City Council Study Session Summary 2012 05 08

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City Council Study Session Summary May 8, 2012 Page 5 of 7 City Manager Fleming commented that on the slide showing the list of where the signs will be installed; there are 6 signs in downtown all within a 2 block area. Is this overkill? Sean replied that if it appears that way it can be adjusted. Councilmember Keany commented that the directional signs during the summer will direct drivers to areas closed off for Street Faire (staff's opinion was that this would not be a problem for the short term) and there should be directional signs indicating RTD stops. Councilmember Yarnell votes for the solid teal color for the parking identification signs. Councilmember Keany asked for research to be done as to who bought the current wayfinding signs, DBA or the City? If DBA bought the original signs they may want to sell them. Director Russ said that wayfinding planning for the other districts in the City have been submitted as a CIP. The goal here is to start to implement the plan incrementally across the City. Public comment: • Do all lots have accessible parking spots? There should be signs at the lots that do have accessible parking. Planner McCartney said he would work with Public Works on this. Update /Discussion — Snow Removal Policy Presenter: Kurt Kowar At the City Council January 10, 2012 strategic planning retreat, Council identified an improved Snow Removal Policy as a high priority. As a response, Public Works experimented with different approaches and additional levels of service during the snow storms that followed to provide snow removal service, and staff was able to measure and identify costs associated with different options. In response, Director Kowar presented statistics from the past three snow seasons (2009/2010 through 2011/2012) to show costs associated for the snowfall amounts for this time period. Based on the information acquired from experimenting with different approaches, staff estimates that adding residential snow removal routes will cost an additional $500 to $800 per snow event. Currently, the City's snow removal policy allows for all streets to be plowed only in a Category IV snowstorm (12 or more inches). For the cost analysis, staff assumed that for a Category I (0 -2 inches) snow removal would not be required. The cost based upon review of the last 3 years of snowfall events to service Category !land 111 storms per year would range from $3,500 to $5,600.