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<br /> 2. Ground Cover Care <br /> a} Edging and Detailing <br /> (1) Ground cover beds shall be maintained within their intended bounds and <br /> edged and/or detailed the first week of every month to keep the beds <br /> looking manicured at all times. <br /> (2) Ground cover shall not encroach into lawns, sluvbs, adjacent desirable <br /> bare areas, curbs, wall fixtures, fiuniture, beneath and/or into other <br /> plants, etc. All sites shall be cleaned following each edging/detailing, <br /> including streets. <br /> b) Mulching of Bare Areas <br /> In ali groundcover areas where bare soil is visible or where the groundcover is <br /> thin so the soil is visible, the Contractoz• shall apply Aguinaga Black Forest <br /> Floor Mulch or approved equal, size 0" to 1 %2", %i"thick minimum every other <br /> month starting in January during the third week as necessary to maintain <br /> uniform and complete coverage. Mulch is to be maintained within its <br /> boundaries. <br /> c) Fertilization <br /> The Contractor shall fertilize aII groundcover areas four (4) times per year in <br /> March, June, September, and December at two (2) pounds of actual nitrogen per <br /> 1,000 square feet using a slow release fertilizer using JTM Nutrients Complete <br /> 8-2-4 soil conditioner plus NPK slow release fertilizer at a rate of eight (8) <br /> pounds of actual nitrogen per 1,000 per square feet. <br /> d) Replanting -Premium Plant Material <br /> The Contractor shall plant each year, in any area determined by the Director, 2" <br /> plugs of premium plant species at appropriate spacing so as to achieve complete <br /> coverage once the plant is 2/3rds matw•e. The Contractor shall be responsible for <br /> the complete removal and replacement of plants lost due to normal attrition or <br /> due to Contractor's failure to perform under the terms of this Agreement. City <br /> is responsible for cost of replacing plants lost to vandalism; however, Contractor <br /> must prove that it was vandalism that killed the plant. See Attachmen# 6 for <br /> plant cap. <br /> e) Replanting -Standard Plant Material <br /> The Contractor shall plant each year, in any area determined by the Director, 64 <br /> count flats of standard plant species at a appropriate spacing so as to achieve <br /> complete coverage once the plant is 2/3rds mature. The Contractor shall also be <br /> responsible for the complete removal and replacement of plants lost due to <br /> normal attrition or due to Contractor's failure to perform under the terms of this <br /> Agreement. City is responsible for cost of replacing plants lost to vandalism; <br /> 25C-24 <br /> <br />