08-1930 FDOT Joint Participation Agreement 17-92 Temporary Landscaping 17-92 Vacant Property

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FM#424374-1-58-01 Page 3 of 23 Original Draft: 7/25/2008 Revised: limitations of Rule 14-40, Florida Administrative Code, Part III as it relates to Vegetation Management at Outdoor Advertising Signs. A detailed scope of the project is attached hereto as Exhibit "A". Six (6) copies of the Design Plans shall be provided to the DEPARTMENT'S Project Manager, at the address listed on Page 15. The DEPARTMENT shall review the plans for conformance to the DEPARTMENT'S requirements and feasibility within forty-five (45) days of delivery by LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The DEPARTMENT'S review shall not be considered an adoption of the plans nor a substitution for the engineer's responsibility for the plans. All changes requested by the DEPARTMENT shall be made by the LOCAL GOVERNMENT and final, corrected plans shall be provided to the DEPARTMENT, upon request, in a timely manner. The LOCAL GOVERNMENT shall provide a copy of the Final Bid documents to the DEPARTMENT. The expenditure of funds pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall comply with the terms of Section 334.044(26), Florida Statutes and as amended. Except where prohibited by federal law or federal regulation and to the extent practical, a minimum of 50% of these funds shall be used to purchase large plant materials (large plant materials have been defined by the Florida Department of Transportation to be five (5) gallon or larger containers as defined by the Florida Department of Agriculture's "Grades and Standards for Nursery Plants") with the remaining funds for other plant materials. All of the plant materials purchased shall be purchased from Florida-Based Nurseryman stock on a uniform competitive bid basis. 3. The LOCAL GOVERNMENT shall hire a contractor, usmg the LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S normal bid procedures to perform the construction work for the PROJECT. If the LOCAL GOVERNMENT utilizes its own work force for any services for the PROJECT, all costs and expenses thereof shall not be subject to reimbursement. The reimbursement from the DEPARTMENT to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT set forth in Paragraph four (4) herein is conditioned upon the completion of the PROJECT by the LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S contractor, in a manner consistent with the PROJECT construction plans.