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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council S Director of Public Works/City EEnyyiinneer Minster �1 FROM: Public Works Foreman Ulrich DATE: July 28, 1988 SUBJECT: PURCHASE OF NEW SNOWPLOW FOR 4X4 PICKUP As you may know, we have purchased a new four-wheel drive pickup which is to be equipped with a new plow for plowing our parking lots, walkways, pathways and ice rinks. The rc::son for this memo is to explain the need of approximately $450.00 in addition to the $14,000 already budgeted for a new style snowplow that would enable our crews to more efficiently clean the areas. This particular snowplow is called the "Boss". It is a multi -purpose plow that works as a conventional straight mowboard plow moving to the right, to the left or for straight dozing action. It also has the features of a V-plow for plowing our sidewalks and pathways which is needed as part of our winter maintenance program. Throughout the winter, especially late into the season, our sidewalks and pathways have a tendancy to drift full. By attempting to plow these pathways with a conventional one-way plow, many times the drifted areas or compacted snow will pull the truck into a possible obstruction along the pathway, 41such as a resident's fence or possibly tearing up shrubbery or sodding from the surrounding lawns. By using a V-plow from the beginning of the season, we can wing snow back in both directions enabling the truck to proceed more controllably through hazardous areas. Another feature of this plow is the ability for its blade to be positioned in an inverted "V". This feature enables us to gather snow in front of the plow and actually carry it through parking lots. There is not the tendancy to continually lose snow out Doth edges of the plow. This would also work extremely well in our hockey rinks where we have to actually move snow the entire length of the hockey rink and carry it through a very small access point. i have made reference checks with the City of Brooklyn Center, City of Woodbury, ani Delano Dodge on the co -it of operation, the down time Lhey have experienced through breakdowns with this plow, and also the time saved by using its three different plowing aoil.ities. Both ci"_iep and Delano Dcd3e recowmended it very highly and indicated that it has cut their plowing !.ime anywhere from one-third to one-half. The City of Brooklyn Center has especially appreciated its inverted "V" position for cleaning their ice rinks and hockey arenas. i