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6.5. SR 11-06-1995•-�,r '� ITEM 6. 5. ity of� MEMORANDUM lk TO: Mayor & City Council River FROM: Phil Hals, Street /Park Superintendent DATE: November 6, 1995 SUBJECT: Annual Review of Snow and Ice Control Policy As in the past, it is necessary for the City Council to review and adopt the Snow and Ice Control Policy. The basic elements of the policy remain the same as last year with six truck routes, two sidewalk routes and one loader route. The following changes are added to the maps for 1995/96: • A. Joplin Street from County Road 30 to Highway 10 as a priority route. B. Orono Parkway from City Hall to Joplin Street as a priority route. C. Non - motorized pathways (or sidewalks) 1. Both sides of Joplin Street from County Road 30 to Highway 10. 2. Both sides of Orono Parkway from City Hall to Joplin Street. 3. One side of 183rd Avenue from Joplin Street to Sandpiper Estates. 4. One side of Commercial Drive west of Joplin Street to end. 5. Within Country Crossings Addition. 6. Within Heritage Landing Addition. 7. Within Meadowvale Heights Addition. 8. One side of Dodge Avenue south of 189th Avenue to 600 Dodge Avenue. To improve service without purchasing more equipment, staff would like to contract some of the cul -de -sac plowing. Funds to do this have been identified in the 1996 budget. Contracting the cul -de -sac plowing will allow the city trucks to concentrate on main line plowing. Since a truck can plow two lane miles of street in the time it takes to plow one cul -de -sac, • contracting will speed up our entire snow plowing schedule. An extra benefit 13065 Orono Parkway - P.O. Box 490 - Elk River, MN 55330 - (612) 441 -7420 - Fax: (612) 441 -7425 with contracting this service is to delay the need for another city truck and • maintenance employee. The contractor will be asked to start work at about 8 a.m. and work an 8 to 10 hour shift, cleaning up cul -de -sacs after our trucks have made the opening pass. Staff is viewing this contract plowing as experimental and the agreement is worded so that if the contractor fails to respond, or in the city's opinion, this is not an economical approach, the agreement would be terminated. Chris Holzem, newly hired laborer will be operating the second sidewalk plow. • • REVISED 11/6/95 • SNOW AND ICE CONTROL POLICY Opening Statement Snow and ice are natural occurring elements in Elk River and this policy is a guideline as to how the City of Elk River deals with these natural elements. SNOW PLOWING Guidelines for Commencement of Operations Snow plowing and/or ice control operations will be initiated by the Street Superintendent or his designated representative. Operation will begin when two or more inches of snow has fallen. Plowing will begin as close as practicable to the time when the snowfall ceases, however, every effort will be made to have all priority routes plowed by morning rush hour. For storms of an unusually long duration, priority routes will be plowed when • accumulation become hazardous for driving. Based on different storm situations and severity levels, the starting times are flexible. During an extremely heavy snowfall, priority routes will be plowed and all residential routes will be plowed with at least one pass to allow emergency travel. Following the storm, all streets will be replowed and widened to allow normal vehicle usage. Street Plowing Priorities Each of the six truck plows has a priority route that is plowed first (see map Attachment "A") followed by a residential route. Sand and salt are applied during the plowing operation and after plowing is completed. Sidewalks Sidewalks on the unmotorized pathway system are plowed concurrently with the street plowing (see map Attachment `B ") using City equipment. Sidewalks are cleared of snow, but the City cannot remove packed snow and ice build up. Sidewalks that are not plowed by the City must be cleared by the property owners. • • Cul -de -Sacs While some isolated cul -de -sacs are plowed immediately with the streets, most are just "circled" by the truck plow and plowed completely at a later time. When "circling", the truck makes one pass, usually in the clockwise rotation, leaving the bulk of the snow in the center of the cul -de -sac and opening all driveways. The cul -de -sac is plowed out completely by another machine at a later time. Snow Removal The downtown area and several other locations must have the snow loaded and trucked away because of lack of snow storage (see Attachment "C "). The snow removal is normally accomplished within 48 hours of the completion of snow plowing operations. Ice Control & Sand/Salt Application First Priority - Priority routes, high volume intersections, hills, curves, and railroad tracks. is Second Priority - Stop intersections, moderate volume intersections. Third Priority - Residential intersections. Elk River, like most communities, does not have the equipment or resources to sand all streets end to end, and during extremely cold weather, chemicals are not responsive as ice melters. Drivers must use caution when operating a motor vehicle, especially during winter months. Roadside Mail Boxes The City shall not assume liability for mailboxes damaged during snowplowing operations unless the Street Department determines that a plowing unit has made direct contact with the box. Mailboxes that are damaged by contact with City equipment will be repaired by Street Department personnel as soon as possible after plowing operations are completed. Sod Damage Sod damaged by City plowing equipment will be repaired using one of two • procedures the following spring: 1. City Street Department will repair the damage using black dirt and • seed. 2. The property owner may elect to do the repair work using commercial sod. The City will reimburse the property owner for the sod purchased, not the labor. Said reimbursement must be approved by the City prior to the property owner doing any corrective work or purchasing any sod. Lawn Sprinkler Damaze The City will not be responsible for damage to any underground lawn sprinklers that are located on boulevards within the street right -of -way. It shall be the responsibility of the homeowner to protect such systems from damage or to relocate sprinkler heads within the homeowner's property lines. Special Note It is unlawful for anyone to deposit snow on a public right -of -way per Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulations 160.27 Subd (5): Misdemeanors: It shall be unlawful to obstruct any public street or • highway or to deposit any snow or ice thereon; and, 169.42 Subd (1): Littering: No person shall throw, deposit, place, or dump upon any street or highway any snow, ice, etc. Trash Containers Since trash is collected five days per week, one or more routes encounter trash containers while plowing. Plow operators will slow down and swerve around trash containers, but often times just the snow windrow will knock the container over. Routes that are plowed on trash pickup day will have to be re- plowed after other snow operations are completed to avoid frozen mounds of snow in the road. Residents are encouraged to leave their trash containers behind the curb line on trash pickup day because plow operators will not stop to move containers or set containers upright that have overturned. • • SNOW PLOWING OPERATION PROCEDURE 1995 -96 Season Each operator has a priority route to plow first, followed by the designated residential area. Route 1 Priority Route 197th Avenue from Highway 169 to Tyler Street, Tyler Street to County Road 13 to County Road 33; 165th from Highway 10 East; 173rd from Highway 10 East and Yale from Highway 10 West. Residential Route Rural area east of Highway 169 Route 2 Priority Route School Street, Dodge Avenue, Freeport Avenue. Residential Route Area east of Jackson Avenue, south of 193rd Avenue and west of Twin Lake Road, north of 181st Avenue Route 3 Priority Route East and West Main Street, Proctor Avenue Residential Route Residential area south of Highway 10 and west of Jackson Route 4 Priority Route West School Street, North Jackson Avenue, Highland Road, 193rd from Highway 169 east Residential Route . Area north of Highway 10, west of Jackson Avenue, east of County Road 1 Page 2 Route 5 • Priority Route Industrial Park, Jackson Avenue south of School Street, Railroad Drive and 3rd Street Residential Route Area north of Highway 10, west of County Road Route 6 Priority Route Gary Street, Orono Road, Orono Parkway, Joplin Street Residential Route Moldenhauer Addition, Riverview Heights, Pinewood Addition, Heritage Landing, Mississippi Oaks, Country Crossings Route 7 (loader) Priority Route Fire Hall, City Hall/Police Station, and Nursing Home Residential Route Eleven parking lots, two alleys and fifteen cul -de -sacs Route 8 (sidewalk) Designated nonmotorized pathways, one hockey rink and one skating rink The "early shift", where two operators start work at 6:00 a.m. each working day, will start November 27, 1995, and continue until March 29, 1996, with the operators starting early on a rotating schedule. It will be the responsibility of the early shift to check the priority routes, City Hall, Fire Station, the downtown parking lots, and with the Police Officer on duty for areas that may require sanding. The two persons scheduled for the early start on Monday will be responsible for the department call outs on the preceding weekend. That means that they will be responsible for taking the pager home with them on Friday • evening and responding to emergency requests throughout the weekend. Page 3 Normal plowing operations will be set up by the Street Superintendent or his • designee. Start times will vary according to the depth of the snow and the severity of the storm. Each operator will be responsible for his assigned route. As routes are completed, equipment will be assigned to help finish other routes. With an "average" snowfall of T' to 6 ", it is our goal to have all streets and cul -de -sacs plowed in 8 to 12 hours. Sand/salt will be applied during and immediately following plowing operations with special attention given to priority routes, high volume intersections, hills, curves, and railroad crossings. We do not have the resources to sand every street curb to curb, end to end, so drivers must exercise caution during the winter season. In the early morning hours of the day following our plowing operation, the snow is hauled from the downtown area and several locations where nonmotorized pathways are immediately behind the curb. This operation requires the motor grader to windrow the snow, the loader mounted snow blower to load it, and four or more trucks to haul the snow away. The downtown clean up will be scheduled by the Street Superintendent or his designee and will be coordinated with the contractor in charge of cleaning the downtown sidewalks. Nonmotorized Pathways • The sidewalks that are designated as nonmotorized pathways will be plowed at the same time as the street plowing. A member of the Street Department will operate the sidewalk snowblower. When the pathway system has been plowed, the snowblower will then clear the skating and hockey rinks in Lion's Park. • Page 4 The "call out" procedure for after hours shall be as follows: • 1. A citizen calls the Sheriff's Office complaining of a slippery street. 2. The Sheriffs dispatcher takes the person's name and phone number and then notifies the police officer on duty. 3. The police officer on duty makes a visual inspection of the area in question in a timely manner (not emergency). 4. If the police officer feels that salt /sand is needed for the safety of the motoring public, the officer will have the Sheriffs dispatcher page the Street Department person who is on call. 5. The "on call" person will then respond with salt /sand to the area in question. Plow Operator Instructions To minimize damage to mailboxes, plowing speeds should not exceed 20 m.p.h. The City is responsible to repair or replace mailboxes that are damaged by ACTUAL CONTACT with our equipment. • Operators are not allowed to pull, push, or jump start private vehicles with City equipment. They may offer sand, use of shovels, or call for help on the two -way radio. Each operator is responsible for the daily maintenance checks of the vehicle he is operating. These checks include engine oil level, radiator level, fuel, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, brakes, lights, and tires. Plows, wings, and sanders should be checked after every use. Salt /sand should be dumped and trucks and boxes washed after sanding operations are completed. Fuel tanks should be at least 75 percent full when trucks are parked. Keep equipment clean inside and out. 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