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damage, the Contractors shall replace the area of turf lost with thick cut West <br />Coast Turf Bandera Bermuda (during spring /summer) and thick cut West Coast <br />Turf Bandera Bermuda that has been cropped over with Perennial Rye grass <br />(during fall /winter). <br />7. Irrigation System Maintenance <br />a) General Responsibilities <br />(1) Contractor's Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) shall coordinate with <br />Calsense Irrigation to establish a central computerized control irrigation <br />management system at the Contractor's office. The CIT shall have sole <br />responsibility to program all automatic irrigation systems, either from the central <br />computerized control system or in the field, to irrigate all landscape areas <br />detailed in this Agreement. In the event the existing irrigation system fails to <br />provide full and proper coverage, the Contractor shall immediately dispatch <br />CIT'sto repair the system from the RCV to the meter and Certified Irrigation <br />Technician Assistants (CITA) to provide alternate /supplemental irrigation and /or <br />to repair heads /laterals to achieve full and proper coverage to all areas in the <br />work site at no extra cost to the City. Failure of the Contractor's CMIT to respond <br />immediately by dispatching of CIT's and /or CITA's to provide <br />alternate /supplemental irrigation and /or repair heads /laterals to stressed plant <br />material and /or turf areas shall result in up to a $300 per day penalty to the <br />Contractor. Stressed turf or plant material is not acceptable unless approved by <br />the Director's Representative. <br />(2) Contractor's Certified Irrigation Technicians (CIT) shall make repairs to the <br />irrigation system from RCV to the meter per the City of Santa Ana Park Services' <br />specifications and details. <br />(3) Contractor's Certified Irrigation Technician Assistants (CITA) shall be under <br />the direction of the CMIT and CIT and shall assist the CMIT and CIT by preparing <br />an irrigation system for repair. The CITA may trench, clean, prepare the job by <br />bringing the proper tools to the site, bring pipe and fittings to the site, and <br />otherwise assist the CMIT and CIT in job preparation. To allow the CITA to gain <br />training he /she may perform repairs of the irrigation system only in the direct <br />presence of the CMIT and /or CIT. The CMIT and /or CIT must be immediately <br />(physically) present at all times to direct /train the CITA in the art of professional <br />quality irrigation system repairs. Should the CITA be found performing repairs <br />without the presence of the CMIT and /or CIT a penalty of up to $500 will be <br />issued to the Contractor <br />b) Operation of Automatic Irrigation Controllers <br />Where the operation of automatic irrigation controllers is required, the Contractor's CMIT <br />shall: <br />(1) Not duplicate any coded City key furnished by the Parks, Recreation and <br />Community Services Agency for access and operation of the controller. <br />(2) Surrender all keys furnished by the Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency at the end of the contract period or at any time deemed <br />necessary by the Director's Representative to prevent serious loss to the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Page 20 <br />