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35. The Contractor shall apply an approved pre -emergent herbicide to all turf areas a minimum of one (1) time per year and/or as directed by the Projects Manager or designee for control of all types of weeds. At no time shall weeds be allowed to remain In turf areas. 36. Contractor shall flag all irrigation sprinklers prior to commencement of work complete. 37. Damage because of rodent activity shall be repaired at Contractor's expense. 38, The Contractor shall be responsible for the complete removal and replacement of ground cover lost due to normal attrition or to Contractor's faulty maintenance or negligence, as determined by the Projects Manager or designee, at no additional cost to the City. 39, Where ground cover grows under pine trees, the Contractor shall use a combination of techniques (raking and blowing) to prevent the build-up of needles from forming on the ground cover. 40. Ground cover plants shall be added, as needed, to ensure a solid mass planting in conformance with the original Intent at no cost to the City. 41. Contractor shall remove dead shrubs and baekfill to existing grade with imported soil as necessary to maintain a consistent finished grade. Sinkholes will not be acceptable as it represents a liability to the City. Replacements of shrubs will be approved by Projects Manager or designee. 42. Wall vines adjacent to and coming from City landscapes are a part of the maintenance of this contract. Wall vines shall be kept trimmed approximately four (4) Inches from the wall and eight (8) inches below the top of the wall. Where wall vines have been allowed to grow over the top of the wall, the Contractor shall keep wall vines trimmed down to the top of the wall. Wall vines may require trimming two or more times per month during the growing season. 43. All shrubs growing in the work areas shall be pruned as required, to maintain plants in a healthy growing condition and to maintain plant growth within reasonable bounds to prevent encroachment of passage ways, walks, streets, view of signs or in any manner deemed objectionable by the Projects Manager or designee. Dead or damaged limbs or branches shall be cleaned out and removed with sharp pruning tools with no projections or stubs remaining. Pruning shall be done in a manner to permit plants to grow naturally in accordance with their normal growth characteristics except box hedging may be required on some shrubs, as designated by the Projects Manager or designee. Shear hedging or severe pruning of plants, unless authorized by the Projects Manager or designee, shall not be permitted. Should the Contractor shear hedges or severely prune plants and disfigure or damage the plants, the contractor shall be responsible for replacing those plants with like kind and size as determined by the Projects Manager or designee. The Contractor may be requested from time to time to raise the bottom or lower the tops of the shrubs for security reasons. This shall be considered routine maintenance and performed at no extra cost to the City. 44. Shrubs shall be thinned and pruned, separated and/or relocated for the health of the planting and the appearance of the site, and at such other times when directed by the City. infill planting of bare shrub areas shall be replanted In the months of March through June with plant material of the same species one time per year as part of routine maintenance at no additional cost to the City.