Attachment 1 Statement of Work.doc

STATEMENT OF WORK

Transplanting Trees from Cannon AFB Tree Farm

Background

The Cannon AFB tree farm consists of 635 trees. The trees are between 3 and 5 years old, and most of them are between 6 and 12 feet tall. The following species are present: bur oak, Chinese pistache, Chinese elm, desert willow, true mountain mahogany, New Mexico olive, Arizona ash, Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine. These trees are still in root bags.

General Requirements

The contractor will meet with Cannon AFB Natural Resource personnel to discuss desired locations/requirements for transplanting the trees. The trees will be planted on Cannon AFB property near/within the Chavez West housing area and/or on the installation itself. The attached map shows the desired, tentative locations. The contractor will provide a conceptual design that details tree placement. The design will take utility and infrastructure locations, tree species, tree spacing, security requirements, and other Cannon AFB requirements into account. The contractor will be responsible for making the necessary coordination to have utilities located and to acquire a digging permit. The design will be submitted to 27 SOCES/CEAN for review. After the plan is reviewed, and found to meet Cannon AFB requirements, irrigation set up and tree transplanting can begin.

The contractor will remove 103 trees that are located along James F. Boatwright Drive. These trees were planted in a narrow space between the sidewalk and street, which they are now damaging. The trees must be removed without incurring additional damage to the street and sidewalk. Trees from the tree farm will be brought in to replace some of these trees. However, the new trees will be placed outside of the sidewalk opposite the street.

The contractor will transplant all of the trees from the tree farm in accordance with the approved design. The contractor will ensure that irrigation is provided to all of the transplanted trees, and that the irrigation system works properly. The contractor will also use a root stimulator when transplanting the trees. Every effort will be made by the contractor to ensure that the trees are transplanted successfully. The contractor will remove trees that do not survive the transplant.

The contractor will clean up the tree farm following tree removal. This will include backfilling holes, removal/disposal of drip lines, and removal/disposal of synthetic, weed prevention strips.

Contact Information The Cannon AFB Natural Resources points of contact for this project are Mr. Brian Essex (575-784-6378 or 784-1090) and Mr. Rick Crow (575-784-6383).