Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Clear City rights of way and parks of leaners, hangers, stumps and transport same to city’s approved TDSRs to be ground/chipped/mulched and hauled. The Contract Manager will notify the Contractor in the Notice to Proceed should these services be needed. 2. Mobilization and Performance Schedule Contractor will provide continuous services, per the rates proposed and for the period specified in the Notice to Proceed. Contractor will mobilize a staff of sufficient size as determined by the Contract Manager to adequately monitor debris operations. During this period, the Contract Manager will provide daily updates on debris removed and estimate the time remaining for job completion. The City may take such other actions as necessary to address the failure of the Contractor to mobilize resources on the schedule required by the City. 3. Emergency Push / Road Clearance a. Contractor shall accomplish the cutting, tossing and/or pushing of debris, hanging limbs, or leaning trees from transportation routes as identified by and directed by the City. Time and material rate shall be applicable for any emergency push completed within seventy (70) working hours immediately following the disaster event. b. Upon the City's declaration of an emergency, and at the sole discretion of the City, Contractor shall stage two (2) front end loaders and two (2) operators at the City's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or other designated City facility within four (4) hours of notification from City. Such front end loaders and operators shall remain at City for the duration of the storm event and shall begin emergency push/road clearance operations as soon as the City determines that conditions are safe to do so. The aforementioned front end loaders shall be of a size and condition appropriate to a successful operation. 4. Debris Removal Operations a. Chip vegetative debris (limbs and branches) at the pick-up site and haul the resulting chips to a designated final disposal site as approved by the City’s Contract Manager. b. Remove non-burnable debris (appliances, household items) and construction and demolition (C&D) debris from the City’s rights-of-way and public property to a temporary non-burnable debris staging site or to a permitted landfill site or recycling center as determined by the Contract Manager. c. Remove debris from private property under certain conditions as determined by the City should an imminent threat to life, safety, and health to the general public be present on private property, or should other special circumstances exist 5. Debris Disposal Operations a. Chip vegetative debris (limbs and branches) at the pick-up site and haul the resulting chips to a designated final disposal site as determined by the Contract Manager. b. Operate vegetative debris volume reduction at the temporary vegetative staging site as determined by the Contract Manager. Volume reduction may be by chipping and grinding or air curtain incineration. The Contract Manager will select the method to be used based on environmental considerations as well as all applicable federal, state and local rules and regulations. 6. The Contractor Representative must coordinate daily with the Contract Manager and Debris Monitor. The Contractor’s Representative must have the authority to act on behalf of the contractor to address and resolve issues that may arise during the course of this work. 7. The Contractor shall conduct debris removal during daylight hours only, unless approved in writing, seven days per week. The Contractor shall be responsible for coordinating with the Contract Manager in the event weather conditions delay or modify the proposed daily schedule. 8. The total number of actual hours worked by each crew will be according to the needs of the Contract Manager. It is estimated that each crew will work a minimum 10 hours per day, seven days per week. No guarantee of minimum hours is implied or expressed. Services required will be determined by the City. 9. The Contractor shall be required to grind daily. 10. All work, including site restoration prior to close-out, shall be completed within 15 calendar days after receiving notice from the City that the last load of debris has been delivered. 11. The Contractor shall supervise and direct the work, using qualified labor and proper equipment for all tasks. Safety of the Contractor’s personnel and equipment shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. Additionally, the Contractor shall pay for all materials, personnel, taxes, and fees necessary to perform the work.