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Case #2 ' Summary for 2005'~ 2g0¢ Snow Removar Season, Background: Staff reported the snow removal season consisted of 6 major plowing events and 16 minor events. The first full scale plowing operation was on December 14, .2005. This winter a motor grader was leased to help with the snowplowing operation. This was due to the loss of the older motor grader due to mechanical failure last year. There was also the addition of a "sidewalk machine" with a V-plow and blower and the small truck fleet was updated with two new pickups with plows. For the up coming year there will be the addition of the Public Works Department's in:st tandem dump truck. This truck will have the capability to do "pre-wetting" of material which staffhopes to incorporate into the program in the 2007-2008 season. The RTC saw a minor increase in snow removal maintenance this winter. The roadways took about 2 hours to clear and the sidewalks about 30 minutes. Sidewalk maintenance is another area that is expanding quickly. The school walking area is currently plowed on the same priority as the streets, with the rest of the sidewalks done 1-2 days afler the streets are cleared. Demand is increasing to accomplish system wide clearing of sidewalks at the same priority level as the streets. Public demand that the skating rinks be cleared the day of the storm is also increasing. With the City's population growing and the increased use of the park facilities this request for service will continue to rise. Another area staff would like to bring to the Committees attention is the large track fleet. The number of large plow tracks has not grown in size since the 4m truck was added in 1992. This will need to be addressed in the next couple of years because of the growth the City is undergoing at this'time. The goal of staff is to have all streets plowed in 8 hours'~d all cul-de-sacs within 10 hours for a 24 inch snowfall. This time limit is beginning to be exceeded because of the additional infrastructure. Action: No action needed. Case #3 Consider Modifying Address Signing Requirements Background: As a result of a recent 911 call to a townhouse address it became apparent that not all townhouse addresses are visible fi.om the street on which their address is assigned. This is the case in instances where short driveways offthe named street service as many as eight or more residential units. These driveways are too short and numerous to be practically assigned individual private street names. Staff suggests that a policy be adopted which would require that an address plaque be required on all multiple unit driveways where the house address cannot be clearly seen from the street on which the address is located. To insure that such address tags meet minimum ~tandards .for reflectiviVy am:l:conformity it~should be the Gity'P~btic Works Department's responsibility for the installation and maintenance of these address tags. Developers should be required to pay the cost associated with this requirement on all new developments similar to -274-