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Mounds View City Council November 14, 2011 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:33 p.m. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:33 p.m. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Mayor Flaherty thanked Staff for updating the Code for the City’s snow and ice policy. 6 <br /> 7 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the First Reading and Introduce Ordinance 866, 8 <br />an Ordinance Amending Title 900 by Deleting Chapter 901 of the City Code Pertaining to the 9 <br />Snow and Ice Control Policy. 10 <br /> 11 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 12 <br /> 13 <br />E. Resolution 7855, Approving Revisions to the Snow Plowing and Ice Control 14 <br />Policy. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Public Works Director DeBar explained the Council reviewed an updated Snow Plowing and Ice 17 <br />Control policy at a work session meeting on November 7th. He reviewed the revisions to the 18 <br />policy in detail with the Council stating the policy now had two tables ranking the street, trail and 19 <br />parking lot operations. Staff recommended approval of the Resolution. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Mueller asked if the information within this Resolution would be available to 22 <br />the residents. Public Works Director DeBar indicated the information would be uploaded to the 23 <br />City’s website for citizen review after Council approval. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Council Member Mueller suggested the information be added to the next Mounds View Matters. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Council Member Mueller questioned how decisions were made by public works to tow vehicles 28 <br />in snow emergency situations. Public Works Director DeBar indicated the police department 29 <br />takes action in this area to have roads cleared for plowing. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Mayor Flaherty asked if all priority roads were cleared first. Public Works Director DeBar stated 32 <br />during typical snow falls, the public works drivers have a route that is followed and the entire 33 <br />City can be cleared within six hours. However, if the snowfall was extreme or heavy/wet snow, 34 <br />the route may vary and the snow removal would be delayed. 35 <br /> 36 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7855, 37 <br />Approving Revisions to the Snow Plowing and Ice Control Policy. 38 <br /> 39 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 40 <br /> 41 <br /> F. Resolution 7849, Supporting the Creation of a K9 Program within the 42 <br />Mounds View Police Department and Acceptance of a Grant from the St. 43 <br />Paul Canine Foundation. 44 <br /> 45