Instructions for Watering

Get Golf Cart at Shelby Light Plant Maintenance Building (34 Mansfield Avenue)

• Parking for volunteers is available behind the Shelby Light Plant maintenance building at 34 Mansfield Avenue. Use side door labels, volunteer.

• Access Light PLant maintenance building with the key located in the lockbox on the door handle at the South-side man door. (Code: 1834)

• The golf cart key is in, and should be left in, the golf cart. A second key for the water spigot at Black Fork Commons Plaza is also in the front of the golf cart.

• The garage door opener (see picture below) has three buttons:

  • Top green button moves the door up

  • Middle green button moves it down

  • Red button stops the door

• After putting the garage door up, drive the golf cart out, put the garage door down, and lock the man door while watering.

Fill Water Tank at Black Fork Commons

• Drive the golf cart to the Black Fork Commons Plaza pump house, driving only on brick surfaces and avoiding the white pavers within the plaza.

  • On event weekends, the Plaza pump house may not be accessible. If that is the case, an alternative filling location is the rear of the current fire station. Follow the same spigot/key instructions below.

• Attach the fill hose (stored in the golf cart) to the spigot located on the west-side of the pump house (see picture below), use key to turn on the spigot to fill the tank.

• Use key to shut off the spigot. Return the fill hose and key back in the golf cart.

• If watering is done properly, you should need to return to refill the water tank at least once during the process.

Watering

• To begin watering, turn on the switch for the water pump on the golf cart (see picture below).

• Ensure the hose handle nozzle is set to "shower."

• Please review this map of downtown watering locations. Additional details are provided below:

  • Watering within Black Fork Commons Plaza

    • Staying on the brick area only, water the four black planters. DO NOT drive on the white pavers in the middle of the plaza.

  • Watering on Main Street

    • Travel on the sidewalk and water each hanging basket (50 total, yes 50!) and the permanent planters with flowers.

      • For hanging baskets, water until water drains from the bottom of the basket to ensure proper absorption.

      • Please also water these permanent planters (see pictures below):

        • East-side alley planter near Kilgore and Herring

        • Flower bed near the utilities office

        • Flower bed near Third Street Family Health Services

        • Bandstand baskets and planters

        • Large black planters on bridge over Black Fork

Return Golf Cart to OLD Fire Station

• Once all watering is complete, return the golf cart to the Light Plant Maintenance Building.

• Be sure to:

  • Turn off the golf cart and the pump.

  • Plug in the golf cart charger.

  • Ensure the golf cart key and spigot key are left in the golf cart.

  • Securely lock the man door to the fire station and leave the door key in the lockbox for the next volunteer.

• Please text Cody Albert that you have completed the watering at 419-566-8838.

THANK YOU!