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1.3.6 WATERING All trees shall be properly irrigated to maintain a healthy condition. Trees shall not be maintained in an over watered and/or saturated condition 1.3.7 REPLANTING The Contractor shall be responsible for the complete removal and replacement of any and all trees lost due to the Contractor's faulty maintenance or negligence, including but not limited to girdling trees with string trimmers or tree ties, improper planting of new trees, improper pruning techniques which disfigure or destroy the trees natural integrity and shape, or failure to detect and prevent treatable diseases and insect infestations as determined by the City of Santa Ana. Replacement shall be made by the Contractor in the kind and size of trees determined by the City of Santa Ana. Where there is a difference in value between the trees lost and the replacement of trees, this difference will be deducted from the contract payment. In all cases, the value of the trees lost will be determined by the City of Santa Ana using the latest American Shade Tree Conference guidelines for value determination. 1.4. SHRUB CARE Contractor shall remove dead shrubs and backfill to existing grade with imported soil as necessary to maintain a consistent finished grade. Sinkholes will not be acceptable as it represents a liability to the City. Replacements of shrubs will be approved by City of Santa Ana. Wall vines adjacent to and coming from City landscapes are a part of the maintenance of this contract. Wall vines shall be kept trimmed approximately four (4) inches from the wall and eight (8) inches below the top of the wall. Where wall vines have been allowed to grow over the top of the wall, the Contractor shall keep wall vines trimmed down to the top of the wall. Wall vines may require trimming two or more times per month during the growing season. 1.4.1 PRUNING All shrubs growing in the work areas shall be pruned as required, to maintain plants in a healthy growing condition and to maintain plant growth within reasonable bounds to prevent encroachment of passage ways, walks, streets, view of signs or in any manner deemed objectionable by the City of Santa Ana. Dead or damaged limbs or branches shall be cleaned out and removed with sharp pruning tools with no projections or stubs remaining. Pruning shall be done in a manner to permit plants to grow naturally in accordance with their normal growth characteristics except box hedging may be required on some shrubs, as designated by the City of Santa Ana. Shear hedging or severe pruning of plants, unless authorized by the City of Santa Ana, shall not be permitted. Should the Contractor shear hedges or severely prune plants and disfigure or damage the plants, the contractor shall be responsible for replacing those plants with like kind and size as determined by the City of Santa Ana. The Contractor may be requested from time to time to raise the bottom or lower the tops of the shrubs for security reasons. This shall be considered routine maintenance and performed at no extra cost to the City. City of Santa Ana — RFP 20-041 Landscape Maintenance Services for Public Works Agency City Yard Facility