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Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated that trucks are a little harder to rent, and they are set up <br />with special equipment that is going to cost more for somebody to set up a truck like that. He <br />stated if they are going to buy, it will be a truck. He stated another problem they are running into <br />is sidewalk maintenance, and they could barely keep up last year, and there's nothing but Town <br />Center open, and they don't have a sidewalk ordinance saying who is going to plow that, so if that <br />ever came about, they wouldn't be able to keep up. Right now what they mainly do is the two <br />mile area for walking, and then it branches out after that, and it takes a couple of days. <br /> <br />Chairperson Elvig asked if there were some sidewalks they should be redoing. He stated they put <br />a new ordinance together for the standard size, standard grade. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated those are ten feet. <br /> <br />Chairperson Elvig stated they were talking about sidewalks and trails, weren't they. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated that they were normally five feet. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson stated the sidewalks are five feet, and the trails are ten <br />feet. Concerning redoing them, he stated that there is currently $5,000 in the budget per year that <br />they are prioritizing, and that's not a great deal of money. He explained they are prioritizing <br />overlays and where they see maintenance need. He stated that they haven't necessarily earmarked <br />a certain dollar amount for correcting some of the potential deficiencies. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson asked if that was for sidewalks and trails or both. He <br />asked if staff could speak to the sidewalk ordinance. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated that right now they don't have anything. He stated if you <br />go into the Ponds, it has a lot of sidewalks. He stated they don't have that language in either <br />form right now, so it's kind of hanging out there. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson stated that more and more of the neighborhoods are going to be urban <br />sidewalks. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated they are required to have sidewalks on one side of the <br />road, but there is no maintenance agreement on what they are going to do. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson stated they should put that on a work session and talk about that. <br /> <br />Chairperson Elvig agreed. He asked what his thoughts were on equipment. <br /> <br />Public Works Supervisor Reimer stated they were going to propose in the next budget another <br />sidewalk machine that would be trackless. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson asked how wide are they. <br /> <br />Public Works Committee / April 19, 2005 <br /> Page 3 of 21 <br /> <br /> <br />