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Item# 5.4. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Phil Hals, Street Superintendent DATE: October 4,2004 SUBJECT: level of Service - Snow Plowing Staff has been approached regarding plowing sequence and completion time. Council input on tbese two issues would be helpful for Staff. Everyone knows tbat each snowfall has a different start time, duration, intensity and accumulated volume, so when setting a policy, we speak in general terms. Alternating Individual Route Sequences: In years past each residential route was plowed in tbe same sequence, with tbe idea being to plow past tbe most homes in tbe least amount of time. This year we have spent a good deal of time considering alternatives to tbe old system and offer tbese two options: >- Option #1: A complete reversal of each route, or last to first on an alternating basis. Staff feels tbis would not work well, since alinost every route finishes on the most remote roads tbat have only 3 - 10 homes per mile. >- Option #2: Setting up an "A" route and a "B" route for each truck. This would offer 2 different starting points on an alternating basis. On about half of tbe routes this would work, however, on otbers we have to consider school traffic, hills, plow truck travel time and additional snow compaction in more densely populated areas. A down side to eitber option is public perception and when do residents expect to be plowed out. However, Staff would welcome Council input, since no plowing schedule is going to satisfy everyone. Recommendation: Staff recommendation is to retain tbe past practice of same sequence of plowing.