City Council Study Session Agenda and Packet 2015 01 27

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L City at - Louisville COLORADO • SINCE 1878 CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA ITEM 111 SUBJECT: DATE: DISCUSSION — SNOW REMOVAL JANUARY 27, 2015 PRESENTED BY: KURT KOWAR, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JOE STEVENS, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR SUM MARY: Over the 2014 holidays there was considerable snow accumulation and the Mayor asked staff to provide information on process and resource allocation. The City's Snow and Ice Removal Plan, the Streets' Snow Removal Map and the Trails and Parking Lots Snow Removal Map can be found on the City's website at http: /lwww.louisvilleco.gov /residents /public - works /snow- removal- information -565. The City's Public Works operations crews try to plow every residential neighborhood street once after the major arterials and collectors are cleared. The Parks and Recreation Department makes every attempt to remove snow on hard surfaced trails and sidewalks under City responsibility within 24 hours following a snow event. The particular storms that hit this year on Christmas evening, the next few days and New Year's Eve were more challenging due to extreme cold temperatures and back to back snow fall. Some specific challenges and how the City plans to address those challenges are as follows: • Limited supply of Ice Slicer due to storage limitations at the current City Shops facility. The storage capacity will increase three -fold at the new City Services Facility currently under construction and to be completed in August of this year. • Back -to -back storms and limited storage capacity influenced staff to use Ice Slicer sparing during this period. • There is only one Ice Slicer supplier in the area, and it can take many days once an order is placed to get supplies replenished given the demand on Ice Slicer. • Louisville has an aged snow plow fleet without modern control systems to consistently distribute the material on the streets in a uniform and efficient manner. City is currently awaiting delivery of two snow plows equipped with modern systems. The City will continue modernization of the fleet over the next several years. • Limited Ice Slicer budget. Each year staff reviews the entire year and makes projections on appropriate budget amounts based on the results of numerous storms throughout the year. As the City moves into the new City Shops facility and continues the upgrade of our fleet to modern systems, staff will continue to evaluate budget and levels of Ice Slicer to determine if the appropriate dollars and resources are allocated. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION 3