Great idea Neal. I've had the same problem before with similar
feelings. This seems to be an issue that can and should be easily
remedied, especially in an area like Mpls. where this ice is so common.
CMs, prospective CMs and ditto for the Mayor and prospective mayor, what
do you say about trying to implement something like this. It will
obviously cost something, but I think that many of us would be willing
to have our taxes rise by a few dollars to help take care of some of
these livability issues.
Matthew Dufresne,
Central Neighborhood
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>
> I enjoy the variation in weather that our
> Minnesota seasons provide. However, I don't
> appreciate having snow plowed into my
> driveway, especially if it should happen soon
> before I need to leave for an important
> appointment. On such occasions, there is
> no time for me for get help and I must remove
> the snow very carefully with small shovelfuls,
> at a time in my life when I am about twice the
> age of a person who might be told to hang up
> the snow shovel for good.
>
> For some time now, a snow plow attachment
> has existed that has a gate that can be
> lowered temporarily when the snow plowing
> vehicle approaches a driveway. This
> attachment blocks the flow of snow from the
> curb end of the plow until the plow has passed
> beyond the driveway. The result is that there
> is very little plowing residue left in the driveway
> entrance and the home owner only needs to
> remove the precipitated snow, if not done
> beforehand, not the heavy, packed snow that
> the plow leaves. This snow plow attachment
> also works at public crosswalks where many
> people have difficulty climbing over mounds of
> snow in order to cross the streets. In addition
> it would remove the danger of children sliding
> into the path of a vehicle when they might be
> on a crosswalk mound while waiting for a
> vehicle to pass.
>
> Why hasn't the City of Minneapolis been using
> this procedure? I would guess that to do so
> would be unnatural in the Minneapolis City Hall
> where improvements in basic services may be
> deferred in order to bring about grandiose
> schemes that should have a lesser priority, if
> implemented at all. But I will give the denizens
> of City Hall some help. The name and address
> of the manufacturer of the attachment that I
> have described is as follows:
>
> Root Spring Scraper Co.
> 527 West North Street
> Kalamazoo, MI 49007
> 616-382-2025
>
> Let us all think carefully about how we are
> going to vote on November sixth.
>
> Neal E. Simons
> Prospect Park
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