Terms and Conditions

The Adopting Sponsor and every participant agree to accomplish the following:

• Adopt for a minimum period of two years.
• Clean up the location a minimum of four times per year. Your second quarter cleanup must coincide with Love Longview, which is normally held the first weekend in April. Email klb@LongviewTexas.gov for exact date.
• Abide by all laws, regulations, and guidelines relating to safety.
• Be responsible for maintaining a first-aid kit and drinking water for volunteers while on the adopted section.
• Be liable for prohibiting the possession or consumption of alcohol and/or drugs while volunteering on the adopted section.
• Ensure that individuals participating in this volunteer effort wear safety vests.
• Furnish adequate adult supervision for minors.
• Shall not subcontract or assign its duties or responsibilities to any other Sponsor organization, or enterprise without first consulting with the Executive Director of Keep Longview Beautiful.
• Obtain needed supplies and materials from Keep Longview Beautiful in advance of the event and during regular business hours.
• Immediately after each clean up, place filled trash bags in a dumpster you have permission to use.
• Select 2 chairpersons who will be responsible for organizing events and immediately reporting statistics by going to:
  • KeepLongviewBeautiful.org
  • Hover over “What We Do”
  • Select “MISSION AND PROGRAMS”
  • Click “Adopt a Street”, then “Quarterly Cleanup Statistics” at the bottom of the page.
• Email klb@longviewtexas.gov immediately if a bulky item pickup is required.

Keep Longview Beautiful, in partnership with the City of Longview, agrees to accomplish the following:

• Work with the Sponsor to determine specific section of road to be adopted. Minimum of 1.5 miles required. Two miles preferred.
• Place a sign identifying the adopted section with the Sponsor’s name displayed.
• Provide trash bags and safety vests to adopters.

“Litter Crew Ahead” safety signs are available if adopting group feels the necessity. There is a mandatory 15 minute training by the City of Longview’s Public Works division for these signs to be used. Adopting Sponsors would keep these signs in their possession.

If, in the sole judgment of Keep Longview Beautiful, it is found that the adopting Sponsor is not meeting the terms and conditions of this agreement, Keep Longview Beautiful may terminate the adopting agreement and remove Sponsor name signs immediately. This agreement may be modified in scope or altered in any other manner at the sole discretion of Keep Longview Beautiful. Keep Longview Beautiful and/or the City of Longview do not assume any liability or responsibility for the actions of the Adopting Sponsor and/or any participants in performing these volunteer duties.

By signature below, the Sponsor, both jointly and severally, acknowledges the potentially dangerous nature of the volunteer work and agrees to the above terms and conditions. This agreement shall commence on the date listed below and endure until such time as terminated by either the Adopting Sponsor or Keep Longview Beautiful.