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d. The use of elinihing spurs or spike shoes in the act of pruning trees is prohibited, excepting palms that <br />are more than sixty -five (65) feet in height. <br />e. Palms, especially, the Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix Canaricnsis) trunks shall be cleaned of any <br />weed species. The immediate area below the green fronds shall be trimmed to a symmetrical <br />(pineapple) appearance. The shape shall not exceed a minimum of forty -eight (48) inches or a <br />maximum of sixty- (60) inches length below the green fronds. The trunk when pruning operations <br />are complete shall be left in a clean, unscathed appearance throughout the entire length of the palm <br />trunk. Canary Island date palms shall be premed using a sterilized handsaw. The handsaw trust be <br />cleaned and sterilized before and after pruning each tree. <br />All volunteer palm seedlings must be removed that are growing within the streets, parkways, or <br />setback dedicated areas. <br />1.10 UNACCEPTABLE PRUNING <br />The following procedures, or others that will result in tree decline, are not allowed (storm damage and <br />other extenuating circumstances exempted): <br />a. Severe cutting back of all growing tips usually referred to as topping, pollarding, or hat racking. <br />b. Plush cutting where a cut is made even with the surface of the trunk or limb, removing the branch <br />collar and branch bark ridge. <br />c. Stub cutting where branch removal results in the base of branch removed protruding more than <br />approximately one fourth (1/4) inch beyond the zone of branch collar and branch bark ridge. <br />d. Removal of a healthy main leader, for reasons other than power line clearance. <br />e. Excessive cutting or lifting that exceeds the International Society of Arboriculture or SAPRF <br />standards. <br />1.11 DAMAGE TO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY <br />Should any structure or property be damaged during the tree pruning operations, the persons conducting <br />the work shall imrnediately notify the proper owners and an authorized SAPRF representative. Repairs <br />to property damaged by the responsible party shall be made within forty -eight (48) hours, except utility <br />lines, which shall be repaired the same working day. Repairs on private property shall be made in <br />accordance with the appropriate building code under permits issued by the City of Santa Ana. Any <br />damage caused by the Contractors employees shall be repaired or restored by them at their expense to a <br />condition similar or equal to that existing before such damage or injury, or they shall repair such damage <br />in a manner acceptable to the City of Santa Ana and/or SAPRF. Special attention is drawn to sprinkler <br />systems in City landscapes and the need to avoid damage. All damage to irrigation systems shall be <br />repaired as soon as possible at Contractors expense. <br />1.12 WORT{ PERFORNIED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY <br />No SAPRF contracted tree worker shall perform work upon private property without the written consent <br />of the property owner and an authorized SAPRF representative. <br />Districts 1, 4 and 6 Park Landscape RFP <br />19 ES1 <br />