sacs in Eagan. The truck has a reversible front plow, an oversized wing and-an underbody plow for better efficiency.