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"1) CITY OF SANTA ANA B. Inspections—Sports/Priority Turf The contractor shall inspect the sports fields or play areas daily. 1. All sports fields shall be kept at a level grade to provide a uniform height of turfgrass, by topdressing low places with clean sand. a. Depressions over 1" in depth, which lack turfgrass cover, shall be filled with weed-free soil to the existing grade. Rototilling may be prescribed by a CR. 2. The contractor shall inspect the sports fields or play areas for proper water drainage away from the playing surface. If drainage is not evident, irrigation programming in the affected area shall be required to prevent landscape failure. The contractor shall contact the CR for the proper irrigation management strategy, which shall be programmed within 24 hours. 3. The contractor shall inspect the sports fields or play areas for hazardous holes or depressions that may cause a player to trip. Those found shall be filled as directed in Section 3.2.1.an above. 4. The contractor shall remove stones and other debris that may interfere with play or cause injury. 5. The contractor shall inspect the sports fields or play areas to see that the soil absorbs irrigation and rain rapidly enough to provide reasonably good footing on the surface of the area. If improvement is indicated by the CR, Contractor shall contact the CR for direction. 6. The contractor shall inspect the sports fields or play areas to see if the turf surface is being irrigated evenly with a reasonable amount of water. Irrigation programming for Sports/Priority Turf is at the highest tier (Tier One—Turf Irrigation Reduction Priority Key). C. Casual Turf The scope of work for General Turf includes the following: 1. The mowing schedule shall be once per week from March 1 to October 31 and once every other week from November 1 to February 28, Monday through Friday of each week specified. 2. Not more than 1/3rd of the total leaf length shall be removed per mowing. 3. Mowing shall be completed in one (1) operation. 4. Turf shall be aerified a minimum of one (1) time annually in March using a solid tine aerator to a minimum depth of three (3) inches. 5. Casual Turf shall be renovated-overseeded one time per year, April through May. All seed quantities and types specified with either Kikuya or Marathon fescus shall be verified by the DR prior to any applications. The process for renovation-overseeding shall be as follows: 6. The turf shall be flailed down to '/4". All turf clippings shall be removed. 7. The contractor shall flag/mark all irrigation and site amenities and shall avoid hitting/damaging them with the aeration equipment. Any damage caused to the irrigation or other site amenities shall be repaired/replaced at the Contractors' expense. 8. The contractor shall coordinate with the CR to irrigate the causal turf to allow greater penetration for the aerator. RFP 23-151 Landscape Maintenance Services Page 37 of 135