City of Sherwood

About the Program
The Adopt-A-Road/Trail Program is an anti-litter campaign intended to build civic pride in a litter free Sherwood. It allows citizens to work in partnership with the City by "adopting" a segment of roadway and agreeing to keep it clean. This program offers individuals an inexpensive way to contribute to their community and generate publicity for their efforts. Every participant in this program makes a positive impact on the appearance of the road system and their community.

What you do 
The participants volunteer to remove litter, maintain landscaping or perform vandalism cleanup along an adopted segment of roadway for a minimum of two years. The assigned segments will be no more than two miles long, depending on the size of the volunteer group and the volume of anticipated litter. The participants will service the road segment a minimum of four times a year.

Who can participate 
Almost anyone can participate in this program. The adopting party may be a club, a business, a group of concerned citizens or an individual. There are no costs or fees to the participants. Participants must be at least 13 years of age and in good health.

What we will provide 
The City will erect two signs identifying the adopting individual or group; provide the necessary safety equipment, mandatory safety training and remove the filled litter bags from a designated location.

Program Requirements
The determination of what specific roadway will be adopted by an individual or group will be made by a representative of the City, and a representative of the group wishing to adopt the roadway.
The sponsor should constantly be aware of the problems which may exist along roadways and instruct their personnel in appropriate safety precautions. Where possible, access to roadways should occur from off right of way, rather than from roadway surfaces or shoulders.
Sponsors agree to hold harmless the City of Sherwood and employees from all liability, judgment, costs, expenses, and claims growing out of damages, or alleged damages of any nature whatsoever to any person or property arising from the performance or non-performance of roadside work.

Sponsors agree that in the performance or non-performance of roadside work that they are initiators and volunteers and are in no way to be considered employees of the City of Sherwood.
Sponsorship will be for a designated stretch of roadway (no more than 2 miles) on both sides of the road and will be for a minimum of two years (four trash and litter collections). Litter collection must include both sides of the roadway. Sponsor groups will be limited in size to twenty (20) individuals.

Sponsorship will not be granted to political parties, political candidates, elected officials, or entities, which would constitute partisan endorsement.

Sponsor groups are not responsible for the collection of trash and litter from roadway medians, off of roadway surfaces, or granular shoulders.

Vehicles associated with the trash and litter pick-up should not be parked along the shoulders of the roadway unless no alternative parking is possible. In addition, all individuals associated with the roadway cleanup must wear orange safety vests, gloves and any other appropriate safety materials at all times during the activity.
If, at any time following the adoption, the City of Sherwood, in its sole discretion, feels that the sponsor is not meeting the terms and conditions of the agreement, the City may terminate the agreement and remove sponsorship signs.