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The Contractors Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) shall meet when requested with the <br />Director's Representative to review the Monthly Water Conservation Report to discuss <br />water conservation strategies. These discussions may include, but not be limited to, the <br />Contractor turning off irrigation systems during periods of rainfall and times when <br />suspension of irrigation is desirable to conserve water while remaining within the <br />guidelines of the EA W. <br />When Park Services determines that plant material (turf, groundcover, shrubs, and trees) <br />must be irrigated, all controllers shall be activated within twenty -four (24) hours. <br />8.4 Inspection and Reporting <br />The Certified Irrigation Technicians (CIT) shall physically inspect the operation of all <br />irrigation systems once a month and prepare a written report specifying controller <br />location/name, start times, run times, program name, station number, water budget <br />percent, weekly Et and deficiencies. All deficiencies shall be cured /repaired within five <br />working days or the Director's Representative shall impose penalties for failure to <br />respond and /or hire a Certified Irrigation Technician to remedy the system. The <br />Contractor shall maintain all sprinkler systems using City standard irrigation products <br />and details. All repairs shall be to City of Santa Ana Park Services' specifications and <br />details. Repairs to irrigation heads shall be with matching precipitation nozzles. <br />Contractor shall ensure that excessive over spray /runoff into street right -of -ways or other <br />areas not intended to receive irrigation is controlled. The Contractor shall repair at his <br />own expense, by way of CITA's, any irrigation head and lateral line rendered inoperable <br />or malfunctioning due to attrition, vandalism, etc. All other repairs, RCV to meter, shall <br />be performed by Certified Irrigation Technicians and shall be "tagged" using the City of <br />Santa Ana Park Services "tagging" system noting the Company and Irrigation Tech that <br />performed the repair, the date of the repair and the Contractor's and Irrigation <br />Technicians contact information, All repairs shall be warrantied for two years from the <br />date of the approved repair. All head and lateral lines shall be repaired within five days <br />of discovery of malfunetion/repairs needed. All other irrigation repairs shall be <br />performed immediately following approval of the work. <br />The CMIT shall perform a daily visual inspection of all irrigated areas first thing each <br />morning. All areas receiving marginal coverage shall receive supplemental irrigation by <br />being irrigated by a portable irrigation method. The contractor shall furnish all portable <br />hoses, nozzles, sprinklers, etc., necessary to accomplish this additional irrigation. Care <br />shall be exercised to prevent a waste of water, erosion, and/or detrimental seepage into <br />existing underground improvements or structures. <br />8.5 Repairs <br />The Contractor shall be responsible at his own expense for repairs to all irrigation heads, <br />swing joints and lateral lines as a part of this agreement. The City will be responsible for <br />repairs to the irrigation system from the valve to the water meter. The Contractor shall <br />submit proposals to the Director's Representative for extra work to repair /improve the <br />irrigation system from the RCV to the meter. <br />City of Santa Ana RFP 16 -063 <br />Page 24 <br />0M11; ,, <br />.� 11 = lY <br />