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Representative. Contractor shall provide an exact location and separate <br />evaluation/report Cor each tree in decline. Contractor shall treat any tree in <br />decline at no additional cost to City. Should the TRAQ Certified Hazardous <br />'free Professional determine that the tree has or had a terminal disease that <br />the Contractor could not have trealed or prevented, the Contractor shall not <br />be responsible to replace the tree. However, should the TRAQ Certified <br />Hazardous Tree Professional determine that the tree's unhealthy condition <br />or death could have been prevented had the Contractor treated the tree then <br />Contractor shall be responsible for the cost of treatment to restore the tree <br />to a healthy condition or replace the tree. The latest American Shade Tree <br />Conference guidelines for value determination will determine the value of <br />the trees lost. <br />2.4.6.3 By entering into agreement with the City the Contractor acknowledges that <br />they accept the condition of each tree and should a tree go into decline or <br />expire, the Contractor agrees to replace the tree with like species and size <br />or agree that the City shall withhold payment equal to the value of the tree. <br />2.5 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Pest Control Services <br />2..5.1 Daily Inspection and Reporting <br />2.5.1.1 Agricultural pest control services shall be performed under a separate <br />agreement by a state licensed/certified agricultural pest control QAI. <br />licensed company. <br />2.5.1.2 The Contractor shall, during the course of their daily site inspections, notify <br />the Director's Representative in writing and with time/date stamped <br />photographs of any pest issues they notice. The Contractor shall inspect on <br />a daily basis in all landscaped areas (turf, trees, shrubs, ground cover, and <br />annual color) for presence of weeds (any misplaced plant), disease, insect, <br />rodent infestation or any other pests. If any weeds or pests, such as but not <br />limited to, weeds in hardscape/groundcover-shrub beds or turf, disease, <br />insect, algae, birds, animals, such as rabbits, rats, squirrels, or rodent <br />infestation (rodents including rats, gophers, moles, voles, etc.) is <br />discovered, he/she shall report their findings in their daily report to the <br />Director's Representative, The Director's Representative shall then report <br />the findings to the Agricultural Pest Control Contractor for follow-up. <br />2.6 Water Conservation and Irrigation System Management Services <br />2.6.1 General Responsibilities <br />2.6.1.1 Primary water conservation and irrigation system management services <br />shall be the responsibility of the City's Irrigation Consultant. However, the <br />Contractor shall, curing their daily site inspection, take note and document <br />in their daily site inspection report any irrigation system issues including, <br />but not limited to, excessively wet areas, damaged or broken irrigation parts, <br />vandalism, etc. <br />City of Santa Ana RFP 19-092 T <br />Page 21 <br />