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Now Public Works Departments Can Help Because storm drains are located on city streets, city or county public works or highway departments usually have authority over them. Before beginning a stenciling project, organizations sponsoring~them need written. permission from the city or county to proceed with stenciling. Your department can help by granting permission and providing a letter indicating this to the project coordinator. In addition to granting permission, public works departments can assist these projects in other ways. Any available maps indicating locations of storm drains in the area can help project sponsors target areas for teams to stencil. Loaning safety equipment to the project is another way to help. Sponsors are often in need of traffic vests and cones for stenciling teams. By helping out on a community-based project such as this, all organizations can benefit. Louis, Stevens, Crow Wing, Todd, Pennington, Clay and Grant counties and the Sauk River Watershed District. PCllnt'SSU@S To the extent possible, participants in this stenciling project will use high-quality, usable paint from household hazardous waste collection facilities. This will help make this project a very visible reuse activity, as well as a pollution prevention activity. For the stenciling project, participants will use aerosol or a flat latex paint. Based on information from other stenciling projects, this paint will last about one to three years on the roadway. White is the suggested color for stencil paint, unless your department will allow the use of other colors. Stenciling Safety In any project involving volunteers, safety issues can arise. To ensure stenciling projects are conducted safely, volunteers will be required to follow common-sense, safety procedures. •Each volunteer, or parent or guardian of a minor volunteer, will sign a liability waiver prior to stenciling. Participants must be at least 12 years old. • Every team of volunteers will have at least one supervising adult. • Stenciling teams will be required to follow specific, detailed stenciling instructions. • Each team will use safety equipment, including traffic vests and cones. At least one team member will be required to monitor for traffic while painting is occuring. Youth teams will >;e required to stencil only on residential, low-traffic streets. By following these procedures, stenciling projects can operate safely, although these measures do not eliminate potential liability. The procedures are similar to those followed in stenciling projects across the country and are also similar to those used in highway and river cleanup programs. More information? Call your project coordinator: Revised 12/93