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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/16/1998, C11 & C12 - LEND-A-HAND PROGRAM & RAILROAD BICYCLE PATH CONTRACT CHANGES r council ""ie � j aGEnaa uEpout CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO FROM: Mike McCluskey,Public Works Director Prepared By: Al Cablay,Public Works Manager SUBJECT: Adoption of a "Lend-A-Hand" Program CAO RECOMMENDATION Approve in concept the City's Lend-A-HandProgram DISCUSSION Background Last year City staff received a phone call from Bennie Hart, the Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway representative. Ms. Hart's purpose for contacting Public Works Transportation staff was to inquire if the City San Luis Obispo had any interest in implementing an Adopt-A-Street program,similar to the program Caltrans has implemented for many State Highway facilities. Staff proceeded to research the Caltrans program and contacted other cities which Ms. Hart felt already had such programs in place. The basic elements of the Caltrans program allows, through a cooperative agreement, a private business,organization or group of people to perform certain maintenance duties on any number of eligible State Highway facilities.In exchange for these maintenance efforts,recognition,usually in the form of a sign advertising what group or organization is currently maintaining the facility, is placed at or near the facility's location. Each facility benefits from an increase in overall maintenance (due primarily to the fact that the volunteer groups are usually able to service the facility more often than Caltrans crews)and the general public perceives a much more aesthetically pleasing facility. Thus, the trade-off of the advertisement for the additional maintenance effort creates a classic Win-Win situation for all parties involved. Survey of Other Agencies Staff conducted a survey of those cities cited by Ms. Hart, as well as others in the Central Coast area, and discovered that about half have implemented similar volunteer programs. The results of the survey are shown in the following table. L411 Council Agenda Report-Lend-a-Hand Program Page 2 CitV Comments Arroyo Grande None May consider a program in the future Ataseadero (same as above) Lompoe Liability concerns will likely prohibit program consideration Morro Bay May consider a program in the future • Paso-Robles • Adopt-A-Street • Program in existence for over a year Pismo Beach None May consider a program in the future + Santa Maria • Adopt A-Park • Groups maintain certain Park facilities, but no street facilities will be considered due to extended liability exposure • Momnerey • Adopt-A-Road • Program has been successfully in place for over two years Both Paso Robles and Monterey have had very good success with the participation and level of service provided by their programs. Each of these cities state that without the program, the particular service being provided by volunteer groups would not be accomplished as often as it is now.Like Caltrans,these cities feel that the maintenance levels currently provided via the volunteer efforts could not be sustained due to a lack staff resources.In general these areas are not considered to be"high priority",and therefore all volunteer efforts are greatly appreciated. Ms. Hart provided the following data developed by a 1997 Adopt-A-Highway Survey,which shows the benefits such a program can provide: ❑ 1.1 million volunteers pick up litter in 45 states; ❑ There are 85,389 groups that belong to AAH representing 44 states; ❑ 42 states allow volunteers to recycle; ❑ 25 states require that volunteers sign waivers or releases; and ❑ An estimated$114,071,040 is spent annually, picking up roadside litter. How does the City of San Luis Obispo Compare? Currently,the City has a number of"volunteer".programs in place and one already has the"adopt- a- " title in place. These programs have been started by different departments and at different times in the recent past.All the programs operate on a similar principle to the Caltrans program,i.e. each program provides a service/need for a particular public facility and in-lieu of a fee, a group or. organization receives free recognition. Those programs are shown in the following table. el-4Z Council Agenda Report-Lend-a-Hand Program Page 3 Title of • •Lirarn Description DeptPerson started *Volunteer-In- The Police Department's program Police Bart Topham Fall Police Service consists of the use of retired persons 1994 (VIP)Program for various clerical activities such as records filing receptionist,answering telephones,fingerprinting,and getting involved in the abandoned vehicle Prof- *Neighborhood This program's focus is to use citizen Comm Rob Bryn Winter Enhancement volunteers as Field Service Develop 1997 Ordinance(NEO) Technicians(FST),to provide an enforcement presence in the *In conjunction neighborhoods.The Community with Police Development Department(CDD) Department's coordinates the FST duties through Neighborhood the Neighborhood Services Manager. Services These activities would fall under the Volunteer guise of the City's WIN (Working to Program Improve Neighborhoods)Program as well. Adopt-A-Planter The program allows either an Public Rich Colombo Spring individual or a group to provide basic Works 1997 planter area maintenance for various public planter areas.These areas are normally those planters that are located at or near places of business and provide an obvious and immediate benefit to the area. In addition to those listed above, a new"Adopt-A-Parkway"program is proposed which would be managed by the Public Works Department staff person Larry Tolson. This program would offer those areas in the public right-of-way,and between the curb and sidewalk,to volunteer groups for maintenance purposes.Typical duties could include weeding,mowing,planting and trimming. Recommendation Essentially, the City already has a number of programs similar to the Caltrans "Adopt-a-road" program. What is lacking, however, is an "umbrella" under which to consolidate and provide a uniform series of guidelines for the creation,supervision and on-going support of such programs.In that vein,staff proposes to create a Lend-A-Hand Program under which all such activities could be coordinated.The primary program objective of the Lend-A-Hand program would be: e//3 Council Agenda Report-Lend-a-Hand Program Page 4 • To allow residents and businesses to become actively involved in City activities by offering programs which would allow them to perform maintenance duties or provide service to the community. It is proposed that committee staff will consolidate the various requirements and objectives for the program,but it would remain decentralized;thus allowing each department to implement additional Lend-a-Hand programs as appropriate. A database could be developed which would allow volunteer groups the ability to easily see which programs are available. Likewise,a comprehensive program will make advertising the availability of such programs a much easier task. CONCURRENCES Police and Administration have reviewed the intent of this program and support the concept of establishing an overall City program that would include all of the existing volunteer programs.The City's Risk Manager, together with the City's insurance qoministrator, reviewed the "liability" issue and found that only a"Hold Harmless Agreement"wilrneeded by all potential participants. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact to the proposed "Lend-a-Hand" program. Currently each department absorbs any advertising costs for their programs within their own budgets,and those departments that currently have programs in place would still be expected to expend the same amount for advertisement as they have in the past. Thus,the only extra cost could be the cost of advertising to publicize this new comprehensive program. Any additional funding found necessary for overall program advertising should be small and, if found necessary, will be submitted to the CAO for approval. (Preliminary estimates on a budget would be between the $3,000 to $5,000 range for extra advertising costs.) ALTERNATIVES 1. Maintain "Status Quo". Do not establish a comprehensive program and let each department continue to administer their own volunteerprograms. The only potential "down side" is from a coordination perspective. For example, since each department runs their own volunteer program, there is the potential that without the benefit (i.e. community awareness) of a single comprehensive program, a group could be turned away from providing a service to the community. This could occur if/when a group is not informed of other available programs the City currently has in place for their group or organization to participate in. Due primarily to this potential and the opportunity for the City to get additional volunteer involvement,staff does not recommend this alternative. Attachments: ExhibitA-Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway Exhibit B-City of Paso Robles Adopt-A-Street ExhibitC-City of Monterey Adopt A-Road Exhibit D-LA Times article on City of Los Angeles'Adopt-A-Median Exhibit E-Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Adopt-A-River FUN BOOK L•councilagendareports/Lend a Hand State of California Department of Transportation District 5 , 50 Higuera Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5415 ADOP-A-HIGHWAY y�_y 7s� Toll Free(888)549-3637 ATSS 8-629-3637 Bennie Hart FAX(805)549-3420 E-mail:T5MAILI.BHART®TRMX3.DOT.CA.GOV 1.. h� Zr_ .ti `meg r .tea AMPT-A HiGxwAY T� N S r� ADoPT.A...HiGH- AY FROG .} yup: Information and Application raeww Exhibit 'A' ..............................................-......................................................................................................... Adopt-A-Highway is a fun, educational,and worthwhile program that will provide your company or organization prominent recognition while saving taxpayer dollars. You can clean and beautify a portion of California highway with the cooperation of Caltrans and a minimum of red tape.This is a great way to promote civic responsibility, community pride,and camaraderie within your organization. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm -Ralph Waldo Emerson ': .: CA bE Fd p. _ y s i 5A� • >v CALTRANS Y� ADorr-A 1 4 ADon-A HIGHWAY OGRAI _ 4 Who Can Participate? Participation You Make the Choice • Individuals (Minors must be over Participation can include one or You may do the work with your own ._ 11 ears of age.) more of the following activities: people,hire a contractor,or provide Y ao S P P • Organizations financial sponsorship. • Removing litter from highways, • Businesses Park and Ride lots,or vista points. • City,county,state,and federal Planting and establishing seedling You Get the Rewards ' agencies trees :..�.� • Planting and establishing wildflowers Aside from your own satisfaction, r :. • Removing graffiti, there is public recognition as well. Caltrans will place recognition signs • Vegetation (weed) control on your adopted highway section. • Financially sponsoring roadside Caltrans will acknowledge your rest area maintenance, contribution with a certificate of 1: Financially sponsoring a roadside appreciation when your project is $ ®CA1 O MR WAy complete. rest area Travel Service Information Center, ' s � - $' i 'ifs Your Commitment Our Commitment Recognitions Signs • Pick up litter for two years on a • We loan you safety gear(hard hats, Caltrans will place recognition signs two-mile stretch of roadside orange vests,gloves,safety at the beginning of your adoption (medians and pavement not glasses). project area.The size of signs is included) 4 times a year or more, • We provide free trash bags and determined by local conditions. as specified in the Adopt-A- dispose of the trash you collect Highway permit,or The scheduling of sign placement • We issue the Adopt-A-Highway and their size,content and location is • Plant and establish approximately permit at no charge. at the sole discretion of Caltrans.This five acres of seedling trees/shmbs for . We pay for and install recognition is determined before your permit is two years anOording to an approved signs) issued.Signs for one adopter can be plan,or • We assist you with planting plans no closer than four miles apart.Each • Plant and establish approximately and technical advice. sign includes a recognition panel three acres of wildflowers for two with your name and,if you wish to years according to an approved • We do not require insurance for provide it,your logo or insignia. plan,or volunteer participants. Adopters may also provide custom- . Clean or paint a section of wall or • We provide a safety orientation ized recognition panels,subject to a highway structure for two years. prior to the start of your adoption. Caltrans approvaL No products, • Control weeds on approximately slogans,phone or FAX numbers, five acres of right-of-wayy, electronic mail or Internet addresses, Ham Radio ms,or directions are • Follow all safety and permit permitted on the sign.Street names requirements. may be approved under special • Provide custom logo or insignia -; conditions. panels if you want them on your b recognition sign. 4 «By the work one - � - �r .ter ,t•� .�= knows the man ,"a —Dears de(a Fontaine S'1y 41. S - y,� What is Adoptable? Areas May Not be Adoptable if: Permit Renewals Conventional highways,expressways • They are already adopted • Permits may be renewed every two and freeways are all adoptable.If you • Access to work areas is unsafe. years- areplanningto do the work with a - The work area is without • Renew your tree planting, volunteer crew,certain areas may be s unsafe wildflower, m,vegetation unadoptable due to safety consider traffic control. g ations.However,if work will be done • The shoulders or roadside are too control,or primary two-mile litter by a professional contractor,most narrow permit as many times as you want. areas will be open to adoption. • You cannot transfer your permit to P P Visibility is too restricted others. • Construction or other work is . If you have more than one,two- underway or planned. mile,adopted litter section,you What if You Want a Section Traffic is too heavy or too close. may be asked to relinquish a That is Already Adopted? • Vehicle runoff potential is too high. portion of your adopted area if • Terrain is too rugged or vegetation another group is on the waiting list • Your name can be put on a waiting is too dense. for a segment you have. hst • There is no area available or • If the current adopter quits,you appropriate for planting. will have a chance to adopt tbat • Site conditions are unsuitable for Permit Renewals section according to your rank on your group's age level or the list. experience. • You,or Caltrans,may cancel anytime you are unable to meet the • You may choose to participate in • Frequency of litter pickup is too permit requirements. another type of adoption for that great for your group. highway section. • Permits may be temporarily suspended by Caltrans for safety reasons. "The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and w►?ling to pull his own : weight" - _ _ _ ------ Franklin Delmio Roosen-elt :_FranklinDelmioRooseselt 'a;.oa .-1`r"Z`�!�.:•' .ice _. ..�-�i.-�.�' _ _ ..--+r' ��.�J... _ � - -:T' - —_] �'.... - -1ii+• :moi.: ..ti �� W' Contact Your Local Caltrans DISTRICT COUNTIES/ADDRESS PHONE District Coordinator 1 Eureka P.O.Box 3700,Eureka,fA 95502-3700 (707)445-6391 • For more information Del Norte,Humboldt,Mendocino,Lake • To see if the location you would 2 Redding P.O.Box 496073,Redding,CA 96049-6073 (530)225-3328 like to adopt is available Sakryaa,ModoG Trinity,Shasta,Lassen, • To initiate a project Tehama,Fbnas 3 Mmysnlle P.O.Box 911,Marysville,CA 95901 (916)7414002 gum,Butte,Sierra,Colusa,Suffer,Yuba, Nevada,Plow,,Yalo,Sacramento,11 Dorado 4 San Franco P.O.Box 23660,Oakland,(A 94623.0660 (510)2864421 Marin,Sonoma,Napa,Sdano,Contra Costo, Alameda,Son ftomisco,San Mateo,Santa Clara 5 San Luis Obispo 50 Higuem St.,Son Luis Obapo,CA 93401-5415 (888)549-3637 Sonia Cruz,San Benito,Monterey, San Loa Obispo,Santa Barbara 6 Fresno P.O.Box 12616,Fresno,(A 93778.2616 (209)734-3260 Madero,Fresno,Kmgs,Tulare,Western Kern 7 Los Angeles 120 South Spring Street,Los Angeles,(A 90012 (213)897-3871 Ventura,Los Angeles 8 San Bernardino P.O.Box 231,Son Bernardino,CA 92402 (800)803-9742 San Bernardino,Riverside 9 Bishop 500 South Main Street,Bishop,CA 93514 (760)872-0622 Mono,Cryo,Eastern Kern 2 10 Stockton P.O.Box 2048,Stockton,CA 95201 (209)948-7462 y 1 Son Joaquin,Amodor,Calovares,Alpine, StmIWW,Tuolumne,Merced,Maroosa y 3 11 San Diego P.O.Box 85406,Son Diego,CA 92186-5406 (619)688-3367 — San Diego,Imperial 12 Santa Ana 2501 Pullman Street,Soma Ana,CA 92705 (714)724.2598 10 orange 4 9 5 6 7 8 12 11 �/IY STATE OF CALIFORNIA-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PERMIT NO. ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PERMIT APPLICATION TR-0103(REV.4/97) DIST/CO/RTEIPM PERSONAL INFORMATION NOTICE Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Ad(P.L 93-579)and the Information Practices Ad of 1977(Civil Code Sections FOR CALTRANS USE 1798,et seq.),notice is hereby given for the request of personal information by this form. The requested personal information is voluntary. The papal purpose of the voluntary information is to facilitate the processing of this form. The faflure to provide all or any part of the requested information may delay processing of this form. No disclosure of personal information will be made unless permissible under ArBde 6,Section 1798.24 of the IPA of 1977. Each Individual has the right upon request and proper identification,to Inspect all personal information in any record maintained on the individual by an identflyfng particular. Direct any inquiries on information maintenance to your IPA Coordinator. PERMISSION IS REQUESTED TO ENCROACH ON THE STATE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY AS FOLLOWS: Complete alt items,NA if not applicable. Application is not complete until gg(I required attachments are included. APPLICANT ORGANIZATION OR APPLICANT DATE OF APPLICATION INFORMATION ADDRESS C7 `S CITY,STATE&ZIP CODE 'n PHONE NUMBER O ( ) LOCATION CITY COUNTY INFORMATION ROUTE POST MILES N CROSS STREET(Distance and Direction from Site) PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY Roadside Other(Describe) WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY INFORMATION 0 Volunteers F] Own Forces Contract Forces TYPE OF WORK Litter Removal Wildflower Planting 0 Seedling Tree Planting and Establishment See Attached Plans See Attached Plans r] Other Descnbe: ESTIMATED STARTING DATE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE AUTHORIZED THE UNDERSIGNED AGREES THAT THE WORK WILL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALTRANS SIGNATURE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AND APPROVAL AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE PRINTED NAME TITLE FM 90 1180 M RIO e- Steps • Call your local Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator to discuss adoption opportunities in your area =` Send a completed Adopt-A-Hi gha'ay Permit Application to your local Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator after determining the location and type of adoption you would like to do. 't • The Coordinator will contact you with an available section for you to 4- ' adopt or place you on the wait list if no areas are currently available. If you are put on a wait list for the area you would like to adopt call your local Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator annually to discuss current adoption opportunities,and your current position on the wait list. 77d • Once you receive your approved Adopt-A-Highway Permit your group - ,Li leader must schedule a safety orientation with the Caltrans representative shown on the Adopt-A-Highway Permit. - 5• Participate in safety orientation and collect your Adopt-A-Highway supplies from your Caltrans representative. 6• Your group leader should review safety requirements with all SAFELYparticipants each time you go on the highway. FIRSTT 7• Contact your Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator if you do not understand any portion of your Adopt-A-Highway Permit. o• Notify your local Caltrans representative shown on your permit at least 5 days prior to each work event. --— 9• Enjoy participating in the AAH program with the thousands of other dedicated Californians who clean and beautify our highways. OUR GROUP'S(ALTRANS REPRESENTATIVE PHONE NUMBER ADOPTAHIGHWAY LOCALADOPT-A-HiGHWAYCOORDINATOR PHONENUMBER C,//-i4 r - Ooe .4cv4eVy When CaliGrnligan gf an its "'w "Ackvpf Highway"pm. mil"away.Accordingly,46 differ. gram in 1989,the first group end sites moved the Mile are cleared to volume"to Hear a mroch of I.n% by Mcfkutaltr%restaurants. Angeles roul for free waw the Gay lir OR volumn7 gmups.Cahrans and Lesbian Christian Sormist%. YO agues rn Prawide the bap,tools and That w•n the first sign that Cali. bright WSWwvuk nothing.In Nil.rurnda wouho tidy its highways to a hook•m Imea%tme I.S.tint was a - different sweeper.It would ear km he IN buntil Caltmm o fast whie the last. hand ham fo the vvito cc rs so that It Bm w off to an etrhrow-mis. they wtrWn't he confused w il6 ch"ing Man--says Ralph Caturt.a driven a oleo working oil driving soft-spokat California Department - — e — ofema.wives wear Orange hats, a Transportation homma,rat who 19 - - , Billboard arhetiking is heavily series as statewisk csmrdinmor of regulated along most of Amain'% the volmnece Program,which ; h;gAwaYS,sea Adga-A•Hdghw•ay hBl- allow civic gsoaps individuals. a boards provide a small advertising' T, k churches or just about anybody to71 amle4 kind of like geeing the 9 c*- I h `adoPt a stteteh of highway and WTER REMOVAL , . cry s tame ww4tmced on the as foe keep it by Picking up trash for two. dmnting to public radio or television. year Periods. NEXT 2 MILES5 The sillnaam only big sough M The bureaucratic equivalent of sere ata discreet public service - TomSawyer beguiling his frienk to n. i annpuucaaem.On the busiest free. vrhin+ash Aunt PoRy'x fence.tle - •:ti ,...:,�4.,aar -a '•. ways.the signs are 90 inches by 60 Program has succeededheyord all the inches.They run n%mail as 36 , &7mmrent'%wBdea dream.It has m. inches by 30 inches on the more MM'Clopped growing.About 3390) • .. - bucolic roues. vuhmteer groups or ial;vi duals now "One creative fellow in Southern hair slew roue%m ubiquitous blue- California took cad a fictaimn Hume and-white signs along about 7,000 of a 1.801THERAPIST."Cohan Qdifornia s tens of tl4urmds mile sayc'We went around and around of areae foods and highway, and amttnd and finally he accepted Nationally,if has been immensely rw n an answer: gate.%(ul Or;will.Ot the Sea stairs. In fact.rnany frganiaauxwn Seek may 1-0—New lbmp%hire and Ver- au' to sprue!up(heir image a%well as �' Cadifornu's mads.Take the Mod;• nrmt—have yet to institute such a - Program Texas had the kin fire;, fled Motorcycle Asaocialion,v,ow 19RS eking with what was called a 30.01111 IeatM-cLtJ bikers lover. `Don't Mess With Tema campaign. sally fide modified HarleyDifirW; Predicubly.the California experi. son logs`and have seated the erre adds something to the pnxmL daylights pd of motorists since the Arta all.this is The place.Joan Uid- Picking up roadside debris In the Policing Califofnii s highways wham MwWopr math seed days wheat Marlon Brasdo started inn rmxe weave,in which a Itprxn fiscal year than ended in July.Mtrpt• eLaewlw-ne am two Prrxelue myna in The Wild one. mental' and a seine of C7ekhovian A-Hi hwa A411glhnpe reparetla s Adopt- Tndtla int ag emPr Oro lone their bis we m 86.1 W cu �� eloM,a nude orcyclisi s Blob,the A4ifghway kwhom Ino Sapp sec olive iris ad by gestin their urmsy,su�emion. yards of crash.saving Christian Mmmeyel;rts of Murphys, phrtklpaets,lneAumaty two m• g If that seems opaque,consider Caltram an estisnmsed$20 million. Atheists United,and two stern stretch of Croy oo siFm���drY ' this evide ice of Californias Almost anybody can enlist in the etyh� '�' way some germed if every cco. peen- Y Y Cent".There are the Thought Mountain Birch Society Therm cant part way ternu;ng into Calilom;,l heeaed• liar gestalt:The Sathya Sas.Baba war against lira,and they din.The Center,the New Thought Aurcia• whlk'One of Them Junk licks Center.which warships an Indian Gay and Lesbian Christian SCien- tion of Ridgeemm.the Fr;etds of Liberals"handles another• in6 to William Mar%htlL a dnisimol named Sathya Sai Haba as an lists are sandwiched on Santa Mlrmi. Crazy Hors,and the Ramon chap- chairman in Redding."Basically,it's avatar.or livinga PR thin(t:Marshall rays. fnofa% of Goad an co Boulevard a ll between a pest-control to of Take Off Pounds Sensibly. once is still the prim of liberty.The The hikers also take parr in Christ- nth,tax rnMmly of a section of company called Fltahmras at mile There is also a grafp called the Birch Society makes mokrly,two tans 1m Tri. Interstate S mothmst of Saeramen. 5.7,and a Univasity of Stmlhern Siskiyoo Prucr3minatorf,which miles of Highway 395 not far froronR blood durationtri- m tic, maintain food and cheating an.So far,says Pat Yates,a ntanber California fraternity,Lvnhcls Chi neva gm around to calling back in Moo Lake. of the group,they haven't round Alpha,at mile 9.7.Down the bottle• res rose to bank%for the Poor ri king imagtheir e.p nweieiea from the Press But ca far smut i Colevok,in MI•mieng,hard�rinaking image. mach of intaea_except fm a bol- yard an mile 19.05 is the Church at to cee if they were keeping up their an area east of Yosemite National kfw-point bulla still in its jacket. Scientology.Two more gay and les- end or the bargain Park.Igor Vomhfyoff,a free-lance It isn't rosy cleaning roads. The movie studios also Fm into Man groups—the Uptown Gay and In Nnnhcm California.Grateful Russian language eff.atranslf e few the though.Marshall says.So far.he the an in los Angeles before sic- Lcibian Alliance and the Pomona/ Dead fans—Dcx1.._s. sa)'s•they Iosco T come up with -lean a CoA,answer decided that was a hit much, much shin's exciting,-except far a linnv of Geewayc amllapsed in Janv- San Cuhricl Valley f rays and Ir%- «corm orf fSRO;n Oaktanl.The Ra xn in answer he ss. real m t.clean Bay F few meal kill,.- my 3 10 earthquake.bre California hingelealso clean nmrls in Leas Arca Pagan AssemMdes,whose Ion miles inter the name,`Line Of California ha%fever formed dpw•o Route 10 through Ifs Angeles,bet. Angeles County. monthly evrnts include wonhdp vin• Them June Lake Libenls.' ter known as the Santa Monica ais of the earth go iLm Gaia socials. Periodically,as most volomrers in ividapplu is except For politician m Freeway.Sony Pictures adopted two picnics.Pagan muee common and a do,V ff individuals running for Public office. miles for cleaning.Universal Sm• ophyp gathers the litre into The IrattipMatirrt agency is cpn- B mmu:h o the Sia i deck,clan a ha(et that ase then o mored Cal- dms has Pan of USI Verflu y 101. at= Mrewh of the RNI in F*efnucna. tram work Ore Hi%hi by COI- [enkal m rrnuIr,that race n9P9ery w•ffae id's calla!the Ventura Foe!- olf-c-ta !y rr live Frmupx might apply. There are Sof 112 for Jesus.the mi says hers a S-10have bill,l eveytm by 71e Ku Klux Klsn,represented way.Warner Brothers Studios Aas �■rrhs�v■Ararw� Renta Parries of Ramona,and the mien.Others Mare found ea• in Pan of Los Angeles 134.Santry- ■MM■'FVraucr ,W1 �h B by the American n s it fe%ra es Rent Vineyard and Winery. fern rnkeni a edible underwear(cher• Unnn,lot sued in xpme nates for land has two mike o!the Santa Ana, whose owners,named the Fellow. n navm)to nd hags or dew anis the right to pick up trash,In CarffOr• [tire Mae S in Orange County. B■ Nip of Friends,warship the late litought in have leen uwd in satanic nit Carlon says they might be Bate Mlidler,who ite=. ibs Mrsr�her- m tetum Rus%imi-Amenian philoso, rite%to an unopened magnum of allowed to clean Slrldpnx rd the high• wif n an'•ami-liner freml:is pher.George I.GnNjieff. champagne To an auhmobik en ine, w responsible!a two miles of the ■„■ In Onyx,wt In the Mojave desen. alrmg with room manda anicte, gelds the Cahrnn wwldn't Vermont where it intersects with the ■■ Ilw Juhn Birch Snciet is ivinm Iw9 their fumes on the%igm. Y B F N' In fact,there scents to he a grow- Sme 311 im6ri duals.including Hollywood N1%.Midler doe%n'i cleaning two mile%oat road.In what ing science to ling pickup,amwd- lids.Mliller,base pd Their(era%al Clean the freeway herself.Six has �m amid he a harbinger lr anticnnimu• ing m ajndm Birch S eiely myth en s;gm 1iY addneering m Voting carte of clean an higsws dist have �a nixm everywhefe,the chapter's spokesman in Ccdeville.The Bust clean or lire cleaned pmimr odCal- %PnmF up to clean highwr•%for Tom {/{,B memhen hale all guitern so nld.n tun miles an either side of a mate- ifrnku's end%.Uexpite the fan flim companies.restaurants or other insti- spukeepenan said,that tley can't nicme sine are likely m be fm �y Bm tarriedf y, Bc"d milli o s fir m%i tdioos that just want their names on keep my the highway,akwl new mem. alomimnm s..h drink cam m Mnkt, millkm%nf muuri%n each dry.Cal- the signs as advertisements. B O h n hers are incremingly hard to Find dw Irngth of time it takes for thirsty tram won't release dein names In fact•companies hired by t»I- LLLJJJ In Culeville.un the thinly Noy. oww:its to Ihrnw away the contain- The agency it prohibited from umeem or the volunteers themselves lard rest side'If the S:•rn Ncs oda em A papa harnhilr er wrl Ser e rt h e l s e n F M Cuing so liprivacy-laws 71ui spend a half-million hum a rear unnimaims.however.rrenal s iri� goes urea the car w indust n far as 13 California." SRBR February 24.199/21 71997 CITY OF EL PASO DE ROBLES ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM The Adopt A Street Program is a fun and worthwhile program that will give you, your company, school or organization recognition while saving taxpayer dollars. You can adopt a City street and beautify a part of Paso Robles in Partnership with the City. This is a great way to promote community pride and goodwill within your organization, and among family and friends. Exhibit 'B' `o o 10. Other caps are not acceptable substitutes for visibility hats . 11. Wear long pants and substantial leather shoes or boots with ankle support. Watch your footing and stay off of steep slopes, drainage facilities or places which you might fall. 12. Light-colored clothing, long sleeve shirts and sunscreen lotion are recommended. 13. Do not run, throw objects or engage in horseplay or any other activity which may distract drivers. 14. Avoid overexertion. Drink plenty of water, especially on warm, humid days. 15. Do not consume alcoholic beverages or drugs before entering, or while in the right-of-way, roadside or street. 16. Be alert for places where snakes may be located. Also be alert for stinging insects and poisonous plants (e.g. poison oakrivy). 17. Participants must be at least 13 years of age and participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. 18. Read, understand and conform to the provisions in your permit. 19. Provide a copy of the safety requirements to each participant. 20. Compete an initial safety discussion with the coordinator before you begin your project. 21. Conduct a safety meeting with your group at least once a month. Especially where schools and children are involved. 22. You cannot transfer your permit to others. 23. Do not work when it is raining or foggy or when the street, sidewalk or road in your work area is wet or icy. 24. Notify the City coordinator prior to each work event. 25. Perform work satisfactorily. 6 ADOPT - A - STREET PROGRAM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS & GENERAL RULES FOR PARTICIPANTS While working in the City right-of-way, remember. SAFETY FIRST! To protect yourself and others, the following safety requirements must be met by your group: 1. Use caution when crossing streets, roads and conventional highways. Use crosswalks and signals where available. 2. Face oncoming traffic as you work and keep an eye on traffic. Be prepared to move quickly, if necessary. 3. Work in small groups (3 to five persons). DO NOT BUNCH UP. Larger groups should be broken up into smaller ones and dropped off at different locations. 4. Do not work in the street. 5. Discontinue work before dusk. 6. Do not attempt to work when fog or other conditions reduce visibility for drivers. 7. Do not touch or attempt to remove materials which you suspect may be toxic or hazardous. Items to avoid include powders, chemicals, smelly substances, suspicious packages, chemical drums or containers, weapons, syringes or hypodermic needles, dead animals and broken glass. Notify the City Police Department of the location of weapons or suspected toxic substances immediately (237-6464). 8. Do not try to compact trash bags. Injuries from broken or jagged objects may occur. 9. Wear orange safety vests, visibility hats and gloves whenever you are on the roadside, street or right-of-way. 5 e///6 Our Commitment I We loan you safety gear(visibility hats, orange vests, gloves). I We provide free trash bags and dispose of the trash you collect. v We pay for and install recognition signs I We do not require insurance for volunteer participants. We do, however, require you or your representative to execute a responsibility waiver. Recognition Signs The City of Paso Robles will place recognition signs at the beginning of your adoption term. These signs may vary in size according to local conditions. The decision to place signs, their size, content and location is at the sole discretion of the City. This is determined before your permit is issued. Each sign includes a recognition panel with your name. No products, slogans, phone numbers, street names, or directions are permitted on the sign. What Streets are Adoptable? You can call the coordinator for information. What if a Section is Already Taken? You may still be able to adopt that particular section by putting your name on a waling fist. If the current adopter quits you will have a chance to adopt that section according to your place on the list; or if the current adopter's permit expires you will have that same chance. 3 L'//•rI Citpf EI Paso de RGAes Adopt-A-Street Program Application APPLICANT ) INFORMATION eofiiitieaiit�organttai+:Bdsiness: roupeta>::';:::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: PfrcneNo::oti+Ppliii::::::::::: entadPhone ;No;:of Ccnitact;Persoti; otFo...........i:rot:AppllcanC:.:::.:::.:.:::. aaa�i . "Snlr"''" 'e, 1 " u�,�..I,I p;l,�;.. : :.u! IIG:W4,4 IIL all�Ypndl]:d�4'wl.'a°� .CN:dr.:•::: ww^ I Iw��19149u 'prr"::^';Tu,I�EI(81d1"I STREET First Choice LOCATION REQUESTED . ...................................... ... Second Choice •Nrr::•::: saw:Name•:::•::•::::::•:::•:•:•:•:•:•::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: � [ ( :::: hard Choice INl'3"'Ii4�NYrn!:„ I I 1! .ale Gf!sl'Lti-ii ':Ltllli .11i duJ:L.I IiN!1,11 i!pl .. ,.. 'Illy'::.IpCC'."vNi!i'fAltl�:.;1.6.11'Y.�v�: z.Y!SI,: enCtui�94';::uJ!r. 'r.`:adiC:4S:';!a!Nii3ef.•4 OTHER Activities Your Group is Interested In (Please Check Appropriate BoxtsD INFORMATION Litter Removal Only Planting Project[s] Tree Planting Other(Please Describe) Date You Would Like to Start Which Two Days of the Month Will Litter be Picked up? onth�GaXt.lf;ar Mont�fDay FYeav Mc[itttF�ily(YCBi .:... .... :..:°.....:.n :.. . .. :.:: .::.IY:...x %:.. .:nn ::: rl:x y...:.I:.�i I.:.. :,oluM�.%'! V, II 'li'J°m W..i�y.::l^h:l'i v.11 I...+`:Ili:.i aP'k':•. ny lk:.;:"m%-'•dYu, �SI�?.'I+. w.dkldl!`aCl a "•:nTlltxbs?Illwiik.rl,.!u4'.K,I�-1;.< Nkl:ll ryl ,il!�7hk+*.I m.11!^. _..6:.�II.Ir F.. 71,x1 t,k111 4 .rz,: Cp II+ .,..!.!.'' '..?6"^7c•.•,I The Applicant will indemnity and hold harmless the City and all officers and employees of the City against any and all claims,demands,causes of action,damages,costs or liabilities,including costs or liabilities of the City with respect to its employees,in law or in equity of every kind and nature whatsoever,directly or prwdmatey resulting from or caused by the performance of the Adopt-AStreet Program activities,whether such performance by be the Applicant,or anyone directly or indirectly connected to Applicant and the Applicant shall,at his sole risk and expense defend any and all suits, actions or other legal proceedings which may be brought or instituted by third persons against he City,and the Applicant shall pay and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be rendered against the City,its officers or employees in any such suit,action or other legal proceedings. Applicant hereby relinquishes any and all rights to bring any suit,make any claims,demands,damages or legal action of any kind against the City,its officers or employees. AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE: I, hereby certify that I represent and am authorized to sign this Adopt-A-Street Application on behalf of the above named Applicant. I have read and understand the above statement. Signature Date /01///r DEC-15-1997 1525 MO CO PUB WKS OPS MTC 408'510332 P.06/06 OUNTY OF MONTEREY MEMORANDUM TO: •ROAD AND BRIDGE zzw FROM: RONALD 1. LuNDQUDEPUTY PUBLIC WO SUBJwr: ADOPT A WADWAY DAZE: FEBRUARY 261 1997 _ The new Adopt A-Roadway pamphlets have been printed and a copy is attached. please note our program now Includes Litter Removal, Ditch Cleaning, Landscape Maiab2a2ee, and Graffiti F:cadicadnn. Specific znudm� mileage requirements for each activity = outlined in the pamphlet. If a Zmp/individual wishes to participate in the program in a lesser qty, �eY may without a sign recognizing their, efforts. They will be included, however, in the annual memorandum to the Board of Supervisors for recognition during Volunteer month. Rita gickman has been designated to coordinate fins PrWa i and can assist you with groups/individuals pcpa�ing interest in the program and darty program activities. At the Division level, this program is being promoted 1) through community outreach to area businesses, organizations, and schools; 2) through development of local media 'spots'; 3) through 000rdination and/or collaboration with local disposal companies and other agencies/groups conducting similar events or activities; and 4) through the development and distfr�udon of educational materials. I orpect your full cooperation and personal commitment in promoting this program in your district. RH Attachment(l) qx: Ernest Morishita Gerald J. Gromko, PhD, PE G. H. WHIOls, PE Chuck Pugh Don Collins Joseph Cochran, PE Master File Exhibit V TOTAL P.06 DEC-15-1997 15:23 MD CO PL® 4K5 OPS MTC 408'x510332 P.02/M _... �.. ...�MM... �.. l wrA mIC>i im.PI;=L4m COORDIMATOlt COUNPY WIDE (4091554M VIC MM=TH COUNIY AREA NORTH MOMEM COUNTY (MWOW4, (40 722-M COORDII4ATORMOAD DlSTR= pnwadak.Aromas.Im jail M.MON SUPMuNrB MPM Imo&P4vq).SAUNAS V==6 BORONDA,SPRE=S.Ct3UALAR NORTH# ]OHK SOBERANM MONTEREY AREA MONTEREY PENMULA.RIVER ROAD (4M7SS-M MpRDINATORIROAD DISTRICT SOUTH TO CHUALAR SMOE,TWO SUPERIInFZ1DENT BABE.CARMEL,CARMEL-VALLEY PEPS SMXS.(IREDMMM AMA ORBMQMLD (4083674-2136 COOBDBUZOW Raw Da-rR= J=I dgMTY,SOUTH COUNTY AREA SAN ARM,SAN LUCAS,BRADLEY (40)W-24W COORDMATORMOAD DVrRXT SAFETY The Adopt-A-Roadway prog= is designed so common-sense safety will prevail. Adoptable sections of roadway or a public druct= are selected for safety and appropriateness for the wady involved. Participants bear individual responsibility for personal safety and appropriate behavior vathm the County right-of-way. Insurance and individual liability waivers are not requnrd. However) participants agree to bold the Cow harmless for irquaies ari=9 out of their inappropriate action or nonconformance to safety requirements. Participants work without direct Public Works supervision and without traffic control. However, groups are required to provide one adult supervisor for every FIVE minors on the roadside. Public works safety requirements must be provided to every participant and must be reviewed before entering the County right-of-way. Group leaders are responsible for conducting safety briefings for all participants at least once a year. Safety issues gea wsilly involve: ■ wearing propm safety gear and clothing ■ safe access and egress to work segment ■ staying away from traffic and keeping an eye out at all times ■ not working when weather, light, or road conditions are poor ■ not touching potentially toxic substances or being injured by jagged objects, snakes, or other hazards ■ not disaacting or inbedeft with motorists or the flow of traffic Monterey County Public Works Department will loan participants orange vests or cones as deemed approprMe for use at all times while in the County right-of--way. ADOR.4M MAYHOQAY IIIFF senw DEC-15-1997 15:23 MO CO PUB WKS OPS MTC 408'1510332 P.03/M ,ADOPT-A ROADWAY Acer V.Ma An Agreement is neo=WY for all activities within the County right-of-way. If you dedde to paYtkipete in the Adopt A Roadway Progtam, the Program Coordinator and Area Coordinator wM help You complete the =eessary agreement (sample attached). AGRIDOM COMMONS Work shall be eondumd during daylight hours. Work shall not be conducted as holiday weekends, or within twenty-four hours preee ft a holiday weekend unless spedficariy authorized. If weather or other adverse circumstances cause a public hazard, work shall be immediately dism=ued. Volunteer's work shaU be subordinated to operations which the County may conduct, and shall not interfere with County fomes or its contractor(s). Personnel performing work under this agreement shall wear POWnal protective equ pment, including orange vests, while on County right-of-way. County-furnished personal protective equipment shall be returned upon completion of the prgecL Replacement equipment will be supplied when worn equipment is returned. County-furnished litter bags, personal protective equipment, paint/painting materials, and pick-up schedules may be obtained from the Program Coordinator. Volunteer shall designate a group representative and one alternate. One adult supervisor shall be assigned for each five minors participating in litter pickup. No minor less than eleven years of age shall be allowed to participate- po,rtabIc mom, if necessary, shall be provided by the Volunteer. Toilets shall not be placed on the shoulder of any roadway. participants' personal vehicles shall not be parked within the right-of-way of an access-controlled roadway; on all other roadways, participants' personal vehicles shall be legally located off of the travelled way so as not to interfere with the free flow of traffic or pedestrians. Approved vehicles, those used to transport participants or materials to and from a work segment, may be parked off the roadway on access-controlled roadways as directed by the Area Coordinator. This Agreement is valid for two calendar years from the date of issuanm Volunteers electing to famish spettial identification plates (2) conforming to County specifications for their Ado A-Roadway signs may do so. Volunteer shall furnish additional plates when required by the Department for maintenance purposes. It is understood and agreed by the Volunteer that the performance of any work under this Agreement 9a constitute an acceptance of the provisions of this Agreement and all attachments. The County reserves the right to terminate this Agreement at any time for any season. DEC-15-1997 15:24 MO CO PL® 416 OPS MTC � � 408' 10332 P.04i06 MU Y L;UUN i i rL)=uLv11— pT-A-ROADWAY AGREMYL-4T ADorrm ROAD ROAD DME M MUMM DATE: Waq"TM DATE: IA�tSs: ASa M=FREQUFIDICY: GRCUPMMMDUAL NAt�: /OF PA=CWANfS CONTAM MUMNI 010 ALMONAT&THMM PERXUSSM IS CMA?T=To THE NAMFD VOLUNTEER,SUBJECT TO AGREEIMM COPWMONS,TO ENTER ONTO THE PUR M]U=r.O&WAY NANEED ABOVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF _PWE3NG UP LMER _L&NDSCAPWG MADNTENANCE _DITCH CLEANING ,GRAFFITI ERADIATION AS ASSKMM- This Agreement, or a copy thereof. shall be Inept at the work site and must be shown to any rq smtadve of the Depannteat of Public Works or any law enforcement officer upon demand. WORK SIAM BE SUSPEMED 11F AGREEMENT IS NOT AT JOB SITE AS PROVIDED. Each individual shall attend a safety orientation conducted by the Volunteer Representativeamder prior to entering the County right-of-way. The orientation shall include a discussion and explanation of the attadu d safety requirements. Individuds must particle In a safety orientation at least once during each calendar year when wort is authorised. The Volunteer and the County of Monterey modtally agree that the County, its offices,and employees shall not be linable for any death, injurys or property damage claims which arise from the exercise of this Agre emea. Accordingly, the Vohm= agrees to indemnify, defend, and we harmless the County, its officers, employees, and agents, from and against any and all claims and losses whatsoever arising out of or in any way related to the Volatteter's ads and/or omissions, including but not limited to, daims for property damage, personal Injury, or death, Injuries to reputation. exommic losses, and emotional distress, and any legal expenses (such as attorney fees, court costs, investigation costs, and experts' fees) insured by the County in connection with such claims. 'Volunteer's ads and/or omissions' Includes Volunteer's employees, agents, servants, and/or subcontractors. Volunteer's obligation to Indemnify, defend, and hold harmless shall be effective even if the County, its officers, employe n. agents, or servants are guilty of comparative passive negligeatee. The team of this Agreement is two (2)calendar years from the date of issuance. In the event Volunteer wishes to renew the Agreemteat, a notice of such intent shall be submitted to the Program Coordinator at least thirty (30) days prior to expiration of this Agreement. This Agreement may be cancelled by the County for mucofaform mm with Agreement provisions or failure to adhere to direction given by the County's Representative. PUBLIC WORKS AREA COORDINATOR VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE: PRINT' NAME: PRINT NAME: DATEDATE: Q • ign p7EM06n W ADM-AM UMMAY �t y C.1wPSt .W DEC-15-199? 1524 MO CO RJB WKS OPS MTC 4087510332 P.05/06 SAnerq MMUII M=M FOR GROUP/II MMUAL ORIENTATION M&IMUAL While wmidtig atoog the roadside, rertnemlw SAFETY FnMTII TO DR(1TR[`P Tjt=Z AND OTf M 1. Use caution when crossing roadways. Use crosswalks and signals where available. 2. Fax oncoming t AMC as you work and keep an eye on traffic. Be prepared to move quickly if necessary- 3. 3. Work in small groups, three to five persons. DO NOT BUNCH UP. Large groups should be broken up and dropped off at different locations. 4. When removing litter, do not work on the roadway, on shoulders. on bridges, or in tunnels. S. Discontinue work before dusk. Do not attempt to work when fog or other conditions reduce viability for drivers. Do not attempt to work when roadway is icy or wet. 6. Do not touch or attempt to remove material which you suspect may be tide or hazardous. Items to avoid include powders, chemicals, smelly substances, suspicious paclmges, chemical drums or weapons, syringes or hypodermic needles, dead animals, and broken glass. Notify Public Works or the Sheriffs Office of the location of weapons or suspected toxic substances immediately. 7. Wear orange safety vests whenever you are on the roadside. S. Wear long pants and substantial leather shoes or boots with ankle support. Watch your footing and stay off of steep slopes, drainage facilities, or places from which you might fall- Light colored clothing. long sleeve shirts, and sunscreen lotion are recommended. 9. Do not run, throw objects, or engage in horseplay or any other activity which may distract drivers. 10. Avoid aver-exertion. Drink plenty of water, especially on warm, humid days. 11. Do not consume alcoholic beverages or drugs before entering or while on the roadside. 12. Be alert for places where snakes may be located. Also be alert for stinging insects and poisonous plants (e.g. poison oak). Aaarr,&4MMWAT MGMV SarmMs, ON edians in sight No HappY M was told a long time ago that I. . .well,that.I "Look,people,we don't have money for the basics, can't have medians of my own. let alone fripperies.Heck,by the time we can get And I'd always wanted a little median.They're around to trimming the trees on your street they so little,so helpless.and what with them being could be classified as old-growth forests.So if any of u have You wants to put in some time and money to spruce right out therein the middle of the street,yo right keep t t eye on them constantly take care of them. up those dreary little traffic islands on your street, we'd be happy to help-*' make sure they stay clean and healthy. "Help"is a process of permits•forms,and releases. People told me I should adopt a median instead.I specifications,limitations,agreements could love it and care.for it'and watch it flourish.And views and approvals from four separate the folks down at the city said they'd be delighted to departments.From inside the bureaucratic belly.it help me. must seem streamlined to light-speed.From outside• But oh boy.They say You can't fight City Hall. it makes Fredonia look like a model of-Maidst What they don't say is that it's even worse when efficiency—and I don't mean Karl,I mean Groucho. City Hall is fighting on your side. Specified,over many pages,are such particulars as the dimensions of contour mounds•the kind of tree p ties,six(6)inches of topsoil containing so much agricultural gypsum.so much redwood mulch,so Public service is performed in degrees of much Nitrohumus. difficulty.The least demanding asks only that Unspoken in all those pages of forms is our secular you kindly remember not W toss lighted cigarette religion,the Great God Equity=but valuesit hovers there are family butts into dry brush along the roadside.The sternest unspoken.in California,grope Y or chipped paint,a could subpoena your reading matter and DNA-test values Like smudgedt divider is a small nuisance eg your bedsheets. desolate,graffitied Surely that wasn't the degree of public service the inviting larger gge mu��made all the difference on the City of Los Angeles had in mind in 1989 when it stretch of Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys that undertook its Adopt-A-Median program-Its Flip Smith and his business peers undertook-What underlying message was this: had peen a de facto dump for compliance.Maybe he can keep the city from its own dirty diapers.sprung sofas evident mission to prove that no good deed goes and burger boxes is now unpunished. "like the reverse of the broken window syndrome." O says Smith."Once you do it, you see other places ince 1989,only 15 city medians have been Yet had they y known at the cleaning htheir act too." s adopted.The city wants the process to be"simple to allow committed PAU.MORRISON start how they would find enoughgroups to succeed. . . themselves challenged over but sufficiently difficult to weed out those groups the weight of PVC pipe and that may not have a strong commitment" charged$1,300 for a water How strong?Read Attachments I and II,the meter,they might not have undertaken it at all. deal-killer that Wachs're-engineering ought to On the traffic islands of laurel Canyon Boulevard un-deal if any of the rest of it is to work:They state•in in Mt.Olympus,neighbors labored to put in plants sum•that because the city is so gracious as to permit and irrigation systems.Yet when they were done. You to do its work in adopting this median.the city is the city which had pledged to water their hereby off the legal hook,and you are hereby on it. handiwork,didn't.It took three letters from Is someone planting medians with punp sticks and Councilman John Ferraro to divine why:"Each time land mines?Who wants to risk getting sued because the city negotiates a new contract with a company to some idiot says your oleanders distracted him from do landscaping maintenance,there is a lag period of seeing that turn signal and that's why he crashed? several months when no maintenance is done."By What's next•voters being sued for electing an idiot to the time the contractor got around to it.the plants public office?Adopt-a-Median:a worthy community were dead. - project you can have fun doing with the /J Now Councilman Joel Wachs wants to streamline neighbors—if your neighbors happen to number G.// T an adoption process that currently invites civic among them a site engineer,a horticulturist,a activism the way the 1040 form invites tax hydraulic expert and a personal injury lawyer. t. r Exhibit 'D' ADOPT,wAw6RIVER FUN BOOK Environmental Education Activities for Grades 2 - 5' I i Taking care of rivers is everybody's business. — Exhibit.-V What's Inside Did You Know?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Matt and Earl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What Does Not Belong in this Picture? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Decode the Adopt-a-River Messages . . . . . . . . . . 7 Welcome to a Watershed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 City Streets are in a Watershed, Too . . . . . . . . . . 10 What Happens to Trash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 What Happened to this Fish? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Clean Waterways Scavenger Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Adopt-a-River Program Information . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Note to Parents and Educators: Inthe Adopt-a-River Fun Book EnvironrnentalActivitiesfor Grades 2-5,you will find educational activities that are designed to increase children's environmental awareness. This booklet specifically encourages children not to litter,and provokes children to think about what happens to garbage in the environment.The concept of a watershed is introduced,as well as how land use I affects water quality. The booklet also provides information on how everyone can become a steward of lakes and rivers of Minnesota through the Adopt-a-River Program. For more information on the Adopt-a-River Program,see page 16. ®Copyright 1995.second arinfmg 1996. State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources. Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race,color,creed,religion.national origin,sex,marital status,status with regard to public assistance,age, sexual orientation or disability. Discrimination inquiries should be sent to MN-DNR, 500 Lafayette Road.St.Paul,MN 55155.4031;orthe Equal Opportunity Office,Deparbnent of the Interior.Washington,DC 20240. This information is available in an alternative format upon request. Z$ Printed on 80%recycled paper with a minimum of 70%post-cons uner fiber. Printed with environmentally safe ink 2 Did You Know .? 3 ' 4 6 7 8 0 I am a mayfly. I spend most of my life in 2 the water. But I can only 3 live in clean water. When people see me near their 6 river, they can be proud because they know the water is clean. al et is O se a O re p i O O is Lid 00 )C 3 Welcome to a AV Lakes and streams are part of a system called a watershed. A watershed includes all stream or wetland. Where ever rain falls in a watershed it flows downhill towards a bo up tiny particles from the ground and carries them into the water. Read on to find o I a hillside Rainwith with no plants on When it, it picks up tiny pieces of soil and a0 151 1 C carries them into _ D the lake or river. Oil ...on a farm field it / C picks up anything Mat is on the field, `^ such as herbicides, �a chemicals which are used to kill weeds, and pesticides, r " chemicals which are i used to kill bugs. ,46 Loose dirt also hitches a ride into 00 the water into a lake or river. a s MEETING AGENDA MEMORANDUM DATE 6/G-9�' ITEM # L41--/ June 5, 1998 TO: City Council FROM: Dave Romer �� SUBJECT: LIAISON REPORT: SLOCOG/SLORTA At the meeting of June 3, SLOCOG received a report from its executive director including the following items: A)All submitted demonstration projects are included in the highway bill now awaiting Presidential signature. SLO City's primary project was the widening of Higuera Street between High and Marsh Streets. We can expect to receive in excess of$700,000 for this project B)That$217,000 was also included for call boxes on Highway 166. This is the last highway in this area to receive call box funding. Staff is suggesting a three mile spacing along the route. C)The Cuesta Grade Project received the top National award for"value engineering." Our local committee managed to trim more than 5 '/z million dollars from this project while at the same time(using an aesthetic design committee)making the project more attractive. Of incidental interest, I was elected vice president of the SLOCOG/SLORTA Board and will be an active member of the Executive Committee, in line for president next year. More importantly, I will be able to represent SLO City's interests at every phase of all highway and transportation projects. c: J. Dunn ........n......... ........ ? to a Watershed shed. A watershed includes all of the land that drains into a body of water, such as a lake, I it flows downhill towards a body of water. As it flows towards a body of water rain picks to the water. Read on to find out what hitches a ride into lakes or rivers with rainwater. 1 ...on a parking lot, it Rain Fes••• pidcs up gasoline i� and oil that has leaked out of cars, and carries them into a lake or river. �G flv ❑ �( ❑ r' d ...on houses and (� yawls it picks up .� ❑ everything that Q El people have put d 4 on their lawns, a such as hertH- ❑ ❑ 0 ddes and pesfi- ddes. It also carries away oil, laine and eahvm streets and driveways �_ 1A into a lake or 9 rw......... Council Agenda Report Railroad Bicycle Path. Page.2 FISCAL IMPACT The unappropriated balance of the transportation impact fund at the end of fiscal year 1998=99 is anticipated to be$123,900. Staff is recommending the transfer of$100;000 to the Railroad Bicycle Path Construction Fund. Existing Budget $415,000 Increase in Budget from TIF $100,000 Total Project Budget $515,000 IxouncH agendarepoes/v.bike eco car C-/2 LAI c®uncit acienba CITY OF SAN LUIS OB .IS.'PO CITY HALL, 990 PALM STREET Tuesday, June 16, 1998 ADDED ITEM: C12. RAILROAD BICYCLE.PATH.BUDGET APPROPRIATION (McCLUSKEY/7004-06) Consideration of appropriating an additional $100,000 from the Transportation Impact Fee Fund for construction of.the Railroad' Bicycle Path, Specification No. 90=98.. + RECOMMENDATION: Approve appropriation. 'Posted on 6/11/98 council M dingD� b 1b `� j Apenaa Report CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO FROM: Michael McCluskey,Public W Prepared By: Reinie Jones,Engineering Assistant SUBJECT: Railroad Bicycle Path Contract Changes CAO RECOMMENDATION Appropriate an additional $100,000 for Construction of the Railroad Bicycle Path from the Transportation Impact Fee Fund Balance. DISCUSSION In May 1996 the City contracted with RRM Design Group for design of the Railroad Bicycle Path. After the design was finished, a construction contract was awarded to John Madonna Construction for $395,641 in October 1997. Due to the heavy rains this winter, construction of the project was suspended. John Madonna Construction started working on the project again in May 1998. On June 10'x', 1998, during final grading of the path, the contractor noticed that the bid quantities for the base and asphalt were very low. After completing checks on the quantities, staff found that the base quantity specified was only 25% of the actual amount needed and the asphalt quantity specified was only 19% of the actual amount needed. The discrepancies were discussed with RRM Design Group, who researched the problem and found an error in their calculations of the base and asphalt quantities. The following table shows the differences and increased cost. Contract Item ContractActual Difference Contract Price Increased Amount Amount Cost Aggregate Base 429 tonne 1,716 to 1,287 tonne $42.00 $54,054 Asphalt Pavement 158 tonne 850 tonne 692 tonne $62.00 $42,904 Total Increase: $96,958 In accordance with city financial guidelines, staff is required to request an increase in the construction budget prior to authorizing the contractor to proceed with the work. Since the base and asphalt are controlling items of work, staff has rushed to complete this agenda to avoid delay costs in the construction contract. If the City delays the contractor on the work, the contractor may claim extra costs for idle equipment. The scope of this project, including extras such as landscaping, lighting, irrigation, was based upon estimated quantities provided by RRM. Had the estimates been correctly provided, staff would have bid a smaller project in order to keep within the appropriate budget. As a result of this error, staff will be pursuing reimbursement from RRM or its insurance carrier.