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. - Page 2 update on sidewalk Cleanin3' Information overtime to clean sidewalks, so the normal cleanin3' for them takes two or three days. All three of the cities contacte:i described the same conclitions am. circumstances that are encountered when keeping the sidewalks clean. The specific attachments all have limitations am. should be used for certain corrlitions. The vee-plow works best for nonnal conclitions, am. is the fastest way to clean the walkways. The snowblcmers are used for heavier corrlitions am. the process will take much longer. The blower also causes many residents to call am. c:anplain about sncM blown onto their yards. Another CXlllllOOI1 concern voiced by all three cities is that the sidewalks never seem to be clean. Every time the city plows or the County plows go by, the sidewalks need to be cleaned again. All three cities voiced some frustration trying to keep the walkways as clean as possible. The positive side is that by cleanin3' the walkways, the residents will have a clean walk that can be used for walking or jogging am. it provides for this activity to take place off the roadway, where walking or jogging could be much more dangeroUs. Same of the =ent equipment that we have could possibly be used. We did . clean a short section of Lexington Avenue last week using the Massey-Ferguson tractor. The bucket is a-feet wide am. was used to push snow the best way possible. I contacted L - Z Company, who stated that they !'lOW have a 9-foot vee-plow that they could attach to the front bucket of this machine for $2,350. This may work when cleanin3' most of the current walkways am. trails that we have. The smaller sidewalks of COunty Road E lNOIlld be a little tougher to do. A Bobcat loader could be purchased with all of the attachments for $35,000 to $40,000. This smaller size machine lNOIlld work much better for all of our applications. The machine could also be used during the rest of the year for many other functions. The larger size Massey tractor would have some difficulty cleanin3' the Parks Trails until we could do some tree trilllming . The current machines that the other three cities are using cost in the range of $50,000 - $60,000. It should also be noted that we have corrlitions in some areas where the snow would actually have to be reIroVed and hauled away due to the lack of storage space. 'Ihese areas are prilllarily along Hamline Avenue, where we have a short distance between the back of the =b and retaining walls that were constructe:i to maintain the integrity of the local properties. This would be a labor intensive activity that would take a little longer to camplete. I will be available at the council work session if lOClre questions should o::nne up. IM/kl - ~