ITB 20-08-01 City Landscaping Services (With Hyperlink to Option B)

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City of Sunny Isles Beach | ITB 20-08-01 City Landscaping Services 57 Contractor shall fertilize, water (as necessary), trim, eliminate weeds, add or replace mulch around all shrub and groundcover beds within all of the Work areas and repair or replace damaged or dead landscaping. Dying or dead shrubs, hedges, plants and flowers shall be replaced at no cost to the City unless the condition of the landscaping is due to an outside third party, force majeure, or directly by the City’s representatives. Examples include damage due to vehicular accidents, third party pruning, hurricanes, etc. Keep areas surrounding the base of bromeliads and cups free from leaf debris and hardwood mulch. Remove dead leaves at base to give clean appearance. Remove mother plant after the flower spike has declined. When pups become approximately 1/3 the size of mother plant, divide pups and re- plant. Dust with snail bait if needed and dust soil with timed release fertilizer as needed. Do not allow micro-nutrients to drift into bromeliads and do not overwater. Every year, depending on growing conditions, remove all the mother plants and replenish the planting bed soil and replant that seasons pups for all clumping species such as Aechmea species, Neorgelia species, etc. 3.11 BUTTERFLY GARDEN SPECIALIZED MAINTENANCE Contractor is responsible to maintain the Butterfly Garden at Gateway Park in a manner that will promote a healthy landscape and shall be attended to on a daily basis. All shrubs and groundcover plants shall be pruned, as required, to maintain plants in a healthy, growing, flowering condition and to maintain plant growth within reasonable bounds to prevent encroachment of passageways. All shrubs and groundcover shall be pruned to insure the best shape, health and character of the individual plant. Groundcover plants shall be selectively cut back to encourage lateral growth and kept inbounds and out of other plantings, walkways, lighting, etc. All pruning shall be done by hand and flowers deadheaded to promote new growth. Mechanical trimming may not be utilized. Weeds are to be completely removed by hand from all shrub, hedge, ground cover or flower beds everyday. Chemical weed killer is prohibited. A minimum of once a year, the soil shall be amended. The soil amendment shall be included under Supplemental Services. Butterflies are sensitive to pesticides, therefore, natural products such as insecticidal soaps or plant- based oils shall be utilized, if needed, with the approval of the City's Project Manager. The Contractor is required to meet with the City's Project Manager and/or designee to review the Butterfly Garden maintenance on a weekly basis. 3.12 MULCH Mulch shall be certified arsenic free, Premium Gold, Grade ‘A’ Mulch or approved equal (provide evidence of type and grade of mulch to City prior to delivery for approval). Contractor shall maintain a maximum depth of (2.5”) of mulch around landscaping beds including tree rings. If trees or shrubs are mulched too heavily it is detrimental to the plant. Contractor shall remove excess mulch while taking care not to injure the plant. Mulch shall be installed so as to not be within 4” of base of tree trunk (trunk and flare should be visible) and 1” below adjacent curbs and pavement. Mulch shall be laid evenly and Contractor shall be careful not to cover any ground landscape lighting or irrigation heads. Contractor will provide and install all required mulch at the contract unit prices established