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Informational Memo December 28, 1983 Page 3 12. The City of Lake Elmo has received a certificate of participation that indicates we are a member of the League ( of Minnesota Cities Workers Compensation Program for this upcoming year. This program has proven to be an cost efficient and effective program for us in the past. 13. Maintenance Foreman, Dave Wisdorf, has notified me they are having difficulty finding someone to remove the snow from the hockey rink in Lions Park. I understand in the past, that this has been done by the Pott brothers, but at this time, they have not made a commitment to provide this snow removal service this year. The City Crew does not have the proper equipment for this type of snowcleaning operation, and they really have their hands full with simply removing and clearing the snow from the City streets. We expect that very soon either the Pott brothers, or some other local individual, will be found who can assist the City in removing snow from the hockey rink. If, however, no one is willing to do this service, then this item may be on a future Council agenda. 14. Dave Wisdorf and I have talked this past week about the existing snowplowing operation in the City. It seems that we are getting the standard complaints from the same individuals as in preceding years, but that we are also getting some compliments on our snow removal operation, especially in the core village area. Dave expressed the following problems to me: (1) Parked cars (snowbirds) on narrow streets when the plows are in operation; (2) Individuals parking cars in front of their driveways to stop the plow from blocking them in. This only complicates our problems as we must go back and remove the snow at some point in time and eventually the driveway will get plowed in. (3) Individuals pushing snow from their driveways out on to the street. This causes drifting problems, snow removal and safety problems, and snow storage problems for the City. (4) Not only do we have problems with vehicles on the streets during snow removal, but also when cleaning and widening the streets after snow removal operations. This usually takes place 1-112 days after a storm and clearly inhibits an effective operation. Dave is keeping a list of problems he is experiencing this year, and we may have some requests for additions to our snowplowing policy for the next snow season. 15• Attached is a letter from the Association of Metropolitan Cities (AMM) soliciting nominations for their Board of Directors. The vacancy on their Board of Directors is the result of recent elections. Any Council member interested in trying to be appointed to this Board should let me know as soon as possible and I will forward your name to the AMM office.