ITB 18-03-02 Parks and Recreational Facilities Landscape Maintenance Services

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City of Sunny Isles Beach | ITB 18-03-02 Parks and Recreational Facilities Landscape Maintenance Services 54 plant material shall be trimmed using weed eaters. The contractor shall haul away all trimming debris from site, and properly dispose of at Contractor’s expense. 3.9.1 TREES Prune, thin, and trim all trees once per year, to keep the trees healthy, to maintain the natural character of the variety, to control shape and to prevent crowding. Pruning shall consist of the removal of dead, broken, fungus infected, superfluous and intertwining branches, vines, and the removal of dead or decaying stumps and other undesirable growth. Selectively prune all mature trees over 20’ height and adjacent to walks and vehicular areas to a minimum of 12’ of clear trunk, and maintain minimum of 8’ clear trunk for all other trees in accordance with Tree Care Industry Association and Miami-Dade County standards and practices. Remove sprouts or stems to maintain single trunk on single-trunk trees, as needed. Contractor must be responsible for the removal of water - sprouts/suckers growing from trees in areas where landscape maintenance is being conducted, up to the height of 8 feet, as needed. No pruning will be done immediately following growth flushes, branches will be pruned just outside the branch collar, and pruning paint will not be applied. Sucker growth will be removed as needed by hand from the base of trees and no herbicide will be used for this purpose. Prune only at time of season for the variety. Shape the top of small trees as needed. Tree pruning will also be required from time to time due to damage from storms, frost or when blocking sight distances. All tree pruning shall follow the ANSI A-300 and ANSI Z-133 standards and Miami-Dade County Tree Ordinance, etc. Contractor is responsible to prune mangroves if needed or requested by the City. Contractor is responsible for obtaining any required permits and licenses from Miami -Dade County DRER and other agencies to properly prune mangroves. 3.9.2 PALMS Remove dead, dying and hanging fronds from palms, as needed, for clean appearance. Fronds removed shall be severed close to the petiole base without damaging live trunk tissue. The Contractor shall prune Coconut Palms (frond and fruit removal) a minimum of three times per year and other palms (frond and fruit removal) a minimum of two times per year to remove lower hanging fronds and fruit between 9 and 3 o’clock position, or more often as needed to keep free of fruit and/or dead hanging fronds, or as directed by City. Do not remove fronds that do not hang below a line parallel to the ground. Do not over-prune palms by removing live green fronds. Never pull or rip off palm fronds. The hurricane or candle cut pruning of palms is not allowed, also the use of climbing spikes is not allowed. When pruning palms, thoroughly sanitize pruning tools using chlorine bleach or isopropyl alcohol before use on site and in between each palm to mitigate the risk of disease translocation from site to site and/or from palm to palm. Prune all Date Palms two times per year (May and October) to remove Date Palm seeds and lower fronds, or more often as needed to keep free of fruit and/or dead hanging fronds as directed by City. When pruning Date Palms, thoroughly sanitize