Stieglitz, Karl, Snow Removal Letter(02/14/2007) Jeanne Schneider -City Snow Removal Policies Page 1
From: "Karl Stieglitz" <kcstieg cLDmchsi.com>
To: <rdbuol~Gtyofdubuque.org>, <amichalski cLDcityofdubuque.org>, <kbraig cLDcity
Date: 02/13/2007 10:49 PM
Subject: City Snow Removal Policies
CC: "Karl Stieglitz" <kcstieg~mchsi.com>
Dear Mayor and City Council,
I'm not quite sure how to begin, but having !eft for work at 6:OOAM this
morning (Tuesday 13 Feb 07), and returning home at approximately 6:30PM, I
was once again disheartened to observe the performance (or should I say lack
thereof) of the city's snow removal crew. We had no cars on the street in
front of our home the entire day and yet there had been no effort made by
any of the city's equipment to "Gear to the curb". As far as I could
determine there was at best one pass made up through the center of the
street.
I have lived here now 12 years and it has been the same most of the time. I
remain amazed at the fact that it seems that citywide there is little effort
made to push the snow back to the curb. Common sense would indicate that
all that would be necessary would be to institute an "odd-even" parking
program for the winter months, facilitating the snow removal efforts. We
have lived in other parts of the country where there was actually even more
snow during the winter and have seen much but better snow removal
performance. i continue to be disappointed by the efforts of the city crew.
It is hard for me to believe that the majority of the citizens of our city
wouldn't be in favor of a program that would improve the efficiency of the
snow removal process and that many would welcome the idea of "odd-even"
parking. Has this obvious solution to a troublesome situation ever even
been tried?? To my knowledge the answer is no, at feast not in the 12
years we have lived here.
Meanwhile there are days when there is little snow activity at all and the
trucks ply the streets continuously when they could be saving their efforts
for the bigger snow events.
A frustrated homeowner and taxpayer,
Karl Stieglitz
533 Lowell Street
Dubuque, IA 52001