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Anoka County Highway Department Ado t-a-Hi hwa Permit p g y Anoka County TRANSPORTATION DIVISION Highway Adopt -a -Highway Terms and Conditions 1. The group agrees to pick up litter on a segment of County highway selected in consultation with the Anoka County Highway Department. Recommended length is two miles. At Anoka County's discretion, certain highways may not be eligible. 2. The group shall review the safety training materials before each pickup to alert participants to the hazards and precautions of working on a highway right-of-way. 3. The group shall pick up litter during daylight hours only. Pickups may not be allowed at certain times such as on or near holidays. 4. The group shall provide adequate supervision to participants eighteen years of age or younger. Unless specifically permitted, children eleven or younger shall not participate. 5. Work shall be limited to the area between the outer shoulders and the right-of-way boundary. Participants shall not pick up litter in the median unless specifically permitted by the County. Work may not be done on the roadway itself. 6. The group shall arrange litter pickup date(s) in advance with the County Engineer or his/her designee. The group shall obtain their supplies during regular business hours. 7. The group shall place filled trash bags on the shoulder slope close to the ditch bottom. The County will arrange to pick up the bags. Groups are encouraged to recycle appropriate materials for their own benefit. 8. Borrowed or unused supplies shall be returned to the County Highway Department within one week. 9. The group shall not touch any suspicious or hazardous object(s) in the right-of-way. The group shall contact the Highway Dept. immediately to report the suspicious or hazardous object(s) found in the right-of-way. The Anoka County Highway Department agrees to: 1. Provide high visibility vests, trashbags, safety training materials and temporary traffic warning signs when necessary, as determined by the County. 2. Arrange to remove filled trashbags from the adopted highway. 3. Arrange to remove large, heavy or hazardous material from the adopted highway. 4. Coordinate publicity with the group to solicit local media coverage. 5. Erect a highway sign or otherwise recognize the group's clean-up efforts. Highway signs shall be erected only for groups that agree to adopt a highway for a minimum of two years. The name on the sign shall be limited to two lines of eighteen to twenty characters (including spaces). The County reserves the right to approve and/or edit names or acronyms.