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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 />