The city road crews clear the snow from the public roads and sidewalks differently between the districts. In the downtown district, the snow is pushed to the center of the road and removed from the area. However, in the Mendenhall Valley district, the snow is pushed into private driveways. Consequently, Valley district taxpayers are blocked into their homes by large berms across their driveway.

This is inequitable treatment among taxpayers and causes physical and financial harm. It disenfranchises people with disabilities, the elderly, and those without the means to pay for private plowing services. Residents are unduly burdened with the laborious and time consuming task of clearing the city’s responsibilities that are shifted onto the private property - regularly blocking access to public roads and causing economic damage to people trying to get to work.

We request the city implement services consistent with the practices in other municipalities and among other taxpayers in the borough.