EXHIBIT B
The GROUP and all its participating volunteers, employees, agents,
representatives and members shall comply with and adhere to the following
conditions, terms, requirements, provisions and responsibilities as they relate
to the DEKALB COUNTY ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM. These conditions, terms,
requirements, provisions and responsibilities are in addition to those set forth
in the AGREEMENT attached hereto and by reference herein, hereby made a part
hereof.
The GROUP agrees to:
1. Obey and abide by all laws,
regulations and directions relating to safety and any other terms
required by
the COUNTY'S County Engineer or designee.
2. Provide one (1) adult
supervisor over the age of twenty-one (21) for every five (5) youths
under the age
of eighteen (18) present on the Adopted Section of County Highway.
3. Not allow or permit a person
under the age of ten (10) to be a participating member of the
GROUP who
would be volunteering for the purpose of litter collection.
4. Require all
participating GROUP members to attend at least one (1) safety meeting
conducted by
the GROUP before participating in any litter collection along the Adopted
Section of
County Highway.
5. Require the GROUP coordinator,
or designee, to conduct GROUP safety meetings and to
receive
safety training as required by the COUNTY and the County Engineer.
6. Conduct pre-pickup safety talks
with all members or volunteers who will be participating in
the litter
collection.
7. Use all safety materials and
information provided by the COUNTY'S HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT at
each safety meeting conducted by the GROUP.
8. Adopt a section of County Highway for
a minimum of two (2) years.
9. Collect litter along the Adopted
Section County Highway a minimum of four (4) times a year.
10. Schedule at least one (1) of the litter
collections during the month of April and one (1) during
the month of
October.
11. Perform litter collection between the hours of
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
12. Provide notice to the COUNTY'S County Engineer a
minimum of two (2) working days prior to
the date when the litter
collection will be undertaken. The GROUP Coordinator shall be
responsible for this
providing of notice.
13. Be responsible for requiring all participating
volunteers and members to wear all safety
apparel, including but not
limited to safety vests, as provided by the COUNTY during all litter
collection activities and at
times when the participating volunteers and members are on or
within the right-of-way of the
Adopted Section of County Highway.
14. Be responsible for prohibiting participating
volunteers and members from possessing,
consuming, or being under the
influence of alcohol or drugs during litter collection while on the
Adopted Section of County
Highway.
15. Maintain a first-aid kit and an adequate supply
of drinking water while participating volunteers
and members are performing
litter collection on the Adopted Section of County Highway.
16. Educate its participating volunteers and members
as to how to respond to emergencies, how to
contact emergency help and to
know the nearest location of all emergency facilities.
17. Be aware of any physical maladies or impairments
of its participating volunteers and members
and not to allow the
participation of volunteers and members if their health would be
endangered by litter
collections activities.
18. Arrange to pick up trashbags from the County
during normal business hours a minimum of two
(2) working days prior to the
date of litter collection. Safety apparel must be returned to the
County within fifteen (15)
working days of the date of the expiration of THIS AGREEMENT.
19. Place all litter in the trashbags and receptacles
provided by the COUNTY.
20. Place filled or partially filled trashbags and
receptacles at such locations as specified by the
COUNTY'S County Engineer or
designee. Filled or partially filled trashbags and receptacles
shall not be placed on the
roadway pavement or within ten (10) feet of the roadway pavement.
Trashbags and receptacles shall
not be placed within ten (10) feet of any guardrail, culvert,
inlet, drainage pipe opening,
concrete wall, bridge or traffic signal. Placement shall not obstruct
or hinder the flow of surface
drainage water, obstruct sight lines of intersecting street, highway
or access drives or obscure any
roadway signs or traffic signals.
21. Not remove, or cause to be removed, any filled or
partially filled trashbags and receptacles
from the right-of-way of the
Adopted Section of County Highway. Recycling is encouraged and
as such, recyclable materials
may be removed provided proper disposal is used.
22. Upon arrival at the Adopted Section of County
Highway, immediately display the "Clean-Up
Crew Working" safety signs
on the Adopt-A-Highway identification sign posts located at each
beginning of the Adopted
Section of County Highway. The "Clean-Up Crew Working" safety
signs shall remain on display
for the entire time the GROUP'S participating volunteers and
members are on the Adopted
Section of County Highway. Upon completion of the litter
collection and immediately
prior to leaving the Adopted Section of County Highway, the safety
signs shall be removed.
23. Collect litter on one (1) side of the Adopted
Section of County Highway at a time. Collection
activities shall be conducted
in such a manner that participating volunteers and members shall
be facing oncoming traffic.
24. Make every effort to minimize the number of
vehicles transporting participating volunteers
and members to the Adopted
Section of County Highway (e.g., carpool). Vehicles shall be
parked on the same side of the
roadway as the participating volunteers and members are on.
Vehicles shall not be parked on
or within any roadway pavement, on or within medians, along
curves, on bridge decks or near
or under overpasses and shall be parked in such a manner as
to not interfere with vehicles
traveling on the pavement, cause a safety hazard, block side
streets, access drives or
intersecting highways or inhibit or diminish sight visibility at corners
and of highway signs.
25. Educate its participating volunteers and members
to avoid and keep a safe distance away from
the roadway pavement,
guardrail, culverts, inlets, drainage pipes, concrete walls, bridges,
traffic signals and any other
areas of potential hazards within the right-of-way of the Adopted
Section of County Highway.
26. Instruct its participating volunteers and members
to never cross over or pick up litter on the
roadway pavement.
27. Instruct and ensure that its participating
volunteers and members are properly attired for litter
collection. Proper attire shall
include the wearing of safety apparel obtained from the COUNTY
and should also include
brightly colored clothing, long sleeves, long pants, leather shoes or
boots, gloves and proper
outerwear for existing weather conditions.
28. Instruct its participating volunteers and members
to avoid contact with poisonous plants,
stinging insects and animals.
29. Instruct its participating volunteers and members
to refrain from horseplay, demonstrations or
any other activity not related
to litter collection activities.
30. Avoid and maintain a safe distance from any area
of the Adopted Section of County Highway
under construction or where
construction activities are underway.
31. Not go onto private property which adjoins the
right-of-way of the Adopted Section of County
Highway.
32. Avoid potentially hazardous items which include,
but are not limited to, old car batteries,
animal carcasses, heavy or
large items, hazardous materials and any other unidentified
questionable items. In the
event these items are present on the Adopted Section of County
Highway, the GROUP shall notify
the COUNTY'S County Engineer or designee as soon as
possible.
33. Instruct participating volunteers and member to
handle broken glass, sharp objects and other
like items with extreme care
and to avoid kneeling, falling or stepping on such items. Care
should be taken to never
attempt to compact litter in the trashbags and receptacles.