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MEMORANDUM DATE: May 19, 2009 TO: Mayor, Councilmember and City Manager FROM: Jay Hartman RE: Staff Report on Snow Plowing Parking Restrictions During the calendar year 2008, the City Council decided to amend the current Snow Plowing Ordinance for the City of St. Anthony. The change was made and had a sunset date of July 1, 2009. The primary goal of this change was to give residents more flexibility on when they could park on the roadway during the plowing season. To date for the 2008/2009 Snow Plowing season, 28 citations were issued by the Police Department. The "Snow Emergency Hotline" generated 135 calls and I personally received a total of 15 calls regarding the change in the ordinance. Three of the calls were supportive and twelve were less supportive due to various reasons. Throughout the 2008/2009 plowing season, the Public Works Department responded to a total of 11 full plowing events. The average number of vehicles in the street to plow around was 15 per plowing event. In the event that the Public Works Department has to "Return Plow" in the areas where vehicles were parked, the cost breakdown is as follows: Straight Time: 1 truck and operator $80/hour Overtime Rate: 1 truck and operator $120/hour The "Return Plow" Average 1 hour per snow plowing event During the 2008/2009 plowing season, Public Works incurred 6 addition hours of plowing at overtime rate. The remaining 5 hours were completed during regular hours. My recommendation is as follows: 1. Go back to the original ordinance regarding Snow Plowing & Parking Restriction on November 1 through April 1. Enclosed are documentation for this staff report and two ordinances for council consideration. Please review options and provide direction.