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t-1 Elk REQUEST FOR ACTION M River To Item Number Ma ox and Ci ~ Council 5.3. Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by Public Works October 1, 2007 Ter Mauxex, Public Works Director Item Description Reviewed by Review of the Snow and Ice Control Policy Phil I-Ials, Street Su erintendent Reviewed by Lori ohnson, Ci Administrator Action Requested Review and approval of the Snow and Ice Control Policy. Background/Discussion Attached fox your information is a copy of the current Snow and Ice Control Policy and also a copy of the snow plow route map. There axe no changes in the approach the Street Division will be taking in dealing with snowfall events this winter. However, the Snocv and Ice Control Policy has been rewritten to put it into an objective performance standard. The League of Minnesota Cities Model Policy was used as a guide. As you can see from reviewing this document, we have broken down the snowfall events to be 4 inches ox less and greater than 4 inches. With every snowfall event, our primary priority is to get the major routes open, followed immediately by getting all of the streets in the city at least open enough fox traffic to flow. The secondary priorities axe cleaning out major intersections, plowing public parking areas, fully cleaning all city streets, together with cleaning of cul-de-sacs. The third priority is the hauling of snow in areas that require this operation. As you can see from the map, we currently have nine designated snow plow routes. In a typical snowfall event, one plow route driver can handle 12 - 15 miles of roadway in a shift. We cuxxendy axe approximately 5 -7 miles short of needing a tenth plow route, ox extending the time to complete the routes. With the current state of development, it will likely be a few years before we will need to deal with the additional plow route. At the start of the snowfall event, in addition to the nine designated plow routes, we have four other people out; three of them in loaders -one utilizing the tractor fox summer roadside ditch mowing equipped with a plow in the winter. These four additional vehicles handle the public parking areas including the Noxthstax Paxk & Ride lot, major intersections of city streets with trunk highways, and cul-de-sac areas. During a snowfall event, we axe utilizing all Street Division employees, including the mechanics, to move snow. In addition, we also utilize employees from other departments that are trained and licensed to operate snow plows on an "as needed" basis. On Monday evening, I will be in attendance along with Phil and/or Mark from the Street Division to answer any questions you may have regarding plans fox handling snowfall events this winter.