Ramsey Resident - 2013 - March/April

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Ramsey Street Sweeping Snowplowing Street sweeping is one of the core services of the city ăFXJOUFSTFBTPOJTIFSF of Ramsey Public Works Department. City wide sweep- and we all know what that ing is performed spring and fall. Spring sweeping is the means – snowplowing! You most critical because of the ice control sand spread over DBOđOENPSFJOGPSNBUJPOPO the winter. If the sand is not swept up, before spring rains the “How Do I . . .” section of start, it washes into our natural waterways and eventually the city website at www.cityo- damages that environment. Part of our annual road main- framsey.com, including the tenance program includes seal coating road surfaces. Seal Mailbox Replacement Policy, City Policy on Snow DPBUJOHIFMQTQSFWFOUXBUFSJOđMUSBUJPOJOUPUIFSPBECFE Removal, Ice Control and Boulevard Staking. and provides traction to road surfaces that may have been ăFDJUZPG3BNTFZBMTPIBTBOBĕFSIPVST QPMJTIFECZUSBċD0JMJTTQSBZFEPOUIFSPBETVSGBDFBOE snowplow information line at 763-433-9852, DSVTIFESPDLJTBQQMJFE"OZMPPTFSPDLMFĕPOUIFSPBEXBZ which is updated and monitored during the snow- is initially swept up by the contractor within 72 hours of plow season. During regular business hours you BQQMJDBUJPOBOESFTXFQUXJUIJOXFFLT&WFOBĕFSUXP can contact the public works department directly TXFFQJOHT SPDLXJMMDPOUJOVFUPMPPTFOVQEVFUPUSBċD at 763-433-9820. especially in areas with lots of turning movements, such $JUZTUBĈXPVMEBMTPMJLFUPSFNJOEZPVUPLFFQ as intersections and cul-de-sacs. City crews will re-sweep garbage cans and recycling containers out of the these areas twice more before plowing season. As you can road. Please place them in the driveway or behind imagine snow plowing loosens up any additional rock that UIFDVSCăJTBMMPXTTOPXQMPXESJWFSTUPQMPX hasn’t set properly. We still get some loose rock in the curb to curb and lessens the chance of tipping over spring, but it’s greatly reduced. Fall sweeping is done to your containers. pick up dead leaves and any other loose material that may have accumulated on the roadway over the summer. If you have any questions about sweeping or any other mainte- Do Not Push or Dump nance concerns, please contact the Public Works Super- intendent, Grant Riemer at 763-433-9863 or griemer@ Snow or Ice Onto the ci.ramsey.mn.us. Roadway As Old Man Winter tightens his hold on Help Keep Fire Hydrants Ramsey, there’s an increasing temptation to push Accessible driveway snow and ice into the street. Unfortu- nately, this is very hazardous to other residents ăJTXJOUFS QMFBTFIFMQVTLFFQTOPXBXBZ walking or driving on our streets. GSPNđSFIZESBOUT4OPXQJMFEPSTIPWFMFEDMPTF City Code prohibits the deposit of items, UPIZESBOUTSFTUSJDUTPQFSBUJPOEVSJOHBđSFFNFS including snow and ice, in the right-of-way. In an gency. FĈPSUUPFOGPSDFUIJT 3BNTFZPċDFSTXJMMJTTVFB "ĕFSBTOPXGBMM UIFQVCMJDXPSLTEFQBSUNFOUJTSFTQPO citation to homeowners if they see snow deposited sible for clearing snow from city streets. Depending on the onto the roadway. Violators will be charged with a amount and type of snow, snow removal can take several NJTEFNFBOPS XJUIBTFDPOEPĈFOTFIBWJOHBNJOJ EBZT8FSFRVFTUZPVSIFMQJOLFFQJOHđSFIZESBOUTBDDFT NVNđOFPG)FMQVTLFFQPVSTUSFFUTTBGF sible. Please clear a four-foot circle around the hydrant near for everyone. ZPVSIPNFUPFOTVSFFBTZBDDFTTGPSPVSđSFEFQBSUNFOU For more information on where to put snow If you have any questions or comments, please contact or ice, please contact Mary Jo Warner at 763-433- John Nelson, Ramsey Fire Department at 763-427-8254. 9820 or email mwarner@ci.ramsey.mn.us. 14 Ramsey Resident • March/April 2013