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AGREEMENT TO PERFORMNON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR IMPROVEMENT TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS This agreement for the provision of city tree trimming and arboriculture services ("Agreement") is made and entered in this 20th day of February, 2024 ("Effective Date"), by and between the City of Redlands, a municipal corporation ("City") and West Coast Arborists, Inc. a California corporation ("Contractor"). City and Contractor are sometimes individually referred to herein as a "Party" and, together, as the "Parties." In consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, City and Contractor agree as follows: 1.1 ARTICLE 1— ENGAGEMENT OF CONTRACTOR City hereby engages Contractor to perform tree trimming, removing, planting, special tree projects and consulting services for City (the "Services"). The Services that Contractor shall perform are more particularly described in Exhibit "A," titled "Scope of Services," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. 1.2 The Services shall be performed by Contractor in a professional manner, and Contractor represents that it has the skill and the professional expertise necessary to provide the Services to City at a level of competency presently maintained by other practicing professional Contractors in the industry providing like and similar types of Services. ARTICLE 2 — RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONTRACTOR 2.1 Contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations in the performance of the Services including, but not limited, to all applicable Labor Code and prevailing wage laws and non-discrimination laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Pursuant to Labor Code section 1773.2, copies of the prevailing rates of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to undertake the Services are on file at City's Municipal Utilities and Engineering Department, located at the Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, Suite 15A (Mailing: P.O. Box 3005), Redlands, California 92373. 2.2 Contractor acknowledges that if it violates the Labor Code provisions relating to prevailing wages that City may enforce such provisions by withholding payments to Contractor or its subcontractors pursuant to Labor Code section 1771.6. 2.3 If Contractor executes an agreement with a subcontractor to perform any portion of the Services, Contractor shall comply with Labor Code sections 1775 and 1777.7, and shall provide the subcontractor with copies of the provisions of Labor Code sections 1771, 1775, 1776, 1777.5, 1813 and 1815. Contractor acknowledges that the statutory provisions establishing penalties for failure to comply with state wage and hour laws and to pay prevailing wages may be enforced by City pursuant to Labor Code sections 1775 and 1813. 2.4 Contractor and its subcontractors shall comply with the provisions of Labor Code section 1 I:\cmo\Agreements\West Coast Arborists, Inc. Agreement for Improvement to Public Grounds (Tree Maintenance) FY23 -0026.docx-ms