Planning Department- Set Up and Clean Up Plans

Set Up Plan

Terminal City will begin set up on Wednesday, pre-opening.  Equipment will be carried in by members.

It is likely that an early (pre Saturday) crew will arrive Weds to begin flagging and measuring the village, and to assist with our allied  Terminal City camps and their layouts, as well as the layout for the Terminal City Complex -- after placers have confirmed location of course.

The camp is renting a porta-john unit in Sparks, and is anticipated to be hauled in by a camp member on the first Saturday.    The unit is planned to go into the shared common space and will have pumper access (see maps).

Main structures will be set up on Saturday, with detailing on Sunday.

No significant ground disturbance is anticipated- apart from heavy rebar staking...  no pits.  Minor ditching for safty of electric lines anticipated.

A large evaporation pond will handle all grey water and shower run off needs, with appropriate piping!

The antenna for WTF 99.9 Radio APOKILIPTIKA is likely to be shorter than in years past, and anchoring simpler.

No heavy equipment will be used.

No other significant set up issues are anticipated for this village.

Clean Up Plan

Our commitment to Leave No Trace – written by Quick & Deadly

Each year, our village designates a MOOP Czar to coordinate and bear the responsibility of ensuring our campsite is cleaner than we found it. This MOOP Czar is the last person at our campsite and the authority for managing MOOP work crews throughout the event. Every member of our camp is informed of our plans to leave no trace and each camper makes a commitment to work together to minimize any impact to the playa.

Here's how we’ll do it

Design our camp in a way that is easy to keep clean: Our camp layout and common spaces cater to grouping together in specific areas. This reduces disruption of the playa surface and helps localize personal belongings, trash and MOOP. Additionally, a significant portion of our camp is fenced off, which helps corral any blowing MOOP.

Select materials and decorations for our camp that lessen waste and are recyclable or reusable: Our infrastructure is reused every year with the exception of the wooden fencing materials, which are burned at the end of the week (see Nature and scale of our activities).

Create a detailed plan for the breakdown/cleanup of our camp, accounting for every board, stake, and scrap, and pack necessary tools and supplies: Each individual in camp is responsible for the breakdown of their personal structures and collection of their belongings. All camp members are responsible for disassembly of the common structures (community shade structures, showers, evaporation ponds, fences, streetlights and poles, etc.). Every individual will put in time during the week to do at least 30 minutes of MOOP sweeping in camp and along A Street between 3-3:30 per day. Additionally, 2 hours of community cleanup must be performed by each individual before exodus. This will be enforced by the Camp Mayor or approved stand in.

 Plan for extra cleanup and trash generated by activities and parties at our camp: Garbage and recycling receptacles will be placed in the common areas. One individual will head the ‘waste management committee’ (WMC) for the duration of the event. Responsibilities include making sure that garbage (burnable and non-burnable), compost and recycle do not get commingled, the responsibility of changing garbage bags when any receptacle is full, organizing MOOP sweeps and drafting help from campmates to accomplish these tasks. It is the responsibility of ALL camp mates to help with WMC whenever asked and to take initiative to help without being asked.

 Have a plan for proper evaporation or disposal of our grey water, including containers to haul out what’s left: Evaporation ponds are the first structure to be set up and the last to be dismantled. Our camp possesses evap ponds. Sealing 5-gallon buckets will be brought to collect the dregs of greywater and bring it home for proper disposal.

 Plan enough space and storage in our vehicles for trash hauling: All camp members will reserve space in their vehicles for transporting refuse home. No individual will bear more or less than his or her share of refuse. This will be enforced by the Camp Mayor or approved stand in.

 Explain the ground rules to all camp members and post our LNT plan on our website. All members of our camp are debriefed on LNT plan, social protocol, camp responsibilities, etc. at the group meeting prior to departure for the playa. Copies of the LNT Plan will be given to each camp member.

 Plan a secured trash separation station with signage and tags and plenty of heavy-duty garbage bags. Waste management committee will be responsible for drafting assistance from the camp member pool to collect, separate, dispose of (burnables), and corral refuse. Full garbage and recycle bags will be stored in a corral and divided among camp members before exodus. No individual will bear more or less than his or her share of refuse.

We will bring the following items for camp operations

• Separate, sealed containers for recyclables, burnables, and non-burnables, a found bin and signage and tags.
• Reusable dinnerware and utensils, including a portable beverage container and coffee cup for the Café
• A large water container for camp water supplies (no small containers)
• 5-gallon bucket and painter’s mesh for wet kitchen scraps.
• Containers for grey water disposal
• Containers for smokers’ butts
• Tarps or other floor covering to ‘catch’ any items that drop

We will bring the following items for our camp’s breakdown, clean-up and restoration

·         Big whiskbroom  and push brooms

·         Flat blade shovel for burn scars or dune MOOP

·         Large landscape rake and smaller rakes for sweeping through dust piles

·         Stiff long handled broom for breaking up dunes

·         Rope and string for tying loose stuff down.

·         Small spare bags for collecting trash as we wander.

·         Lots on industrial strength trash bags: more than we think we'll need.

·         Cheap work gloves for everybody.

·         Long-handled sledgehammer for compacting 5-gallon buckets and driving stakes.

·         Vise grips for removing stakes and rebar.

·         Directions and hours of landfills and RV water dump stations

·         Magnets or magnet sweepers to remove every nails, staple, or scrap of metal.

·         Vehicles and/or trailers to haul everything out

Packing Out and Restoration of Our Site

• We will take away everything we brought with us plus a few things we didn’t know we’d have.
• Our restoration team will use cones on the outside of our camp’s border to define our boundaries, break up any dunes that formed around vehicles or structures,  then divide up our area and begin line sweeps.
• If we don’t have enough folks on our team to form one line across the site, we will break our space up into smaller areas and have each restoration volunteer deMoop their area.
• We will pick up all woodchips, broken glass, plastic debris, metal debris, and plant material.
• We complete restoration of any hotspots (micro-MOOP collections), or burnscars.
• We will try to give a helping hand to our neighbors