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planned -for maintenance. <br />9.02 Boardwalks <br />a. Wood boardwalks require regular inspection for maintenance activity, usually consisting <br />of a single plank needing replacement due to breaking or warping. <br />b. Often these conditions are reported by trail users, with staff dispatched to address the <br />deck board replacement right away — or to place a traffic cone at the broken board to alert <br />trail users of the condition if the repair cannot be made immediately. <br />c. Some of the inherent appeal of boardwalks is their location in natural environments, and <br />their rustic 'feel' — which means they are not assured to be pristine in all dimensions — as <br />long as they are safe to use. <br />9.03 Trail Bridges <br />a. The city presently has three, Cor-10 steel arched bridges withing the bituminous trail <br />system that are load -rated and designed for maintenance vehicles. <br />b. These bridges have not required any maintenance except for the occasional replacement <br />of a steel band placed on the wooden deck to provide for a surface for the snow plow <br />cutting edge to slide upon. <br />c. A fourth bridge spans Trott Brook as part of the 1,200' foot Lake Itasca Boardwalk. The <br />construction consists of deck boards bolted onto galvanized steel trusses, and has not <br />needed any maintenance since its construction by city staff in 2014. <br />SECTION 10.0 SIGNAGE <br />10.01 The city has maintained a policy of not signing trails, except for unique and temporary conditions <br />that require them, such as 'Trail Closed' or 'Work Ahead'. <br />10.02. The city does not sign for conditions that a trail user should expect, and ride safely for if on a <br />bicycle, like a curve, slope or driveway ahead. <br />SECTION 11.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS <br />11.01 Sidewalk and trail maintenance will be conducted when weather conditions permit and do not <br />limit the ability to perform the work. <br />11.02 Sidewalk and trail maintenance will be conducted when such work would not endanger the <br />safety of city employees and equipment. <br />11.03 Factors that may delay sidewalk and trail maintenance operations include, but are not limited to: <br />temperatures below 32°F, wind, rain, and snow. <br />SECTION 12.0 FUNDING <br />12.01 The Trail Maintenance Policy should lead the city: <br />a. to evaluating past practices and funding, to align more so to with on -the ground <br />81t'age <br />