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6.2 A schedule of the initial structural pruning to be provided, including the <br /> name of an International Society of Arboriculture certified arborist or an equivalent <br /> approved by the City's Urban Forester who will be performing the work, their contact <br /> number, and the date the work is scheduled to be provided for each tree. Pruning work <br /> must meet the American National Standards Institute ( "ANSI ") A -300 standards <br /> established for trees at planting (5.4.1) and for trees during the first three years after <br /> planting (5.4.2). <br /> 6.3 Annual provision of records to the Urban Forester documenting <br /> performance of initial structural pruning, watering, and maintenance, showing who <br /> performed the work, the dates and times the work was performed. <br /> 7. Contain such other information as may be required to reflect how the Plan <br /> addresses the remaining policies within the UFMP. <br /> R- 7.280 -E Street Tree Standards. <br /> 1. Compliance. The standards contained in this section shall be utilized in the <br /> development of a Street Tree Plan in order to ensure that new trees planted along street rights -of- <br /> way are of the highest quality, require low maintenance, and do not interfere with public safety. <br /> 2. Tree Selection Standards. The species of trees to be planted must be selected <br /> according to the matrix elements in the Approved Street Tree Species List attached as Appendix <br /> A hereto or as otherwise approved by the Urban Forester. The Urban Forester can approve a tree <br /> not on the Approved Street Tree Species List if the proposed substitute tree is a cultivar <br /> (cultivated variety) of a tree on the approved list . <br /> 3. Street Tree Quality Standards at Time of Planting. <br /> 3.1 The tree shall have a straight trunk perpendicular to the ground with a <br /> minimum branching height at 4 feet above the ground. <br /> 3.2 Trees shall be grown to the standards and specifications of the American <br /> Standard for Nursery Stock (ANSI Z- 60.1 - 1996), published by the American Association <br /> of Nurserymen. <br /> 3.3 Trees shall be provided reasonably free, as defined by nursery industry <br /> standards for street trees, from insects and disease, decay, major structural defects, and <br /> damage to the trunk, branches and root system. <br /> 3.4 Trees structural scaffold branches shall be well proportioned where they <br /> attach to the main trunk, with an average spacing of at least six inches. <br /> 4. Street Tree Size Standards at Time of Planting. <br /> Administrative Order - 4 <br />