Town Allowing Property Owners To Remove Sidewalks in City Limits - Any input on other towns allowing this?

Help,

A small town I serve is allowing property owners to remove sidewalks. This is a big problem, the area is northwest Iowa, we get a lot of snow and many children still walk to school. No sidewalks is also a problem if you are handicapped, I think it could lead to some accessibility problems for the city when it comes to their streets and the ADA. Anyone have any input as how to proceed, I hope to be talking to the City Council October 5th and I would like to go in with some input from other Realtors. Thanks for the Help!