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PROPOSAL SPECIFICATIONS <br /> Provide and plant trees and shrubs, and provide and install irrigation system as follows: <br /> I/We agree to furnish all trees, materials, labor and incidentals to perform the work below. <br /> • Mobilization, deliver and plant, B & B trees and shrubs in a pattern as depicted in <br /> the enclosed exhibit on page 7. <br /> • A mandatory pre-construction meeting shall occur at the job with the City and the <br /> Contractor's on-site supervisor. <br /> • Each tree shall have no less than 1/2 cubic yard 'Plaisted's Growers Mix' <br /> incorporated into the parent soil immediately surrounding each tree, at a rate of <br /> 25% Plaisted's soil to 75% native or parent soil. A similar ratio of growers mix <br /> shall be incorporated into the shrub plantings as well, with the minimum amount <br /> of trucked in soil estimated at 20 cubic yards. Contractor may have to truck away <br /> excess soil from the planting holes. <br /> • All trees shall be staked,flagged or paint-located in the medians,by the contractor, <br /> and then verified/approved by a City representative. <br /> • Trees and shrubs shall be thoroughly watered-in upon planting, and kept <br /> sufficiently moist by the Contractor until acceptance of the irrigation system by <br /> the City. <br /> • Trees shall be individually approved for planting on site by the City upon visual <br /> inspection—no park grade trees permitted, nor any defects in the trunk, crown or <br /> rooting structures will be approved. The American Nurseryman's Standards shall <br /> be the minimum standards for grading, measurements and determining <br /> appropriate form for trees and shrubs. <br /> • The root flare shall be properly located level with the adjoining ground level. See <br /> exhibit on page 7 to accommodate this measurement for trees planted on slopes <br /> within the median <br /> • After the correct placement and planting depth is approved by the city <br /> representative for all trees and shrubs, approximately 2" of Coco Brown or 'mink <br /> mulch' wood chips shall be placed uniformly within the medians—with no wood <br /> chips 'banked' against the trunk or stem of any plant. <br /> • All trees and shrubs shall be warranted until July 1st 2025, and a 5% retainage shall <br /> be held by the City until that date. <br /> 21Page <br />