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<br />- CITY OF .l\RDEN HILLS <br /> HIHIU\NOOM <br /> DM'E: January 14, 1993 <br /> TO: Dorothy Person, city ~in;"'trator <br /> Dan wi.nkeJ., Public works SUperint~""lt ., <br /> FIlCH: I 4w <br /> . ' , ~ <br /> _. . <br /> SUBJECT: update on Sidewalk Cl~ InfODlllltion <br /> The City of Arden Hills has approximately three miles of public sidewalks. <br /> 'lhese include the west side of both Lexington Avenue and Hamline Avenue from <br /> Highway 96 to County Road F, and also County Road E fran Lexington Avenue to <br /> SIlellin:J Avenue - both sides of the road. '!he Parks Trails consist of about <br /> five miles. The average width varies fram six to nine feet f= all of these <br /> walkways. <br /> I have contacted various landscapin:J CCll1p1mies to solicit prices for cleaning <br /> the public sidewalks. Commercial I.aOOscape is tryin] to view the sites and <br />- offer a price. Birch Ia'WIl Care does not have the proper equipnent and is not <br /> interested. Collander's I.aOOscape will also try to inspect sites and forward <br /> a price. <br /> I have also talked to Sh=eview, Roseville, and New Brighton representatives. <br /> All three of these cities are currently plowin] and maintaining city walkways <br /> and paths. Shoreview has agreed to plow our sidewalk on r.exi.ngton Avenue fram <br /> Highway 96 to County Road F. '!he estimated cost for each occurrence should be <br /> between $25 and $35. '!he cost could go up with more extreme weather and snow <br /> conditions. 'Ihe quoted price is for a nonnal 2"-4" snowfall, and does not <br /> include return trips to clean up each time that the county plows Lexington and <br /> deposits snow back on the sidewalk. Three years ago Shoreview purchased a <br /> special aU-wheel drive machine that is used specifically to maintain <br /> walkways. 'lhe machine cost about $40,000 with attachments. Today the same <br /> machine would cost between $50,000 - $60,000. '!he attachments include a <br /> 6-foot wide vee-plow, snowblower, and sweeper. 'lhe vee-plow is used f= <br /> nonral, 2"-4" snowfalls. '!he blower is used for any heavier conditions. <br /> Shoreview has approxbnately 40 miles of walkways to maintain. Under nonnal <br /> conditions usin:J the vee-plow, the walks can be cleaned in about ten hours. <br /> If the snowblower has to be used, the process may take two - three t:i1nes <br /> longer . Shoreview stated that they may be willin] to :f!roVide plowin] service <br /> f= Lexington Avenue, but probably not the rest of the walkways. <br /> New Brighton has two different machines that they use. Both are similar to <br /> Shoreview's and cost between $45,000 and $50,000. New Brighton cleans about <br /> 11 miles of walkways. If toth machines are available to use, the project <br />- takes about four hours. New Brighton was not interested in cleanin] our <br /> walkways. '!he Public W=ks Superintendent stated that they could not <br /> guarantee service in a timely manner. <br /> Roseville also has a machine similar to Sh=eview' s and maintains <br /> approxbnately 30 - 35 miles of sidewalks and walkways. Roseville does not pay <br />