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2 <br /> <br />these sidewalks have very limited city property or dedicated easements on the house side them (often 1-2 <br />feet) which limits options for snow storage. Currently Public Works is only clearing sidewalks that abut <br />city property. The abutting city property allows for large amounts of snow to be blown or pushed off the <br />side walk without impeding private property. Clearing sidewalks is not only completed after a snow event <br />ends, but required again after wind drifting or after plows (residential, commercial and municipal) do clean <br />ups. Damage to lawns and sprinklers occurs during this process. Grass is scalped or ripped up. If the <br />ground is not froze, tire tracks rut up the soft lawn (before and after freeze up). When damage is done, <br />public works returns in the spring to make repairs to the lawn. The day after all streets are cleared of snow, <br />the 9 Public Works operators are busy clearing snow from park rinks and parking lots, flooding rinks, <br />cleaning up street intersections or benching back snow banks, washing salt off equipment to minimize <br />corrosion, catching up on sewer and water related tasks (daily rounds, meter change outs, utility locates and <br />water sampling), grooming winter trails in Sunfish, Demontreville, Pebble and Ried Parks, as well as <br />completing necessary plow maintenance in preparation for the next snow effect. To add additional <br />sidewalks to our plate will mean other tasks would be delayed. <br /> <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT: <br />Public Works Time, fuel and added wear and tear on equipment to clear additional sidewalks. Overtime <br />wages will be incurred when a snow fall needs to be cleared over a weekend or holiday to meet the 48 hour <br />rule or if additional sidewalks cannot be completed in a normal 8 hour day. Lawn repair costs including <br />labor, fuel, black dirt, seed and fertilizer. <br /> <br /> <br />OPTIONS: <br />If a majority of the council would like staff to change the sidewalk snow removal ordinance, please provide <br />staff with direction on what changes are preferred and staff will bring the ordinance changes back to <br />council for approval. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Sidewalk Snow removal Ordinance <br />Other City Ordinances <br /> <br />