Five Things - Spring 2013

• Left Turn on Red at One-Way Street: After coming to a complete stop at the intersection and waiting for a gap in traffic, you can turn left onto a one way street in the direction of the flow of traffic.
• Yield to Buses Pulling Into Traffic: Drivers are required to yield to buses that have signaled and are pulling back into traffic.
• Turn Into the Closest Lane: When turning onto a street with more than one lane, always turn into the lane closest to you.
• Do Not Change Lanes in Intersections: Wait to change lanes until you have completely cleared the intersection.
• At All-Way Stops, Yield to the Vehicle on Your Right: At an all-way stop, yield to the vehicle on the right. If you are preparing to turn left, yield to oncoming traffic. When a signal is not working and no one is directing traffic, treat the intersection as an all-way stop.

• Make sure your carts are out by 6am. Routes for our drivers change, which means your pick-up time might vary.
• Give your carts space. Carts should be three feet apart from each other, and should be given even more space when next to cars or basketball hoops.
• Keep your carts off the sidewalks when possible.
• Children love the big trucks, but please stay back 50 feet!
• If you do have a broken cart, call Utilities at 360.753.8340 and we’ll get you a new cart free of charge.

We appreciate the things you do to make our day run smoothly!

• Strategies to amend soils to improve stormwater retention and increase treatment of pollutants.
• Building rain gardens that manage stormwater on site.
• Capturing rainwater to re-use around the yard.
• Building pervious driveways, walkways and patios that allow stormwater to absorb back into the ground.
• Strategies for minimizing yard chemicals to protect groundwater and surface waterways.
• Green Roof installations to absorb stormwater.

If you are interested in a site visit from Stormwater Stewards, please contact Krista Elvey at Krista@nativeplantsalvage.org for more information and to receive a pre-consultation survey.