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Public Safety The Contractor shall conduct maintenance operations so as to offer the least possible obstruction to the public and to abutting property owners. No material or equipment shall be stored on City property. Any materials or equipment brought to the site for use during any one day shall be placed where it will not interfere with the free and safe passage of traffic and pedestrians. Such materials and equipment shall be removed at the end of each day or when maintenance operations are suspended for any reason. If a hazardous condition is observed and the City notifies the Contractor either directly or by telephone, the Contractor shall correct the condition immediately. If the Contractor fails to correct the hazardous condition immediately, the City reserves the right to install or have installed the necessary lights, barricades, etc. The cost involved shall be deducted from any money due or to become due the Contractor. Full compliance with this section shall be considered as included in the contract price paid and no separate payment will be made therefore. Traffic Control The Contractor shall adhere to all Cal-OSHA and Department of Transportation standards and requirements and take all necessary safety precautions to insure that maintenance work does not endanger the health and safety of the public or cause hazards to the safety of landscape maintenance employees. Construction signs, lights, barricades, etc. shall conform to the latest revision of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, by the California Department of Transportation. Traffic lanes shall be kept open at all times except when maintenance work may require temporary closing of the lane immediately adjacent to the work area. At no time shall there be less than one traffic lane open in each direction. The Contractor shall minimize closing of traffic lanes by parking maintenance vehicles for loading and unloading of materials and landscape maintenance equipment in the left hand turn lanes(s) at the beginning of the median taper. Appropriate safety devices such as traffic cones, warning signs, early warning safety directional boards and/or barricades shall still be used as required. Whenever the Contractor's operations create a condition hazardous to traffic or to the public, the Contractor shall, without cost to the City, furnish, erect and maintain such barricades, lights, signs, and other devices and take such other precautions as are necessary to prevent damage or accidents or injury to the public and the Contractor's employees. The Contractor shall also furnish such flagmen as are necessary to give adequate warning to traffic or to the public of any dangerous conditions to the public. All flagging costs shall be born solely by the Contractor. It is the Contractor's responsibility to provide for the safety of traffic and the public. This includes responsibility to inspect, and identify conditions that render any portions of the jobsite unsafe. The City shall be notified immediately of any unsafe conditions that requires major correction. The Contractor shall be responsible for making minor corrections, including, but not NPSA 50016-Citywide Turf Pacheco Brothers Page 20 of 30