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Meeting Date: 10/26/94 Agenda Item: P 3 CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ITEM DESCRIPTION: Consideration of a policy on sidewalk repairs SUBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator REVIEWED BY: Pete Klingenberg, Public Works and Parks Superintendent Terry Maurer, City Engineer EXPLANATION /SUMMARY: (prepared by Susan Hoyt) I. BACKGROUND Purpose Sidewalks are public facilities located in the city's right -of -way. The sidewalks must be maintained to prevent injury to sidewalk users. The responsibility for maintaining sidewalks for snow removal falls to the property owner adjacent to the sidewalk. This report addresses the responsibility for repairing the public sidewalk. Approach. Over the past decade the city has taken the approach of requiring property owners adjacent to public sidewalks to undertake the repair of the sidewalk when it is determined to be a hazard to public safety. This approach applies to the two neighborhoods that have sidewalks the Northome neighborhood and the Grove neighborhood. In practice. The staff historically implemented this sidewalk repair approach by: 1. Yellow lining sidewalk slabs that were either a 1" or more rise from the base sidewalk or were severely cracked and chipped, thereby, creating a hazard to public safety. 2. Sending a letter to the property owner adjacent to the deteroriated sidewalk stating the requirement that the property owner repair the slabs within thirty days. 3. When property owners, who received the letter, called to see what options for repair were available, the staff responded that the property owner was required to eliminate the danger to the pedestrian. This would require eliminating the height differential either by replacing the old slab with a new one or by patching. No standards for concrete slab replacement were required. 4. The staff never proceeded with more letters to those property owners that did not respond to the first letter.