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Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost - effective, and efficient government services Tuesday, November 18, 2014 5:00 p.m. — City Council Work Session — Lake Itasca Room Immediately following CCWS — Public Works Committee — Lake Itasca Room Preview of Next Week Council Work Session (5:00 p.m. — LIR) - Dinner will be provided Please note: The Work Session will be called to order at 5:00 p.m. in the Lake Itasca Room. The first item on the agenda is the Display and Demonstration of New Equipment and Vehicles. Following the call to order, the Work Session will move out to the South Parking Lot where the new equipment will be on display. It is expected the demonstration will last about a half hour — you may wish to dress for very cold temperatures. The Work Session will continue in the Lake Itasca Room once the demonstration is complete. • New Vehicle and Equipment Display /Demonstration • Review Draft Special assessments Policy for City Improvement Projects Public Works Committee (Immediately following CCWS — LIR) • Consider STOP Sign Installations on 146 Avenue at Iodine Street NW Council Update November 13, 2014 Winter has arrived! One of the larger snow storms for early in the season arrived at 3:00 a.m. on November 11 Public Works crews started working on our main arterial roads at 5:30 a.m. and continued to salt and plow those roads until 1:30 p.m., when we switched over and started plowing the residential areas. Staff decided on the 1:30 time frame because weather forecasts predicted heavy snow to resume later in the afternoon. The idea was to split the storm in half because we knew we would be back in November 12 to re -plow everything. Plowing wrapped up at 11:30 p.m. The crew went home to rest and came back in at 5:00 a.m. on November 12 to re -plow the entire city. Everything went well, considering all the new people involved for the first time and redesigning of routes. The crew is now concentrating their efforts on salting and clearing hard pack on arterial roads and spot treating slippery intersections in residential areas. The Parks Department is out clearing trails, sidewalks, and municipal parking lots. Save the Date: • Northern Starz Childrens Theatre Presents Cinderella. November 21 — 23, 2014, Northgate Performing Arts Center, 7295 Sunwood Drive, Ramsey, MN. Attached to the Weekly Update is a Flyer for the Northern Starz Childrens Theatre Presentation of Cinderella.