224-22 RFQ-ED Arborists.pdf

IERSEY Note: A separate resume can be attached. 1. Please provide the name and address of Names and roles of the individuals who will perform the services and description of their education, municipal experience and experience with projects similar to the services contained herein including their education, degrees and certifications. * See attached 2. References and record of success of same or similar service. "See attached Page | 20

3. Description of ability to provide the services In a timely fashion {including staffing, familiarity and location of key staff. See attached 2 4, Cost details, per tree: * See attach ed (4th page. of Oralbobons ) Authorized Representative E Van De ll Uvto (print name) Authorized Representative. Gem Liha (signature) Telephone # 9 2) 8 “Ol 4-208 7 —_— FAX # Page | 21

ED Arborists and Foresters Evan Dilluvio 976 Old School House Rd. Blairstown, NJ 07825 908-619-2087 Request for Qualifications For Professional Services Licensed Tree Expert Tree Inventory ! West Orange August 17, 2022 1) Name and Business ED Arborists and Foresters 976 Old School House Road Blairstown, NJ 07825 Owned and operated since 2007 Evan Dilluvio, Owner, 908-619-2087 (Main Contact of Project) dilluvioevan@gmail.com 2) ED Arborists and Foresters Sole Proprietorship Fully Insured One owner with three part time consulting employees 3 Tree Inventory Team * Evan Dilluvio, Forester/Arborist, BS Natural Resource Management, minor in Urban Forestry, Rutgers University, 20+ Years municipal service, Inventoried over 50,000 Trees in NJ municipalities and over 10,000 in NYC, NJ Licensed Tree Expert, main contact-lead of project

® Paul Miller, Forester, BS Natural Resource Management, Ecology and Forestry, Rutgers University, 25 Years Municipal Service, ISA Certified Arborist, Inventory specialist, inventoried over 20,000 trees in NJ municipalities. e Aaron Glogower, Inventory Specialist Associates environmental Science and business, Ocean County College, NJ, 10 Years Municipal Experience, ISA Certified Arborist, Inventoried over 10,000 Trees in NJ and New York e Kara Venella, Forestry Technician, Software Expert, assist with inventory 4) Summary of services to be provided to the West Orange and used for Tree Inventory: The tree inventory will be performed with the use of Arborist tools such as but not limited to DBH tapes, measuring tapes, rubber mallet, binocular’s, and other tools for measuring and hazard inspections. Our arborists will do inventory using | pads, tablets and inventory software programs, {Arbor Pro). Trees that are deemed to be hazardous wil! have a photo taken of them. Maps, GIS software will be used to guide the Arborists through the survey area, All the Software data will be cornpiled into a spreadsheet using excel and unlocked to provide editing to the Town. The Software program will compile the data into categories based on the specific needs of the inventory according West Orange and the Arborist, to generate specific reports needed by the Town to satisfy the NJUCF agreement for Stewardship grant. The software will be used to create a map and tree spreadsheet and be provided to the Town. This will also be used for payment verification for trees inventoried. West Orange can then use software to prioritize hazard tree removals, pruning and other tree work and create work orders for daily work activities. Level 2 Basic Tree Risk Assessment (ISA BMP Tree Risk Assessment/ANS! A300 Tree Risk Assessment will be performed for all trees. @ Inventory Data fields will consist of the following: @ Public Street Trees in ROW @ Species, (Botanical/common names) e =DBH Oo Single/multi-stem e GPS location/address @ Tree Health condition o Good o. Fair © Poor o Dead *® Age Class

New Planting Young Semi-mature Mature o Over-mature * Deformities © Broken branches o Dead branches o Cracks oO Pests oO fo) | ' i ooo 6 Diseases Root Problems @ Risk Rating oOo tmminent o Probable o Possible o Improbable ® Target Rating o High o Medium o low o Very Low « Maintenance needs, RMA o Priority of Maintenance, 1, 2 (pruning/Removal} Raising Cleaning Thinning Pruning Training Stump removal © Structural support needed e Photos of trees which are assessed as a hazard only « General observations ® Hardscape Damage ooo oc 6 @ Utilities ® New Planting locations with species, post tree inventory (if funds allow) © Notes e@ Name of inventory person and date

A summary report will describe the inventory process and the results as per City needs. The management portion of report will go into more depth of findings. This shall include species diversity, condition, age and hazard trees that need priority maintenance or removal due to target. Photos, graphics and charts will be included in the narrative. Tree data spreadsheets will be supplied to the borough at the conclusion of the inventory and attached to the and of the report. ¢ Tree Inventory Timing The Inventory Team will start inventory in the late summer 2022 and complete the task by July 3, 2023. Evan Dilluvio is the lead of the project and be on-site performing the inventory work and required reporting until completed. Kara Venella will assist in the data input into the software, the other Arborists, Foresters will also conduct the inventory on a weekly basis. Evan Dilluvio is very familiar with the NJUCF Stewardship grant requirements for the inventory since he worked as a Regional Forester with the Community Forestry Program for 13 years. The entire team is exceptionally savvy with tree inventories and all its components and will complete the required services by the due date as the City specifies. 5) Fee to perform the Tree Inventory plus reporting $5.25 per tree (Price includes aif reporting, spreadsheets, data files, mapping) Assist_West_Orange in other related inventory/ grant /payment submission services as needed $80 per hr,

6) Experience, Qualifications, References « Evan Dilluvio Owner/ Arborist/ Forester e ED Arborists/Foresters @ Consulting Arborist, Forester ¢ Former NJ Regional Forester with NJDEP Community Forestry Program 12 years e NJ Licensed Tree Expert #504 @ OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety Certified e 27 Years’ Experience in Arboriculture/Horticulture, 20+ Years working with municipalities Regional Forester for NIDEP Urban and Comraunity Forestry Program 2004 to 2017 ED Arborists and Foresters, Evan Dilluvio Owner 2007-Present Tree Inventory experience with municipalities Performed tree inventories as per directives from the State Forester for the following projects: Cool Cities Initiative, Asian Long Horn Beetle Eradication, Emerald Ash Borer identification, Hazardous Tree Surveys, Parks and Forestry Parkland Hazardous Tree inventories, Tree planting location inventories. Involved with the development of the Urban and Community Forestry Program and working with municipalities to meet all components necessary for Approved Status. Currently working on Tree Inventorying the Boroughs of Oakland and Riverdale to satisfy NJ Urban and Community Forestry Stewardship Grant. Project Descriptions: ® Cool Cities Initiative: Tree Planting in low Forest Canopy areas in NJ Municipalities to reduce heat island effect and flooding. Entire areas to be tree planted were surveyed for existing trees, hazardous trees, and tree planting locations. This data was stored using City Green Software, compiled into a spreadsheet, and inputted into software for energy savings and environmental impact. @ Asian Longhorn Beetle and Emerald Ash Borer projects: Shade Tree inventory conducted for trees as well as for pest. Tree planting locations were gathered for areas of tree removal from hazardous and infested trees. *® Hazardous Tree Survey was performed in Municipalities after Superstorm Sandy.

Parks and Forestry Tree Inventory: NJ Parks were surveyed and inventoried to compile a list of areas in need of tree work/removals deemed hazardous to the public. (ITree used for data analysis) Tree Planting Inventories: Assisted Municipalities with tree planting planning. Surveyed areas for tree planting locations and created spreadsheet and mapping. Tree and Shrub inventories for No Net Loss (P.L. 1993, Chapter 106) As per No Net Loss compliance, inventories performed of Community Forests and Forestland performed for deforestation and reforestation activities. Data was inputted into Tree Inventory software such as Forest Tree to track tree removal and planting activities. * Local municipalities affected by NNL were given Tree Inventory and Software Programs to manage tree resources. Tree Removal Permits, Tree Specialist Assistant, Franklin Lakes NJ Tree Inventor: e Tree Removal Permit Applications, inspections and approvals ® Tree protection inspections during construction 'y Boroughs of Oakland and Riverdale ® NJ Urban Community Forestry Inventory Grant e inventoried Boroughs Trees in Right of Way and parks e Mapping Software for visual representation of trees and creation of work orders for tree work to be used by municipalities. Spreadsheets were developed using excel program. ® Reporting and spreadsheets created to satisfy NIDEP Grant Requirements * Assisted Boroughs in Software use * Created mapping to be viewed by public on Borough websites References: = Rosa Yoo, Regional Forester, NJ Forest Service, 501 East State Street, Trenton NJ 08604 (609) 306-2433 * Carrie Sargeant, NJ Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program (609) 292-2532

® Todd Wycoff, Chief NJ Forest Service, 501 East State Street, Trenton NJ 08604 (609)292-2532 » Alec McCartney, NJ Forest Service, 501 East State Street, Trenton NJ 08604 (732}928-0029 4 Michael Carelli, (201)337-8111, Borough Clerk, 1 Municipal Way, Oakland NJ 07436 ® Michael Carelli, (862)377-8612, Riverdale Shade Tree Commissioner, 91 Newark Pompton Tpke. Riverdale NJ 07457 = Tom Nicholas, Landscape Architect, Port Authority NY, NJ, (551)222-5397 (Newark Airport, NJ} «Andy North, Parks Senior Landscape Architect, Monmouth County Parks, (732)-842-4000 (Monmouth county parks contract, Lincroft, NJ) * Paul Miller, Department Manager, Amy Greene-Davey Resource Group, (908)448-6798 (NYC contracts) = Lia Heintjes, Senior Forester NYC DPR Brooklyn (929) 214-0596 (NYDPR contracts) * Jason Grabosky, Professor Urban Forestry, Rutgers University NJ UCF Council (848) 932-0050 {NJDEP Forest Service, Community Forestry Council, Rutgers professor) 7) Municipal entities served: As a Forester for NJDEP Forest Service inventories were performed in the following municipalities: Trenton, Paterson, Newark, Jersey City, Carteret, Orange, Cape May, Sea Isle City, Asbury Park, West New York, Union City, New Brunswick, Ewing, Passaic, Hawthorne, Clifton, Somerville, Philipsburg, Manville, Burlington, Camden, West Windsor, Vernon Twp, West Milford and Wantage. @ ED Arborists and Foresters inventories were performed in the following municipalities: NYC boroughs of Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and

Brooklyn. NJ, North Brunswick, Franklin Lakes, Elizabeth (Newark Airport), Oakland, Riverdale, Thompson Park and Mt Mitchell Overlook (Monmouth county),West Orange 8) Evan Dilluvio owner of ED Arborists and Foresters and any of its consulting Foresters have never been disbarred, suspended, or otherwise prohibited from professional practice by any federal, state, or local agency.