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If the Contractor encounters a utility cross bore and/or collapse pipe during the inspection, the Contractor shall contact the City's Project Engineer. The Contractor shall provide a picture or video of the cross bore and/or collapse pipe to the City's Project Engineer and mark the location of the defect on the surface with spray paint. While performing cleaning and CCTV inspection, the Contractor shall prevent contract operations from causing a stoppage or overflow. In the event of a stoppage or overflow, the Contractor shall immediately notify the City Public Works Department at (650-780-7464). The Contractor shall remove the stoppage and contain and mitigate the overflow. Overflows shall be mitigated to the City's standards including property damage overflows that shall require cleaning and restoration. All costs for damages occasioned by the overflow are the responsibility of the Contractor. All water used in conjunction with the cleaning operations shall be metered and paid for by the Contractor. Contractor shall pay an $800 deposit to Cash Collections at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road for the construction meter. Monthly service charge will be assessed at the commercial rate for a 3" meter, current rate to be verified, in addition to the actual water usage. The receipt of payment shall be taken to the City's Public Works Department, 1400 Broadway, Redwood City, to pick up the water meter. Prior to final inspection, return meter to City's Public Works Department, who will read the meter and prepare billing for water usage. Lost or damaged meters will require forfeiture of deposits plus cost of meter replacement. CCTV Inspection Within 24 hours of cleaning the line, Contractor shall thoroughly inspect 4" to 78" sewer and/or storm drain pipelines using CCTV equipment and WinCan version 8.30.0.2090 inspection software (any software change will be notified by the City and coordinated with the Contractor before mobilization). The CCTV camera and monitor shall produce a minimum of 460 horizontal lines of resolution. The CCTV camera shall be a pan -and -tilt with rotating head capable of providing a 360 -degree view of the inside of all pipes, connections, and any pipe defects. Video recording shall be done digitally in full color in order to provide the utmost quality viewing. Images will be in focus and done with adequate lighting to provide a clear view of the entire periphery of the line including any defects while keeping glare to a minimum. The image shall not be obscured by fogging or misting conditions when the sewer line. The color camera shall be operative under 100 percent humidity conditions in the sewer and/or storm pipelines. The center of the camera lens shall be at or above the spring line of the sewer and/or storm pipelines being televised. The camera and ancillary equipment shall not block the sewage and/or storm flow at any time. In cases where it will not be possible to remove a trapped camera by excavation of a sewer and/or storm pipelines, a tag line shall be attached to each end of the camera to allow the camera to be pulled out from either end. If the camera gets stuck in the sewer and/or storm pipeline, the Contractor shall be responsible for all costs involved in extracting it, and shall extract the equipment in a timely manner in order to avoid interruption to sewer and/or storm flow. The Contractor shall call the Community Development Department Engineering and Transportation Division at (650) 780-7380 to notify of the situation. Page 8 of 14 REV: 06-29-18 PR ATTY/AGR.2018.148/National Plant Services, Inc.