College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Design Agreement

Community Design Team
Landscape Architecture Club

Mission
In an effort to serve our community while undertaking dynamic learning experiences, the WSU Landscape Architecture Club's Community Design Teams reach out to individuals and groups who are seeking to improve their environment through intelligently conceived and ecologically sensitive landscape design. The Teams place an emphasis upon the following Objectives in the process:

• Provide students with real-world experience at design and Client relations
• Improve quality of life in the Palouse by providing members of the community with an affordable means to user- and environment-friendly landscapes
• Foster interaction between upper and lower classmen
• Increase our marketability when seeking internships and full-time jobs
• Raise money for Club functions (e.g., sending representatives to the national student Landscape Architecture conference, sponsor speakers to appear at Club meetings)
• Bring our profession into the public eye

Design Teams
Each Team will be made up of no less than (3) students from the Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture at Washington State University. Each Team will be lead by a Project Manager who, unless otherwise specified, will serve as the contact person for the Client. Additional design input will be provided by each team's Faculty Advisor, and by personnel from the Club's Sponsor Nursery, SYG Nursery, Pullman, WA (332-3900).

Design Products
Design Teams will proceed through the "design process", researching the site, producing a Design Program, and, ultimately, a Master Plan. In the course of the process, Team members will have the following Clients meetings:

1. Initial site visit

- Meeting the Client & introducing Team members
- Photographing the site
- Obtaining a copy of the Client's site plan (in whatever condition it exists)
- Gain Client input on their ideas for the property
- Design Agreement picked up (if not already returned by the Client)
- Set date for next meeting's date/time

2. Presentation of Conceptual Design(s) to Client (@ Client's residence)

- Discuss Conceptual Design options
- Reach agreement on design changes to allow finalization of Master Plan
- Set date for next meeting's date/time

3. Presentation of Master Plan design to Client (@ WSU Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture)

- Johnson Hall Rm. 106
- Refreshments to be provided by the LA Club
- Presentation open to students and faculty of the Department

The final products produced by a Team will include:

1. (1) 24x36" or larger color rendered Master Plan drawing
         • to include planting plan, including sizes and quantities of the species
2. (1) 24x36" or larger color rendered Supplementary Information drawing
         • to include general planting instructions (e.g., planting details)

As required by WSU regulations, the final products produced by a Team will NOT include:

- construction details or specification (including erosion control measures)
- design of structural elements (e.g., retaining walls)
- irrigation or lighting design
- design installation or construction oversight
- maintenance or maintenance procedures

Sponsor Nursery
In support of the LA Club, SYG Nursery of Pullman will serve as the Sponsor Nursery. As such they will guarantee that all plant materials specified in the Master Plan will be available to the Client. Further, SYG will extend a 10% discount on all plant materials specified in Team Master Plans.

Project Restrictions
The primary target market of the Teams is single unit residential design. Modest scale commercial projects will be considered. A site size limitation of 1 sp. acre is in place for the specified donation amount. Larger sites will be considered with the stipulation of a proportionally increased donation. Projects requiring special permitting (e.g., wetland mitigation, hazardous waste, etc.) will not be considered.

Client Donation
In exchange for the Products listed above, the Client agrees to:

• Make a total cash donation of $465 to the WSU Landscape Architecture Club.
• Deliver 1/3 of the total donation ($155) to the Team's Project Manager at the end of each of the 3 specified Client meetings.
• Reimburse reproduction costs associated with the project (total not to exceed $50).
• Reimburse mileage for travel if the site is located more than 5 miles from Pullman (@ $.30/mi).
• Deliver a formal letter of appreciation to each Team member upon completion of the project for use in the member's portfolio.
• Permit Team members to visit and photograph the landscape design during installation and after completion (after prior arrangement with the Client).

Reimbursement for the above costs should be made at each Client meeting for costs to date.

Project Completion
All products described above will be provided by the Design Team no later than April 1, 2003, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Client and the Team's Project Manager.