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2. Work Force Your proposal will be evaluated on the qualifications of this individual and the amount of FTE's you assign to each district. Copy of certificates and qualifications is required with proposal submittal. a) Contractor's supervisory personnel (Supervisors) shall have five years' landscape maintenance experience and have: 1) an Associate in Science degree from Mt. San Antonio College in Ornamental Horticulture, Parks and Sport Turf Management or two Skill Certificates in Landscape Irrigation, Landscape and Park Maintenance, Park Management and Sports Turf Management; 2) Associates in Science from Fullerton College in Landscape Management, Ornamental Horticulture or a Certificate of Proficiency in Landscape Design and Management; 3) Turfgrass Management Certificate from University California Riverside; or 4) an approved equal Associate in Science degree or related certificate 30 units or greater (see Attachment _). Failure of the Contractor to provide a Supervisor who possesses the minimum qualifications listed above shall cause the City to penalize the Contractor up to $300 per day and to hire a consulting Supervisor that meets the qualifications listed above. The cost of hiring the consulting Supervisor shall be withheld from the Contractors monthly invoice. Supervisors shall possess landscape /grounds management skills required to Implement modern methods and newly developed horticultural and arboriculture procedures and/or practices. Supervisors shall accompany the Director on weekly inspection tours of the contract sites. During the tour the Supervisor shall indicate the work completed the previous week, any changes that were made or are being contemplated and the work scheduled for the upcoming week and month, b) The Contractor shall provide the appropriate number of Certified Master Irrigation Technicians, Certified Irrigation Technicians and Certified Irrigation Technician Assistants in each district to audit, report, inspect, design, improve, restore, repair, recommend improvements and manage the City of Santa Ana's park irrigation systems using sustainable water conservation methods and practices. The City shall determine what the "appropriate number" of certified staff shall be based upon the existing condition of the irrigation systems and the overall health of the landscapes. Failure of the Contractor to provide the appropriate number of certified staff who possess the minimum certification credentials for each class of irrigation technician shall cause the City to penalize the Contractor up to $300 per day for each number of irrigation technicians not made available to the City and to cause the City to hire certified Irrigation technicians and withhold the cost of hiring irrigation technicians from the Contractors monthly invoice. who possess, at minimum, the qualifications described below: (1) Certified pilaster Irrigation Techs (CMIT) shall be a current Irrigation Association Certified Designers, Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditors and Certified Landscape Water Managers (see Attachment _). The Master Irrigation Techs shall : 1) Conduct annual water audits for each irrigation system per the Irrigation Association Recommended Audit Guidelines and produce an annual report identifying each sites systems deficiencies and providing system design engineering recommendations that restore the system to optimum operating condition including all systems having matching precipitation nozzles and head -to -head coverage and all other recommendations that fully restore systems to optimum operating conditions; 2) record monthly water usage via each parks water meter and Calsense irrigation controller download data. The data collected from each park site shall be submitted in a Monthly Park Water Conservation Districts 1, 4 and 5 Park Landscape RFP 1 x'23