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SNOW AND ICE CONTROL POLICY Streets The start of snow and/or ice control operations for any storm is dependent upon immediate and anticipated conditions. Because of the many weather variables encountered, maintenance requirements differ for each snow and ice event. General winter maintenance requirements have been established for different snow and ice events as follows: Freezing rain, sleet, black ice, and freeze/thaw. These types of events are based on changing weather conditions. The Street Maintenance Supervisor will determine the required ice control response based on current and forecasted conditions. The response may vary from 1 unit to full fleet applying ice control material. ♦ Snowfall of less than 2". General snow plowing may not be necessary and normal ice control procedures may be adequate to produce safe winter driving conditions. The Street Maintenance Supervisor may deem plowing necessary if a series of less than 2" snowfalls has caused a buildup of snow on City streets. ♦ Snowfall of 2" to 6". Typically, snow removal begins as soon as practical after snowfall has ended. Once continuous accumulation reaches 2", the City's parking ban on City streets takes effect (see City Ordinance 602.09). Depending on the timing of the snowfall event, every effort is made to provide motorists with safe winter driving conditions prior to critical time periods. The most critical time periods are weekday morning and evening rush hours. The City will attempt to remove ice and snow from the City maintained collector and priority streets prior to rush hour periods. Normally, collector and priority streets are plowed first. Once the collector and priority areas are plowed and opened, the remaining streets in the residential, commercial, and industrial areas will be plowed and ice control applied. ♦ Snowfall greater than 6". Each plow route has a system of collector, priority, and secondary streets that link neighborhoods, major arterials, and facilities such as schools, health care facilities, etc. Depending upon the duration of any snowfall event, it may be necessary to continually clear priority streets in order to assure public safety. Once snowfall has ceased, priority streets within each route will be cleared before snow removal begins on secondary streets. Ice control measures will follow once streets are plowed full width. Each year the Public Works Department Street Maintenance Division reviews and makes changes as deemed necessary to a map (Exhibit A) showing the city maintained street system and snow plow routes. Equipment is assigned to each route based on availability and the effort required for the control of snow and ice. The routes will be periodically revised to correspond with the budgetary, equipment, and personnel resources available. Within each route, the collector and priority streets are defined along with streets and highways within the city limits that are maintained by other government agencies. Streets and highways within the community that are maintained by Ramsey County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation will be maintained under the county and state maintenance policies. Snow and ice removal operations will be conducted only when weather conditions do not endanger the safety of employees or equipment and operations are effective. Under Page 2 of 7 Page 25 of 72