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ICE AND SNOW POLICY Page 2 Plow routes and sequencing There are City streets, school walking trails, park and ride lot, City Hall, Police, Fire and Park building lots and ice rinks under the City's jurisdiction which are affected by this policy. All City streets will be assigned to a routes. The City's portion of school walking trails and City lots shall be cleared by City forces. City ice rinks shall be cleared after street routes have been completed. The Public Works Supervisor has the responsibility of determining plow routes and sequencing of operations. The Supervisor shall retain latitude to adjust sequencing or route assignments based on storm conditions, equipment availability and/or other conditions warranting changes. Level of service The intention of this policy is to provide reasonable winter driving conditions appropriate for the type of travel necessary on the City streets. The level of service described herein shall be considered a guideline with the understanding that during and immediately after a storm, the level of service provided may be less than described herein and may vary across the City dependent on storm conditions, equipment and personnel available and other factors. Streets shall be plowed and/or sanded to provide reasonable pavement conditions and sanded intersection approaches and curves. Cul-de-sacs and dead-end streets may have few, if any, bare pavement spots. Gravel and dirt road surfaces shall be plowed to provide a hard pack surface with sand and or abrasive spread as necessary for traction. During light or normal snowfalls, streets will be plowed full width. During heavier snowfalls, streets shall be plowed as wide as possible initially and widened as the storm intensity lessons. After the storm passes, clean-up operations shall begin to clear intersections and snow storage areas along corners and boulevards when needed. It is the City's intent to complete initial plowing and widening operations within approximately 12 hours of the cessation of the storm. Clean-up operations should be complete within approximately 24 hours for light snowfalls, and within approximately 48 hours for heavy snowfalls. These are target time frames and may be affected by a number of considerations, in portion major blizzards may require additional time.