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Page 2 of 3 Other agencies that have bare pavement policies and adequate staff for additional work shifts did 34 not achieve bare pavement for th is storm for several days. 35 Current Policy Typical Level of Service 36  Snowfall of less than 2”. Ge neral snow plowing may not be necessary and normal ice 37 control procedures may be adequate to pr oduce safe winter driving conditions. The 38 Street Maintenance Supervisor may deem plow ing necessary if a seri es of less than 2” 39 snowfalls has caused a buildup of snow on City streets or the moistu re content is such 40 that too much salt is necessary to achiev e safe driving conditions without plowing. 41  Snowfall of 2” to 6”. Typical ly, snow removal begins as soon as practical after snowfall 42 has ended. Once continuous accumulation reach es 2”, the City’s parking ban on City 43 streets takes effect (see City Ordinance 602.09). Depending on the timing of the snowfall 44 event, every effort is made to provide motori sts with safe winter driving conditions prior 45 to critical time periods. The most critical time periods are weekday morning and evening 46 rush hours. The City will attempt to remove ice and snow from the City maintained 47 collector and priority streets prior to rush hour periods. No rmally, collector and priority 48 streets are plowed first. Once the collector and priority areas are plowed and opened, the 49 remaining streets in the reside ntial, commercial, a nd industrial areas will be plowed and 50 ice control applied. 51  Snowfall greater than 6”. Each plow rout e has a system of co llector, priority, and 52 secondary streets that link neighborhoods, major arterials, and facili ties such as schools, 53 health care facilities, etc. Depending upon the duration of any snowfall event, it may be 54 necessary to continually clear priority streets in orde r to assure public safety. Once 55 snowfall has ceased, priority streets within each route will be cl eared before snow 56 removal begins on secondary streets. Ice control measures will follow once streets are 57 plowed full width. 58 As new technologies are available, we consider what studies have shown to be beneficial to 59 improve conditions. We have experimented with many different ice control products in the last 60 20 years as follows: 61  Various salt/sand mixtures 62  Straight salt 63  Salt brine 64  Urea 65  Calcium products 66  Sugar Beet Juice by/product 67  Molasses 68  Pre-treated salt with various products 69  Pre-wet salt 70 We began using salt brine anti-icing app lication during the 2011 – 2012 snow season. 71 Approximately 60 pounds of salt/brine per lane mile were used, limited to parking lots, stop 72 signs, hills, and curves. 73 The Public Works Department has 17 street and utility operators to utilize for snow and ice 74 operations. However, at times all may not be ava ilable for various reasons. It is important to 75 note that during snow events, we have regular ut ility maintenance and repair issues that may 76 need to be addressed. Emergency needs such as water break repairs that are common in the 77 winter may require the attention of several uti lity workers. We also can anticipate one staff 78