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walk behind Jacobsen Eclipse2 reel mower along priority turf areas. Note that the <br />Contractor shall perform quality sport turf mowing and detailing to the Director's <br />Representatives satisfaction regardless of the equipment and methods the Contractor <br />elects to use. The Director's Representative shall direct the Contractor to mow the <br />priority turf lower than 1/2" if necessary. Note that the ball diamond infield maintenance <br />contractor shall be responsible for mowing turf infields, including foul territory turf area, <br />36" beyond the skinned infield arc, and other designated ball diamond turf areas. Infield <br />maintenance shall not be part of this RFP. <br />1.3 Edging and Detailing <br />Edging/detailing of the entire site shall be performed at the same time mowing occurs <br />The City prefers that all edging shall be performed with the use of a McLane's edger or <br />approved substitute walk -behind or fixed blade stick edger. Contractor shall edge all <br />turf adjacent to all improved hard surfaces such as concrete, decomposed granite, <br />asphalted concrete paved areas, pavers, etc. <br />Edging/detailing may occur with string trimmers around park amenities that are not <br />immediately adjacent paved surfaces. <br />Chemical detailing of turf may occur only witli the Director's Representatives approval, <br />If chemical detailing is performed, the Contractor shall spray maximum 3" and use the <br />string trimmer to remove the treated turf within one (1) week after symptoms of <br />phytotoxicity become recognizable. <br />The Director's Representative may require the Contractor to use string or rope lines to <br />edge straight lines if the Contractor's staff fails to achieve this quality without this <br />method. <br />The Contractor shall detail around trees, along walls/fences and other park amenities first <br />using a sharpened shovel out to establish a concentric round circle around trees, poles, <br />etc. Once the initial detailed circle is established a string trimmer may be used to <br />maintain the circle. Should the circle begin to deform the Director's Representative shall <br />direct the Contractor to repeat the detail process. Shovel cut detailing shall be repeated a <br />minimum of every 3 months to maintain crisp evenly round lines. <br />The Contractor shall detail turf not greater than. P away from park amenities walls or <br />fences. Detail lines shall be made straight and shall be maintained straight. The <br />Contractor shall, at his own cost, supply sandy loam top soil and an approved turf sod to <br />reduce any existing bare soil areas along walls/fences that are greater than I". <br />2.0 Irrigation <br />2.1 Contractor shall ensure irrigation systems are continually monitored and repaired in a <br />timely manner and per the Director's Representatives direction. The Contractor shall <br />visually check all sites each morning and physically check each sites systems monthly <br />indicating in writing the: 1) site name; 2) the controllers manufacturer, model and serial <br />number, 3) controller letter/number; 4) run days, S) start times; 6) station run times; 7) <br />City of Santa Ana RFP 16-126 <br />Page 12 <br />