1. EXCULPATORY CLAUSE. I hereby release, waive, discharge, covenant not to sue, and agree to hold harmless for any and all purposes the City of Dallas, its City Council and its members, its boards and commissions and their members, its officers, employees, servants, agents, volunteers, successors, assigns, and any other person acting under its permission and authority (collectively herein referred to as “CITY”) from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, injuries (including death), or damages, including court costs and attorney's fees and expenses, that I may sustain while participating in the activity, while traveling to and from the activity, while on the premises owned or leased by the CITY, or otherwise in the care of the CITY including injuries sustained as a resolute of the sole, joint, or concurrent negligence, negligence per se, statutory fault, or strict liability of the CITY. I understand the waiver does not apply to injuries caused by intentional or grossly negligent conduct.

2. INDEMNITY CLAUSE. I know that there are inherent risks to me and others involved with the activity, including cuts and scrapes, dehydration/heat stroke, sprains, and unintentional collision injuries like broken bones, concussions, permanent injury or death, and I choose to voluntarily participate in the activity with full knowledge that the activity may be hazardous to me and my property, and to the person and property of others. I acknowledge the activity may be strenuous, I know of no medical reason why I should not participate. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the CITY from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, injuries (including death), or damages, including court costs and attorney's fees and expenses, which may occur to me and third persons as a result of my participation in the activity, including injuries sustained as a resolute of the sole, joint, or concurrent negligence, negligence per se, statutory fault, or strict liability of the CITY.

3. RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS/VIDEO/AUDIO. I expressly give and grant to the CITY the unqualified right, privilege, and permission to reproduce, publish, and circulate in every manner or form (including radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and the internet) video tapes, films, photographs, transparencies, and other images and likeness of me, and/or property and audio recordings of me (collectively referred to as “video and (over) audio recordings”), and I hereby grant, assign and transfer to the CITY all rights and interest therein a no charge. I specifically authorize and empower the CITY to cause any such video and audio recordings, to be copyrighted or in any other manner to be legally registered in the name of the CITY. I, for myself, my family, my child(ren), my heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, hereby remise, release and discharge the CITY from any and all claims of any kind due to the use of such video and audio recordings, including all claims for damages or injunctive relief for libel, slander and invasion of the right of privacy.

4. MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION, INDEMNITY, FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES AND WAIVER. I understand the CITY cannot be expected to control all of the risks articulated in this form and the CITY may need to respond to accidents and potential emergency situations. Therefore, I give my consent for any medical treatment that may be required, as determined by a medical professional, during my participation in the activity with the understanding that I will be responsible for the cost of any such treatment. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the CITY for any costs incurred to treat me, even it the CITY has signed hospital documentation promising to pay for the treatment due to my inability to sign the documentation. I further agree to release, waive, discharge, covenant not to sue, and agree to hold harmless for any and all purposes the CITY from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, injuries (including death), or damages, including court costs and attorney's fees and expenses, that may be sustained while receiving medical care or in deciding to seek medical care, including while traveling to and from a medical care facility, including injuries sustained as a resolute of the sole, joint, or concurrent negligence, negligence per se, statutory fault, or strict liability of the CITY. I understand the waiver does not apply to injuries caused by intentional or grossly negligent conduct.

5. VOLUNTARY SIGNATURE. In signing this agreement, I acknowledge and represent that I have read it, understand it, and sign voluntarily as my own free act and deed; the CITY has to made and I have not relied on any oral representations, statements, or inducements apart from the terms contained in this agreement. I execute this agreement for full, adequate, and complete consideration fully intending to be bound by all terms in this agreement, now and in the future. I understand I can choose not to sign this agreement and free myself from its terms and the associated risks of the activity by simply not participating in the activity and choosing some other activity available to me that has a lower level of risk to myself. I further understand this activity is voluntary and extracurricular. While I understand alternative activities are available to me that do not have the risks associated with the activity, I still desire to voluntarily engage in the activity.

6. RELEASE – VOLUNTEER YOUTH SAFETY POLICY: WATERWAY PROXIMITY. Prohibits any volunteer under the age of 18 from conducting litter pick-up activities on, in, or immediately adjacent to any body of water. Minor volunteers are strictly forbidden from the following: Direct Water Contact: Entering any river, stream, pond, lake, or drainage canal (wading or swimming). Watercraft Operations: Collecting litter from boats, kayaks, canoes, or paddleboards. Shoreline Boundaries: Operating within [e.g., 10 feet] of a water's edge or on steep embankments leading to water. Infrastructure: Collecting litter from piers, docks, or unsecured bridges without permanent guardrails.