QUESTION
What adjustments are being made to snow removal strategies to account for changing weather patterns and climate conditions?
0:36:06
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Commissioner Tisch explains that the snow budget is based on the average of the past 5 years, but they can exceed that budget if needed for effective snow removal.
- The city has introduced innovations like Blade Runner 2.0 to improve snow removal operations
- Over $100 million has been invested in new snow removal equipment in the last 2 years
- They plan for worst-case snowstorm scenarios despite budget projections
Justin L. Brannan
0:36:06
The executive plan included pegs of 20 2,300,000 related to a decrease in the snow removal budget due to a decrease in the amount of snow.
0:36:16
Are there any adjustments being made to this snow removal strategies considering this weather patterns and climate conditions?
Jessica Tisch
0:36:25
As as I think you know, the snow budget, the number that's in the budget, it's it's really a projection of how much we think we'll spend based on the average of the previous 5 years.
0:36:43
But I want to be very clear that if we if is warranted.
0:36:47
And next winter, we have a bad winter.
0:36:50
I don't feel constrained or limited by that number in a budget book.
0:36:57
And obviously, the mayor has given us authority to spend whatever we need to on snow to get the job done.
0:37:08
We have, over the past 2 years, made a number of had a number of substantial innovations around in our snowfighting efforts among them the new Blade Runner 2.0 was key to our great performance this year in in snow response.
0:37:30
We can see from our mobile device, our phone, our computer, where the trucks are, streets have been plowed, what streets haven't been plowed.
0:37:40
I can give a whole demonstration of it if you're interested.
0:37:44
We've also made significant investments.
0:37:47
In our snow fighting equipment over the past 2 years, including over $1,000,000,000 spent on our collection trucks which double as plows significant funds for to replace our holsters, which go address some of the smaller, tighter streets and, of course, our bike lane equipment.
0:38:14
And so, yeah, we are constantly thinking about and planning for snow, but not so much to, like, project that next year or the out years, we won't have snow.
0:38:28
We still plan as though we're gonna have a monster snowstorm.
