[Ord. No. 3897, 10-24-2023]
The City of Bolivar, Missouri, finds that the creation of an "Adopt a Street Program" will foster civic pride, help beautify the City and encourage greater participation in the City's affairs. Moreover, the Adopt a Street Program will enable volunteer groups to perform a useful community service while receiving community recognition for the group's efforts. The further purpose of the Adopt a Street Program is to provide volunteer community support for litter prevention and street beautification programs. This program will reduce litter along the streets, enhance the environment and beautify the City's streets. The program is not intended as a means of providing a public forum for the participants to use in promoting name recognition or political causes. City rights-of-way are not a public forum.
[Ord. No. 3897, 10-24-2023]
An Adopt a Street Program is hereby created within the City of Bolivar, Missouri, whereby civic-minded volunteer groups can contribute to the City's effort of maintaining litter-free streets and roadways. The City may post signs at the end of the Adopt a Street section identifying the group that will maintain the street or roadway.
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Eligibility. Civic and non-profit organizations, commercial and private enterprises and individuals may be eligible to adopt. Applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements will be denied participation in the program, and adopters who no longer meet the applicant eligibility requirements may be removed from the program. The Public Works Director reserves the right to limit the number of adoptions for a single group.
Individuals, as adopters or as members of adopter organizations and enterprises, will not be approved to participate in the program if they have been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a violent criminal activity, unless ten (10) years have passed since completion of the latest incarceration, probation or parole for violent criminal activity.
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The Public Works Director or his or her designee will work with applicants to establish street sections within the City which may be "adopted" by the applicants. The Public Works Director or his or her designee will be responsible for the operation of the Adopt a Street Program, and will have the authority to approve applications of individuals or groups applying to participate in the program.
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The Public Works Director or his or her designee may establish guidelines and/or regulations providing for the responsibilities and limitations for participants in the program.
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For purposes of this Chapter, the term "Adopter" means the individual or group approved by the City of Bolivar to be a participant in the Adopt a Street Program.
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For purposes of this Chapter, the term "Adopter Representative" means a group sponsor or member designated to represent the volunteer group and serve as its liaison with the City of Bolivar. The adopter representative is the person who signs the agreement referenced in this Chapter. All groups must have and maintain a current sponsor which the City can contact.
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Application And Agreement. The adopter or adopter representative of a group who desires to participate in the program will submit an application and/or enter into an agreement with the Department of Public Works on forms provided by the department. The application/agreement will set forth the obligations of both the City and the adopter relative to the Adopt a Street Program.
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Waiver Of Liability. As a condition of participation, all volunteers who participate in the Adopt a Street Program must execute a waiver and release of liability document in the form provided by the City, absolving the City from any liability for harm arising out of participation in the program.
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The City's Public Works Department will provide signs that identify the adopter, but are not intended to be an advertising medium or serve as a means of providing a public forum for the participants. The sign set will consist of two (2) signs at both ends of each adopted street section indicating which group has adopted each section.
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The erection of a sign is not a requirement for participation in the program. The first set of signs will be provided and erected at department cost. If a sign is damaged, destroyed, stolen, or removed from its foundation by an act of vandalism, further signs may be provided or erected at the City of Bolivar's discretion. If the sign is not replaced, the group may choose to request that another set of signs be placed and pay the expenses at the current cost for erecting replacement signs.
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If a group adopts a section of street and does not take responsibility for it causing them to be inactive and the City removes their signs, then they will be responsible for paying the expenses for erecting another set of signs at the current cost.
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All Adopt a Street Program volunteers/participants will be required to wear safety vests and will observe safety regulations established by the City.
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The City will furnish the required safety vests for each participant, and will provide the trash bags needed for roadside trash removal. Each participant must check out and wear their safety vest each time trash is collected and return the vests to the City when finished, during normal business hours.
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Any adopter's participation or agreement with the City as to the Adopt a Street Program may be modified or terminated at the sole discretion of the City of Bolivar. Without limiting the foregoing, the City of Bolivar reserves the right to terminate a program agreement and remove signs when, in the sole judgment of the City of Bolivar, it is found that:
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Continuing the agreement would be counterproductive to the program's purpose, or have undesirable results such as increased litter or vandalism or would jeopardize the safety of the participants, traveling public or City employees;
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The adopter is not meeting or has not met the terms and conditions of the agreement or any of the requirements set forth; or
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Actions of the adopter may be contrary to any legislative restrictions or any restrictions on the use of appropriated funds for political activities.