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81 had to send a letter to people on the second list. He noted as pavement projects in 82 areas with houses on the freeze list the City will add insulation to those services, so 83 the residents do not need to run their water. He stated the only issue with that is 84 the City is only insulating the line under the road portion, the line is not being 85 insulated through the residents' yard. As the services are insulated the residents do 86 get removed from the freeze list so someday there will not be a freeze list. 87 88 Member Kors stated there is a sidewalk on the north side of County Road B between 89 Lexington and Victoria that is really treacherous with a couple inches of ice and 90 snow build up and he wondered who was responsible for cleaning the sidewalks. 91 92 Mr. Culver indicated the City Parks Department does provide snow removal on the 93 trails and sidewalks in residential areas through the winter season. This season has 94 been a very challenging season for ice. He noted the City does not do ice control 95 on sidewalks. With the thaw an refreeze it has been really challenging in some 96 areas as far as ice control. He stated the City does not have a bare pavement 97 standard and when the parks employees plow it is not always scraping down to the 98 actual pavement, it may be approximately an inch above that to prevent damaging 99 the concrete or equipment. 100 101 Member Kors thought a part of the problem with that section of sidewalk is there 102 is not a natural way for it to drain so the ice builds up as the snow melts. 103 104 Mr. Culver did not think that was a unique issue, especially on the County roads 105 because the County is plowing the snow off the street and goes onto the boulevard 106 or sidewalk and then the City comes in and clears the snow and pushes more snow 107 onto the boulevard and to the area on the other side of the sidewalk. He noted it is 108 a constant battle. 109 110 5. Snelling Avenue Corridor Study 111 Public Works Director Marc Culver provided a brief review and update on the 112 Snelling Avenue Corridor Study listed in the staff report dated January 22, 2019 113 114 Member Joyce stated there was a reference of grade separation at Lydia and he 115 asked to have it explained. That scenario would be discussed later in the 116 presentation. 117 118 Mr. Culver reviewed scenario one at Lydia with the Commission. 119 120 Member Wozniak stated there are sidewalks on both sides of Lydia but there is not 121 any crosswalk. 122 123 Mr. Culver stated that has been the case for a while. He indicated that because of 124 the heavy left turn volumes at that intersection the City does not want pedestrian 125 crossing on the north side. 126 Page 3 of 7