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Exhibit 7 <br />Landscape Care and Services <br />The Contractor shall establish a "Landscape Detail and Plant Management Crew" dedicated to <br />providing groundcover, shrub, vine and tree area management, improvement and maintenance <br />services. fn addition, the Contractor shall provide extra staff to perform authorized extra work. <br />These extra staff shall not be part of other dedicated crews, but, be extra to help perform additional <br />improvement type work. <br />2.1 Groundcover Care and Services <br />2.1.1 Maintenance <br />I L 1.1 The Contractor shall set -vice ground cover/shrub beds on a continuous basis. <br />These areas shall be maintained within their intended bounds and cultivated <br />to 6" depth, edged and/or detailed to keep the beds looking manicured at all <br />times. Groundcovers shall not be allowed to grow into other groundcover <br />beds, shrubs, vines or on trees. All plant material shall be maintained in an <br />attractive and healthy condition. <br />2.1.1.2 Ground cover/shrubs shall not encroach into lawns, shrubs, adjacent <br />desirable bare areas, curbs, wall fixtures, furniture, beneath and/or into other <br />plants, etc. All sites shall be cleaned immediately following each <br />edging/detailing, including streets and other paved areas. <br />2.2.1 Replanting of Bare Areas <br />2.1.2.1 All bare areas in groundcover beds shall be replanted from flats once per <br />month at the Contractor's expense with like groundcover genus -species at <br />12" on center. <br />2.13 Mulching of Bare Areas <br />2.1.3.1 In all groundcover areas where bare soil is visible or where the groundcover <br />is thin, the Contractor shall apply US Composting Council STA tested and <br />approved compost mulch 3"- 4" minus by 2" thick minimum twice per year <br />(third week of January and July) and as necessary to maintain uniform and <br />complete coverage. Leaf litter and other organic materials other than mulch <br />shall be removed on a continuous basis. <br />2.1.3.2 All bare soil areas shall be cultivated to 6" deep on a weekly basis while <br />awaiting fresh mulch. <br />2.2 Shrub Care and Services <br />2.2.1 Maintenance <br />2.2.1.1 The Contractor shall service all shrubs on a continuous basis. Shrubs <br />encroaching into work areas, into site arnenities, such as but not limited to, <br />fencing, railing, etc. shall be pruned such that the plants remain in a healthy <br />growing condition. Plant growth shall also be maintained to prevent <br />City of Santa Ana RFP 19-b92 <br />Page 17 <br />2-19 <br />