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Major League Softball, Inc. <br />2011 Management Plan <br />City of Santa Ana Infield Maintenance <br />Contractor or City inspectors. The Area Lead will have a complete "rig" containing a John Deere <br />1200 and all the necessaryhand tools so there will be three (3) fully outfitted rigs in Santa Ana every <br />day in Districts 1, 2, 3 and 4. <br />It should be noted that MLS has additional rigs in nearby cities such as and Orange and can call <br />upon TO's from these areas in the event of an emergency or unforeseen circumstances. MLS has a <br />full scale Area Office in the City of Orange at Hart Park and will stage all Santa Ana operations from <br />its Orange County Area office. <br />The Daily Routine Maintenance Program will take into account that specific locations on each ball <br />field (referred to as "high-impact areas") endure heavy traffic and displacement of infield mix and <br />thus require special attention. High-impact areas such as batter's boxes, catcher's and umpire's places <br />behind home plate, the pitcher's mound, the base paths, and the sliding areas around the base anchors <br />will receive additional watering and scarifying on a daily basis; and traction material will be added <br />when needed. The Routine Maintenance Program consists of the following steps that are performed <br />on a daily basis: <br />1) Using a gas powered leaf blower or push broom, dugouts will be swept daily. Infield mix will <br />be returned to the infield area and unwanted trash and debris will be disposed of in a proper <br />trash receptacle. (Leaf rakes will be used to ensure maximum trash/debris removal.) <br />2) All perimeter edges where infield mix meets grass or fencing will be hand raked using a <br />landscape rake. <br />3) Base anchors, plates and pitching rubbers will be checked for wear or damage. Then, using <br />a landscape rake, any displaced infield mix material in high-impact areas (as defined above) <br />will be backfilled in low areas. <br />4) The entire traction area will be pre-watered in preparation for dragging. <br />5) Using a John Deere 1200 ball field conditioner, the grading/leveling attachment will be <br />employed to evenly distribute traction material over the entire traction area surface of the <br />infield while at the same time a "finishing" or "screen" drag will be pulled over the entire <br />traction area surface to leave a smooth or "polished" surface. (Special attention will paid to <br />varying the drag pattern, lifting the drag off the field while the drag is in a high impact area <br />and raking out the spot where the drag is removed from the infield surface.) <br />6) Final water entire traction area of infield surface and apply additional water to all of the high <br />impact areas. <br />7) The entire field shall be "walked" and any "detail" items that may have arisen will be <br />addressed. Such items include brushing or washing back displaced infield mix from the <br />previous evening's play or using a leaf rake to brush back infield mix that has been carried <br />off the infield into the grass with the JD 1200 tires or a hose. <br />2