MARIPOSA LANDSCAPES, INC. (PARK MAINT.) - 2015 3RD AMEND

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a) Contractor's supervisory personnel (Supervisors) shall have five years' landscape maintenance experience or education in Ornamental Horticulture, Landscape Architecture, Irrigation Technology or related field. Supervisors shall possess landscape /grounds management skills required to implement modern methods and newly developed horticultural, arboriculture, integrated pest management, irrigation management /repair, soil science and sport turf management procedures and /or practices. Supervisors shall accompany the Director's Representatives 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 Irrigation Technicians (CIT) and Certified Irrigation Technician Assistants (CITA) 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 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 Irrigation Techs (CIT) shall be current Certified Irrigation Technicians per the City of Santa Ana's Irrigation Technician criteria. Certified Irrigation Techs shall repair irrigation systems per the City of Santa Ana's Park Services specifications and details. (2) Certified Irrigation Tech Assistants (CITA) shall be current Certified Irrigation Technician Assistants per the City of Santa Ana Irrigation Technician Assistant criteria. CITA's shall, under the direct supervision of the CIT when assisting the CIT's with the repair of irrigation systems per the City of Santa Ana's Park Services specifications and details. The CITA's may assist the CIT's by preparing the work site for the CIT to perform the improvements or repairs to the irrigation system. The CITA may excavate, expose, clean or otherwise prepare an area needing improvement or repair. The CITA may prepare the work site independently of the CIT. However, the CITA must work in the presence of the CIT at all times improvements or repairs are being made by the CITA. The CITA may make the improvements or repairs only when the CIT is present where the improvement/repair is in progress in order to instruct /train the CITA. Under no circumstances shall the CITA affect the improvement or repair of a system without the CIT immediately present overseeing the CITA work. The CITA may work independently to manually irrigate any planting or turf area that is in stress. c) The Contractor may select from the list of Qualified Agricultural Pest Control sub- contractors or provide his /her own qualified staff /equipment to perform agricultural pest control services. Furthermore, the Contractor shall provide the appropriate number of Qualified Pest Control Operators who possess a State of California Qualified Applicator License (QAL) or Qualified Applicator Certificate (QAC) in order to apply pesticides (see Attachment 8). Qualified Applicators shall personally apply all pesticides per the Department of Agriculture Pesticide Laws and Regulations per the specification and the Page 8