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may arise. Additional crew members may be requested or approved jf necessary, if more efficient, or for particular projects, only upon advanced approval by the City. Additional crew will be paid at the pre-agreed established unit price. Payment for additional crew members shall be pro-rated based on the hourly bid rate divided by 3. 4. Additional crews shall be scheduled and report to work within fourteen calendar days after notice from the City. 5. In general, the use of climbing spikes is not allowed on City trees except in the cases of tree removals or certain eucalyptus species. Pruning paint or tree sealer shall not be used. 6. At the completion of pruning and removal work, the Contractor shall update the City's computerized inventory information for the trees worked upon. If a tree is missing from the list, the Contractor shall add the tree and site data. The contractor may, at the City's discretion, enter the changes in a computer program or update the lists for the City to enter the data later. The inventory data includes: location, species, planting site width, diameter, condition, health, wires and utilities, sidewalk condition, and maintenance performed. 7. All tree pruning work shall be performed to the current edition of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A-300 Pruning Standards. The City will provide specific pruning instructions and desired guidelines for the crew assignments. 8. Compensation for the above materials and work completed is included in Bid Item No.1 of the Bid Proposal. B. Emergency services as needed 1. Contractor shall make available, when requested by an authorized City representative, an emergency response crew consisting of at least two (2) fully qualified workers capable of performing whatever pruning, branch or limb removal, clearance, or tree removal work that may be required, a dump truck or aerial lift as required for the situation, brush chipper, chip box, and all other miscellaneous tools and equipment that may be necessary. This crew shall be available to respond to emergency calls for service within one hour of receivina the call. The City guarantees a minimum of two (2) hours for each call for emergency service, defined as the after normal hours call-back of the crews to return to the City for work. If the crew continues on after normal hours without leaving the work site or if additional addresses are added to the original call back for service list prior to the crew leaving the assignment, the continuation of the emergency service is paid at the hourly unit bid rate and the two hour minimum per site or additional location shall not apply. 2. During either hazardous or more routine unanticipated emergencies, it is generally the City's intent to correct the immediate problem in order to make the site safe for the public right-of-way and to correct such obvious hazards to traffic, pedestrians, and adjacent structures as may be found. 3. Incidental or non-essential work related to the "emergency" job shall be deferred until regular work hours. 4. Compensation for the above materials and work completed is included in the hourly rate for Bid Item No. 2 of the Bid Proposal. C. Tree planting services Page 30f6