ITB 18-03-03 Right-of-Ways and Facilities Landscape Maintenance Services

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City of Sunny Isles Beach | ITB 18-03-03 Right-of-Ways and Facilities Landscape Maintenance Services 56 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 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. Prior to hurricane season (June 1st), prune Date Palms as follows: Prune seed stalks cutting the stems to within 6” of trunk and two lowest sets of fronds on palms that have been established on site for more than two years. Remove all of the inflorescence/date stalks. Follow with a fungicide application as specified in Article 3.8.7. At no time shall Date Palm fruit droppings litter sidewalks, streets or landscape areas. Using palm spikes to climb is not allowed. 3.12 SHRUB & GROUNDCOVER MAINTENANCE Shrub and groundcover material shall be pruned a minimum of once per month to ensure the best shape, health and character of the individual plant if needed. Mechanical trimming may only be used when the health or appearance of the plant will not be damaged by the m echanical trimmers. Groundcover plants shall be selectively cut back to encourage lateral growth and kept in bounds and out of other plantings. On SR A1A (Collins Avenue) the Contractor shall trim shrubs and groundcover, as needed, to meet the criteria se t forth in FDOT Index 546. Cut back overgrowth of shrubs and groundcover that extends into the right-of-way preventing clear line of sight. 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-