GACHINA LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT INC. (#2027179)

Medians, Fire Stations & Main Street Landscape Project No: PWD 26.301 SECTION 6. TREE CARE 6-01 General Contract work covers 8-foot ground clearance pruning and sucker control only for trees that are located adjacent to 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 Division Manager. 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 When working in street locations and transporting equipment on public streets, Contractor shall comply with the California State Vehicle Code. Contractors are required to provide all safety cones, sign boards, arrow boards, and other appropriate measures and equipment as prescribed by the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA-MUTCD) for traffic control. Contractor should conduct its operations to cause the least possible obstruction and inconvenience to public traffic. To the greatest extent possible, all traffic shall be permitted to pass through the work area. For work requiring traffic control, the Contractor must submit a traffic control plan to the City of Pleasanton Public Works Department for approval 72 hours prior to the scheduled work. The Parks Division Manager shall review the Contractor's traffic control throughout the duration of this maintenance contract. If, in the opinion of the Parks Division Manager, the traffic control is inadequate, the Parks Division Manager 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 EXHIBIT A Docusign Envelope ID: 0CA1C663-FC9F-8542-829D-EE33675CC266Docusign Envelope ID: F7F9ED3E-EB07-824E-82A3-2EC213332F32