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PLAN CHECK SERVICES The Project Manager will be responsible for all contact with City Staff. Our project manager will familiarize themselves with the existing City of Santa Ana plan check processing procedures for the Planning Department and coordinate with staff regarding criteria updates. We shall utilize a plan review log-in/log-out system and be responsible for all coordination, correspondence, and meetings with City staff. Plans are logged in and reviewed. The project manager will receive plans from the City, either hard copies or digital format, and log -in all documents received. The submission will be assessed for completeness, outline any major concerns or issues with the proposed design, and check for compliance with the City's Landscape Ordinance and Specific Plan landscape provisions as applicable. We will conduct plan check of irrigation and landscape construction plans and specifications paying attention to public safety and welfare, site -specific functionality, plants spaced for optimal growth, long term maintenance, water conserving plant materials, water efficient irrigation design, and project constructability. The landscape and irrigation drawings and specifications will be reviewed by our competent staff for compliance to local and State codes and ordinances. The Principal -in -Charge will be available to address any design or technical issues as needed. Prepare Plan Check Checklist. RJM has developed a comprehensive plan check checklist based on extensive years of experience providing plan check services. The benefit of utilizing a plan check checklist is the assurance that all plan checks are received and held to compliance, based on the same criteria and nothing is overlooked. At the direction of City staff, any other appropriate municipal codes related to landscape and irrigation will be added to the checklist. The Project Manager will be responsible for overall plan check efficiency and quality. Before any plan check documents are returned to the City, the landscape and irrigation plans are given a final review for consistency. A summary of major pick-up items are placed on the title sheet in clear, concise notes, in addition to the general red -lined comments on the plans. Trained Plan Check Personnel. Four (4) licensed landscape architects in our office are trained to conduct landscape plan checks and are experienced in carrying out the plan check process. Each City has its own specific process; therefore, we will prepare a step-by-step "plan check procedure' for the City of Santa Ana for easy access and reference during the plan check process. Each of our plan check staff is responsible for a plan check from the first review through recommendation for approval, in order to maintain continuity throughout the plan check process. Electronic Review of Plan Checks. Per the City's direction, plan check submittals may be received electronically, as well as hard copy. Comments are digitally added to the emailed PDF files in a red, legibly sized font, following the checklist. The plan set is then saved in PDF format (flattened). The PDF of the plans and the checklist will be combined and returned to the City via a link to our RJM FTP site. City of Santa Ana • On -Call Landscape Architectural Services 125