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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes 12 March 23, 2004 Page 12 1 proactive in providing services that met or exceeded the service level provided by other public 2 works agencies. 3 4 Councilmember Thuesen asked if Mr. Hartman had any information regarding a gate'system that 5 could be placed'on the snowplows, noting the gate system could be put down to prevent pushing 6 snow into driveways. He questioned if Mr. Hartman could comment on how this would affect 7 the time factor of removing snow and the cost. Mr. Hartman responded he had been asking 8 questions regarding the gate system and, at this point, did not understand how it worked. He 9 added he would have better answers to Councilmember Thuesen's questions when he was able to 10 find information about the gate system. 11 12 Councilmember Thuesen asked if any cities within the metropolitan area used the system. Mr. 13 Hartman responded he was not aware of any cities that used such a system. 14 15 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the Department would provide opportunity for chipping of 16 branches, etc., this spring. Mr. Hartman responded curbside chipping would be provided in the 17 spring and, if a resident missed the curbside chipping, he/she could bring the materials to the 18 new Public Works facility, where they would be handled at that time. 19 20 Councilmember Faust noted he encouraged residents who liked to keep their trees trimmed to 21 use the curbside chipping offered by the Public Works Department. He added he also 22 appreciated the street sweepers, who did an excellent job keeping the City clean. 23 24 Councilmember Faust asked how the new park at Silver Lake Village would affect the 25 Department's staffing. Mr. Hartman responded he would be meeting with the design team in 26 about two weeks regarding this issue. He added one of the items needing consideration was 27 whether maintenance would be split with the property owners in the area or if the City would 28 take responsibility and charge back to the affected residents. He noted decisions would be made 29 after further discussion had taken place. 30 31 Councilmember Faust asked Mr. Hartman to thank his department for its hard work,which"kept 32 the City working really well." 33 34 Mayor Hodson thanked Mr. Hartman and noted he had received comments of appreciation from 35 residents regarding the Public Works Department. 36 37 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBERS. 38 City Manager Mornson reported the following: 39 He cited the following items regarding the Silver Lake Village project: 1) excellent 40 turnout for the Saturday Bulldozer Bash; 2)meeting with property owners on March 23, 41 2004, regarding 39`t'Avenue NE improvements and assessments,with another meeting 42 scheduled to take place in the middle of April; 3)three to four meetings held per week 43 with the developer regarding the project; 4) developer met with Fire Department staff 44 regarding fire code issues. 45 Mr.Morrison explained the Silver Lake Village project would be bid out in two phases, 46 with the bid opening on the first phase scheduled for April 22, 2004, and consideration of