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that maintenance work does not endanger the health and safety of the public or <br /> cause hazards to the safety of landscape maintenance employees. Construction <br /> signs, lights, barricades, etc. shall conform to the latest revision of the Manual of <br /> Uniform Traffic Control Devices, by the California Department of Transportation. <br /> Traffic lanes shall be kept open at all times except when maintenance work may <br /> require temporary closing of the lane immediately adjacent to the work area. At <br /> no time shall there be less than one traffic lane open in each direction. The <br /> Contractor shall minimize closing of traffic lanes by parking maintenance vehicles <br /> for loading and unloading of materials and landscape maintenance equipment in <br /> the left hand turn lanes(s) at the beginning of the median taper. Appropriate <br /> safety devices such as traffic cones, warning signs, early warning safety directional <br /> boards and/or barricades shall still be used as required. <br /> Whenever the Contractor's operations create a condition hazardous to traffic or to <br /> the public, the Contractor shall, without cost to the City, furnish, erect and <br /> maintain such barricades, lights, signs, and other devices and take such other <br /> precautions as are necessary to prevent damage or accidents or injury to the <br /> public and the Contractor's employees. The Contractor shall also furnish such <br /> flagmen as are necessary to give adequate warning to traffic or to the public of <br /> any dangerous conditions to the public. All flagging costs shall be born solely by <br /> the Contractor. <br /> It is the Contractor's responsibility to provide for the safety of traffic and the public. <br /> This includes responsibility to inspect, and identify conditions that render any <br /> portions of the jobsite unsafe. The City shall be notified immediately of any unsafe <br /> conditions that requires major correction. The Contractor shall be responsible for <br /> making minor corrections, including, but not limited to; filling holes in turf areas and <br /> paving, using barricades or traffic cones to alert the public to the existence of <br /> hazards, and replacing valve box covers. <br /> Pedestrian travel shall be maintained at all times along both sides of all streets or <br /> streets where work as part of this contract is being performed. All temporary <br /> pedestrian walkways shall be at least four (4) feet wide and fully accessible to <br /> handicapped pedestrians. In all cases, pedestrian walkways shall be separated <br /> from vehicular traffic by a clear area of at least six (6) feet. <br /> Fuel Conservation and Low Emission Equipment <br /> The Contractor shall implement strategies in work operations to reduce fossil fuel <br /> consumption and emissions such as: use hand powered equipment when possible; <br /> minimize use of gas-powered blowers; select the smallest, most fuel-efficient <br /> equipment to accomplish the work; consider vehicles that operate on natural gas <br /> or biodiesel; maintain equipment properly and keep it well-tuned; and emphasize <br /> employee carpooling to jobsites. <br /> RFP 55027 CITYWIDE TURF MAINTENANCE Page 62 of 63 <br />