224-22 RFQ-ED Arborists.pdf

® 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