[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Jamestown 10-13-1992.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City of Jamestown hereby implements and establishes an Adopt-A-Street
Program as authorized by § 277 of the General Municipal Law, the
purpose of which shall be to reduce and remove litter from the City's streets
and roadways.
A designated person of authority that can represent the organization
or group and is at least 18 years of age.
The Public Works Department of the City of Jamestown.
The City of Jamestown Director of Public Works or his designee.
Any nonprofit or profit-making nonpartisan group.
Any person associated with the organization or group.
Any of the Department of Public Works' facilities located within
the City of Jamestown.
As referenced in § 52 of the Highway Law as defined by
Part 126 of Title 17 NYCRR, as prepared, distributed and from time to time
amended by the City of Jamestown Public Works Department.
A.
The Public Safety Committee of the Jamestown City Council
retains the sole discretion to accept an organization or street site for inclusion
in the Adopt-A-Street Program.
B.
The organization will be permitted to perform the following
roadside maintenance activities: litter pickup; mowing; brush control and
cutting; tree trimming; and planting and maintaining Department-approved vegetation.
The Director may modify this list as needed to accommodate specific situations.
C.
The organization will place trash bags and other collected
debris at one or more designated locations along the adopted facility. The
debris will be picked up and disposed of by Department forces on the next
workday.
D.
The minimum age of participants without adult supervision
is 18 years. The minimum age with adult supervision is 12 years. The group
will provide a minimum of one adult supervisor for every six youngsters between
the ages of 12 and 18.
A.
The organizations will be required to organize and hold
a safety briefing before each day's activity. The Department will provide
a representative to present the first safety briefing designating persons
from the group. All participants must attend the safety briefings before participating
in the cleanup efforts.
B.
All participants must wear Department-approved protective
safety gear.
C.
Any vehicle used by a participant must be parked off
the roadway shoulder, even for purposes of dropping off and picking up participants.
D.
No work of any nature is to be performed by a participant
on the roadway pavement.
A.
The group will be required to pick up those materials
and supplies, provided by the Department, at the residency during normal work
hours.
B.
Materials and supplies will be returned to the residency
within one week following the pickup.
C.
The Department shall provide protective gear and trash
bags. Groups may provide their own Department-approved protective gear.
A.
The specific obligations of the organization and the
Department shall be as stipulated in an executed agreement, subject to the
provisions of § 277 of the General Municipal Law of the State of
New York.
B.
The adoption shall be for a minimum two-year period.
C.
The group may adopt any section of street other than
one which is a state or county highway.
D.
The nominal length of street to be adopted shall be two
blocks. The Director may modify the length requirements to accommodate requests
to adopt intersections or other specific variations from nominal length. The
normal length shall not be reduced if to do so would, in the sole judgment
of the Department, cause sign pollution by the erection of numerous signs.
E.
The minimum frequency of litter pickup along streets
is four times per year, with the first litter pickup occurring during the
April-May spring cleanup period. The Director may modify the minimum frequencies
to accommodate to the specific conditions encountered.
F.
The Director will be the Department's contact with the
group and manage the agreement. The group will be required to designate one
of its members as the coordinator.
G.
The Director may modify the standard agreement on a case-by-case
basis as noted above, to address the specifics of the group and the situation.
H.
Notwithstanding any provisions of the agreement, if,
in the sole judgment of the Director, it is determined that the group is not
meeting the terms and conditions of the agreement, upon 30 days' notice or
summarily if based upon unsafe activity, the Director may terminate the agreement
and take such other action as he or she deems appropriate.
I.
As a material part of each agreement, a group or organization
shall agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless the City of Jamestown and
all its agents and employees from any and all claims, demands, actions or
cause of action of whatsoever nature or character arising out of or by reason
of the execution or performance of work and services provided for by the City
or the Department, and shall further agree to defend at its own cost and expense
any action or proceeding commenced for the purpose of asserting any claim
of whatsoever character arising hereunder.
A.
The Department will provide the participants with protective
safety gear and trash bags. Groups may provide their own Department-approved
gear. The Department will pick up the debris and will provide a representative
to present the first safety briefing. The organization's representative will
conduct all subsequent safety briefings.
B.
The Department will publicize the execution of each adopt-a-street
agreement and will highlight it at various periods thereafter.
C.
The Department will provide and install adopt-a-street
signs stating the name of the adopting organizations. The signs will be placed
at the beginning of each section of street adopted or at such other places
as the Director shall deem appropriate.
A.
The adopting group will be required to obtain a street
work permit. The Department will waive the permit fee.
