RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Contracting Municipal Tree Maintenance
JF Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF)
JO JOA
FD International Society of Arboriculture
SP 300
OP 303
DO 10.48044/jauf.1990.066
VO 16
IS 11
A1 Robert W. Kennedy
YR 1990
UL http://auf.isa-arbor.com/content/16/11/300.abstract
AB The City of Los Angeles, with an urban forest of 680,000 trees, has found that developing a partnership with private industry has provided its citizens with a cost effective and flexible tool to provide a high level of quality service. To make this partnership work definitive specifications and contracts must be prepared, executed and enforced. City staff provides support to and inspection of the contractor to ensure that the specified quality and level of service is achieved.