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Contract work covers 8-foot ground clearance pruning and sucker control only for trees that are located adjacent or near sidewalk areas. 6-02 Pruning Trees shall be pruned in conformance with ISA guidelines. All pruning shall be performed by qualified professional personnel using recognized and approved methods and techniques. Excessive pruning or stubbing back will not be permitted. All pruning cuts shall be made flush. They shall be cleanly cut with no tearing of the bark. Any trees that are stubbed back or pruned improperly, such that its shape is distorted,will be replaced by the Contractor with a 24-inch box size tree or larger as required by the Parks Superintendent. 6-03 Staking All tree staking and removal work is to be performed by the City and is not part of this contract. SECTION 7. TRAFFIC CONTROL 7-01 General The Parks Superintendent shall review the Contractor's traffic control throughout the duration of this maintenance contract. If, in the opinion of the Parks Superintendent,the traffic control is inadequate,the Parks Superintendent shall direct the Contractor to stop all maintenance work and correct the traffic control problem. If the problem cannot be corrected with on-site materials, all work shall stop,and the existing equipment shall be removed until the traffic control can be properly placed. 7-02 Liquidated Damages The parties acknowledge that the need for adequate traffic control is of paramount safety importance,and that the City must expend staff time and effort to monitor Contractor's traffic control program. If the Contractor is not providing adequate traffic control, City staff must expend additional time and effort to immediately correct the situation. Because of the ongoing nature of this maintenance contract, the parties acknowledge that they cannot reasonably calculate a sum to reflect the costs to the City when the Contractor does not provide adequate traffic controls. Therefore, the Contractor shall pay to the City, as liquidated damages and not as penalty,the sum of two hundred dollars($200.00)for each instance where the City formally notifies the Contractor in writing that adequate traffic controls are not being provided by the Contractor at any work site. The levy of liquidated damages is in addition to all other rights and remedies available to City under this contract, and the waiver of the right to levy liquidated damages does not waive City's right to enforce any additional conditions or seek any other remedies. SECTION 8. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION 8-01 Monthly Submittals Contractor shall submit to Parks Superintendent the following items with the monthly invoice:Copy of Alameda County monthly pesticide use report; irrigation schedules for each controller(downtown color bowls);resident contacts or work order status;the Page 15